2. 18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be
alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” 19 Now out of the ground the
Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the
heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them.
And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.
20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens
and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a
helper fit for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon
the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place
with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he
made into a woman and brought her to the man.
3. 23 Then the man said,
“This at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called Woman,
because she was taken out of Man.”
24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and
hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25 And
the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.
4. a) Marriage was God’s Design
“God created man in his own image, in the image of God he
created him; male and female he created them. And God
blessed them. And God said to them, „Be fruitful and multiply
and fill the earth.‟” (Genesis 1:27-28)
“It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him
a helper fit for him.” (v. 18)
5. “So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man,
and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place
with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the
man he made into a woman.” (vv. 21-22)
“They shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife
were both naked and were not ashamed.” (vv. 24-25)
6. b) God Gave Away the First Bride
“And the rib that the Lord God had taken from
the man he made into a woman and brought
her to the man.” (Genesis 2:22)
7. c) God Spoke the Design of Marriage Into Existence
“Jesus answered, „Have you not read that he [God]
who created them from the beginning made them
male and female, and said [Note: God said!],
“Therefore a man shall leave his father and his
mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall
become one flesh.”‟?” (Matthew 19:4-5)
8. d) God Performs the One-Flesh Union
“ „The two shall become one flesh.‟ So they are
no longer two but one flesh. What therefore
God has joined together, let not man
separate.” (Mark 10:8-9)
9. The ultimate thing to see in the Bible
about marriage is that it exists for
God‟s glory. Most foundationally,
marriage is the doing of God. Most
ultimately marriage is the display of
God.
10. Genesis 2:24 – “hold fast to his wife;” “they
shall become one flesh”
Marriage is a sacred covenant rooted in
covenant commitments that stand against
every storm “as long as we both shall live.”
11. “Therefore a man shall leave his father and
mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two
shall become one flesh.
“This mystery is profound, and I am saying that
it refers to Christ and the church.”
(Ephesians 5:31-31)
12. Marriage is patterned after Christ‟s
covenant relationship to his redeemed
people, the church. And therefore, the
highest meaning and the most ultimate
purpose of marriage is to put the covenant
relationship of Christ and his church on
display. That is why marriage exists. If you
are married, that is why you are married.
13. “Till death do us part,” “As long as we both shall live”
What makes divorce and remarriage so horrific in God‟s eyes
is not merely that it involves covenant-breaking to the
spouse, but that it involves misrepresenting Christ and his
covenant.
“I am with you…to the end of the age…I will never leave you
nor forsake you.” (Matthew 28:20; Hebrews 13:5)
