This sermon was originally preached by Kevin Stone (Pastor of Worship) on October 11, 2015 at Crosspoint Bible Church in Omaha, Nebraska.

1. THE BLUEPRINT FOR
MARRIAGE

2. THE BLUEPRINT FOR
MARRIAGE

3. Blueprint Roles
Working (2:15)
Leading (2:18)
Caring For (1:28; 2:15)
Protecting (1:28)
Helping (2:18)
Supporting (2:18)
Nurturing (2:15)
Unification (2:24)
Procreation (1:28)
Intimacy (2:25)

4. Now the serpent was more crafty
than any of the wild animals the
Lord God had made. He said to the
woman, “Did God really say, ‘You
must not eat from any tree in the
garden’?”

5. 2 The woman said to the serpent,
“We may eat fruit from the trees in
the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You
must not eat fruit from the tree that
is in the middle of the garden, and
you must not touch it, or you will
die.’”

6. 4 “You will not certainly die,” the
serpent said to the woman. 5 “For
God knows that when you eat from
it your eyes will be opened, and you
will be like God, knowing good and
evil.”

7. 6 When the woman saw that the
fruit of the tree was good for food
and pleasing to the eye, and also
desirable for gaining wisdom, she
took some and ate it. She also gave
some to her husband, who was with
her, and he ate it.

8. Blueprint Roles
Working (2:15)
Leading (2:18)
Caring For (1:28; 2:15)
Protecting (1:28)
Helping (2:18)
Supporting (2:18)
Nurturing (2:15)
Unification (2:24)
Procreation (1:28)
Intimacy (2:25)

9. Ignoring God’s
blueprint sets us up
for failure.

10. Forbidden Fruit:

11. When the woman saw that the fruit
of the tree was good for food…

12. Forbidden Fruit:

13. When the woman saw that the fruit
of the tree was… pleasing to the
eye….

14. Forbidden Fruit:

15. When the woman saw that the fruit
of the tree was… desirable for
gaining wisdom…

16. Forbidden Fruit:

17. Husbands and wives, recognize that
in marriage you have become one
flesh. If you live for your private
pleasure at the expense of your
spouse, you are living against
yourself and destroying your joy…

18. But if you devote yourself with all
your heart to the holy joy of your
spouse, you will also be living for
your joy and making a marriage
after the image of Christ and His
church.

19. Forbidden Fruit:

20. The Price:

21. Then the eyes of both of them were
opened, and they realized they were
naked; so they sewed fig leaves
together and made coverings for
themselves.

22. The Price:

23. Then the man and his wife heard
the sound of the Lord God as he was
walking in the garden in the cool of
the day, and they hid from the Lord
God among the trees of the garden.

24. The Price:

25. To the woman (God) said,
“…Your desire will be for your
husband, and he will rule over you.”

26. The Price:

27. “By the sweat of your brow you will
eat your food until you return to the
ground, since from it you were
taken; for dust you are and to dust
you will return.”

28. The Price:

29. Ignoring God’s
blueprint sets us up
for failure.

30. God doesn’t forbid
the fruit that’s
good for us.

31. Good Fruit:

32. Marriages, like a garden, take time
to grow. But the harvest is rich unto
those who patiently and tenderly
care for the ground.

33. But God hasn’t
given me the “fruit”
I’ve been waiting
for…

34. Stick to God’s
blueprint !