05.09 E of New Hope International Fellowship Osaka

1. Marriage is God’s Plan

Genesis 2:22 (NIV)
Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

2. To Become One

Genesis 1:26-27 (NIV)
26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

Genesis 2:24 (NLT)
This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.

• 1) Wife’s Obedience.

Ephesians 5:22-23 (NIV)
22Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.

• 2) Husband’s Sacrifice.

Ephesians 5:25 (NIV)
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

3. To Serve the Lord Together

Deuteronomy 6:6-7 (NIV)
6 These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Acts 16:31 (NLT)
…“Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, along with everyone in your household.”