Peter continued our series on the Kingdom of God, looking at Jesus's view of marriage.
To see Peter's slides (in PDF format), click here.
Genesis 2:24 God Ordained
Matthew 19:5-9 Marriage and divorce
Eph5:22-33 Marriage is a picture of Christ and his church
Matthew 5:31-32 Marriage and divorce
John 4:1-45 woman at the well.
Matthew 5:27-31 Adultery
1 Corinthians 7 Marriage and singleness and uneven Yolking
Gary Thomas asks in his book, The Sacred Marriage,
“What if God designed marriage not to make us happy, but to make us holy?”
Our wedding rings Php1:9-11
“Where you start in marriage largely determines where you’ll end up.” Abide, healing a marriage.
Matt 5-7 readjust your thinking. Recalibrate. It's not about you. There is a bigger picture.
Junkyards are full of things that people have wept over, worked hard for, divorced over! Invest in what is eternal! Ben Rowe
So what has marriage got to do with the kingdom?
Example of Christ as per Ephesians.
Children and stability effect to them in growing up.
Stable consistent parenting like that of God to us.
Example to those around us. Love. Unconditionally.
By this being the norm it will have a salt and light effect on the society around us.
So what......
•Way to respond to those around us, friends, family, neighbours
•Mend and keep strong our marriages
•See healing as God forgives for past actions - Grace
Questions for Groups
25% of families are single parent families. Of those 91% are with mum. That's 2 million families. How does the church start to deal with that?
What challenges do we have within the church as a result of changes in the nature of marriage, divorce and family? How do we respond to members who want to get divorced, or have been divorced?
How can we recalibrate our thinking?
