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STUDY 4
GODS WORD GIVES LIFE
FOR THE FAMILY
Bible Text - Genesis 2:24-25
“That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to
his wife, and they become one flesh. Adam and his wife were both
naked, and they felt no shame.”
The family is a sacred institution ordained by God to be the very fabric
and foundation of all human relationships. It was the first social institu-
tion established by God even before he established the government and
the church. This means that the strength and longevity of the church and
a nation will depend on the strength of its family unit.
This is the institution that is going through the greatest attack by the dev-
il today. In fact, the attack started right there in the garden of Eden. The
devil did not waste any time the moment Adam and Eve were together.
He knew that if he could destroy that marriage union, he could destroy
the family and everything else.
This is why there must be an intentional emphasis in the church to
strengthen marriage and the family. The family is a community on earth
that reflects the community of the Godhead; Father, Son and the Holy
Spirit. There is no other relationship on earth that best reflects the rela-
tionship between God and man like the relationship between a man and
woman in marriage. Let us look at a few insights on this:
1. The marriage relationship must be a PRIMARY relationship, just as
the relationship between God and man is primary. God did not create a
father, mother or mother in law for a man but a WIFE. Only a wife can
establish a ‘one flesh’ relationship with a man.
2. The marriage relationship must be a PERMANENT relationship just
as the relationship between God and man must be permanent. Children
will be with the parents for only a few years but a husband and wife re-
lationship is for life.
3. The marriage relationship must be EXCLUSIVE. The text says that
a man must be married “to his wife,” not ‘wives.’ Monogamy is God’s
design just as man must serve ONLY ONE GOD!
4. The marriage relationship must be INTIMATE. The man and a woman
in marriage become a “one flesh” union. No longer are they two but one!
The relationship between God and man is only meaningful when it is
intimate.
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