1. A Marriage That Will Not Fail Matthew 5,6,7

2. Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7:24-27 Gen. 2:18-24 Not good for man to be alone. Ps. 1:1 Counsel of the ungodly not sound. Mt. 5:20 Be concerned about proper attitudes. Be the person who wants to go to heaven more than anything else. Marry someone who wants to go to heaven more than anything else. A Marriage That Will Not Fail

3. Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7:24-27 Do Not Murder. Mt. 5:21-22Do Not Murder. Mt. 5:21-22 –Attitude. 2 Cor. 10:5; 1 Jno. 3:15 –Soft answer. Prov. 15:1 –Be kind. Eph. 4:31-32 –Guard your anger. Eph. 4:26; Jms. 1:19ff –Do not be bitter. Col. 3:18-19 A Marriage That Will Not Fail

4. Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7:24-27 Do Not Commit Adultery. Mt. 5:27-28Do Not Commit Adultery. Mt. 5:27-28 –Attitude. Mt. 5:29-30 –Keep your mind pure. Prov. 23:7; 4:23; Mt. 15:18-20 –Learn to flee. 1 Cor. 6:18; Gen. 39:12; 1 Thess. 5:22 A Marriage That Will Not Fail

5. Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7:24-27 Do Not Divorce. Mt. 5:31-32Do Not Divorce. Mt. 5:31-32 –Mt. 19:6 Do not put asunder. –ONE EXCEPTION. Except for fornication. Mt. 18:1-3; Jno. 3:2ff; Lk. 13:3 –Eccl. 5:2-7 Remember your vow. –Mal. 2:14-16 God hates divorce. A Marriage That Will Not Fail

6. Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7:24-27 Avoid Deception. Mt. 5:33-37Avoid Deception. Mt. 5:33-37 –Do not lie. Col. 3:9; Eph. 4:25 –Maintain your integrity. Ps. 15 A Marriage That Will Not Fail

7. Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7:24-27 Avoid Retaliation. Mt. 5:38-39Avoid Retaliation. Mt. 5:38-39 –Vindictive attitudes must not be allowed. Rom. 12:17ff A Marriage That Will Not Fail

8. Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7:24-27 Avoid Conditional Love. Mt. 5:43-48Avoid Conditional Love. Mt. 5:43-48 –Husbands love your wives. Eph. 5:25 –Wives love your husbands. Tit. 2:3-5 –Characteristics of love. 1 Cor. 13:4-8 –Let love be without hypocrisy. Rom. 12:9 A Marriage That Will Not Fail

9. Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7:24-27 Avoid Hypocrisy. Mt. 6:1,2,5,16Avoid Hypocrisy. Mt. 6:1,2,5,16 –Let love be without hypocrisy. Rom. 12:9 A Marriage That Will Not Fail

10. Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7:24-27 Avoid Materialism. Mt. 6:19-34Avoid Materialism. Mt. 6:19-34 –Misplaced values. Lk. 12:15ff; cf. Col. 3:2 –Respectable worldliness. Lk. 14:15ff Money can buy cosmetics, but not real beauty. Money can buy a house, but not a home. Price of the soul worth more than all. Mt. 16:26 A Marriage That Will Not Fail

11. Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7:24-27 Avoid petty criticism. Mt. 7:1-5Avoid petty criticism. Mt. 7:1-5 In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; but he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely Prov. 10:19 The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver Prov. 10:20 Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips Ps. 141:3 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles Prov. 21:23 A Marriage That Will Not Fail

12. Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7:24-27 Avoid petty criticism. Mt. 7:1-5Avoid petty criticism. Mt. 7:1-5 He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction Prov. 13:3 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in network of silver Prov. 25:11 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him Prov. 29:20 A Marriage That Will Not Fail

13. Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7:24-27 Avoid petty criticism. Mt. 7:1-5Avoid petty criticism. Mt. 7:1-5 Prov 21:9 25:24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house. Prov 21:19 It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman. Prov 26:21 (As) coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife. A Marriage That Will Not Fail

14. Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7:24-27 Apply the golden rule. Mt. 7:12Apply the golden rule. Mt. 7:12 Treat your companion like you would like them to treat you!!! A Marriage That Will Not Fail

15. Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7:24-27 A Marriage That Will Not Fail Do not murder Do not commit adultery Do not divorce Avoid deception Avoid retaliation Avoid conditional love Avoid hypocrisy Avoid materialism Avoid petty criticism Practice golden rule