1. What Makes a Marriage Christian?9
What Makes a Marriage Christian?

3. Church Wedding = Seal of Approval

4. Man + Woman + Law = God’s Approval

5. God’s Plan for Marriage
Knowledge of self

6. 18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.” 19 Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.
- Genesis 2:18-19

7. The man gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every beast of the field, but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him.
- Genesis 2:20

8. God’s Plan for Marriage
Knowledge of self
Social Readiness
Direction
Connection
Independence

9. God’s Plan for Marriage
Knowledge of self
Social Readiness
Emotional Readiness
Need
Willingness
Commitment

10. God’s Plan for Marriage
Knowledge of self
Knowledge of Partner

11. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. 22 The Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.
- Genesis 2:21-22

12. 23 The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.”
- Genesis 2:23

13. SINGLENESS UNITY KNOWLEDGE OF PARTNER KNOWLEDGE Dating Pre-arranged
Courting
KNOWLEDGE

14. Sex before marriage hampers us in really knowing the other person.

15. Reasons for Sex Confirm Commitment Express Loyalty Surrender Self
Establish Family
Comfort Emotionally
Physical Pleasure
Play

16. God’s Plan for Marriage
Knowledge of self
Knowledge of Partner
Unity

17. 24 For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.
- Genesis 2:24-25

18. Unity Rules
Separate to Unite

19. Permanent is Permanent
Unity Rules
Separate to Unite
Permanent is Permanent

20. Intimacy is without Fear
Unity Rules
Separate to Unite
Permanent is Permanent
Intimacy is without Fear

21. Christ Centered Unity Rules Separate to Unite Permanent is Permanent
Intimacy is Without Fear
Christ Centered

22. Am I a Sincere Christian?
Christian Marriage
Am I a Sincere Christian?

23. Am I Marrying a Christian?
Christian Marriage
Am I a Sincere Christian?
Am I Marrying a Christian?

24. Are We Devoting this Marriage to Christ?
Christian Marriage
Am I a Sincere Christian?
Am I Marrying a Christian?
Are We Devoting this Marriage to Christ?

25. Christian Marriages Accepted in the World Please God
Transport to Next World