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Marriage and Sexual Sin
PART 1 - Marriage - a Good Thing
Genesis 1:26-28; 2:18-25
| a. | God created male and female...True or False? ________________________________ |
| b. | What command does God give to Adam and Eve that lets us
know sex was God's idea? |
| c. | God said a man should leave his father and mother, and
shall cleave unto his wife and they shall be |
| d. | God took Adam's _________________ and made woman. |
| e. | What does Jesus say about these passages (Matthew
19:4-6; Mark 10:6-9)? |
Hebrews 13:4
| a. | Marriage is to be
__________________________________________________ and the marriage bed is to be _______________________________________________________ . |
| b. | Who will be judged? _________________________________________________________________ |
1 Corinthians 7:2 (verses 1-7)
| a. | What are two good choices? |
| b. | One of the purposes for marriage is |
| c. | (If married) - each man should have his own
________________________________________
and each woman should have her own
___________________________________________ . |
Ephesians 5:22, 25 (verses 22-33)
| a. | Husbands, ______________ your wives. How? |
| b. | Wives _________________ to your husband. How? |
Proverbs 5:15-20 (See also the warnings in v. 1-14)
| a. | This passage lets us know that sex in marriage should
be pleasurable. Verse 19 says: |
Some Quick Questions
| 1. | God created male and female as part of his activity on
Day 6. What was his conclusion, when he looked over what he had created?
(Genesis 1:31) What does his conclusion tell us about marriage? |
| 2. | What is another one of the reasons for marriage?
(Malachi 2:15) |
| 3a. | Who can we marry? (1 Corinthians 7:39) |
| 3b. | What can we learn from the warning in 2 Corinthians
6:14 - 7:1? |
[Optional]
| 1. |
What are some of the things included in a Traditional Marriage Vow, which reflect some of the principles we have looked at in this study?
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| 2. | Read Song of Solomon. How does this book portray love
between a man and a woman?
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Dennis Hinks © 2005
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