Bible Text: Genesis 2:1-25 | Preacher: Pastor Stephen Hess | Series: Genesis: In the Beginning |  

                          “The Creation of Marriage”

                                    Genesis 2:1-25

1)      The Origin of Marriage

“Then the Lord God said, ‘It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” – Gen. 2:18

2)      The Complementarity of Marriage

“This at last is the bone of my bones and the flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” – Gen. 2:24

3)      The Permanence of Marriage

“Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” – Gen. 2:24

4)      The Witness of Marriage

“This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the Church.” – Eph. 2:32