The Pain of Marriage

Published: May 2, 2021, 10:15 a.m.

The Pain of Marriage

Series: Marriage and the makers instructions\n

Preacher: Simon Dowdy

Sunday Morning

Date: 2nd May 2021

Passage: Genesis 3:1-21

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GENESIS 3:8-21 Marriage and the maker\u2019s instructions: The pain of marriage

A) CONFLICT

\u2022 The abdicator husband

\u2022 The bossy wife

\u2022 The tyrannical husband

\u2022 The mousy wife

B) PAIN

C) CLARITY

\u2022 The purpose of marriage

Genesis 6:1-5, Romans 8:18-25

\u2022 The value of singleness

Matthew 19:12

1 Corinthians 7:32-34 \u2018I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord. But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife and his interests are divided.\u2019

For further discussion and prayer\n\u2022 How is what we\u2019ve seen in Genesis 3 different from the assumptions that are often made about marriage- in the church and in society more widely?\n\u2022 If you\u2019re married be honest- what are the implications of this sermon for you?\n\u2022 If you\u2019re not married- how does this sermon encourage and challenge you personally? And how might it help you encourage married people at church?

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