The Sanctity of Marriage

MESSAGE - Pastor Dale Thiele

Genesis: Foundations for Life

The Sanctity of Marriage 

  • God’s Design for Marriage
  • The Honor Due Marriage  

Questions for Further Study or Group Discussion:

  1. Read Genesis 2:18-25. What catches your attention in this passage?
  2. What does Adam learn in the process of naming the animals? Why is this important?
  3. From what we have learned from Genesis 1 & 2, for what purposes does God institute marriage?
  4. Consider v. 24 and Jesus’ use of this verse in Matthew 19:4-6 and Paul’s use in Ephesians 4:31-32. What is the significance of Genesis 2:24?
  5. Read Hebrews 13:4. Why should “all” honor marriage? How can we honor marriage? In what ways do you fall short of honoring marriage? 

Memory Verse of the Week:

Genesis 2:24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. (ESV)