I’ve been putting together a message for church in a couple of weeks on Valentines Day, which of course made me think about marriage

Adam and Eve are our perfect example of how marriage began and how God had intended it to be for every couple.

First of all In Genesis 2 it says that Adam was alone, although he had the Lord to keep him company, he didn’t have anyone like himself to share his life with and God said that it wasn’t good that he was alone.

And God caused Adam to fall asleep and then he did surgery on him, and from his side he took out a piece of flesh and created woman (Eve)

Notice, God took her from his side, not his head which would have made Eve superior to man and probably would have left Adam brain dead (no jokes ladies)

God didn’t take Eve from Adams foot, this would make Eve a servant (no jokes ladies)

God took her from his side which represents equality,  She’s not above man or below man, but equal with man.

Man is incomplete without a woman,  she completes him, together they are a whole, a man with a man or a woman with a woman are still two halves, only a man with a woman can complete a person.

Thats the way God designed it,  after he created Eve, he brought her to Adam and they had a marriage ceremony. This was the first thing that God instituted for the man and woman, marriage is the gluing of the two halves together making a completed person.

Its this completed person through marriage that glorifies God.

But In Ephesians it says that  a woman is to submit to her husband,  these verses have been so misunderstood it isn’t funny.

The word submit means to respond, the woman is to respond to her husband.  Ever talk to yourself? Not much of a conversation is it?

When a husband speaks to his wife, she is suppose to respond or answer him,  when he touches her, she is suppose to touch back, she responds to him.

Its commanded for a husband to love his wife, but it is not commanded for the wife to love her husband, but she is to respond to him.

If a husband loves his wife as God loves the church (willing to die for her) she will respond to him.

If a man says his wife is a cold fish, this tells us theres something wrong with the husband and his love for his wife because shes not responding.

The man is to take the lead and be the leader, he was created first, thats the role God gave him and his wife is to follow and respond to him.

But today, man is trying to destroy marriage, in Psalm 2:3 it says that they will break the bands asunder and cast away the cords

Man is trying to break the bands and cast off the cords

The band is the vows of marriage and the cords are the institution of marriage that God ordained,  mans removal of marriage is their attempt to remove God.

Couples that shack up together outside of marriage is their attempt to rid the world of God, no one will ever convince me that a true believer in Jesus Christ can live in sin outside of marriage.

Homosexual marriage is just another attempt to rid the world of Gods institution of marriage and rid the world of God.

Marriage is also for a lifetime,  Adam lived for over 900 yrs.  can you imagine being married to the same woman for 900 yrs?  Some can’t imagine being married for 9 days!!

But when your in a right relationship with God,  and loving your wife as God loves you, its not impossible but normal.

Adam was faithful to his wife, she was faithful to him for 900 yrs, and that Glorified God.

Marriage is what makes the world work right, a man and a woman married makes a completed person.