HELP FOR EVERY MARRIAGE (4 OF 5)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Hosea 3:1-5, Ephesians 5:28-29
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Help for Every Marriage (4 of 5)
Series: When Two Becomes One
Scott Maze
Hosea 3:1-5; Ephesians 5:28-29
We continue our series When Two Become One this morning. Thank you for joining us. Our hope is that this strengthens the marriages of our church and our community.
A number of men have been complaining that this series has been a little too hurtful to them. They asked that it might be balanced a little more toward the wives. While I may not make everyone happy in a marriage series, I am here to announce that we will be placing a sports ticker so the men can follow the scores during the worship services. They will be happy after this ?.
Keep your Bibles open Ephesians and put a bookmark there. Find the Old Testament book of Hosea with me if you will.
There are three to four powerful metaphors throughout the Bible to describe our relationship with God. Often, God is seen as a great King who rules over us. At other times, He is a Shepherd, who guides us, His sheep. Still other times, He is a Father loving His children. But in a startling picture, Hosea tells us God is not only our Shepherd and our King; He is also our Husband.
You'll never understand God if you ONLY approach Him as your King, your Shepherd, or even your Father. It's not until you see Him as your Husband that you can understand how intimate and personal your relationship with God truly is. And it's not until you see yourself as the unfaithful spouse that you can really grasp your marriage.
Today's Secondary Scripture (Page 893 in your pew Bibles)
And the Lord said to me, ''Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.'' 2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley. 3 And I said to her, ''You must dwell as mine for many days. You shall not play the whore, or belong to another man; so will I also be to you ...
Series: When Two Becomes One
Scott Maze
Hosea 3:1-5; Ephesians 5:28-29
We continue our series When Two Become One this morning. Thank you for joining us. Our hope is that this strengthens the marriages of our church and our community.
A number of men have been complaining that this series has been a little too hurtful to them. They asked that it might be balanced a little more toward the wives. While I may not make everyone happy in a marriage series, I am here to announce that we will be placing a sports ticker so the men can follow the scores during the worship services. They will be happy after this ?.
Keep your Bibles open Ephesians and put a bookmark there. Find the Old Testament book of Hosea with me if you will.
There are three to four powerful metaphors throughout the Bible to describe our relationship with God. Often, God is seen as a great King who rules over us. At other times, He is a Shepherd, who guides us, His sheep. Still other times, He is a Father loving His children. But in a startling picture, Hosea tells us God is not only our Shepherd and our King; He is also our Husband.
You'll never understand God if you ONLY approach Him as your King, your Shepherd, or even your Father. It's not until you see Him as your Husband that you can understand how intimate and personal your relationship with God truly is. And it's not until you see yourself as the unfaithful spouse that you can really grasp your marriage.
Today's Secondary Scripture (Page 893 in your pew Bibles)
And the Lord said to me, ''Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.'' 2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley. 3 And I said to her, ''You must dwell as mine for many days. You shall not play the whore, or belong to another man; so will I also be to you ...
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