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Marriage Matters
Craig Smith
Genesis 2:18-24
Who here is currently married? Who here is currently engaged to be married? Who here is thinking they might get married at some point in their lives? Who here knows someone who is married? Ok, I think that's everybody.
Now the reason I ask that is because we're starting a new series today and it's a short series, but it's an important series and it's built on one very simple idea: marriage matters a lot to God...so it should matter a lot to us.
And I believe that's true, even if you're not married. I believe that's true, even if you think you'll never get married. First, because you might be wrong, ok? You never know what God's going to do, who God's going to bring into your life, maybe when you least expect it. And second, because even if you don't ever get married - and by the way, that's ok. Marriage matters to God, but it's not what matters most to God. You living your life in a way that honors God and serves others...that's what matters most. The bible actually says that single people have some significant advantages over married people when it comes to living on mission with Jesus. So if you're single...and you're seizing those opportunities...it would be a huge mistake to think that you're somehow missing out on what matters most, ok? You're not going to get to heaven and have God ask... Marriage matters to God, but it's not what matters most to God. But...even if you're not married and you never get married, how you think about marriage still matters because you have people in your life that you care about who are married. And I love what my friend Ted Cunningham says. He says, Marriage is a duet in need of great backup singers. - Ted Cunningham. So no matter what your marital status, marriage matters to God, so it should matter to us.
And I want to talk to you today about why that is, and to do that, I want to take us way back in history to the invention of marriage. ...
Marriage Matters
Craig Smith
Genesis 2:18-24
Who here is currently married? Who here is currently engaged to be married? Who here is thinking they might get married at some point in their lives? Who here knows someone who is married? Ok, I think that's everybody.
Now the reason I ask that is because we're starting a new series today and it's a short series, but it's an important series and it's built on one very simple idea: marriage matters a lot to God...so it should matter a lot to us.
And I believe that's true, even if you're not married. I believe that's true, even if you think you'll never get married. First, because you might be wrong, ok? You never know what God's going to do, who God's going to bring into your life, maybe when you least expect it. And second, because even if you don't ever get married - and by the way, that's ok. Marriage matters to God, but it's not what matters most to God. You living your life in a way that honors God and serves others...that's what matters most. The bible actually says that single people have some significant advantages over married people when it comes to living on mission with Jesus. So if you're single...and you're seizing those opportunities...it would be a huge mistake to think that you're somehow missing out on what matters most, ok? You're not going to get to heaven and have God ask... Marriage matters to God, but it's not what matters most to God. But...even if you're not married and you never get married, how you think about marriage still matters because you have people in your life that you care about who are married. And I love what my friend Ted Cunningham says. He says, Marriage is a duet in need of great backup singers. - Ted Cunningham. So no matter what your marital status, marriage matters to God, so it should matter to us.
And I want to talk to you today about why that is, and to do that, I want to take us way back in history to the invention of marriage. ...
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