Sermon Outline: Marriage

Ecclesiastes 4:9 -- Two are better than one.

Intimate Companionship
Genesis 2:18a -- And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone.

Mutual Assistance
Genesis 2:18b -- I will make him an help meet for him.

Family Building
Genesis 1:28 -- Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it.

Ecclesiastes 4:12 -- A threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Spiritual Strand
Matthew 19:6 -- What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Statutory Strand
Romans 7:2 -- For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband.

Sexual Strand
1 Corinthians 7:9 -- But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

Colossians 2:2 -- That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love.

Unconditional Love
Romans 5:8 -- But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Eternal Love
Jeremiah 31:3 -- Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

Sacrificial Love
John 3:16 -- God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son.