Most people will marry, and they will do so for all kinds of reasons–most of which are good. Some marry for companionship, some for convenience, some to produce children, and some just for sex (okay, probably not just for sex). People marry for a combination of these and many other reasons, but is marriage simply to be seen as a union of two persons for reasons of mutual benefit during this earthly life? To believe so is to ignore massive biblical evidence to the contrary.

Our August sermon series has approached marriage as a God-designed gospel institution. In other words, marriage is about much more than husband and wife; it portrays aspects of the very character of God Himself: graciousness, redeeming love, patience, sacrifice, and shared joy.

Christians have no monopoly on marriage. All one-man/one-woman marriage is intended to tell the same story–that’s part of God’s awesome genius in making marriage a universal human institution. But when Christians get marriage wrong, the gospel message marriage is made to tell is warped in eternally-significant ways.

As Christ-followers, we need each other; and I don’t just mean husbands and wives! We need the body of Christ. There is incredible strength in a marriage that has God and the gospel at its center, but even healthy Christian marriages need the support and encouragement of the rest of God’s people if that marriage is to have its full gospel impact.

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