In The Beginning  - The Blueprint - Genesis 2:18-25

Contemporary Service

Opening Worship - I Know Somebody

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Welcome

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Worship - What A Beautiful Name

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                We Fall Down

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                The Heart Of Worship

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Table Prayer

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Teaching - In The Beginning - The Blueprint - Genesis 2:18-25

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Closing Song - The Blessing

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Traditional Service

Prelude

 

Call To Worship - Choir - Breathe On Me Breath Of God - 393

 

Blessing Of Tithes And Offerings, Doxology

 

Welcome And Announcements - Arden Harner - Worship Leader

 

Joys And Concerns

 

Hymn - For The Beauty Of The Earth - 182

 

Special - I Know Somebody - Debbie Sandridge

 

Sermon - In The Beginning - The Blueprint - Genesis 2:18-25

 

Closing Hymn - Open My Eyes - 563/ What A Day That Will Be - 762

 

Carrying The Light To The World

 

Benediction

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Sermon Outline

In the Beginning - The Marital Blueprint

 

Genesis 2:18–25

 

I. The Big idea...

a. Marriage wasn’t man’s idea.

b. Once we get clear on that it changes everything.

c. What did God intend marriage to be?

d. If you don’t know what something was designed for, you’re going to misuse it.

 

II. The Problem with Culture’s Version of Marriage

a. What our culture says:

b. The Lie - somewhere out there is a person who is perfect for you.

c. If the relationship stops doing those things — if it stops feeling the way it felt in the beginning — it probably wasn’t the right person after all, and you’re free to go find the one who is.

d. It asks your spouse to be your god.

e. No human being can bear that weight.

f. Another version of the cultural story: marriage is a piece of paper.

g. Both of these stories assume that marriage is something we invented.

 

III. Back to the Beginning

a. Genesis 2:18-25 - what God wanted marriage to be.

b. Four foundation stones:

c. It Is Not Good to Be Alone

d. Helper — Not Hierarchy

e. Leave and Cleave — A New Covenant Unit

f. Naked and Unashamed — Total Vulnerability and Trust

 

IV. A Word for Singles

a. All of that is true of you whether or not you are married.

b. It does not mean you need to get married to become fully human.

c. It means that even in singleness, you are made for deep, committed, face-to-face community.

d. Jesus was single. Paul was single. Some of the most world-shaping Christians in history were single.

e. Singleness is not a waiting room for your real life to start.

f. Singleness is a legitimate, honored, fruitful form of Christian life.

g. A few questions worth carrying home:

h. What assumptions did I bring into marriage?

i. Am I asking my spouse to be God for me?

j. Have I really left my family of origin?

k. What fig leaves am I still wearing in my marriage?

l. What parts of me does my spouse still not know?

m. If you’re single: what would it look like for me to honor God’s design for marriage now?