The Beauty of Marriage - October 4, 2020

Pastor Chuck Ryan

The Beauty of Marriage
Text: Mark 10:1-12
Thesis: Marriage is such a beautiful and sacred creation of God we need to do everything in our power to
make it holy.
I. God is the creator of all things beautiful.
“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like
shifting shadows.” (James 1:7)
A. Jesus points out that God created man and woman.
"But at the beginning of creation God 'made them male and female.' (Vs. 6 and Genesis 1:27b)
1. Man and woman were both created in God’s image.
“So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created
them.” (Genesis 1:27)
2. God’s Word proclaims that all mankind is “fearfully and wonderfully made.” (Psalms 139:14)
B. Jesus makes it clear that God also created the institution called “Marriage”.
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will be come one
flesh.” (vs.7 and Genesis 2:24)
1. Jesus brings greater clarification to this point when he states, “So they are no longer two, but one.”
(vs8b)
C. The marriage of a man and women is a beautiful and sacred institution of God!
• Marriage is a man and woman joining their lives together for life, in Holy Matrimony, before God and
family.
• Marriage is God’s plan for creating a world community.
• Marriage is a husband and wife loving and respecting one another as Christ loves the Church. (Ephesians
5:22-31)
• Marriage is an example to the World, of Christ and His Church. (Ephesians 5:32)
• Marriage is a man and woman “doing life together.”
II. Satan has never created anything. Satan only seeks to pervert and corrupt the sacred things God has
created.
A. The Pharisees, in an attempt to ensnare Jesus, bring up the law of Moses concerning divorce. (Read verses
2-4)
B. Jesus immediately points out that Moses only allowed for divorce “because your hearts were hard.” (vs5)
“a hard heart dulls the ability to understand truth. And a person with a hard heart puts up walls which
disables them to receive anything.” (Caroline Harries)
C. Jesus in re-enforcing the fact that God is the one who “joins” a man and women to- gether states, “What
God has joined together, let man not separate.” (vs 9)
D. Jesus, later at the request of His disciples, explains further one of the negative consequences of divorce
called adultery. (Read vss. 10-12)