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A Marriage That Will Not Fail. Matthew 5,6,7. A Marriage That Will Not Fail. Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7:24-27. Gen. 2:18-24 Not good for man to be alone. Ps. 1:1 Counsel of the ungodly not sound. Mt. 5:20 Be concerned about proper attitudes.
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A Marriage That Will Not Fail Matthew 5,6,7
A Marriage That Will Not Fail Build Upon The Right FoundationMt. 7:24-27 • Gen. 2:18-24 Not good for man to be alone. • Ps. 1:1 Counsel of the ungodly not sound. • Mt. 5:20 Be concerned about proper attitudes. • Be the person who wants to go to heaven more than anything else. • Marry someone who wants to go to heaven more than anything else.
A Marriage That Will Not Fail Build Upon The Right FoundationMt. 7:24-27 • Do Not Murder. Mt. 5:21-22 • Attitude. 2 Cor. 10:5; 1 Jno. 3:15 • Soft answer. Prov. 15:1 • Be kind. Eph. 4:31-32 • Guard your anger. Eph. 4:26; Jms. 1:19ff • Do not be bitter. Col. 3:18-19
A Marriage That Will Not Fail Build Upon The Right FoundationMt. 7:24-27 • Do Not Commit Adultery. Mt. 5:27-28 • Attitude. Mt. 5:29-30 • Keep your mind pure. Prov. 23:7; 4:23; Mt. 15:18-20 • Learn to flee. 1 Cor. 6:18; Gen. 39:12; 1 Thess. 5:22
A Marriage That Will Not Fail Build Upon The Right FoundationMt. 7:24-27 • Do Not Divorce. Mt. 5:31-32 • Mt. 19:6 Do not put asunder. • ONE EXCEPTION. “Except for fornication.” • Mt. 18:1-3; Jno. 3:2ff; Lk. 13:3 • Eccl. 5:2-7 Remember your vow. • Mal. 2:14-16 God hates divorce.
A Marriage That Will Not Fail Build Upon The Right FoundationMt. 7:24-27 • Avoid Deception. Mt. 5:33-37 • Do not lie. Col. 3:9; Eph. 4:25 • Maintain your integrity. Ps. 15
A Marriage That Will Not Fail Build Upon The Right FoundationMt. 7:24-27 • Avoid Retaliation. Mt. 5:38-39 • Vindictive attitudes must not be allowed. Rom. 12:17ff
A Marriage That Will Not Fail Build Upon The Right FoundationMt. 7:24-27 • Avoid Conditional Love. Mt. 5:43-48 • Husbands love your wives. Eph. 5:25 • Wives love your husbands. Tit. 2:3-5 • Characteristics of love. 1 Cor. 13:4-8 • “Let love be without hypocrisy.” Rom. 12:9
A Marriage That Will Not Fail Build Upon The Right FoundationMt. 7:24-27 • Avoid Hypocrisy. Mt. 6:1,2,5,16 • “Let love be without hypocrisy.” Rom. 12:9
A Marriage That Will Not Fail Build Upon The Right FoundationMt. 7:24-27 • Avoid Materialism. Mt. 6:19-34 • Misplaced values. Lk. 12:15ff; cf. Col. 3:2 • Respectable worldliness. Lk. 14:15ff • Money can buy cosmetics, but not real beauty. • Money can buy a house, but not a home. Price of the soul worth more than all. Mt. 16:26
A Marriage That Will Not Fail Build Upon The Right FoundationMt. 7:24-27 • Avoid petty criticism. Mt. 7:1-5 “In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; but he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely” Prov. 10:19 “The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver” Prov. 10:20 “Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips” Ps. 141:3 “Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles” Prov. 21:23
A Marriage That Will Not Fail Build Upon The Right FoundationMt. 7:24-27 • Avoid petty criticism. Mt. 7:1-5 “He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction” Prov. 13:3 “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in network of silver” Prov. 25:11 “Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him” Prov. 29:20
A Marriage That Will Not Fail Build Upon The Right FoundationMt. 7:24-27 • Avoid petty criticism. Mt. 7:1-5 Prov 21:9 25:24 “It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.” Prov 21:19 “It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.” Prov 26:21 “(As) coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.
A Marriage That Will Not Fail Build Upon The Right FoundationMt. 7:24-27 • Apply the golden rule. Mt. 7:12 • Treat your companion like you would like them to treat you!!!
A Marriage That Will Not Fail Build Upon The Right FoundationMt. 7:24-27 Practice golden rule Avoid petty criticism Avoid materialism Avoid hypocrisy Avoid conditional love Avoid retaliation Avoid deception Do not divorce Do not commit adultery Do not murder