Keeping Faith with God in Marriage

What does it look like to keep faith with God in marriage?

• Being equal partners in God’s purposes (Gn. 1.26-28). 
• The man (2.5 -> 2.7, 15)
• The woman (2.18 -> 2.23-24).
• Before Eve, no suitable partner is found (2.20)
• Ezer knegdo: ally, teammate, partner; corresponding to, matching, standing face-to-face (2.18, 20).
• Radical Oneness (2.24).
• Each is the first priority of the other (2.24).
• The covenant of marriage creates a new reality (2.23). 
• Note: Blood/Genes vs. Covenants 
• To be characterized by faithfulness, exclusivity and permanence 
• Humility (Phil. 2.1-11)
• Non-negotiable in any relationship centered on Jesus (Phil. 2.1-5).

When we keep faith with God in our marriages, we reveal the character of our covenant making God and find joy & significance by sharing in his work.