Marriage On A Mission

The sermon begins by contrasting cultural views of love as mere feelings with God's design for marriage as having a mission beyond personal happiness. The preacher explains that marriage was created to be a picture of Christ's relationship with the church, making the invisible gospel visible to the world. He presents three key principles for a marriage on mission. First, marriages must be controlled by the Spirit, requiring ongoing dependence on God's power rather than human effort. Second, couples must conform to God's design, including the wife's willing submission and the husband's loving leadership, which reflects how the church relates to Christ.

In this message:

Marriage was created to be a picture of God's relationship with his people and display the gospel.The mission of your marriage is to display the gospel to the world around you.A marriage on mission must be controlled by the Spirit through ongoing dependence on God's power.Submission is a willing inclination to receive and affirm a man's leadership, not servitude or being less than.God has designed specific roles for marriage that reflect Christ's relationship with the church.