The Tension of Marriage

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Sermon Notes

April 15, 2012

The Tension of Marriage Jake Barker | Ephesians 4:15

Who we marry is not who we marry.

Speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into Him who is the head, into Christ …

Ephesians 4:15 (ESV)

Power of truth

“It doesn’t create your weaknesses … it reveals them.” — Tim Keller, The Meaning of Marriage

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin. For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Romans 7:14-15 (ESV)

But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. Hebrews 3:13 (ESV)

Power of love

“At first love sweeps you up involuntarily, but eventually love is a deliberate choice.” — Tim Keller, The Meaning of Marriage

Affection

Friendship

Service

Speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into Him who is the head, into Christ …

Ephesians 4:15 (ESV)

Power of grace

Forgiveness and repentance

I forgive you because Jesus forgave me.

So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (ESV)