Marriage With Honor Genesis 3: 1-17

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2:22         1.    What God joined together He designed for continuance and to be a blessing.

                        (...made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.)

2:23         2.    What God authors He empowers to succeed with honor.

                        (And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh:  she

                         shall be called Woman, ...)

2:25         3.    What God authors, there is no intended shame.

                        (And they were both naked,the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.)

3:3            4.    A husband and wife who both agree with God will have harmony.

                        (God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it,)

                        v. 6- Unity without agreement with God will produce heartache.

                        Adam and Eve had unity between themselves, but not with God.

                        There is unity today on many fronts, but no blessing of God in those areas 

                        where God's will is violated.

3:6            5.    Communion (communication) with God is the first priority before communion 

                        (communication) with one another in marriage.
                       There is a false security in the teaching that better communication will help
                        marriage. 

                        Unless there is more communion with God there will be no Godly exchange 
                        in communication between husband and wife.

                        It is the interchange with God that strengthens marriage.

3:6            6.    Realize the issues that surface in your life are not to divide you but to unite

                        you.

                        (And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, ...)

                        Sin is always divisive to the spirit life. 

                        God's intent is to unite to the word of God. 

                        A husband and wife are to be drawn to the uniting work of the word of God.

3:12           7.   God's providing of a wife for a husband is not of inherent error.

                        (...The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, ...)

                        It is a false presumption that marital problems are inherent because of faulty

                        design.  Problems do arise, because of the will of the flesh and its argument

                        with the will of God.

                        The conclusion of automatic mistakes only becomes justification for fault  

                        finding and the making of excuses.

3:12           8.   Focusing on a wife's omission will leave a husband without accountability.

                        (...she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.)

3:13           9.   Deception occurs when the protection of God's word is rejected.

                        (...And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.)

3:17           10. The basis for marital harmony is simplistic.

                        (And unto Adam He said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy  

                         wife, and hast eaten of the tree, ...)

                        The focus is on relationship with God first.

                        Within the marriage the focus is on individual responsibility .pictured as 

                        follows- Adam- till the ground;  Eve- bear children.

                        The forsaking of responsibility in marriage leads to error.

                        Success does not require physical possessions, but it does require God's

                        forgiveness.- v. 21