Family Under Attack - God’s Design for Family (02 of 10)

It's not hard to scan the news and find ways our culture, and even government, is waging war against biblical values. But, as Ron Moore discusses, the greatest threat to marriages today is found right in our own homes. Ron looks at two key passages in the Bible to help us discover the five essential elements of successful marriages.

(Genesis 2:20-24, Ephesians 5:22-30)

 

5 Essential Element of a successful marriage 

1 - Leave Parents - Requires new commitments 

2 - United to each other - Committed 

3 - One flesh 

1. 1. Spiritual Oneness
   2. Physical Oneness 
   3. Mental Oneness 
   4. Emotional Oneness 
   5. Missional Oneness 

4 - Husband must be the servant leader 

1. 1. Sacrificial love  
   2. Sanctifying love
   3. Nourishing love 
   4. Satisfying love 

5 - Wife needs to be a spiritual partner 

...submission does not mean that the wife 

1.  ... is inferior in anyway 
2. … loses her identity 
3. … is a passive participant