Marriage

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This sermon explores God's divine design for sex and the body, emphasizing that sex within covenant marriage was created to be a physical example of the intimacy, love, and safety experienced in our spiritual union with Christ. The sermon also teaches that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, joined to Christ, and meant for eternal purposes, which should guide how we handle sexual temptation and pursue sexual purity through fleeing from immorality rather than trying to fight it.

Pastor Jason addresses the topic of singleness, arguing against common cultural misunderstandings and lies. He emphasizes that both singleness and marriage are good and unique gifts from God, meant to foster a person's relationship with Him. Pastor Jason encourages both single and married individuals to find their wholeness and true value in their relationship with Jesus, rather than in their temporary life roles or stations.

The sermon explains that God's design for marriage is based on covenant rather than feelings - while human thinking believes love leads to covenant, God's truth is that covenant leads to deep, lasting love. The marriage covenant provides safety that enables honesty, confession, repentance and healing, ultimately reflecting God's covenant relationship with believers.

This sermon teaches that many marriages feel stuck because they've forgotten God as their Creator and foundation. True freedom and joy in marriage are found not in fixing our spouse or ourselves, but in continually centering our relationship on the love of Jesus Christ.

This sermon on Genesis 2 teaches that marriage, when plagued by self-absorption and apathy, can only find its purpose by pursuing the covenantal oneness that mirrors the Trinity. Ultimately, marriage is a picture of the gospel, meant to reflect Christ's faithful and loving pursuit of His Church.