ONE FLESH-MEGA MYSTERY

  1. One Flesh Purposes (Genesis 1,2)
    1. Be fruitful and multiply (1:27,28)[Child-Bearer]
    2. Helper fit for the man (2:18)[Complement]
    3. Intimate Relationship (2:24) [Companion]
  2. One Flesh Beginnings (Genesis 2:18-25)
    1. God said Adam needed Eve (v. 18)
    2. God made Eve from Adam (v. 21)
    3. God made only one Eve…No spares! (v. 21)
    4. God made Eve to meet the need of Adam (v. 22)
    5. God brought Eve to Adam (v. 22)
    6. God personally sanctioned their relationship (v. 22)
    7. Adam understands and names: Woman (v. 23)
    8. Moses: Institution of Marriage-'One Flesh' (v. 24)
  3. One Flesh/MEGA-MYSTERY (Ephesians 5:22-33)
    1. Authority Structure Must be in Order (v.22-24)
    2. Admonition for Sacrificial Love (v. 25)
    3. Administration of Sanctification w/Word (v. 26, 27)
    4. Admonition for Sacrificial Self-Love to Wife (v. 28)
    5. Explanation/Reason for Husband's Actions (v. 29, 30)
    6. Institution of Marriage Quoted from Genesis 2 (v. 31)
    7. Exclamation of Magnitude of Mystery (v. 32)
    8. Conclusion: One Flesh-MEGA-MYSTERY (v. 33)