Gospel-Shaped Marriages

Sermon Series: No Place Like Home
Today's Message: Gospel-Shaped Marriages
Text: Ephesians 5:1-33
Dr. Scott Hanberry

MARRIAGE DEFINED:

Marriage is the ________ of two ________, in whom ________ _________ is at work. This offers ____________ & _________.

-Be realistic - it will never be perfect.
-Be encouraged - it will never be hopeless.

Christ's love for the Church is the template (model/pattern/blueprint) for marriages.

If you want to know how to _______ to your wife, start thinking deeply about how Christ loves the Church!

If you want to know how to ________ to your husband, start thinking deeply about how the Church responds to Christ!

Three pictures:

1.) _____ (v. 8-14) [drawing & guiding]

2.) _____ (v. 25-26) [cleansing]

3.) _____ (v. 25-26) [nourishing]