The Vow: Genesis 2:21-24 NIV 21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs[a]and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib[b] he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. 23 The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.” 24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. Ephesians 5:21-33NIV 21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing[a]her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— 30 for we are members of his body. 31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”[b] 32 This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband Submission doesn’t mean becoming a doormat. Believers submit to one another by choice. Being spiritual Leaders involves service. Ephesians 5:25-30 How should a man love his wife. He should be willing to sacrifice everything for her. Make her well-being o primary importance to him. Care for her as he cares for his own body. Christ death made The Church Holy and clean.. "By The Washing " Marriage in unity should merge two persons in such a way that little can affect one without affecting the other. • Learn to anticipate the needs of the other. • Helping the other become all that they can be . • Creation Story tells of God’s plan that Husband and Wife should be one. • Jesus even desired we all be ONE.
