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Kingdom of Right Relationships

Part 6: Loving Your Significant Others

Matthew 22:34-40; Genesis 2:18-25

Introduction:

A. The Love of God

Romans 5:5 - And this expectation will not disappoint us. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love. (NLT)

I. The Problem of Loneliness

A. Understanding Loneliness

1. Solitude describes a situation where one is alone by CHOICE

2. Loneliness is a feeling of dissatisfaction with the quality and/or quantity of one's relationships with other people; it can be broken down into two types

a) Social loneliness

b) Emotional loneliness

3. How people react to loneliness...

a) Active solitude

b) Social action

c) Distraction

d) Sad passivity

B. “Good News” – John 16:32

³²Indeed the hour is coming, yes, has now come, that you will be scattered, each to his own, and will leave Me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

II. God’s Solution for Loneliness - Genesis 2:18-25

A. A Companion – v. 18

1. The primary reason God planned the creation of woman was “for him”—for man (Genesis 2:18).

2. God also created the first two humans to be the parents of the human race.

3. God’s plan for man and woman to help each other requires two things:

a) The willingness to help.

b) The willingness to receive and accept the offered help.

Romans 15:7

Galatians 6:2

Ecclesiastes 4:9-10

Matthew 28:20

Hebrews 13:5

Exodus 33:14

1 Peter 5:7

Philippians 4:19

B. Man’s Need for Companionship – Genesis 2:19-25

III. God’s Purpose in Creating Woman (v. 18)

A. God created the woman to explain the basic need of every person. (v. 18a)

B. God created the woman to establish the motivation behind all male-female relationships. (v. 18b)

IV. The Marriage Relationship in God’s Kingdom

V. The Family

VI. The Spiritual Family

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