Marriage, Before the Fall (b)

In this part of the sermon: This section details five key points from Genesis 2: man created first, placed in stewardship, incomplete without a counterpart, woman created from and for man as a helper, and…

Martin uses the analogy of a panoramic view (Genesis 1) and a zoom lens view (Genesis 2) to explain how the two creation accounts complement each other without negating, providing both broad and detailed perspectives on God's design.

However, when we turn to chapter 2, what I've called the zoom, lens of God's creation of the man and the woman, we discovered five things in these selected portions in chapter 2. That the man, the male, was created first in order out of the dust of the earth, verse 7. The Lord formed of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul. Secondly, the man was immediately placed by God in his basic sphere of stewardship and assigned calling, verses 8 and 15. The Lord God planted a garden eastward and there He put the man whom He had formed. And...

6:43 - 7:39 Read in full sermon

The point: Non-committed living relationships are illegitimate and a violation of the seventh commandment (fornication).

Martin describes the modern concept of 'sexual maturity' where women pursue careers and non-committed living relationships to satisfy urges, illustrating how this mindset contradicts biblical principles of commitment and marriage.

intelligently undertaken to covenantal marriage now by application I say this reality dismantles the legitimacy of these non committed living relationships that are so popular in our day it is a sign of so called sexual maturity in our day for the woman pursuing her independent career but who nonetheless must acknowledge she has some urges sexual urges that she can't meet in auto eroticism she is not prepared to go into the perversion of lesbianism so men still have some place upon the horizon of her desires and her interests now I don't need to be crass folk but I read the literature that the...

33:10 - 34:39 Read in full sermon

The point: Women who live with men unwilling to commit to covenantal marriage put off the man's maturity and give their sexuality outside God's protected boundaries, leading to insecurity.

He illustrates how non-committed living relationships allow men to remain 'irresponsible boys' and leave women feeling 'insecure and uncertain,' highlighting the negative consequences of deviating from God's design for marriage.

shall be cast into hell if they are impenitent about their fornication but it's totally off the charts with respect to the biblical norm any woman willing to live with a man who won't commit himself to covenantal marriage you know what that woman does she puts off this man's coming to maturity as a man she lets him go on being an irresponsible boy and you've got twenty eight and thirty and thirty five year old boys who go from one live in relationship to another who never grow up and become men ready to commit to nurture to providing to protecting why because they can get their cookies with th...

36:08 - 37:38 Read in full sermon

The point: Women who live with men unwilling to commit to covenantal marriage put off the man's maturity and give their sexuality outside God's protected boundaries, leading to insecurity.

Martin paints a picture of 'self-centered thumb sucking little boys with a corporate title' who avoid commitment, using it to critique the lack of true manhood in society and its implications for national defense.

of being sold this bill of goods that you can have it all in pursuing your independent identity and your independent career and you can have your live in relationship and have your sexual frustrations satisfied and you can likewise continue in your self centered independent little boy way with no coming to grips with who you are as one of God's atoms to be able to take an Eve under your wing in loving protective providing headship is it no wonder that guys like this don't want to go to war and defend their country self centered thumb sucking little boys with a corporate title and driving their...

37:38 - 39:05 Read in full sermon

The point: Every woman should fix in her mind that no one has a right to her body, nor does she have a right to give her body to anyone but her Adam, who takes on the full responsibility of a loving, caring, providing, guiding head…

He describes the emotional and relational tragedy of a woman experiencing pregnancy and motherhood without a committed husband, emphasizing the absence of shared joy and protection that an 'Adam' would provide.

what's that mean that means that girls and women are missing that first period and wrestling shall I kill it shall I carry it shall I kill it keep my girlish figure or shall I kill it those that come out of much of the backwater of the whole ghetto experience for them it's a no brainer having the baby gives them a sense of identity they'll go on welfare and there'll be provision for it mama did it and I made it I'll be the mama and my kid will make it and so they feel the first fluttering of life no husband to share the joy the tummy begins to swell to get out of shape begin to look like an in...

39:05 - 40:35 Read in full sermon

The point: Your sexuality is a jewel to be opened only within the box of covenantal marriage.

Martin recounts a conversation with a young woman who asked him to address the men, using this anecdote to introduce his direct challenge to young men about their responsibilities.

marriage, and you turn it into something self-destructive and tyrannical, all in the name of sexual liberation within solar billiards. But I trust none of you sitting here will buy into it. Your sexuality is a jewel. In a box called covenantal marriage. And when somebody's ready to take the box and you're ready to give the box, then it's time to open the box and take out the jewel and not till then. It's only within the bounds of this covenantal union that a man and a woman are to experience sexual intimacy. I want to say a word to you guys. I had one of the girls go out this morning, and I've...

41:52 - 42:49 Read in full sermon

The point: Young men, use your God-given faculties for communication; stop mumbling and talk like men.

He references a scene from 'Fiddler on the Roof' where Tevye tells the tailor to 'talk like a man,' using it to encourage young men to improve their communication skills and stop mumbling.

And some of you guys need to get your act together. Stop mumbling when you talk. You remember Fiddler on the Roof? I haven't watched it for a long time. But you remember when the tailor comes before Tevye and he wants to tell him I'm in love with your daughter. I'm about to marry her. And he's just sitting around mumbling. And he says talk. Talk to me. Talk like a man. You remember that? Talk like a man. I say to some of you guys, you've got a diaphragm.

46:22 - 46:56 Read in full sermon

The point: Young men, pump a little less iron and read a few more books out loud to develop communication skills.

Martin suggests that young men should 'pump a little less iron in the basement and read a few more books out loud in your bedroom,' using this analogy to prioritize intellectual and communication development over purely physical pursuits.

Maybe pump a little less iron in the basement and read a few more books out loud in your bedroom.

47:29 - 47:35 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: The third deduction is that God designed woman for her distinct and wonderful role as a companion and helper to man, fulfilling the procreative and dominion mandates without being…

He shares a personal story about his granddaughter, Joss, discussing classical music and what she would look for in a husband, illustrating the importance of aesthetic and intellectual compatibility in a marriage.

I hope, Joss, you don't mind me talking about this. I'm talking about my granddaughter. I normally don't talk about my kids or my grandchildren if they're present without their permission, but I'm going to override Joss on this. We were traveling up to Ballston Lake a couple of months ago, and we listened to some classical music.

52:02 - 52:18 Read in full sermon

The point: Parents, guide your daughters into post-high school educational opportunities to cultivate their minds, enabling them to be discerning and effective in their roles as wives, mothers, and homemakers.

Martin quotes extensively from an article by a highly educated woman, contrasting the modern feminist denigration of homemaking with its true nature as an 'overflowing oasis of opportunity' and a 'brilliant catalyst' for creativity and wisdom.

I've been trying to do some parallel reading. in a number of books, one of them a wonderful book edited by John Piper and Wayne Gruden on the whole biblical concept of masculinity and femininity, a number of contributors, and this particular article called The High Calling of Wife and Mother in biblical perspective is written by a woman who after she was married, agreed with her husband and under his direction that they would both go to seminary she would learn Hebrew and Greek and systematic theology, she took the whole seminary course at a graduate level, and then after they finished at semi...

54:57 - 56:23 Read in full sermon