"The Mangling of Marriage"

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Sermon Notes
Sermon Series:  Malachi
Sermon Scripture:  Malachi 2:10-16

The Faults of Mixed Marriages (2:10-12)

• Malachi confronts and condemns mixed marriages.
  • The issue is not racial, but ________________.
  • The issue is not ethnicity, but ________________.
• The willful destruction of marriage is a ________________ sin. (10)
• Marrying unbelievers ________________ God’s holiness. (11)
• Bringing idolatry into the family of God deserves God’s ____________. (12)
  • The Lord judges what you do at ____________ house…
  • By what you do at ____________ house.

The Faithlessness of Failed Marriages (2:13-14)

• The pain caused by our sin ________________ our attempts to worship. (13)
• Self-righteous excuses will not work with God. (14)
  • He was a witness to the marriage.
  • He was a witness to the abandonment of the wife of your youth.
    • She was your ________________.
    • She was your wife by ________________.

The Fracture of Broken Marriages (2:15-16)

• God ____________ marriage. (15)
  • He makes the two into ____________.
  • He united the couple by his ____________.
  • He desires the family to raise ____________ children.
• God ____________ divorce. (16)
  • Divorce breaks the heart.
  • Divorce destroys relationships.
  • Divorce splits the family.
  • Divorce hurts the children.
• We must ____________ ourselves to protect our marriages. (15-16)
  • Don’t feed the ____________.
    • Never let your mind entertain ________________.
    • Let grievances go. Repent and forgive often.
    • Don’t seek emotional intimacy ________________ the marriage.
  • Saturate in the ________________.
  • Cultivate _____________________.
    • Carve out time for conversation.
    • Never stop dating your spouse.
  • Keep your vows ________________.
    • On your finger…
    • In your home…
    • Before your kids…

The Faithful God of the Perfect Marriage

• No matter your failures, Christ is ________________.
• No matter your faults, Christ is ________________.