The Bible and Marriage

Question 1

What is different about man from animals?

Answer 1

1. Free will

2. Responsible

Question 2

What was Adams job?

Answer 2

He was assigned to rule over nature

Question 3

What does Adam ruling over the land tell us?

Answer 3

Work is noble

Question 4

What is man’s ranking?

Answer 4

Made “a little lower than the Angels”

Question 5

God’s “image” includes what?

Answer 5

Male and female

Question 6

Man can bring into existence something that will

Answer 6

1. Bear God’s image

2. That will live forever

Question 7

Tree of knowledge represents

Answer 7

Free will and responsibility

Question 8

What did God say is not good?

Answer 8

Man was alone

Question 9

How was Eve made and why?

Answer 9

From Adams rib, to stand by his side and support him

Question 10

Hebrew word for woman

Answer 10

Isha

Question 11

First English word for woman

Answer 11

Wombman

Question 12

Three steps of marriage

Answer 12

1. Leave (a decision)
2. Be united (a ceremony)
3. One flesh (consummation of marriage)

Question 13

Matthew 19:1-6

Answer 13

God joins them

Question 14

Three purposed of marriage

Answer 14

1. Companionship
2. Partnership
3. Procreation

Question 15

Women are more

Answer 15

Trusting

Question 16

The woman saw that the fruit was

Answer 16

1. Good for food
2. Pleasing to the eyes
3. Desirable for wisdom

Question 17

What were the effects of this?

Answer 17

Adam and Eve felt guilt and fear, because they were self-centered

Question 18

Who did Adam blame?

Answer 18

Eve

Question 19

Who did Eve blame?

Answer 19

The serpent

Question 20

What do we understand from “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

Answer 20

Her seed is the messiah (?)
He will crush your head
You have struck his heel
Its a prophecy of Jesus’ death and resurrection

Question 21

What is woman’s punishment

Answer 21

The desire to control

“Your desire will be for your husband and he will rule over you.”

Question 22

What is mans punishment?

Answer 22

The ground was cursed

Question 23

What do fig leaves represent

Answer 23

The ineffectiveness of human efforts covering up guilt

Question 24

What do animal skins represent

Answer 24

God covering our guilt, which requires sacrifice

Question 25

Why were they banished from the garden?

Answer 25

So they wouldn’t live forever in their fallen condition

Question 26

Who questioned Jesus about divorce and what did they ask?

Answer 26

Pharisees: “On what grounds may a husband divorce his wife?”

Question 27

What did Moses require?

Answer 27

A certificate of divorce for the sake of the woman

Question 28

What did Jesus require of divorce?

Answer 28

Marital unfaithfulness

Question 29

What qualifies adultery/marital unfaithfulness

Answer 29

1. Premarital sex

2. Extramarital sex

Question 30

What did Paul require of divorce

Answer 30

Desertion

Question 31

What is Paul’s instruction for wives?

Answer 31

Submit to your husbands and respect them

Question 32

What should we all do in marriage

Answer 32

Yield our needs for the needs of others

Question 33

What are Paul’s instructions for husbands?

Answer 33

Love your wives as Christ loved the church
Love as your own body
Care for her

Question 34

What does God say that man should not do?

Answer 34

1. Don’t murder him
2. Don’t curse him
3. He belongs to God