The Naked Truth – Part 2

The Naked Truth – Part 2

Skylar Jones

February 18th, 2024

Genesis 1:1-3

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good.

Genesis 2:7

7 then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. 

Genesis 1:26

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.

Foundation 1: Your spouse is made in the image of God.

Ephesians 5:21-33

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 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.” 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.

Foundation 2: Your marriage is a picture of Christ and the Church.

Respect is a choice that we make.

1. Change your expectations.

2. Prioritize healthy communication.

3. Forgive one another.

4. Encourage one another.

5. Pursue the Lord together.

Next Steps:

1. I will accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior
2. I will have a conversation with my spouse about our marriage. 
3. I will JOIN or LEAD a Growth Group. 
4. I will memorize Genesis 1:26.