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2 Samuel 6:6-12
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(NKJV)
And when they came to Nachon’s threshing
floor, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God
and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled.
7 Then the anger of the Lord was aroused
against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his
error; and he died there by the ark of God. 8 And
David became angry because of the Lord’s
outbreak against Uzzah; and he called the name
of the place Perez Uzzah to this day.
2 Samuel 6:6-12
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(NKJV)
David was afraid of the Lord that day; and he
said, “How can the ark of the Lord come to
me?” 10 So David would not move the ark of the
Lord with him into the City of David; but David
took it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the
Gittite. 11 The ark of the Lord remained in the
house of Obed-Edom the Gittite three months.
And the Lord blessed Obed-Edom and all his
household.
2 Samuel 6:6-12
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(NKJV)
Now it was told King David, saying, “The Lord
has blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all
that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.”
So David went and brought up the ark of God
from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of
David with gladness.
Christ-Centered Marriage
II SAMUEL 6:6 -12
Christ-Centered Marriage
 Marriage, one of the oldest institutions,
is under attack
 Satan is hard at work to convince
people that marriage is “evolving”
 People have bought into this idea and
therefore are not working as hard at
their marriages
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 No one ever said marriage was easy,
especially not our Lord
 However, with God’s help and
guidance, it certainly is easier
 The Bible is clear on it’s teachings of
faithfulness in marriage (Matt. 19); do
we know what it takes to be faithful?
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 Putting Christ in the center of our
marriage is the key to being successful
 Notice what God in the home will do for
someone (II Sam. 6:6-12)
 While the ark rested in the home of
Obed-Edom, the Lord blessed him and
his household
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 1. …will affect your speech
 Having
Christ as the center of our lives and
homes will affect the very way we speak
 As
a Christian, we know that we are
commanded to watch our tongue (Js. 3)
 Jesus
tells us that what we say ultimately
comes from the heart (Matt. 12:34-37;
15:18-20)
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 1. …will affect your speech
 It’s
not just about what we do not say
 It’s
also about what we do say (Eph. 4:29;
I Thess. 5:11)
A
soft answer can turn away wrath and
keep any argument from escalating
(Prov. 15:1)
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 1. …will affect your speech
 Bottom
line is that we cannot call ourselves
Christians if we do not control our tongue
(Js. 1:26)
 If
Christ is the center of our home, then it
will change the way we speak to one
another (Col. 3:1-10)
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 2. …will affect your mind (attitude)
 There
are many marriages that are affected
by the mindset or attitude of one or both
people
 Being
a child of God and putting Christ at
the center of my home means that my
mindset will be different (Rom. 12:2)
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 2. …will affect your mind (attitude)
 Paul
said that we bring every thought into
captivity to the obedience of Christ
(II Cor. 10:5)
 Paul
urged us to have the mind of Christ,
which entails putting others before
ourselves, being a servant, and being
humble (Phil. 2:1-8)
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 3. …will affect your actions
 The
very way that we act in our homes will
be affected when we put Christ there
 Jesus
called us to be salt and light, and that
includes inside the home (Matt. 5:13-16)
 Paul
said that a relationship with Christ
demands different actions (Col. 3:1-10, 1217)
Christ-Centered Marriage
 3. …will affect your actions
 Following
the Golden Rule is a good place
to start (Matt. 7:12)
 Peter
talks about our actions towards one
another in I Peter 3:1-7
 Our
conduct can go a long way in how our
marriage will turn out
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 4. …will affect your reactions
 We
often times work on our actions, but do
we stop to think about our reactions?
 Again,
Proverbs 15:1 is one of those verses
that speaks to the importance of reactions
 Anger
is a common reaction, but the Bible
warns against it
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 4. …will affect your reactions
 Ephesians
4:26-27
 We
must have control of our reactions in
our marriages
 “And
be kind to one another,
tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even
as God in Christ forgave you” (Eph. 4:32)
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 5. …will affect your love
 Love,
as the world sees it, is just a feeling
that comes and goes
 However,
the Bible defines love as
something different
 Love
is defined as permanent and not
temporary (I Cor. 13:4-8)
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 5. …will affect your love
 When
Christ is in the home, the love is
quite different
 Love
is the central part of the greatest
commands (Matt. 22:39)
 The
love we are to have is to emulate that
of Christ’s love for the church (Eph. 5:25)