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1.A wife – manhood, womanhood
1)God made them m/f, Gen 1.27 male and female he created them
2)God made them equal, Gal 3.28
(1)in worth, dignity
(2)in opportunity of salvation
(3)in opportunities of sanctification
(4)in opportunities of serviceability in kingdom
3)God made them different
(1)physically, 1Pet 3.7
(2)spiritually, 1Th 2:7, 1Th 2:11, 1Tim 2:12
(3)vocationally, Tit 2.5
4)God made them to be one
2.Finding a good wife
1)We are instrumental in finding
Prov 31:10 An excellent wife, who can find?
Gen 4:19 And Lamech took to himself two wives
Gen 6:2 sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives
Gen 11:29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves.
Gen 28:1 You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.
Gen 36:2 Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan:
Ruth 1:4 And they took for themselves Moabite women as wives;
Mark 12:20 There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife
Mat 1:20 Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife
2)Dating – hazards
(1)A place of temptation
(2)Liable to emotional promiscuity
(3)Liable to defrauding
(4)Liable to be inaccurate
(5)Liable to injury
(6)Liable to callousness
3)Trusting God, from the Lord
(1)Example — Adam, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Boaz
(2)Counsel
(3)Character
(4)Be ready
3.God’s favour on having a good wife
1)Examples
2)Pro 31