
Romans 1:21-25 NLT
21 Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. 22 Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. 23 And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles.
24 So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other’s bodies. 25 They traded the truth about God for a lie…
We all are born
Dying to Self
1 How do we become one?
Genesis 2:24 NKJV
24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Ephesians 5:31 NKJV
31 “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
1 Corinthians 6:15-16 NKJV
31 “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
Becomeing one
1 Corinthians 6:17 NKJV
17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
We
The covenant is
Hebrews 9:16-17 NASB
16 For where there is a covenant, there must of necessity be the death of the one who made it. 17 For a covenant is valid only when people are dead, for it is never in force while the one who made it lives.
2 Why do we become one?
Malachi 2:13-16 NKJV
13
And this is the second thing you do:
You cover the altar of the Lord with tears,
With weeping and crying;
So He does not regard the offering anymore,
Nor receive it with goodwill from your hands.
14
Yet you say, “For what reason?”
Because the Lord has been witness
Between you and the wife of your youth,
With whom you have dealt treacherously;
Yet she is your companion
And your wife by covenant.
15
But did He not make them one,
Having a remnant of the Spirit?
And why one?
He seeks godly offspring.
Therefore take heed to your spirit,
And let none deal treacherously with the wife of his youth.
16
“For the Lord God of Israel says
That He hates divorce,
For it covers one’s garment with violence,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
“Therefore take heed to your spirit,
That you do not deal treacherously.”
1 Peter 3:7 NKJV
7 Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, … that your prayers may not be hindered.