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Exposed: The Commitment to Oneness
Senior Pastor Jeff Maness
February 9, 2025
When two people with chemistry come together, the neurotransmitters fire up the pleasure centers of the brain and trigger the hormones. Without chemistry, there is no attraction, and therefore no relationship. —www.datingtheone.com
Big Idea: Cultivating oneness has nothing to do with chemistry, and everything to do with commitment.
Big Question: What commitments help cultivate oneness in marriage?
Main Scripture: Genesis 2:18-25
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.” —Genesis 2:18
So the Lord God formed from the ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would call them, and the man chose a name for each one. 20 He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. But still there was no helper just right for him. —Genesis 2:19-20
The Hebrew word `ezer (helper) is used in the Bible to denote assistance, support, or help. It often refers to divine assistance from God. The term conveys a sense of strength and support, rather than subordination or inferiority.
There is no one like the God of Israel. He rides across the heavens to help (`ezer) you, across the skies in majestic splendor. —Deuteronomy 33:26
So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the opening. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man. 23 “At last!” the man exclaimed. “This one is bone from my bone, and flesh from my flesh! She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken from ‘man.’” 24 This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one. —Genesis 2:21-24
What commitments help cultivate oneness in marriage?
1. Commitment to a relational priority
It’s a forsaking of father and mother – not in respect of function, but in respect of habitation, and comparatively, in respect of affection. —Pulpit Commentary
What commitments help cultivate oneness in marriage?
1. Commitment to a relational priority
2. Commitment to a relational unity
The two shall be esteemed by themselves and others to be as entirely and inseparably united, and shall have as intimate and universal communion; as if they were one person, one soul, one body. —Matthew Poole Commentary
In an ultimate sense, marriage is about emptying ourselves entirely—both as individuals and as married couples—so that the other might flourish, so that they might experience God’s peace. —Kutter Callaway in Breaking The Marriage Idol
What commitments help cultivate oneness in marriage?
1. Commitment to a relational priority
2. Commitment to a relational unity
3. Commitment to a relational intimacy
Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame. —Genesis 2:25
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Recommended Resources:
🔹 Breaking the Marriage Idol by Kutter Callaway
🔹 From This Day Forward: Five Commitments to Fail-Proof Your Marriage by Craig and Amy Groeschel
🔹 Outdated: Find Love That Lasts When Dating Has Changed by Jonathan Pokluda
🔹 You and Me Forever: Marriage in Light of Eternity by Francis and Lisa Chan
🔹 The Meaning of Marriage by Timothy and Kathy Keller
🔹 An Impossible Marriage: What Our Mixed-Orientation Marriage Has Taught Us About Love and the Gospel by Matt and Laurie Krieg
🔹 Notes on Love: Being Single and Dating in a Marriage Obsessed Church by Lauren Windle
🔹 Relationship Goals: How to Win at Dating, Marriage, and Sex by Mike Todd