One of the most alarming trends in today’s church culture is the gradual removal of sound doctrine from the pulpit. Many preachers have shifted from teaching the Scriptures to offering motivational content, personal stories, and self-help style encouragement. While these elements can provide inspiration, they cannot replace the foundation of biblical teaching that grounds believers in truth.
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COMPANIONSHIP – Whereas the creation of male and female mankind was “very good” (Gen 1:31), the creation of the male alone had not yet fulfilled God’s purpose for man as the image of God (Gen 2:18). This expresses no failure on God’s part; instead, it instructs us that a male creature alone is not the perfect creation that God had in mind. Adam needed a wife to be all that God intended him to be, as is normally the case with all men unless God grants otherwise (Matt 19:10-12; 1 Cor 7:6-7). The same, of course, would be true of the woman whom God made for the man (1 Cor 11:9).
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