The following sermon is by John MacArthur, pastor, author, and Bible teacher with Grace

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And now unleashing God's truth one verse at a time.

Here's Grace to You, Bible teacher John MacArthur.

For the last several months we have been working our way through the book of Ephesians,

because it's so foundational, so practical, and covers so much of the range of Christian life.

We have found ourselves now in the fifth chapter of Ephesians in a section that deals with marriage.

We're going to be looking at that this morning with particular attention to the husband.

So this is your day, men, to hear from heaven about your responsibility as a husband.

Before we get there, I want you to turn to Genesis chapter 2, Genesis chapter 2, and I'd like to lay a bit of a foundation so that we can understand what we're up against in the current world that we live in, the fallen world with regard to marriage.

In Genesis chapter 2 and verse 18, we have the inspired record of the creation of women.

And I just want you to follow along as I read starting in Genesis 2 and verse 18.

Then the Lord God said, it is not good for the man to be alone.

I will make him a helper suitable for him.

Out of the ground, the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky and brought them to the man to see what he would call them.

And whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.

The man gave names to all the cattle and to the birds of the sky and to every beast of the field.

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