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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. But 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 woman.

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

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