Marriage Booklet 6

Final Test

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    1.The biggest problem in life, and in marriage is always ________.
    2. The “honeymoon is over” in marriage, when we get tired of putting our spouses before __________________.
    3. Ephesians 5:28-29 says, “So ought men to love their ___________ as their ______ bodies.”
    4. In Revelation 2:4, a church is rebuked for something, for which many spouses should also be rebuked: “Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy __________   ________.”
    5. The “candlestick” (the flame) of many marriages is almost completely gone out. How do you get it back? Two things are necessary: ________________ and ____________.
    6. Revelation 2:5 says, “________________ therefore from whence thou art fallen, and ____________, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy ______________________ out of his place, except thou repent.”
    7. I Peter 3:7 says, “Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to __________________, giving ____________ unto the wife, as unto the ____________ vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.”
    8. This passage teaches a man to dwell with his wife according to knowledge. That takes some __________ on a man’s part, because men do not automatically understand a woman’s needs.
    9. Saved wives are also told how to win their unsaved or disobedient husbands. 1 Peter 3:1-4 says, “Likewise, ye wives, be in ____________________ to your own husbands; that, if any obey ______ the word, they also may ______________ the ________ be won by the conversation of the wives; While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and __________ spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.”
    10. What the unsaved or disobedient husband needs is the tender, affectionate love of his wife — that will ________ his heart. A preachy wife will only ____________ his heart.
    11. Proverbs 31:10-12 says, “Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The __________ of her husband doth safely __________ in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him ________ and not ________ all the days of her life.”
    12. 1 Peter 3:4 ends by saying, “...even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of ______ of __________ price.”
    13. How will you ever continue following these instructions if weeks, months, or even years elapse, and you see no improvement in your husband or wife? You will only continue, if you realize that you are pleasing ______. The bottom line is that we are to do these things to please God, first and foremost, whether people then ______________ in the right way or not.
    14. When we have the correct attitude (not, “Okay, well, I will try it for a while to see if it works,” — but, “Okay, I will ____ that from now on because it pleases ______”), that is when we can claim some wonderful promises from God.
    15. Proverbs 16:7 says, “When a man's ways ____________ the LORD, he maketh even his ______________ to be at __________ with him.”
    16. How does the devil ever get a place in the marriage of Christians? 1 Corinthians 7:5 says, “______________ ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come ________________ again, that __________ tempt you not for your incontinency.”
    17. If you let the sun go down upon your wrath (you are upset with your spouse about something), then you will withhold __________________ from him/her. And when you do that, YOU are letting __________ into your marriage. Now Satan will try and tempt your spouse because you did not fulfill the longing for affection that he/she had.
    18. 1 Corinthians 7:4 says, “The ________ hath not power of her own ________, but the husband: and likewise also the ______________ hath not power of his own ________, but the wife.”
    19. There is a problem with affection in marriages today, because of the world-view that large families are harmful to the earth (over-population). To the contrary, the Bible says, “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be ________________, and ________________, and replenish the earth, and subdue it.” God did not warn man about having too many children. In fact, God told man to multiply — not just to add or to keep even the present population.
    20. There is a problem with affection in marriages today, because couples simply do not want the responsibility and extra work of having many children. Ezekiel 16:49 says, “Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister __________, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of ________________ was in ______ and in her __________________, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.”
    21. There is a problem with affection in marriages today, because young people are not taught the Biblical perspective of affection in the context of marriage. Hebrews 13:4 “Marriage is ____________________ in all, and the bed __________________: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.” Affection in marriage is an honorable and blessed thing — but affection outside of marriage is a dishonorable and dirty thing.
    22. A wife that detests affection with her husband; and that is reluctant or disinclined to desire it, is likened unto a daughter of __________.
    23. All of the details of marital affection are to be given to the __________ — not to the groom, just before they leave for the __________________. Song of Solomon 8:2–3 says, “I would ________ thee, and bring thee into my _______________ house, who would ________________   ____: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate. His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.”
    24. Just because a marriage was started scripturally, does not mean that it is going to go __________________. Marriage requires a day-by-day ____________________ to the will of God.
    25. It is easy for parents to love their children so much, that they put them before God. They may personally compromise, for the sake of pleasing their children; or they may allow the children to compromise and sin, so as not to upset them. That is a tragic mistake. Always put God __________.
    26. Genesis 2:24 says, “Therefore shall a man __________ his father and his mother, and shall ____________ unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” When you get married, DO NOT move in with either of your parents. The Bible commands you to LEAVE your father and mother, and to CLEAVE unto your mate.
    27. Some young couples say, “We cannot afford to tithe.” The fact is that you cannot afford to rob God, and that is what you are doing if you do not tithe. Malachi 3:8-9 says, “Will a man rob God? Yet ye have ____________ me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In ____________ and __________________. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.”
    28. Be careful to set aside a day to worship God. Hebrews 10:25 says, “Not forsaking the ____________________ of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.”
    29. Be careful to remember that the wife is to be a keeper at home. Titus 2:5 says, “To be discreet, chaste, ______________ at ________, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.”

Are you certain that if you died today, you would go to heaven?

1. Do you realize that you have sinned?

(Romans 3:23)  "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God."

(1 John 1:8)   "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us."

(Ecclesiastes 7:20)   "For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not."

2. Do you realize the penalty for your sin?

(Romans 6:23)   "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

3. Do you realize that if you die in your sin, you will go to hell?

(Psalms 9:17)   "The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God."

(Proverbs 15:24)   "The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath."

(Luke 12:4-5)   "And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.   But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him."

4. Do you realize that the Lord Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, paid that death penalty for you?

(Matthew 1:21-23)    "And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.    Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,     Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us."

(John 14:6-7)    "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.   If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him."

(John 3:16)    "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

(Romans 5:8)   "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."

(1 Peter 3:18)   "For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit."

(1 Peter 2:24)   "Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed."

5. Do you realize that it is only through the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ that you can be saved, and not through any good works of your own?

(1 John 1:7)   "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin."

(1 Peter 1:18-19)   "Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;    But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot."

(Ephesians 2:8-9)   "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:    Not of works, lest any man should boast."

(Titus 3:5-7)   "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;   Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;   That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life."

6. Do you realize that after Jesus died for your sins, He arose victorious from the grave the third day, proving that His sacrifice was sufficient to pay for all of the sins of the whole world?

(1 Corinthians 15:1-4)    "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;   By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.    For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;   And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures."

7. Do you realize that to be saved you must repent (you must have the desire to turn from your sin and false beliefs, and have the desire for God to transform your life)?

(Luke 13:3)   "I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish."

(Acts 3:19)   "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord."

(Acts 26:20)   "But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance."

(Mark 9:43-48)   "And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:   Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.   And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:   Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.   And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:   Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched."

8. Do you realize that after you get saved, God's first command for you is to get baptized and then to live for Him?

(Acts 2:41)   "Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls."

(Romans 6:1-4)   "What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?   God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?   Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?    Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life."

(2 Corinthians 5:17)    "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."

(Titus 3:3-8)   "For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.   But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,   Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;   Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;   That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.   This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men."

(Titus 2:11-14)    "For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,   Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;   Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;   Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works."

(1 Corinthians 6:9-11)   "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,   Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.   And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."

(Galatians 5:19-26)   "Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,   Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,   Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.   But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,    Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.   And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.   If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.   Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another."

(1 Corinthians 11:14-15)   "Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?    But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering."

(Deuteronomy 22:5)   "The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God."

(Ephesians 4:22-32)   "That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;   And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;   And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.    Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.   Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:   Neither give place to the devil.   Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.   Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.   And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.   Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:    And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."

9. Are you ready to now ask the Lord Jesus Christ to forgive you of all your sins, and to save you?

(John 1:12)   "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name."

(Romans 10:9-11)   "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.   For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.    For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed."

(Romans 10:13)   "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."

(1 John 5:13)   "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God."

ATTENTION:    If you die before you make this decision, then you will spend eternity in the torment of hell fire.  Turn from your wickedness and sin, and humble yourself before Almighty God right now.

Bow your head right now and confess to God that you are a sinner deserving judgment.  Ask the Lord Jesus Christ to forgive you of all your sins, and to save you.  Tell Him that you now repent, and ask Him to cleanse your life, and to give you the power to live for Him.  Tell Him that you are trusting in His shed blood alone to cleanse you from all your sin.  Ask Him to lead you to a good, Bible-preaching church, where you can follow the first command after salvation — that of getting baptized and publicly confessing your faith in Him.  Ask Him to help you find some good Christian friends to encourage you in the faith and to help you grow.

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