1. Finding the right one

2. How to proceed once you think you've found the right one

Main Idea: "First things first. There is a proper order to take in your preparations."

1. Preparing for marriage

2. Preparing for eternity

3. The preparations of Christ for His bride

Main Idea: Marriage is about Christ and the Church.

1. The ultimate purpose of marriage

2. What does this mean for us?

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1. Substitution

2. Imputation

3. Justification by Faith

Main Idea: "True followers of Christ make the cross their only boast, because they know the cross is their only hope."

1. Those who are false boast in the flesh.

2. Those who are true make the cross of Christ their only boast.

3. How to get a deeper sense of the preciousness of the cross of Christ

Main Idea: "You will reap what you sow."

1. Share with those who teach you God's Word.

2. Do not be deceived.

3. Don't grow weary.

4. Do good.

Main Idea: "Bear one another's burdens."

1. The call to burden-bearing love

2. An obstacle to this love

3. How to overcome this obstacle

Main Idea: "If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit."

1. The fruit of the Spirit described

2. Practical helps for keeping in step with the Spirit

Main Idea: "If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit."

1. The List of Vices: "Works of the flesh"

2. The warning to those practicing such things

3. Practical helps in keeping in step with the Spirit