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Recent Divisions: Truth of the Bible vs Perversions of Men

Explore the recent divisions within the church caused by differing interpretations of divorce and remarriage. Examine the biblical truth and various perversions presented by influential figures. Discover the impact on unity and the challenges faced by the church.

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Recent Divisions: Truth of the Bible vs Perversions of Men

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  1. Recent Divisions • Unity destroyed – soft preaching • Positive-only • No specific application • Compromise, tolerance, acceptance

  2. Recent Divisions • Error divorce and remarriage • Not major issue in early 20th century • Spread of worldliness and divorce • Impact on churches

  3. Recent Divisions Truth of the Bible Perversions of Men

  4. Recent Divisions Truth of the Bible • God instituted marriage, Gen. 2:24 • Honorable, Heb. 13:4 • Illustrates Christ & Church, Eph. 5:22-33 • Hates divorce, Mal. 2:16 • Right to regulate, Isa. 29:15, 16

  5. Recent Divisions Truth of the Bible • OT gave regulations on marriage • Adultery, Lev. 20:10 • Strict law, Deut. 24:1-4 • Dissolve if unlawful, Ezra 10

  6. Recent Divisions Truth of the Bible • NT gives regulations on marriage • Adultery, Mt. 5:27-32; 19:1-9 • Strict law, Mt. 19:9; Rom. 7:1-4; 1 Cor. 7:10-16 • Dissolve if unlawful, Mt. 14:3, 4; 19:9

  7. Recent Divisions Perversions of Men • Homer Hailey • “The alien is not under the covenant law of Christ until he brings himself under it by obedience to its terms.”

  8. Recent Divisions Perversions of Men • Homer Hailey • “…does God require those who were married, divorced and remarried while in the world and who would obey the gospel to separate after they become Christians; or does He accept their marriage as lawful? I believe He accepts them without requiring their separation…”

  9. Recent Divisions Perversions of Men • Homer Hailey • “The sin was in breaking the covenant by the wife (or husband) in order to marry another…Therefore, repentance demands they do not break such a covenant again.”

  10. Recent Divisions Perversions of Men • Homer Hailey • Application • Alien sinners are under a universal moral law • Aliens may continue in current marriage

  11. Recent Divisions Perversions of Men • Homer Hailey • Problems • God shows partiality, Acts 10:34; Jn. 12:48 • What about sodomite marriages, Rom. 1:26, 27 • What happens when only one spouse obeys, Mt. 19:9

  12. Recent Divisions Perversions of Men • Homer Hailey • Problems • Whoever means whoever, Mt. 19:9; Acts 2:21 • All must repent, Acts 17:30 • Unhappy with mate – find another before baptism

  13. Recent Divisions Perversions of Men • Jerry Bassett • “Jesus spoke first of man committing adultery by divorcing his wife and marrying another…” • “In either case, it would be a matter of a woman disposing of one mate in order to acquire another – a two-fold act Jesus termed adulterous, in and of itself…”

  14. Recent Divisions Perversions of Men • Jerry Bassett • “…historical descriptions…leave no doubt that the sin of adultery was rampant whether committed as defined by the lexicons (unlawful sexual intercourse with the spouse of another) or as in the case Jesus reproved (one’s divorcing a mate in order to marry another)”

  15. Recent Divisions Perversions of Men • Jerry Bassett • “…expression ‘adulterous marriage.’ …simply does not appear anywhere in the Scriptures. …thus the term used to describe it, seems to have originated in the minds of men…”

  16. Recent Divisions Perversions of Men • Jerry Bassett • Application • Adultery is a non-sexual, one-time covenant breaking • Civil divorce dissolves the marriage, therefore the second marriage is lawful • Divorcing and remarrying should stop

  17. Recent Divisions Perversions of Men • Jerry Bassett • Problems • Woman at the courthouse, Jn. 8:4? • Fantasies about seeing a lawyer, 2 Pet. 2:14 • Jesus lied or ignorant, Mt. 19:9

  18. Recent Divisions Perversions of Men • Jerry Bassett • Problems • Herod’s unlawful marriage, Mt. 14:3, 4 • Adultery is a sexual sin, Heb. 13:4 • Homosexual…Polygamist…Incestuous…marriage?

  19. Recent Divisions Truth of the Bible Perversions of Men

  20. Recent Divisions • Unity destroyed – soft preaching • Positive-only • No specific application • Compromise, tolerance, acceptance

  21. Recent Divisions • Error divorce and remarriage • Not major issue in early 20th century • Spread of worldliness and divorce • Impact on churches

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