Breaking

2. Breaking Up is Hard… On You

3. The Kingdom Handbook The Sermon on the MountMatthew 5-7 The Jesus Curriculum

4. KingdomCode

5. D ivorce is Permitted KingdomCode It has been said, “Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.” Matthew 5:31

6. divorce If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, Deuteronomy 24:1

7. divorce […and her second marriage also ends…] then her first husband, who divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again. Deuteronomy 24:4

8. B ut Not for Any Reason KingdomCode But I tell youthat anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, Matthew 5:32

9. B ut Not for Any Reason KingdomCode and anyonewho marries the divorced woman commits adultery. Matthew 5:32

10. D ivorce is Permitted External: I’m allowed to divorce! Internal: motive, commitment

11. G od’s Design for Marriage KingdomCode Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?” Matthew 19:3

12. G od’s Design for Marriage KingdomCode “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator‘made them male and female,’ Matthew 19:4

13. G od’s Design for Marriage KingdomCode “and said,‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? Matthew 19:5

14. G od’s Design for Marriage KingdomCode “So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.” Matthew 19:6

15. G od’s Design for Marriage • Life-long Commitment • Faithfulness • Work out Your Difficulties

16. G od’s Provision for Weakness • When ThingsWon’t Work

17. G od’s Provision for Weakness KingdomCode “Why then,” they asked,“did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?” Matthew 19:7

18. G od’s Provision for Weakness KingdomCode Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. Matthew 19:8

19. divorce A wife must not separate from her husband. But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. 1 Corinthians 7:10-11

20. G od’s Provision for Weakness • When ThingsWon’t Work • Unfaithfulness

21. G od’s Provision for Weakness KingdomCode “I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery.” Matthew 19:9

22. G od’s Provision for Weakness KingdomCode “And if shedivorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery." Mark 10:12

23. G od’s Provision for Weakness • When ThingsWon’t Work • Unfaithfulness • Release andRecovery

24. divorce If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. 1 Corinthians 7:12

25. divorce And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. 1 Corinthians 7:13

26. divorce But if the unbeliever leaves, let him do so. A believing man or woman is not bound in such circumstances. 1 Corinthians 7:15

27. G od’s Provision for Weakness • When ThingsWon’t Work • Unfaithfulness • Release andRecovery • Forgiveness from God • Forgiveness for Others • Freedom to Remarry