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United in Faith: Biblical Perspectives on Marriage and Divorce

Explore the biblical teachings on marriage, divorce, and reconciliation while delving into the grounds and implications of these important life choices. Discover valuable insights and guidance for nurturing a lasting and meaningful marital relationship.

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United in Faith: Biblical Perspectives on Marriage and Divorce

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  1. What Godhas joined togetherMatthew 19:3-9 At Jesus’ Feet

  2. What God has joined together Pharisees attempt to entrap – 19:3

  3. What God has joined together Deuteronomy 24:1 When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out from his house… Pharisees attempt to entrap – 19:3

  4. What God has joined together • Pharisees attempt to entrap – 19:3 • Shammai – “an indecent matter” = divorce for adultery only • Hillel – “indecency or another matter” = divorce for any matter at all Q: “In this debate, is Hillel right that a man can divorce his wife for any matter at all?”

  5. What God has joined together Pharisees attempt to entrap – 19:3 Jesus redirects discussion – 19:4-6

  6. What God has joined together “For the best part of thirty years we have been conducting a vast experiment with the family, and now the results are in: the decline of the two-parent, married-couple family has resulted in poverty, ill-health, educational failure, unhappiness, anti-social behavior, isolation and social exclusion for thousands of women, men and children.” Experiments in Living: The Fatherless Familyby Rebecca O'Neill

  7. What God has joined together • Pharisees attempt to entrap – 19:3 • Jesus redirects discussion – 19:4-6 • NOT, “What are legitimate grounds for divorce?” • BUT, “What can I do to help my marriage last for a lifetime?”

  8. What God has joined together • Pharisees attempt to entrap – 19:3 • Jesus redirects discussion – 19:4-6 • Pharisees press for an answer – 19:7 • Jesus ends the debate – 19:8-9 • You have missed Moses’ point. Divorce permitted, not required. • Hillel is wrong. Divorce for porneia, not for “any matter.”

  9. Biblical Grounds for Divorce & Remarriage porneia – extra-marital sex: adultery, incest, prostitution, homosexual acts, bestiality

  10. Biblical Grounds for Divorce & Remarriage Exodus 21:7-11 “If a man sells his daughter as a female slave [and later she becomes the master’s wife]… If [her owner] takes to himself another woman, he may not reduce [the slave wife’s] food, clothing, or conjugal rights. If he will not do these three things for her, then she shall go out for nothing, without payment of money.” porneia – extra-marital sex: adultery, incest, prostitution, homosexual acts, bestiality

  11. Biblical Grounds for Divorce & Remarriage porneia – extra-marital sex: adultery, incest, prostitution, homosexual acts, bestiality Life-threatening neglect or behavior

  12. Biblical Grounds for Divorce & Remarriage 1 Corinthians 7:12-13,15 …if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her. And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she must not send her husband away… Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us to peace. porneia – extra-marital sex: adultery, incest, prostitution, homosexual acts, bestiality Life-threatening neglect or behavior

  13. Summary marriage is meant to be monogamous marriage is heterosexual marriage is meant to be lifelong divorce & remarriage are allowed only for narrowly defined grounds (porneia, extreme neglect, abandonment) divorce is never mandatory reconciliation is always preferable if possible

  14. To those already divorced • With biblical grounds • You are free to marry a godly spouse • You are free to reconcile if possible • Without biblical grounds or you caused the divorce • Confess to those you have hurt • If not remarried, pursue reconciliation • If remarried, commit to lifelong marriage

  15. To All…Live in God’s grace and His power

  16. To All…Live in God’s grace and His power Jeremiah 32:17 “Ah Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult for You.”

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