Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage

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The Home
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Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage
The family needs to accept the Lords teaching on
MDR
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God Has Always Hated Divorce

• God speaks about divorce
• Malachi 216
• God never intended for there to be divorce
• Matthew 198
• Why divorce?
• Divorce is never required
• Jesus said sin no more (John 83-11)

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Jesus Teaching on the Sanctity of Marriage

• Fuss over divorce and remarriage is rooted in our
  unwillingness to submit to God
• Matthew 199 532 Mark 1012
• The Lord does not condone divorce
• Divorced people are not allowed to remarry
• ONE EXCEPTION sexual immorality fornication

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Adultery
Whoever divorces their mate for fornication and
marries another
Whoever All cases of Divorce and Remarriage

• Divorces mate and marries another (Matt 199)
• Marries the one divorced without cause (Matt
  532)
• Put-away fornicator and new mate (Matt 532 with
  exception)

One Exception
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Rule Exception
Matthew 199
RULE And I say to you, whoever divorces his
wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries
another, commits adultery and whoever marries
her who is divorced commits adultery. Without
the Exception And I say to you, whoever
divorces his wife, and marries another, commits
adultery and whoever marries her who is divorced
commits adultery.
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Digging the Adulterous Hole

• Possibility that the one who divorces their
  partner may cause that partner to commit adultery
• Matthew 531-32
• Will not be held guiltless if one tries to force
  the other to commit adultery
• 1 Corinthians 72-5

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Matt
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The Marriage Circle
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Divorce
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If he remarries, he commits adultery, and causes
her to He that marries her commits
adultery The one he marries commits adultery
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Four people, two men, and two women have become
guilty of adultery because of one person wanting
an UNSCRIPTURAL DIVORCE!
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Matt 531-32 193-9 Mark 102-12 Luke 1618
Rom 71-3
Only lawful cause for divorce is fornication
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Put spouse away for the cause of fornication
Committed fornication
Free to re-marry
Not free to re-marry
Divorce for any reason other than fornication is
forbidden sinful
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Sinful Act
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BROKEN BOND Put away for any cause
Not a lawful marriage
Not a lawful marriage
Sinful Act
X
Adulteress
Adulterer
Adulterer
Adulteress
Matt 531-32 193-9 Mark 102-12 Luke 1618
Rom 71-3
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Only SCRIPTURAL Re-marriage
Is a lawful marriage
Not a lawful marriage
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Put spouse away for the cause of fornication
Committed fornication
Free to re-marry
Not free to re-marry
Matt 531-32 193-9 Mark 102-12 Luke 1618
Rom 71-3
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What is the Problem in the Lords Church?

• Many do NOT want to accept Jesus plain teaching
• Some have made Jesus teaching one full of
  confusion, doubt, and created loopholes (under
  the banner of compassion) for divorced persons
• Here is what some are saying

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• A strict doctrine will cost too much
• Too many people who divorced at a young age will
  have too high a price to pay through life
• Those wrongfully divorced by their spouses will
  suffer for a lifetime
• Most divorced people will never become Christians
  because of this law
• Christians with children and happy homes will
  discover that they are living in adultery and
  will have to change their relationship or find
  a different church that allows such

Matt 1910
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What is the Problem in the Lords Church?

• What would the Lord say in response to us in His
  church today?
• Matthew 1911 (some accept it some reject it)
• Who are the haves and have nots?
• 1 Corinthians 214 (haves spiritually minded)

Let us not be guilty of the very sins Jesus
condemned the Pharisees for in their doctrines on
divorce
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What Can Unscripturally Divorced People Do?

• Submit to Christs law on remarriage and stay
  celibate because they are under His rule and want
  to please Him above all
• Control sexual desires for the sake of the
  kingdom of heaven
• Accept the consequences of their (or their
  spouses) sin of unlawful divorce

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Conclusion

• Jesus teaching on divorce and remarriage is
  clear
• The disciples understood the consequences of it
• They knew it was a strict law

May we all strive to live as Christians should
and make the home that God designed a happy one!