The Family

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The Family the Home

• Marriage Divorce Part 1

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Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage

• Many marry, divorce, and remarry without any
  consideration of what Gods word teaches they
  follow mans laws, but not Gods laws
• Man allows many unauthorized things regarding
  marriage, divorce, and remarriage
• Unauthorized practices regarding marriage,
  divorce, and remarriage can also be found among
  members of the Lords church

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Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage

• First, let us examine the key passages dealing
  with marriage. What positive things can be
  learned about marriage?
• Second, let us examine the key passages dealing
  with divorce. What is Gods attitude toward
  divorce?

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Genesis 218-25

• Divine Institution

• 18 And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the
  man should be alone I will make him a help meet
  for him.
• 19 And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every
  beast of the field, and every bird of the
  heavens and brought them unto the man to see
  what he would call them and whatsoever the man
  called every living creature, that was the name
  thereof.
• 20 And the man gave names to all cattle, and to
  the birds of the heavens, and to every beast of
  the field but for man there was not found a help
  meet for him.
• 21 And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall
  upon the man, and he slept and he took one of
  his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead
  thereof
• 22 and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from
  the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto
  the man.
• 23 And the man said, This is now bone of my
  bones, and flesh of my flesh she shall be called
  Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
• 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his
  mother, and shall cleave unto his wife and they
  shall be one flesh.
• 25 And they were both naked, the man and his
  wife, and were not ashamed.

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Genesis 218-25

• Homo sapien
• Heterosexual
• Monogamous
• Permanent
• Pure

• 18 And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the
  man should be alone I will make him a help meet
  for him.
• 19 And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every
  beast of the field, and every bird of the
  heavens and brought them unto the man to see
  what he would call them and whatsoever the man
  called every living creature, that was the name
  thereof.
• 20 And the man gave names to all cattle, and to
  the birds of the heavens, and to every beast of
  the field but for man there was not found a help
  meet for him.
• 21 And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall
  upon the man, and he slept and he took one of
  his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead
  thereof
• 22 and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from
  the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto
  the man.
• 23 And the man said, This is now bone of my
  bones, and flesh of my flesh she shall be called
  Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
• 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his
  mother, and shall cleave unto his wife and they
  shall be one flesh.
• 25 And they were both naked, the man and his
  wife, and were not ashamed.

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Isaiah 621-5

• A delight and joy

• 621  For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace,
  and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until
  her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her
  salvation as a lamp that burneth.
• 2 And the nations shall see thy righteousness,
  and all kings thy glory, and thou shalt be called
  by a new name, which the mouth of Jehovah shall
  name.
• 3 Thou shalt also be a crown of beauty in the
  hand of Jehovah, and a royal diadem in the hand
  of thy God.
• 4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken neither
  shall thy land any more be termed Desolate but
  thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land
  Beulah for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy
  land shall be married.
• 5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall
  thy sons marry thee and as the bridegroom
  rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God
  rejoice over thee.

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Malachi 214-16

• Covenant
• Permanent

• 14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath
  been witness between thee and the wife of thy
  youth, against whom thou hast dealt
  treacherously, though she is thy companion, and
  the wife of thy covenant.
• 15 And did he not make one, although he had the
  residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He
  sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your
  spirit, and let none deal treacherously against
  the wife of his youth.
• 16 For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the
  God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment
  with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts therefore
  take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not
  treacherously.

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Matthew 193-9

• Divine Institution
• Permanent

• 3 And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him,
  and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away
  his wife for every cause?
• 4 And he answered and said, Have ye not read,
  that he who made them from the beginning made
  them male and female,
• 5 and said, For this cause shall a man leave his
  father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife
  and the two shall become one flesh?
• 6 So that they are no more two, but one flesh.
  What therefore God hath joined together, let not
  man put asunder.
• 7 They say unto him, Why then did Moses command
  to give a bill of divorcement, and to put her
  away?
• 8 He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of
  heart suffered you to put away your wives but
  from the beginning it hath not been so.
• 9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away
  his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry
  another, committeth adultery and he that
  marrieth her when she is put away committeth
  adultery.

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Luke 2034-36

• For this life only (see also Mt. 2230 Mk.
  1225)

• 34 And Jesus said unto them, The sons of this
  world marry, and are given in marriage
• 35 but they that are accounted worthy to attain
  to that world, and the resurrection from the
  dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage
• 36 for neither can they die any more for they
  are equal unto the angels and are sons of God,
  being sons of the resurrection.

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Romans 72-3

• Divinely regulated

• 2 For the woman that hath a husband is bound by
  law to the husband while he liveth but if the
  husband die, she is discharged from the law of
  the husband.
• 3 So then if, while the husband liveth, she be
  joined to another man, she shall be called an
  adulteress but if the husband die, she is free
  from the law, so that she is no adulteress,
  though she be joined to another man.

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1 Corinthians 71-5

• Mono gamous
• Obligatory
• Spiritual
• United

• 2 But, because of fornications, let each man have
  his own wife, and let each woman have her own
  husband.
• 3 Let the husband render unto the wife her due
  and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
• 4 The wife hath not power over her own body, but
  the husband and likewise also the husband hath
  not power over his own body, but the wife.
• 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by
  consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves
  unto prayer, and may be together again, that
  Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

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1 Corinthians 76-9

• No one is required by God to get married or stay
  single (see also 725-28, 36, 38, 39 Mt.
  1910ff 1 Tim. 43)

• 6 But this I say by way of concession, not of
  commandment.
• 7 Yet I would that all men were even as I myself.
  Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God, one
  after this manner, and another after that.
• 8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is
  good for them if they abide even as I.
• 9 But if they have not continency, let them
  marry for it is better to marry than to burn.

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1 Corinthians 710-16

• Permanent
• Peaceful

• 10 But unto the married I give charge, yea not I,
  but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her
  husband
• 11 (but should she depart, let her remain
  unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband)
  and that the husband leave not his wife.
• 12 But to the rest say I, not the Lord If any
  brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is
  content to dwell with him, let him not leave her.
• 13 And the woman that hath an unbelieving
  husband, and he is content to dwell with her, let
  her not leave her husband.
• 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in
  the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified
  in the brother else were your children unclean
  but now are they holy.
• 15 Yet if the unbelieving departeth, let him
  depart the brother or the sister is not under
  bondage in such cases but God hath called us in
  peace.
• 16 For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou
  shalt save thy husband? Or how knowest thou, O
  husband, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

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Hebrews 134

• Honorable

• 4 Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let
  the bed be undefiled for fornicators and
  adulterers God will judge.

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Bible Teaching on Marriage

• Marriage is
• A divine institution
• A relationship for homo sapiens, heterosexuals
• A monogamous, permanent, and pure relationship
• A delightful and joyous relationship

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Bible Teaching on Marriage

• Marriage is
• A covenant
• A relationship for this life only
• A divinely regulated relationship
• A responsible (obligatory) relationship that is
  spiritually united

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Bible Teaching on Marriage

• Marriage is
• A choice not divinely required
• A permanent peaceful relationship
• An honorable relationship