MARRIAGE TROUBLES AND DIVORCE

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MARRIAGE TROUBLES AND DIVORCE

• So then, they are no longer two but one flesh.
  Therefore what God has joined together, let not
  man separate (Matthew 196)

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Troubled Marriages/Divorce

• National divorce rate 40-50
• Marriage criticized and ignored
• Book How to Be Happy Though Married
• More living together fear bad marriage
• Must consider potential problems in marriages,
  and Bible teaching on divorce
• All married couples deal with conflict and
  problems key is proper attitude and character

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Problems that will Trouble Marriages

• Lack of Good Communication (1 Cor. 211)
• Sex (1 Cor. 73-5)
• Money (1 Tim. 610)
• In-Laws (Gen. 224)
• Religion (1 Cor. 712-15)
• Children (Gen. 2528)
• Role Conflicts (Eph. 522-23)

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Law of Christ on Divorce

• Basic Law Divorce Forbidden (Matt. 193-6 1
  Cor. 710-11)
• Situation of a divorced person remain unmarried
  or be reconciled to mate

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Law of Christ on Divorce

• Consequences of marrying another after divorce
  ADULTERY (Lk. 1618 Mk. 1011-12)
• Adultery (moichos) one who has unlawful
  intercourse with the spouse of another (Vine)
  condemned as sin (Heb. 134 1 Cor. 69)
• Marriage bond established by God exists as long
  as both mates live to establish another marriage
  while this bond applies is adultery (Rom. 72-3)

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Law of Christ on Divorce

• One and only exception to basic rule prohibiting
  divorce is a divorce for the cause (reason) of
  fornication (Matt. 532 199)
• Fornication (porneia) illicit sexual
  intercourse (Vine)
• Innocent party has scriptural right to put away
  mate guilty of fornication and to marry another
  without adultery

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Law of Christ on Divorce

• To Whom Has God Given the Right to Marry?
• One never married
• One whose mate is deceased
• One who has put away a mate guilty of fornication

• What is the Only Scriptural Cause Allowing a
  Divorce and Marrying Another?
• Fornication
• What Should Those Living in Sin Do?
• Repent and Cease Sinful Relationships (Mk.
  617-18)

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