THE MARRIAGE BOND

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THE MARRIAGE BOND
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Are Married People Bound in Holy Matrimony?

• Many People in Modern Society No Longer Believe
  This to Be the Case!
• For Many, Marriage Lasts Until the Husband or
  Wife Meets Someone Else or They Can No Longer
  Get Along.
• For Many, Marriage Is No Longer Viewed to Be
  Until Death Do You Part.

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• Many Married Couples Simply Do Not Understand the
  Significance of the Marriage Bond.
• DO YOU!?!
• Only Those Who Do and Respect That Marriage Bond
  Have Any Chance of Going the Distance in
  Marriage.

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The Permanency of the Marriage Bond.

• Genesis 224 (NASB) For this cause a man shall
  leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave
  to his wife and they shall become one flesh.

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From the Beginning, God Intended Marriage to Be
Permanent (Gen 224).

• The Married Must LEAVE Father and Mother (i.e.,
  forsake or renounce rule, yet still honor them
  Eph. 62 1 Tim. 54).
• Husband and Wife Are to CLEAVE to One Another
  (i.e., to join, cling or stick together, to stay
  close together).
• Husband and Wife Are to Be as ONE FLESH (i.e.,
  sexual union)

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• God is the One Who Joins a Man and Woman
  Together in Holy Matrimony. Matthew 194-6 (KJV)
• 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye
  not read, that he which made them at the
  beginning made them male and female, 5 And said,
  For this cause shall a man leave father and
  mother, and shall cleave to his wife and they
  twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no
  more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God
  hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

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• God is the One Who Joins a Man and Woman
  Together in Holy Matrimony (Matthew 194-6).
• Gods Marriage Law Must Be Respected (Mat.
  194-6, 9 532 Mark 1011-12 Luke 1618 Rom.
  72-3 1 Cor. 710-15 39) For the Joining to
  Take Place.
• Government Laws Must Also Be Obeyed for the
  Joining to Take Place (Rom. 131-4), Provided
  Those Laws Do Not Contradict Gods Laws (Acts
  529).

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What Does it Mean to Be Joined Together by God
in Marriage?

• Man and Woman is Bound Together By the Law of
  God! (Rom. 72).

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Romans 72 (NASB)

• For the married woman is bound by law to her
  husband while he is living but if her husband
  dies, she is released from the law concerning the
  husband.

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• The Marriage Bond is a Covenant Before God,
  Joining Man Woman in Marriage (Malachi 214).
• Malachi 214 (NASB)
  she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

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God Himself Witnesses or Ratifies the Covenant
Making it Binding for Life!

• Romans 72 (NASB) For the married woman is bound
  by law to her husband while he is living but if
  her husband dies, she is released from the law
  concerning the husband.

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Only in the Event of Death of Either Husband or
Wife is the Marriage Bond Loosened (only one
other exception Mat. 532 199).

• Romans 72 (NASB) For the married woman is bound
  by law to her husband while he is living but if
  her husband dies, she is released from the law
  concerning the husband.
• 1 Corinthians 739 (NASB) A wife is bound as
  long as her husband lives but if her husband is
  dead, she is free to be married to whom she
  wishes, only in the Lord.

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Once Death Occurs, the Husband or Wife Who Still
Lives May Remarry (Rom. 72)
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Leaving a MarriageUnlawfully Does Not Dissolve
the Marriage Bond.

• To Marry Another Person While Your Spouse Still
  Lives is Adulterous!
• Romans 73 So then if, while her husband is
  living, she is joined to another man, she shall
  be called an adulteress but if her husband dies,
  she is free from the law, so that she is not an
  adulteress, though she is joined to another man.

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The Remarriage is Adulterous Because the Woman
is Still Bound to Her First Husband.
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Though a Man and a Woman Marry, They Are Not
Necessarily Bound By God (Lawfully Married).

• Just Because a Couple is Married According to
  Civil Authority (Rom. 13), Does Not Mean the
  Marriage is Approved of God!
• A Couple May Be Married, but not Bound with
  Respect to Gods Law (e.g., Mark 617-18).

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• Mark 617-18 (NASB) 17 For Herod himself had
  sent and had John arrested and bound in prison on
  account of Herodias, the wife of his brother
  Philip, because he had married her. 18 For John
  had been saying to Herod, "It is not lawful for
  you to have your brother's wife."
• Heriod was married to Herodias according to civil
  law.
• Yet, their marriage was not lawful according to
  Gods law.
• They were not bound by the law of God.

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Leaving the marriage unlawfully (Divorce in
violation of Gods law) Does not dissolve
the marriage bond.

• To Divorce for Any Other Reason Other Than the
  Cause of Fornication Will Not Dissolve the
  Marriage Bond.
• Matt 199 (KJV) And I say unto you, Whosoever
  shall put away his wife, except it be for
  fornication, and shall marry another, committeth
  adultery and whoso marrieth her which is put
  away doth commit adultery.

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• Fornication unlawful sexual intercourse,
  incest, adultery, homosexuality, lesbianism,
  prostitution, bestiality.

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• There is No Other Cause for Divorce Permitted by
  God in His Word.

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• When Divorce for a Reason Other Than Fornication
  Occurs and Remarriage to Others Takes Place,
  ADULTERY is the Result (Mat. 199 532 Mark
  1011-12 Luke 1618).

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Matthew 199 (KJV)

• And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his
  wife, except it be for fornication, and shall
  marry another, committeth adultery and whoso
  marrieth her which is put away doth commit
  adultery.

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Matthew 532 (KJV)

• But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put
  away his wife, saving for the cause of
  fornication, causeth her to commit adultery and
  whosoever shall marry her that is divorced
  committeth adultery.

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Mark 1011-12 (NASB)

• And He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife
  and marries another woman commits adultery
  against her 12 and if she herself divorces her
  husband and marries another man, she is
  committing adultery."

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Luke 1618 (NASB)

• "Every one who divorces his wife and marries
  another commits adultery and he who marries one
  who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

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marries another commits adultery (Luke 1618)
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Is Remarriage Ever Acceptable to God?

• When Divorce Takes Place for the Cause of
  Fornication, Only the Innocent Person (Who Did
  Not Commit Fornication) May Remarry (Mat.
  531-32 199).

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• Matt 531-32 (KJV) 31 It hath been said,
  Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give
  her a writing of divorcement 32 But I say unto
  you, That whosoever shall put away his wife,
  saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her
  to commit adultery and whosoever shall marry her
  that is divorced committeth adultery. cf. Mt
  199
• The Innocent Party Who Did Not Commit
  Fornication May Put Away (Divorce) His Mate Who
  is Guilty of Fornication.

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Only When Gods Law is Followed for Divorce is
the Marriage Bond Loosened, Allowing the Innocent
Party to Remarry (Mat. 532 199).
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The Guilty Person Who Has Been Put Away
(Divorced) for Fornication May Not Remarry
(Mat. 532 199).
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• Matt 532 (KJV) But I say unto you, That
  whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the
  cause of fornication, causeth her to commit
  adultery and whosoever shall marry her that is
  divorced committeth adultery.
• Matt 199 (KJV) And I say unto you, Whosoever
  shall put away his wife, except it be for
  fornication, and shall marry another, committeth
  adultery and whoso marrieth her which is put
  away doth commit adultery.
• KJV

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When Divorce Occurs for a Cause Other Than
Fornication, Sin Has Been Committed.

• To Divorce for a Reason Not Authorized by Christ
  is to Break His Law Which is Sin (1 John 34).
• To Receive Forgiveness from God, Repentance is
  Required (Acts 822 2 Cor. 79-10).

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If Divorce Has Occurred without Lawful Cause,
What Does Repentance Require?

• 1 Cor. 710-11 (NKJV) Now to the married I
  command, yet not I but the Lord A wife is not to
  depart from her husband. 11 But even if she does
  depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled
  to her husband. And a husband is not to divorce
  his wife.
• Depart (chorizo) (Put asunder Mat. 196)
  Divorce.

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• Compare to Another Conditional Statement
• 1 John 21 (NASB) My little children, I am
  writing these things to you that you may not sin.
  And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the
  Father, Jesus Christ the righteous 2 and He
  Himself is the propitiation for our sins and not
  for ours only, but also for those of the whole
  world.
• IF anyone sins (not by permission, but by
  mistake), There is a Way of Forgiveness Through
  Jesus Christ.

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• The Lord, through the apostle Paul, is not giving
  permission to divorce, anymore than he gives us
  permission to commit any sin!
• But if sin does occur, which unfortunately does
  (Rom. 323), then there are instructions we must
  follow to get right with God again.

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• Unlawful divorce (which is sin) requires true
  repentance which requires an honest and sincere
  attempt to reconcile(1 Cor. 711).
• One Cannot Choose to remain unmarried without
  even trying their best to reconcile!

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1 Cor 711 (NASB) if she does leave, let her
remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her
husband

• True repentance will be demonstrated by our
  actions and not just what we feel in our hearts
  Therefore bring forth
  fruits in keeping with repentance (Luke 38).

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• If Reconciliation is Not Possible (It Takes Both
  Husband Wife to Want to Reconcile), Then They
  Must Remain Unmarried (1 Cor. 711).
• They Must Remain Unmarried, Though They are Still
  Bound By Law (Gods Law) (Rom. 72) to One
  Another.

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How Can They Be Unmarried, Yet Still Be Bound!?!

• Remember Herod and Herodias?
• They were married according to civil law yet
  unlawfully married according to Gods law,
  therefore NOT bound (Mark 617-18).
• In This Case (1 Cor. 711), a Couple is
  Unmarried, Yet STILL bound to one another by
  Gods law.

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Respect the Marriage Bond!

• Understanding the Permanency of Marriage Will
  Lead to Greater Commitment in Marriage.
• Recognition of the Marriage Bond Will Cause
  Couples to Work Out Their Problems Instead of
  Divorce.
• Keeping the Marriage Bond in Your Heart Leads to
  a Dedication to Obey all of Gods will on How
  Marriage Should Be Conducted (e.g., Eph 522-33
  Col 318-19 Tit 24-5 1 Pet 31-7 etc.).