Marriage - Divorce - Remarriage

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Marriage - Divorce - Remarriage in the New
Testament
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Marriage Divorce - Remarriage

• Discuss What God Says About the Subject.
• His Word is Final for those who Fear Him.
• Remember God Doesnt Think Like Man!
• Mans Knowledge is Limited.

What Do These Facts Mean About MDR?

• We Must Not Presume To Speak For God.
• We Must Teach Preach What God Says.
• We Must Not Press Bind Human Opinions.
• We Should Allow Others To Have Opinions.

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Marriage Divorce Remarriage in OT

• Permanent (Gen. 224 Matt. 194-6)
• Law concerning adultery (Lev. 2010)
• Laws concerning virginity (Deut. 2213-22)
• Law of jealousy (Num 511-31)
• Law of surviving brother (Deut. 255-10)
• Law concerning divorce (Deut. 241-4)
• Marriage to Gentiles prohibited (Deut. 71-5)

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Marriage - Divorce Questions
The Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him, and
saying to Him, Is it lawful for a man to divorce
his wife for just any reason (MATT. 193)?
Marriage Divorce Questions/Discussions Not New
School of Shammai Divorce for cause of
unfaithfulness. School of Hillel Divorce for
any cause, even burning his toast.
Not All Questions Are Honest Questions!
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Back to the Beginning
And He answered and said to them, Have you not
read that He who made them at the beginning
(Matt. 194).
Took them back to Gods Original Law on Marriage.

• Roman Law of Divorce

Jesus ignored the Jewish and Roman legal
traditions of his day.

• Jewish Traditions of Divorce

• KY Law of Divorce

• CA Law of Divorce

• Catholic Law of Divorce

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Male and Female
And He answered and said to them, Have you not
read that He who made them at the beginning
made them male and female, and said, For this
reason a man shall leave his father and mother
and be joined to his wife, and the two shall
become one flesh (Matt. 194-5)?
Gay Marriage - Lesbian Marriage - Homosexual
Marriage
Will Christians accept these as legitimate
marriages because the civil government sanctions
them?
Will God accept these marriages? Will God bind a
man and a man together as He does a man and a
woman?
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God Joins Together
So then, they are no longer two but one flesh.
Therefore what God has joined together, let not
man separate (Matt. 196).
Civil govt records what God has done--joined a
male and female together in marriage.
All people, whether they accept it or not, are
answerable to God for their conduct in their
marriage.
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A Permanent Union
So then, they are no longer two but one flesh.
Therefore what God has joined together, let not
man separate (Matt. 196).
What makes the woman in Romans 71-3 an
adulteress?
She is still bound by Gods law even though mans
law released her to marry again.
Matthew 144 - Whose marriage law did Herod
violate?
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Moses Allowed Divorce
They said to Him, Why then did Moses command to
give a certificate of divorce, and to put her
away? He said to them, Moses, because of the
hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce
your wives, but from the beginning it was not so
(Matt. 197-8).

• Missed the intent of Gods law.
• Trying to slow divorce - make them think.
• Giving relief to the wife.

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Jesus Gives His Law
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 (Matt. 199).
If a man
Divorces his wife and marries another -
adultery. Marries an unscripturally divorced
woman - adultery. Marries a woman who is
scripturally divorced for fornication - adultery.
Christs Law is Supreme.
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The One Exception
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 (Matt. 199).
Innocent party given the right to divorce the
guilty party. Doesnt have to exercise that
right. May try to work it out. May not be able to
work it out.
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Race to the Courthouse
Hinders reconciliation. Encourages innocent to
hurry and get to the courthouse before
fornicating mate. Divorce should not be rushed
into. Fact Guilty party has no right from God to
divorce the innocent mate. Exalts civil law above
Gods law. Divorce, like any other Bible subject,
is a matter of authority--Who has supreme
authority over the marriage relationship? God or
Civil Govt? When one commits adultery, is he
sinning against God or the govt (Gen. 399)?
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Matthew 532
Furthermore it has been said, Whoever divorces
his wife, let him give her a certificate of
divorce. But I say to you that whoever divorces
his wife for any reason except sexual immorality
causes her to commit adultery and whoever
marries a woman who is divorced commits
adultery. (Matt. 531-32)
Whenever a divorce occurs and there is no
Scriptural reason, neither party has the right of
remarriage. The woman deserted in 1 Cor. 715 has
no right of remarriage. There is no waiting game
- cannot separate or divorce and wait for the
other to commit fornication.
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Race to the Courthouse

• General agreement that RTTC is misguided.
• Disagreement as to the exact action that must be
  taken by innocent party whose guilty mate filed
  for divorce.
• File a counter suit?
• Statement to elders or congregation of intent to
  put away their guilty mate.
• Are either of these a divine mandate?

WG
RTTC
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Marriage Divorce Remarriage in NT

• Marriage is to be a permanent relationship.
• There is to be NO divorce.
• If and only if fornication occurs, the innocent
  has authority from God to divorce or put away the
  guilty mate and remarry.
• The guilty fornicator has no right from God to
  remarry and if he or she does remarry they are
  living in adultery along with the person they
  married.