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The Sermon on the MountMatthew 5-7

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It has been said, “Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.”

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Matthew 5:31

ivorce is Permitted

D

If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house,

Deuteronomy 24:1

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[…and her second marriage also ends…]then her first husband, who divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again.

Deuteronomy 24:4

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But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress,

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Matthew 5:32

ut Not for Any Reason

B

and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery.

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Matthew 5:32

ut Not for Any Reason

B

External:I’m allowed to divorce!

Internal:motive, commitment

ivorce is Permitted

D

Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?”

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Matthew 19:3

od’s Design for Marriage

G

“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’

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Matthew 19:4

od’s Design for Marriage

G

“and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?

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Matthew 19:5

od’s Design for Marriage

G

“So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”

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Matthew 19:6

od’s Design for Marriage

G

• Life-long Commitment

• Faithfulness• Work out

Your Difficulties

od’s Design for Marriage

G

• When ThingsWon’t Work

od’s Provision for Weakness

G

“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”

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Matthew 19:7

od’s Provision for Weakness

G

Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.

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Matthew 19:8

od’s Provision for Weakness

G

A wife must not separate from her husband. But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:10-11

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od’s Provision for Weakness

G• When Things

Won’t Work• Unfaithfulness

“I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery.”

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Matthew 19:9

od’s Provision for Weakness

G

“And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery."

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Mark 10:12

od’s Provision for Weakness

G

od’s Provision for Weakness

G• When Things

Won’t Work• Unfaithfulness• Release and

Recovery

If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.

1 Corinthians 7:12

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And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.

1 Corinthians 7:13

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But if the unbeliever leaves, let him do so. A believing man or woman is not bound in such circumstances.

1 Corinthians 7:15

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od’s Provision for Weakness

G• When Things

Won’t Work• Unfaithfulness• Release and

Recovery• Forgiveness from God• Forgiveness for

Others• Freedom to Remarry