#9 – Remarriage & Renewal

In Love for Life

Building or Rebuilding a Great Marriage

Mike Mazzalongo

Basic teaching on marriage & divorce:

• 1 Man and 1 Woman for life.

• Divorce is a sin• This sin is forgivable

• With forgiveness comes renewal I.E. Prodigal Son

Repentance requires an acknowledgment of the sin

and a change of heart concerning that sin.

I Cor. 7:20

20 Let each man remain in that condition in which he was called.

Remarriage & Renewal advice:

1.You are really married.

The indissolvability of a marriage bond is a Roman

Catholic idea begun at the council of Trent in 1545.

Remarriage & Renewal advice:

1. You are really married.

2.Your marriage is perfect through the cross.

God’s grace does not make a distinction about which sins to forgive or not forgive.

Remarriage & Renewal advice:

1. You are really married.

2. Your marriage is perfect through the cross.

3.Follow the Bible’s advice for remarrieds.

Advice for those who have failed:

1.Forget the past.13 Brethren, I do not regard myself

as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ  - Phil. 3:13-14

Forgetting the past is the way that we express our on

going faith in God.

Advice for those who have failed:

1. Forget the past.

2.Learn from the past.

Advice for those who have failed:

1. Forget the past.

2. Learn from the past.

3.Let your changed life be a witness for Christ.

16 Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

- Mt. 5:16

A loving relationship in a Christian home honors God

If you’ve ever failed at marriage:

• Ask Jesus to forgive you.• Forget past mistakes.• Let Jesus teach you how to succeed.

• Offer your success to God.