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What God Has Joined Together
Genesis 2:15-24
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What God Has Joined Together A simple, well-defined topic A lot of emotionalism wrapped up
in it though "What if" is a common response "Just the facts, ma'am"
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The Origin Of Marriage Established by God
Genesis 2:24 – "…cleave unto his wife"
Purpose Genesis 2:18 – "…not good that the
man should be alone" "meet" (ASV), "fit" (ESV),
"comparable" (NKJV), "suitable" (NAS)
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The Origin Of Marriage Number
The establishment verses use singular forms of speech
Not until 7th generation that we see more than one Genesis 4:19 – "…Lamech took unto him
two wives" Not until Genesis 16 that we see it
again
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The Origin Of Marriage Number
Not a universal practice OT shows more monogamous
marriages than polygamous NT has no implication of a plurality of
wives 90 occurrences of "wife" and "wives" Matthew 18:25 – "…his wife…" Matthew 22:24-28 – "…the woman…"
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The Origin Of Marriage Number
The principle of Matthew 19 is valid Matthew 19:8 – "He saith unto them,
Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so."
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The Origin Of Marriage Relationship
Love (used in 26 of the NT books) Ephesians 5:25-33 – "love your wives" Colossians 3:19 – "love your wives" Titus 2:4 – "love their husbands"
Respect/Subjection Ephesians 5:21 – "subjecting yourselves to one
another" I Peter 3:7 – "according to knowledge" Titus 2:5 – "being in subjection" I Peter 3:8-9 – "loving as brethren"
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The Origin Of Marriage Duration
I Corinthians 7:27 – "Seek not to be loosed"
I Corinthians 7:39 – "so long time as her husband liveth"
"One man plus one woman, for life" A statement clearly backed by Scripture
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Divorce Spoken of in the Bible
Deuteronomy 24:1 – "some unseemly thing"
Hebrew - tw~r+u# - used 53 other times in the OT "Nakedness and exposure of sexual
organs (usually female)" By implication – Wife is guilty of
fornication or adultery
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Divorce Spoken of in the Bible
Matthew 19:3-8 – "for every cause?" Jesus took them back to Genesis 2 They wanted to be at Deuteronomy 24 "Hardness of heart" … "From the
beginning it hath not been so"
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Divorce Jesus' ruling on divorce
12 times Jesus says, "…but I say unto you"
Matthew 5:31-32 – "but I say unto you … putteth away his wife"
Matthew 19:3-9 – "I say unto you … put away his wife"
Mark 10:2-12 – "God hath joined" Luke 16:18 – "putteth away his wife"
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DivorceGod's stated attitude on divorceMalachi 2:14-16 – "I hate putting away"
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Remarriage Summary of Scriptures
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Husband Wife Remarry?
Commits Adultery
Commits Adultery
Husband Wife
Yes No Yes No
Matthew 5:31-32 X X No No
Matthew 5:31-32 X X Yes No
Matthew 19:3-12 X X No No
Matthew 19:3-12 X X Yes No
Mark 10:2-12 X X No No
Luke 16:18 X X No No
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Remarriage Note that Mark 10:2-12 shows that
the wife could also be the one doing the putting away Not that it was justified by Scripture
but that is was permitted by civil law
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Remarriage Two other instances of remarriage
I Corinthians 7:39 – "if the husband be dead"
I Corinthians 7:10-11 – "remain unmarried"
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What God Has Joined Together Guilty party may NEVER remarry
Innocent party may remarry under CERTAIN circumstances
"One man plus one woman, for life"
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