God's Master Plan for the Family, Part 7 - Now what
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week one - we learned about the foundation of marriage and why God created marriage
week two - learned many truths about marriage by looking at the 1st wedding ceremony of Adam and Eve
week three - we learned about the role of the Husband
week 4 - role of the wife
week 5 - roles of children and parents
week 6 - Parenting with Purpose (discipline)
week 5 - parenting with purpose
Take ownership of your role
How does God feel about Divorce/Seriousness of Marriage
16 “For I hate divorce,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with wrong,” says the Lord of hosts. “So take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.”
3 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?” 4 “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ 5 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’? 6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
Jesus is saying that they are one flesh, so they wouldn’t get divorced . . . that is the end of his argument!
7 They said to Him, “Why then did Moses command to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away?” 8 He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way. 9 “And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”
don’t get divorced, and if you do get divorced and the other person did not cheat, you have cheated on your wife
mostly men would initiate the divorce, that’s why it is talking about divorcing wife
apply it to modern times would be the person who initiated the divorce
notice Jesus is saying that divorce is allowed . . . not commanded, expected
he’s expecting forgiveness
10 The disciples said to him, “If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.” 11 Jesus replied, “Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given. 12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others—and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”
Disciples realize that this is tough!
Jesus does not apologize . . . accept it or don’t get married
15 Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us to peace.