Holy Promises Forgotten

Mark 10:1–12 NKJV

1 Then He arose from there and came to the region of Judea by the other side of the Jordan. And multitudes gathered to Him again, and as He was accustomed, He taught them again. 2 The Pharisees came and asked Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” testing Him. 3 And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?” 4 They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to dismiss her.” 5 And Jesus answered and said to them, “Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. 6 But from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female.’ 7 ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, 8 and the two shall become one flesh’; so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.” 10 In the house His disciples also asked Him again about the same matter. 11 So He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. 12 And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”

God HATES divorce, but He LOVES the divorced.

Marriage requires THREE

Marriage takes three to be complete; it's not enough for two to meet.

They must be united in love by love's Creator, God above. Then their love will be firm and strong; able to last when things go wrong,

Because they've felt God's love and know He's always there, He'll never go. And they have both loved Him in kind with all their heart and soul and mind

And in that love they've found the way to love each other every day.

A marriage that follows God's plan

Takes more than a woman and a man.

It needs a oneness that can be only from Christ -

Marriage takes three.

God understands our struggles

Hebrews 4:15–16 ESV

15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

God redeems and makes new

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.