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INTRODUCTION
Last week we talked about what happens when someone sins against us
We looked at the process of dealing with sin
What it should look like when someone sins against you
What you should do when we have been wronged by a brother or sister in Christ.
We also talked about the value of forgiveness.
We talked about how, we, the forgiven should be championing forgiveness in a way that makes the world desire what we have.
The Church should be the Catalyst of Forgiveness based on the fact that we are the most loved and most forgiven people on this planet.
THIS WEEK
We are going to look at a very sensitive subject.
The subject of Marriage and Divorce
The Pharisees who have been clearly against Jesus & His Disciples
Are trying to figure out a way to condemn Jesus
So far it hasn’t amounted to anything because Jesus was, and will continue to be sinless throughout the entire narrative.
Before we get into the text I want us to look at some very alarming facts:
As of 2016, both marriage rates AND divorce rates in the US are decreasing.
Almost 50 percent of all marriages in the United States will end in divorce or separation.
Almost 50 percent of all marriages in the United States will end in divorce or separation.
As of 2016, both marriage rates AND divorce rates in the US are decreasing.
7. Researchers estimate that 41 percent of all first marriages end in divorce.
Researchers estimate that 41 percent of all first marriages end in divorce.
60 percent of second marriages end in divorce.
8. 60 percent of second marriages end in divorce.
9. 73 percent of all third marriages end in divorce.
73 percent of all third marriages end in divorce.
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The United States has the 6th highest divorce rate in the world.
Here is a chart of the top twenty:
The United States has the 6th highest divorce rate in the world.
50% of children will know first hand the pain of divorce
Almost 50% of those will experience it for a second time
10% of the 50% of children who experience divorce, will see it happen 3-4 more times.
Almost 100% of all children that experience divorce will experience it before they turn 18
People who come from broken homes are almost twice as likely to attempt suicide than those who do not come from broken homes
People who come from broken homes are almost twice as likely to attempt suicide than those who do not come from broken homes
Teenagers in single-parent families and in blended families are 300% more likely to need psychological help within any given year than teens from intact, nuclear families.
Teenagers in single-parent families and in blended families are 300% more likely to need psychological help within any given year than teens from intact, nuclear families.
Forty percent of children growing up in America today are being raised without their fathers.
Every 13 seconds a divorce is finalized
That means that by the end of this sermon, 200 couples would have recieved confirmation that their divorce is final
SO HOW CAN THE GOSPEL EFFECT THESE STATISTICS?
IF JESUS PUT A STOP TO THE STATISTICAL CONSISTENCY OF SIN
HOW CAN THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST EFFECT THE CONSISTENCY OF DIVORCE?
LETS LOOK AT THE TEXT
PRAY THAT WE WOULD BE USED IN EACH OTHERS LIVES TO PREVENT DIVORCE.
THAT WE WOULD BE USED TO ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER IN MARRIAGE.
THAT WE WOULD ALWAYS SEEK RECONCILIATION BEFORE ISOLATION.
MATTHEW 19:1-
JESUS, AFTER FINISHING HIS TEACHING ON FORGIVENESS, HEADS DOWN FROM GALILEE INTO JUDAEA.
It is here that he paused for a moment to heal the multitudes who had been following Him.
However, the multitudes weren’t the only ones following Him.
The Pharisees also came up, but not to be healed of their spiritual or physical condition
They came to test Jesus
To Challenge Him
To tempt Him by asking this general question:
“Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason”
Lets put ourselves in the shoes of the Pharisees
At this point in History
The Pharisees would have been broken up into two schools of thought
Shammai & Hilel
The Shammai RABINNICAL School of thought was more on the conservative side
Hilel
They believed that the only reason that justified divorce was in the case of Adultery
The Hilel RABINNICAL School of Thought interpreted very losely
They permitted divorce for any reason
If you didnt like her hair, her cooking, her opinion, you could divorce her
Though these two schools interpreted the Deutoronomy Text
One thing to note is that a woman did not have the liberty that men had.
Once married, her authority to make decisions was vastly diminished.
So how did Jesus answer this question?
How would Jesus set precedent for Future Believers?
What do we need to know about Marriage & Divorce in order for us to be successful in this manner?
Matthew 19:
JESUS DOESN’T GO TO HIS OPINION, HE GOES BACK TO WHAT THE WORD SAID
“Have you not read”?
Church, this should be our response every single time someone challenges what we believe
Our response should always be rooted in what the Word of God says
It is in the Word of God that we will find our deepest Identity
It is in God’s Word that we will find the deepest truths to the deepest questions
When our answers are rooted in the Truth of God
It will always prevent us from providing a mediocre answer
WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT DIVORCE, JESUS POINTS BACK TO THE DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE
“Have you not heard, that He who made them at the beginning, made them male and female”
This is Jesus’ opportunity to set the record straight concerning Marriage and Divorce
This is where He could reshape what marriage should look like
This is where he could have redefined marriage
But instead of restructuring the Model of Marriage
He further solidifies His Father’s heart toward marriage
#1 When God created the Unit of Marriage
He created it in the Male and Female form
This is where it all begins
“In the beginning”
Made them male and female.
THIS MARRIAGE UNIT IS MADE UP OF TWO SOULS, ONE MALE AND ONE FEMALE
Not the male and female and both sets of in-laws
Not the male and female and the opinions of all in-laws
Not the male and male or female and female because Ceasar has allowed it
NLT: This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’
This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’
The two individuals, shall leave both families, and be joined together as one
For the two shall become one flesh, one unit, one body.
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