A Heart For Marriage

TRINITY WORSHIP NOTES

WHO IS JESUS?

“A Heart For Marriage”

November 4, 2007

“Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, ‘Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?’ [3] ‘What did Moses command you?’ he replied. [4] They said, ‘Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.’ [5] ‘It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,’ Jesus replied. [6] ‘But at the beginning of creation God 'made them male and female.' [7] 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, [8] and the two will become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one. [9] Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.’ [10] When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this. [11] He answered, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. [12] And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.’” Mark 10:2-12 (NIV)

WE ARE EDGE DWELLERS

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I. THE SUBJECT

The persistent ____________________________________

“And some Pharisees came up to Him, testing Him, and began to question Him….” Mark 10:2 (NASB)

What about ________________ and __________________

“Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” Mark 10:2 (NIV)

II. THE RESPONSE

What is the ______________________________________

“What did Moses command you?’ he replied. [4] They said, ‘Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.’” Mark 10:3-4 (NIV)

“If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house….” Deuteronomy 24:1 (NIV)

“Indecent”

Ø “nakedness of a thing”

Ø Adultery was punishable by stoning

Ø Embarrass her husband

· God values _______________________________________

“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, [8] and the two will become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one. [9] Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.” Mark 10:7-9 (NIV)

III. CAN A CHRISTIAN DIVORCE

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In the mind of God it is a ___________________________

WHAT SHOULD A CHRISTIAN DO?

Ø STOP BLAMING YOUR SPOUSE

Ø STOP KEEPING SCORE

Ø STOP POINTING FINGERS

Ø STOP WALLOWING IN THE PAST

ARE YOU TRYING TO LIVE ON THE EDGE IN YOUR RELATIONSHIPS?