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Be an honor of God's word as we have our scripture reading.

A scripture reading today is going to be from 1st Corinthians chapter 7. We're going to be in verses 10 through 16. 1st Corinthians chapter 7 beginning there in verse 10. 1st Corinthians chapter 7 verse 10 and yet not.

I but the Lord, a wife is not to depart from her husband, but even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband, and a husband is not to divorce his wife.

But you the rest, I not the Lord, say if any brother has a wife, who does not believe and she is willing to live with him, let him not divorce her.

And a woman who has a husband, who does not be be, if he is willing to live with her, let her not divorced him, where the unbelieving husband is Sanctified by the wife and the unbelieving wife is Sanctified by the husband.

Otherwise, your children would be unclean but now they are wholly.

But if the unbeliever depart let him depart a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases that God has called us to peace for.

How do you know a wife?

I will save your husband or how do you know your husband, whether you will save your wife and it would be blessed by the reading and hearing of his word, please be seated.

Our title today is what about divorce.

We are going to attempt to get through verses 10 through 16.

However, I don't think we're going to make it so if you're looking at your notes and you're thinking we don't have much time left and he's not getting very far know that I am anticipating.

This will probably be hu Park message.

What about divorce?

We want to note.

This is a topic about which there is a lot of division, and a lot of disagreement, we are going to attempt to handle it with care, but we are also going to be as blunt and as honest as you have come to expect us to be.

So that's where we're going today.

For a father, it is a privilege to handle your word.

It is something that we do not take on lightly.

It is something that Often times.

Father, we approach with fear and trembling because your word is living and active, it is sharper than any two-edged sword.

And it pierces, it divides between the joints and Marrow, and our soul, and our spirit and discerns.

The thoughts and intents of our hearts.

Father I ask that today your Holy Spirit would wield your word like a scalpel would cut out anything that needs to be cut out and that father we might grow through what we learned today.

I said I would be your to an instrument to lovingly boldly and carefully communicate your truth to your people.

We thank you, father, in Jesus name, amen.

We are going to begin by reading a description of what marriage was like in Rome.

In this time in Corinth, in Rome, in this whole Roman Empire, when Paul was alive,

Beginning in chapter 7 of 1st Corinthians, we noted, that Paul begins to answer questions that were sent to him from the Corinthian Church in the first of those questions had to do with marriage and the area in which the Corinthians had serious problems as with many of their problems, much of their marital trouble, reflected the Pagan and morally corrupt society in which they lived in from which they had not fully separated their society, tolerated fornication, or adultery homosexuality polygamy in concubine image under Roman law.

And customs of the day, four types of marriage were practice slaves.

Were generally it considered to be sub-human chattel and if a man and a woman slave wanted to be married, they might be allowed to live together in what was called country berniem which means 10th companionship.

And this Arrangement would only last as long as the owner permitted, he was allowed by law to separate them to arrange for.

Other partners or just sell one or the other many of the early Christians were slaves and some of them had lived.

Perhaps we're still living in this sort of marital relationship.

Second type of marriage was called uses a form of common-law marriage.

That recognized a couple as married and husband and wife, if they live together for a year.

A third time, was the co-op in Menan, in which a father would sell his daughter to a prospective husband.

The fourth type of marriage was much more elevated.

The Patrician class the nobility were in a service called to confirm yotto on which the modern Christian marriage.

Ceremony is based and it was adopted by the Roman Catholic church and used with certain Christian modification with little change in to the Enterprise, Austin to the ism, through the Reformation, the original ceremony involved participation by both families, in arranging the wedding, a matron accompany, the bride.

Amana company big room.

There was an exchange of vows the wearing of a veil by the bride.

They giving a ring placed on the third finger of the left hand.

A bridal bouquet at a wedding cake that sound familiar and this is the marriage that we would be most familiar with what in the Roman Empire even among those married under the Country Auto and it was not impossible for men and women who have been married, 20 times or more, an active and vocal feminist movement developed.

Some wives competed with their husbands in business.

And even in Feats of physical strength, men were not interested in being many.

We're not interested in being Housewives and mothers.

And by the end of the first century child, this marriage is where common, both men and women were determined to live their own lives.

Regardless of marriage vows or commitments.

So then you recharge comes and they have members who have lived together.

We're still living together under all four of these types of marriage.

They had multiple marriages and divorces and not only that.

Some Believers, as we mentioned last week, had gotten this idea.

That it would be more spiritual to be celibate and said they were divorcing so that they could be celibate and perhaps someone teaching that sex was on the spiritual and should be forsaken.

The situation was difficult, it was perplexing, even for mature.

Christians and for the immature Corinthians, it was confusing.

And the great question.

That was, what do we do now that we are believer, should we stay together as husband and wife were both Christians?

Should we get divorce divorced spouse as an unbeliever?

Should we become more remain, single, the chaos of marital possibilities, husband.

Perplexities with Paul approaches in this section of the letter.

That's what was going on.

And as we read the description, I don't know about you but my mind goes That sounds really familiar.

Almost exactly like what we were facing today.

People try to tell us scripture is not relevant.

This is very relevant.

What was addressing exactly what we see in our world today.

This is the contact that he's riding.

And he's our, the difficulties.

He is addressing So, what Paul says is relevant.

Here's where we're going.

And what we need to understand marriage is a sacred institution designed by God for the benefit of all Humanity?

How do we know that it starts in Genesis in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve?

And he said, the two shall become one flesh, is that multiply replenish and fill the Earth?

So this is marriage designed by God for the benefit of everyone for the benefit of all Humanity.

Therefore, because that is true.

The definition and Defense of Marriage is vital, we need to know what marriage is.

We need to Define it and then we need you defend it.

If we are going to understand what scripture teaches about divorce and remarriage, there are three key elements that we must grasp knowing the truth about divorce enables us to better defend marriage.

So key element, number one, we need to know the heart of God.

We need to know the heart of God.

The heart of God is the most important piece of information.

We can have about any given topic.

Would you agree and his opinion about marriage and divorce.

Go with me to Malachi chapter 2. Verses 13 to 16. Malachi chapter 2. And if you're saying where is Malachi, it is right before you get to the New Testament.

Caso end of the Old Testament and it's a little book.

So you're going to skip right over it.

If your Bible is made like mine, okay, so if you find Matthew, just go back.

One book Malachi chapter 2 verses 13 to 16.

Malachi chapter 2 verse 13.

And this is the second thing.

You do.

You cover the altar of the Lord with tears with weeping and crying.

So he does not regard the offering anymore, nor receive it with Good.

Will from your hands, yet you say for what reason because the Lord has been witnessed between you and the wife of your youth with whom you have dealt treacherously yet.

She is your companion and your Wi-Fi Covenant but did he not make them one?

Having a remnant of the spirit and why 156 Godly Offspring?

Therefore take heed to your spirit and let none treacherously with the wife of his youth for the Lord.

God of Israel says that.

He hates divorce brake covers ones, garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts.