Matthew 5:31-32

Intro: Welcome my Friends

BIBLE TEXT: Matthew 5:31-32 ““Furthermore it has been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.”

Sermon Title: Jesus Say’s It So Obey It!

Joke: A woman once said, “My husband and I have a very happy marriage. There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for him, and there’s nothing he wouldn’t do for me. So we’ve gone through life doing nothing for each other.”

Some people think marriage is just three rings: the engagement ring, the wedding ring, and the suffering.

Title Points: Divorce Is Not The Answer

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Bible Text :Matthew 5:31 ““Furthermore it has been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’”

One Teaching Idea: (1 Sentence or Less)

The subject of divorce was always debated among the Jews at this time. Some religious leaders took this to mean that a man could divorce his wife for almost any reason.

In a culture where husbands viewed their wives as “property,” divorce was fairly easy to obtain. However, other leaders said that divorce could be granted only in cases of adultery.

Jesus again pointed out a law from the Old Testament that his listeners knew well. The Law of Moses

Cross Reference: Deuteronomy 24:1-4 ““When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some uncleanness in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, when she has departed from his house, and goes and becomes another man’s wife, if the latter husband detests her and writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who took her as his wife, then her former husband who divorced her must not take her back to be his wife after she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the Lord, and you shall not bring sin on the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.”

1st Point: The Truth Will Set You Free

One Application: We cant have the bible meet our lifestyle. Instead we should have the bible change our lifestyle

Personal Story: I remember growing up all I seen was all my uncles divorcing their wives. They felt that if they got tired of their wife that they could go and pick up a new one.

It was almost like this was like trading a old car in for a newer model

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Bible Text: Matthew 5:32 “But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.”

One Teaching Idea: (1 Sentence or Less)Life Application New Testament Commentary (Jesus Teaches about Divorce / 5:31–32 / 54)

The religious leaders permitted easy divorce, as well as remarriage after divorce. But Jesus said that the sacred union of marriage should not be broken and that to remarry after divorce was committing adultery.

However, Jesus here gave one exception regarding divorce: “marital unfaithfulness.”

For a man to divorce his wife because she has been unfaithful was simply a recognition that his union with her had been ended by her sexual union with another. It would be possible, then, that adultery would be an exception to the prohibition against remarriage

Cross Reference: Luke 16:18 ““Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.”

2nd Point: Don’t Even Think About Divorce

One Application:

This does not mean that divorce should automatically occur when a spouse commits adultery. The word translated “unfaithfulness” implies a sexually immoral lifestyle, not a confessed and repented act of adultery. Those who discover that their spouse has been unfaithful should first make every effort to forgive, reconcile, and restore their relationship.

Personal Story: I have recently seen many Christian friends divorced through the Coivid season. It seems that even Christians give up when life gets hard!

Finisher Story: When Sylvester Stallone was making one of his Rocky movies, right after one of his fighting scenes, he said, “You know, boxing is a great sport as long as you can yell, ‘Cut!’ ” Many of us feel that way about marriage—it’s a lot of fun as long as you can yell “Cut!” and can get out of it when it’s beating you up too badly.222

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