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Marriage
A Permanent Institution
Home: Divine Origin
For this reason a man shall leave his father and his
mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become
one flesh. (Genesis 2:24)
And He answered and said, “Have you not read that He
who created them from the beginning MADE THEM MALE
AND FEMALE, and said, FOR THIS REASON A MAN
SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE
JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME
ONE FLESH? So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
What therefore God has joined together, let no man
separate.” (Matthew 19:4-6)
Marriage: A Permanent Institution
Home: Basic Unit of Society
Not parallel to the church
Church is blood-bought body – Spiritual relationship
Salvation found in Christ and saved souls are in the church
Home: human relationships
Divorce: Destroying the Home
Why Are There So Many Divorces?
Why Are There So Many Divorces?
1. Lack of Faith in God!
In the beginning God… (Genesis 1:1).
Messages sent to children:
They are the product of evolution.
They are the center of the universe – Humanism.
TV and other entertainment mediums – Discovery
Channel, Disney, National Geographic, not to
mention cartoons and other children’s
programming, systematically teach that we are
simply here by chance.
Schools teach the theory of evolution, reinforcing
the seeds planted by experienced and well-financed
humanists in the entertainment industry.
• Man’s attitude toward the animals.
• Man’s attitude toward the environment (i.e., global
warming, ecology, use of raw materials).
Why Are There So Many Divorces?
1. Lack of Faith in God!
In the beginning God… (Genesis 1:1).
Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you
an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living
God. (Heb. 3:12).
God…in these last days has spoken to us in His Son…
(Heb. 1:1-2).
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 (Matt. 5:32).
Ground Children in the Faith – Rom. 10:17
When I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you,
which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother
Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also (2 Tim. 1:5).
But you must continue in the things which you have learned
and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned
them, and that from childhood you have known the Holy
Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation
through faith which is in Christ Jesus (2 Tim. 3:14-15).
When you make a vow to God, do not delay to pay it; For He
has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you have vowed- Better
not to vow than to vow and not pay (Eccl. 5:4-5).
2. Adultery & Fornication!
Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside
the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins
against his own body (1 Cor. 6:18).
But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it
not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;
neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting,
which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks (Eph. 5:3-4).
Abraham & Hagar
Samson & Delilah
David & Bathsheba
Amnon & Tamar
Solomon & Foreign Women
Ahab & Jezebel
God Declares Adultery & Fornication Sinful!
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the
kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators,
nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor
homosexuals…will inherit the kingdom of God. And such
were some of you… (1 Cor. 6:9-11).
Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery,
fornication, uncleanness, lewdness (Gal. 5:19).
Therefore put to death your members which are on the
earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and
covetousness, which is idolatry (Col. 3:5).
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ,
so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the
body, according to what he has done, whether good or
bad. (2 Cor. 5:10).
3. Immodest Dress
And there a woman met him, With the attire of a harlot, and a
crafty heart (Prov. 7:10).
In like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest
apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or
gold or pearls or costly clothing, but, which is proper for women
professing godliness, with good works (1 Tim. 2:9-10).
You shall make for them linen trousers to cover their nakedness;
they shall reach from the waist to the thighs. (Ex. 28:42).
…Remove your veil, Take off the skirt, Uncover the thigh, Pass
through the rivers. Your nakedness shall be uncovered, Yes, your
shame will be seen; I will take vengeance, And I will not arbitrate
with a man (Isa. 47:2-3).
4. Alcohol and Drugs
For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing
the will of the Gentiles--when we walked in lewdness,
lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and
abominable idolatries (1 Peter 4:3).
Drunkenness – oinophlugia – overflowing of wine
Revelries – komos – carousing; partying in honor of
Bacchus (Roman god of wine & intoxication)
Drinking Parties – potos - a drinking bout; an act of drinking;
forbidding Christians gathering to drink alcohol
Woe to you who make your neighbors drink, Who mix in
your venom even to make them drunk So as to look on
their nakedness! (Habakkuk 2:15).
5. Fussing and Fighting
But if you bite and devour one another, take care that
you are not consumed by one another (Gal. 5:15).
I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have
the preeminence among them, does not receive us
(3 John 9).
A spirit of Diotrophes does not belong in the home!
Submitting to one another in the fear of God (Eph. 5:21).
For I fear lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I
wish, and that I shall be found by you such as you do not
wish; lest there be contentions, jealousies, outbursts of
wrath, selfish ambitions, backbitings, whisperings,
conceits, tumults… (2 Cor. 12:20).
Idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies,
outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions,
heresies… (Gal. 5:20).
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking
be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one
another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as
God in Christ forgave you. (Eph. 4:31-32).
Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also
to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets (Matt. 7:12).
6. Dance
Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are:
adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness (Gal.5:19).
But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for
her has already committed adultery with her in his heart
(Matt. 5:28).
7. TV, Movies, Entertainment
Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the
issues of life (Prov. 4:23).
Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring
of life (Prov. 4:23).
8. Materialism: High Standard of Living
Now godliness with contentment is great gain. For we
brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can
carry nothing out. And having food and clothing, with
these we shall be content. But those who desire to be
rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many
foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in
destruction and perdition. For the love of money is a
root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed
from the faith in their greediness, and pierced
themselves through with many sorrows (1 Tim. 6:6-10).
Standards Determined by the Authority Recognized…
No Respect for God – No Respect for His Law on Marriage!
But did He not make them one, Having a remnant of the
Spirit? And why one? He seeks godly offspring. Therefore
take heed to your spirit, And let none deal treacherously
with the wife of his youth. “For the LORD God of Israel
says That He hates divorce, For it covers one's garment
with violence,” Says the LORD of hosts. “Therefore take
heed to your spirit, That you do not deal treacherously.”
(Malachi 2:15-16).
…Therefore what God has joined together, let not man
separate. (Matt. 19:6).