SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 8/24/2020 9:27 AM
My Worship Time Focus:
PT-2 “Intro to Divorce and Remarriage”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matthew
5:31-32
Message of the verses: “31 "It was
said, ’WHOEVER SENDS HIS WIFE AWAY, LET HIM GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE’;
32 but I say to you that everyone who
divorces his wife, except for the reason of unchastity, makes her commit
adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.”
We
ended up yesterday’s SD with a quotation from Psychiatrist Armand Nicoli from
Harvard Medical School and in the beginning of this SD we want to give six
trends or situations that are the most destructive of the family that this man
gives. These six trends or situations
include mothers working outside of the home, something that never use to
happen, next frequent family moves, the invasion of television, lack of moral
control in society, and lack of communication in the home. The Dr. goes on to state that by far the
major cause of emotional problems and the major detriment to the family is
divorce. “The trend toward quick and
easy divorce, and the ever-increasing divorce rate, subject more and more
children to physically and emotionally absent parents.” He goes on to state “If the trend is not
reversed the quality of family life will continue to deteriorate, producing a
society with a higher incidence of mental illness than ever before.” We are now living 40 years after this
statement was given, and I know that this man is not a prophet, but his predictions
have surely come true as we look at our country and for that matter the world
around us today.
Divorce
is a huge problem in all countries, and causes troubles to children for the
rest of their lives, but the biggest reason not to divorce is because it is against
the Word of God.
As
mentioned the quote was from 40 years ago and the symptoms are all around us
today, and also churches don’t even seem to care too much about this happening
as many churches make it easy and not hard for couples to divorce, which is
sad.
John
MacArthur writes “Only four basic interpretations of the biblical data on
divorce and remarriage are possible, and all four are found to be held in
various Christian circles. The strictest
view is that divorce is not permissible under any circumstance or for any
reason. The opposite position contends
that both divorce and remarriage are permissible for any reason or none. The other two views lie between thos
extremes. One is that divorce is permitted
under certain circumstances but remarriage is never permitted. The other is that both divorce and remarriage
are permitted under certain circumstances.
“The
Bible, of course, actually teaches only one of those four possibilities and
that view is taught by Jesus here in Matthew 5:31-32. Like many people today, the Jews of Jesus’
day, typified by the scribes and Pharisees, had developed their own standards
for divorce and remarriage—which they taught as God’s standards. In this passage Jesus continues to correct
the erroneous doctrines and practices of the rabbinic traditions and replace
them with the truth.”
Lord
willing we will begin to look at verse 31 in our next SD.
8/24/2020 10:02 AM
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