SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 2/5/2023 8:05 AM
My Worship Time Focus:
PT-1 “Intro to Matthew 19:1-12”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference:
Matt. 19:1-12
Message of the verses: “1 And it came
about that when Jesus had finished these words, He departed from Galilee, and
came into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan; 2 and great multitudes followed Him, and He
healed them there.
3 And some
Pharisees came to Him, testing Him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man
to divorce his wife for any cause at all?" 4 And He answered and said,
"Have you not read, that He who created them from the beginning
MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE, 5 and said, ‘FOR
THIS CAUSE A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER, AND SHALL CLEAVE TO HIS
WIFE; AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH’? 6 “Consequently they are no longer
two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man
separate." 7 They said to Him, "Why then did Moses command to GIVE
HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND her AWAY?" 8 He said to them,
"Because of your hardness of heart, Moses permitted you to divorce your
wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way. 9 “And I say to you,
whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman
commits adultery." 10 The disciples said to Him, "If the relationship
of the man with his wife is like this, it is better not to marry." 11 But
He said to them, "Not all men can accept this statement, but only
those to whom it has been given. 12 “For there are eunuchs who were born that
way from their mother’s womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by
men; and there are also eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake
of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to accept this, let him accept it.’”
In his commentary John MacArthur quotes a person who
worked for a national news magazine asking the question “Is there no one in our
country who has not known anyone who has not be effected by a divorce. There are millions of divorces in our country
each year and being a Christian does not mean you are not affected by divorce,
for those numbers are similar to people getting divorced who are not believers. With this being said divorce is a tragedy in
our country, and I think many other countries as well.
In our country in the past it was
harder to get a divorce, but this is not the case at this time as in many
states there are what is called no fault divorces, making it easier to get a
divorce. In the past people who were
catholic were not to get a divorce, but even that has changed.
I can say that things have even
gotten worse off since MacArthur’s commentary was written as now we have seemingly
gone to the bottom of what Paul wrote in
Romans 1:19-32 which I will quote at this time.
“19
because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it
evident to them. 20 For since the creation
of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature,
have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.
21 For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks,
but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was
darkened. 22 Professing to
be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the
incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and
four-footed animals and crawling creatures. 24 Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their
hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. 25 For
they exchanged the truth
of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the
Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. 26 For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for
their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, 27 and
in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and
burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent
acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error. 28 And just as they did not see fit to
acknowledge God any longer, God
gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not
proper, 29 being filled with all
unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit,
malice; they are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent,
arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 without understanding, untrustworthy,
unloving, unmerciful; 32 and although they know the
ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they
not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.” (Italics added)
Please
notice the highlighted portions of these verses and then think about how it is
in our country at this time, and then pray for revival. Lord willing we will talk more about the
subject of divorce in our next SD.
2/5/2023 8:40 AM
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