“Marriage the Way God Intended” Matthew 19:1-6 “Marriage the Way God Intended”

“Tailgating” Tailgating is the practice of driving on a road too close to the vehicle in front, at a distance which does not guarantee that stopping to avoid collision is possible. Approximately one third of rear-end collisions involve tailgating.

2. In the United States, a tailgate party is a social event held on and around the open tailgate of a vehicle. Tailgating often involves grilling food. Tailgate parties usually occur in the parking lots at stadiums and arenas, before games, concerts and church events. People attending such a party are said to be tailgating. Many people participate even if their vehicles do not have tailgates.

Sunday October 30th Bring food to grill and a grill if you have one! We will all share grills and eat together! Baptism! Fun for All! Outdoor Movie with popcorn provided!

Matthew 19 1 Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these sayings, that He departed from Galilee and came to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. 2 And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them there.

Vs. 3 The Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him, and saying to Him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?"

Matthew 14:1-4 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the news about Jesus, and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.“ For when Herod had John arrested, he bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip. For John had been saying to him, "It is not lawful for You to have her."

Josephus wrote “…he [John] was sent a Macherus Josephus wrote “…he [John] was sent a prisoner, out of Herod’s suspicious temper, to Macherus, the castle,…and was there put to death” (Antiquities of the Jews 8.5.2)

Please Turn In Your Bibles Deuteronomy 24:1-4 Please Turn In Your Bibles

Vs. 4 - 5 And He answered and said to them, "Have you not read that He who made them at 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'?

Please Turn In Your Bibles Genesis 1:27-28 Please Turn In Your Bibles

Genesis 2:18- 25 “Marriage”

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Vs. 6 "So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.“

Life Application Bible The Pharisees regarded divorce as a legal issue rather than a spiritual one—marriage and divorce were merely transactions similar to buying and selling land (with women being treated as property). But Jesus condemned this attitude, clarifying God’s original intention—that marriage bring unity that no one should separate. Jesus pointed out that God intended marriage to be a covenant—a permanent promise of love and faithfulness. Life Application Bible

Revelation 19:7-9 "Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready.“ It was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. Then he *said to me, "Write, 'Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.'" And he *said to me, "These are true words of God."

“Marriage the Way God Intended” Matthew 19:1-6 “Marriage the Way God Intended”