Christian marriage, divorce and remarriage. Matthew 5:31-32 Christian marriage, divorce and remarriage.

Things to remember We are dealing with real people and real problems. There are several sections of the Bible that talk about divorce. The need for compassion and kindness. Promise of forgiveness and redemption

Deuteronomy 24:1-4 (NASB) 1  "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 indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out from his house, 2  and she leaves his house and goes and becomes another man's wife, 3  and if the latter husband turns against her and writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who took her to be his wife, 4  then her former husband who sent her away is not allowed to take her again to be his wife, since 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 gives you as an inheritance.

What does something indecent mean? Very loose interpretation. Very tight interpretation.

Immorality = porneia

All divorce is caused because we live and are part of a sinful world.

Jesus sees marriage as a lifelong union

Before you get married..

Do they make you more godly? Can I live with this person for the next 60 yrs? As your family and friends- but be prepared to listen to the truth.

Only two grounds for divorce Unfaithfulness Desertion

What about? 1. God is divorced.. 2. God hates divorce. 3. God divorced Israel because they failed to keep their end of the covenant promise-.

Other parts of the bible

1 cor 7. 10 But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband 11 (but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce his wife. 12 But to the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her. 13 And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she must not send her husband away. ..15 Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us to peace.

Allow divorce so that can be reconciled to previous spouse

What about remarriage? If legitimate divorce then yes.

The Christian default position is reconciliation

Marriage is for life.