Breaking Up is On You Hard…

The Jesus Curriculum Th e The Sermon on the Mount Matthew 5-7 Kingdom Handbook

Kingdom Code

It has been said, “Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.” Kingdom Code Matthew 5:31 ivorce is Permitted D D

If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, Deuteronomy 24:1 divorce

[…and her second marriage also ends…] then her first husband, who divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again. […and her second marriage also ends…] then her first husband, who divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again. Deuteronomy 24:4 divorce

But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, Kingdom Code Matthew 5:32 ut Not for Any Reason B B

and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery. Kingdom Code Matthew 5:32 ut Not for Any Reason B B

External: I’m allowed to divorce! Internal: motive, commitment External: I’m allowed to divorce! Internal: motive, commitment ivorce is Permitted D D

Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?” Kingdom Code Matthew 19:3 od’s Design for Marriage G G

“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ Kingdom Code Matthew 19:4 od’s Design for Marriage G G

“and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? Kingdom Code Matthew 19:5 od’s Design for Marriage G G

“So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.” Kingdom Code Matthew 19:6 od’s Design for Marriage G G

Life-long Commitment Faithfulness Work out Your Difficulties Life-long Commitment Faithfulness Work out Your Difficulties od’s Design for Marriage G G

When Things Won’t Work od’s Provision for Weakness G G

“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?” Kingdom Code Matthew 19:7 od’s Provision for Weakness G G

Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. Kingdom Code Matthew 19:8 od’s Provision for Weakness G G

A wife must not separate from her husband. But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. 1 Corinthians 7:10-11 divorce

od’s Provision for Weakness G G When Things Won’t Work Unfaithfulness

“I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery.” Kingdom Code Matthew 19:9 od’s Provision for Weakness G G

“And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery." Kingdom Code Mark 10:12 od’s Provision for Weakness G G

G G When Things Won’t Work Unfaithfulness Release and Recovery

If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. 1 Corinthians 7:12 divorce

And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. 1 Corinthians 7:13 divorce

But if the unbeliever leaves, let him do so. A believing man or woman is not bound in such circumstances. 1 Corinthians 7:15 divorce

od’s Provision for Weakness G G When Things Won’t Work Unfaithfulness Release and Recovery Forgiveness from God Forgiveness for Others Freedom to Remarry Forgiveness from God Forgiveness for Others Freedom to Remarry