1. The King talks about Marriage
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The King talks about Marriage
Matthew 19

2. The King talks about Marriage - Matt 19
‘Silver Separators’!

3. The King talks about Marriage - Matt 19
“If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, …”  Deuteronomy 24:1-4

4. The King talks about Marriage - Matt 19
“If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, ….”
Deuteronomy 24:1-4

5. The King talks about Marriage - Matt 19
Marriage is one man, one woman, for life - Genesis 1-2
Marriage is a union made by God himself –
Matt 19:6 - ‘What God has joined together’
To break a marriage is to break something God has put together
- and that’s a hugely serious thing.
Jesus here concedes divorce only when one of the spouses engages in sexual intimacy with someone other than their spouse.

6. The King talks about Marriage - Matt 19
Application:
Prevention is better than cure
Unmarried? be careful what you wish for
Keep Jesus first in your life
Keep Jesus first in you home
Keep your spouse as your most important ‘other’
Keep talking!

7. The King talks about Marriage - Matt 19
Application:
Prevention is better than cure
Unmarried? be careful what you wish for
Keep Jesus first in your life
Keep Jesus first in you home
Keep your spouse as your most important ‘other’
Keep talking!
‘But Stuart - it’s so hard!’
Jesus gives us a wonderful promise: Matthew 19v28-29.

8. The King talks about Marriage - Matt 19
I assure you that when the world is made new and the Son of Man sits upon his glorious throne, you who have been my followers will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or property, for my sake, will receive a hundred times as much in return and will inherit eternal life.
Matthew 19v28-29