1. Matthew 19

2. Not All Can Receive The Truth (Mt. 19:11)
I. SOME TRY THE LORD (19:3).
A. Sinful trying of God (Deut. 6:16; Ex. 17:7; Num. 14:1-4)
1. Lacked faith in spite of evidence!
2. Looked for easier way, rather than the right way.
B. Righteous trying of God (Judges 6:17-24, 36-40)
1. Sought evidence for their faith.
2. Accepted truth, even when it was difficult.
C. Application:
1. Do we pray for stronger faith, but set aside our Bibles (Rom. 12:2)?
2. Do we profess sincerity, maturity, faithfulness, yet neglect things that prove it (2 Cor. 8:8)?

3. Not All Can Receive The Truth (Mt. 19:11)
II. EX: DIVORCE & REMARRIAGE (19:3-10).
A. What were they seeking? Not Truth!
1. What are we seeking? Truth? Justify self?
2. If Truth, then Jesus gave it (19:3-9).
B. The Truth Applied:
1. If one divorces the other (not for fornication) he sins (19:6, 9a).
2. If mutually agree to divorce (not for fornication) both sin (19:6, 9a).
3. Any divorce (not for fornication), involves all who remarry in adultery (19:9a & b).
4. Only the spouse who puts away the fornicator can remarry with God’s approval (19:9a).

4. Not All Can Receive The Truth (Mt. 19:11)
II. EX: DIVORCE & REMARRIAGE (19:3-10).
C. If remarriage would be adultery, it is better not to marry (19:10-12).
III. “ALL CANNOT ACCEPT THIS SAYING” (19:11-12)
A. Why can’t all men receive this truth (19:11-12)?
B. Need humility & submission to enter (19:13-15; 18:1-5).
C. Those who love the world cannot enter (19:16-26; 1 John 2:15-17).
D. Those who put spiritual things first, will enter (19:27-30).

5. Not All Can Receive The Truth (Mt. 19:11)
CONCLUSION:
1. Some try the Lord, in spite of evidence Do we?
2. Some seek self-justification rather than Truth Do we?
3. Some put Christ above all else Do we?