1. Marriage – Divorce – Remarriage  Marriage is to be a permanent relationship.  There is to be NO divorce.  If and only if fornication occurs, the innocent has authority from God to divorce or put away the guilty mate and remarry.  The guilty fornicator has no right from God to remarry and if he or she does remarry they are living in adultery along with the person they married. Matt. 5:31-32; 19:1-12; Mark 10:1-12; Luke 16:18; Rom. 7:1-3; Eph. 5:22-33; 1 Cor. 7

2. Disrespect for Marriage Worldly Attitudes Toward Marriage  Casual Sex, Pre-marital Sex  Live-in Relationship, Trial Marriage  Open Marriage – Multiple Sexual Partners  Adulterous Relationship  Swinging Lifestyle, Wife-swapping  Bi-sexual Relationship  Homosexual Relationship  No-fault Divorce

3. Disrespect for Marriage Solutions Offered by the World for these Consequences:  “Safe Sex”  Abortion  Psychotherapy  Medication, Depression Drugs Consequences of Loose Moral Life STD’s – AIDS – Pregnancy – Poverty – Sin & Shame

4. Disrespect for Marriage Among Christians  Divorce for any cause, both free to remarry  Divorced fornicator may remarry  Baptism washes away wives, stay with current wife  Alien not amenable to Law of Christ  Unbeliever departs, deserted free to remarry  Waiting game  Redefine adultery  One covenant theory

5. Waiting Game Redefine Adultery Alien Not Amenable to Law Waiting Game ??? Not Under Bondage Only One Covenant Remarriage for Any Cause Draw Your Reason Out of the Hat – Win A New Mate Every Time! Disrespect for Marriage Among Christians Baptism Washes Away Wives

6. Disrespect for Marriage Among Christians Not Satisfied With God’s Law  Compromise to accommodate friends or relatives  Broaden Romans 14 to include matters of the faith  Re-define “False Teacher”  Ambiguity of Matthew 19:9  Non-controversial spirit of the age  Factional brethren who bind their own opinions

7. Disrespect for Marriage Among Christians Other Symptoms  Couples who do not work at their marriage  Marry for wrong reasons:  Infatuation, Not take it seriously  Money  Physical attraction  To get away from parents  Parents, Preachers, Bible Class Teachers who do not stress Biblical love in contrast to romantic love.