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Definition
LAW
official ending of a marriage: the ending of a
marriage by an official decision in a court of law
Bible
Statement
God hates divorce (Malachi 2:16)
Scripture
Matthew 5:31-32 Anyone who
divorces their spouse must give them certificate of
divorce. But I tell you that anyone who divorces their
spouse except for marital infidelity causes them to turn
out to be adultery and anyone who marries the divorced
woman commits adultery.
Matthew
5:31-32 the Law of Moses states that, if anyone wants to
be rid of their spouse, they can divorce them merely by
giving her a letter of dismissal. 32 but I say to you
that everyone who divorces their spouse except for
unchastely makes them commit adultery. Anyone who
marries a divorced person commits adultery.
Matthew
19:3-9 Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They
asked, is it legal for a man to divorce his wife for any
and every reason? Haven't you read, He replied, that at
the beginning the Creator made them male and female, and
said, for this reason a man will leave his father and
mother and be united to their spouse, they then become
one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore
what God has joined together, let man not separate. Why
then, they asked, did Moses command that a man give
their spouse an official document of divorce and send
them away. Jesus replied Moses permitted you to divorce
your spouse, for you were hard hearted. It was not this
way from the beginning. I tell you this that if anyone
divorces his spouse, except for marital infidelity, and
marries again commits adultery.
Matt
19:3-9 Some Pharisees approached Jesus to initiate a
dialogue him. Their goal was to attempt to entrap him
into saying something that would destroy him. Do you
allow divorce? They asked. 4 Don't you read the
Scriptures, he replied. In them it is written that at
the beginning God created man and woman, 5 and that a
man should leave his parents, and be forever be united
to his wife. The two shall become one-- no longer two,
but one! And no man may separate what God has joined
together. 7 Then they asked, why did Moses say a man may
divorce his wife by merely writing her a letter of
dismissal? 8 Jesus replied, Moses did that in
recognition of your hard and evil hearts, but it was not
what God had originally intended. 9 And I tell you this,
that anyone who divorces, except for fornication, and
marries again commits adultery. (We humans were given
the right to choose what we wanted. God did not want
mindless disciples but ones who responded to Him from
their hearts and of their own free will)
Mark
10:11-12 Answering He said, anybody who divorces their
spouse and remarries commits adultery. This is true for
both spouses.
Matthew 24:12-13 and
because lawlessness is increased, most people's love
will grow cold. 13 But the one who endures to the end,
he shall be saved.
John 13:34-35 A new
commandment I give to you, that you love one each other,
even as I have loved you. Your display of love for one
another will display to the world that you are mine 35
all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have
love for one another.
Hebrews 13:4 Keep marriage in honor among all, and let
the marriage bed be undefiled. Fornicators and
adulterers will be judged by God.
John 15:12 My
commandment is that you love one another, just as I have
loved you.
Mark 12:23-25 In the
resurrection, when they raise again, whose spouse will
be whose spouse? This one had seven different spouses.
24 Jesus said to them, is this not the reason you are
misguided, you do not understand the Scriptures, or even
the power of God? 25 when they rise from the dead, they
neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like
the angels in heaven.
John
21:14-17 This is now the third time that Jesus was
manifested to the disciples, after He was raised from
the dead. 15 when they had finished breakfast, Jesus
said to Simon Peter, Simon, the son of John, do you love
in the Highest since (agapo) Me more than these? He
said to Him, Yes, Lord; you know that I
Love (phileo)
you as a brother. He said to him, Tend My lambs. 16 He
said to him again a second time, Simon, {son} of John,
do you (agapo) Love me? He said to Him, Yes, Lord; you
know that I love (phileo) Brotherly love) you are my
friend. Jesus said to him, Shepherd My sheep. 17 He said
to him the third time, Simon, {son} of John, do you love
me? Peter was grieved because Jesus said to him the
third time, Do you love me? And he said to Him, Lord,
you know all things; you know that I love (phileo) you.
Jesus said to him, tend My sheep.
agapao (ag-ap-ah'-o);
The highest Love includes spiritual love, a social
love. phileo (fil-eh'-o); Brotherly love a friendship
type of love.
1st
Corinthians 13:4-8 Love is patient, love is kind, it is
not jealous; love does not brag nor is it arrogant, 5
does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is
not aggravated, does not take into account a wrong 6
does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with
the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things,
hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never
fails; but if are gifts of prophecy, they will be done
away; if {there are} tongues, they will cease; if {there
is} knowledge, it will be done away.
1st
Corinthians 7:10-11 7:10 to the married I give these
instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife must
not leave her husband 11 should she leave, let her
remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband,
a husband should not send his wife away. 12 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, let
him not send her away. 13 And a woman who has an
unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her,
let her not send her husband away.
1st
Corinthians 7:12-15 14 For the unbelieving husband is
sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is
sanctified through her believing husband; for otherwise
your offspring are unclean, but now they are holy. 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.
Ephesians 5:23-33 For the husband is the head of the
wife, just as Christ is the head of the church; He
Himself is the Savior of the body. 24 But as the church
is subject to Christ, so also the wives are to be
subject to her husband in everything. 25 Husbands, love
your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and
gave Himself up for her; 26 that He might make her holy.
Do this Just as you would cleanse her by the washing of
water but do it with the word of God. 27 This do in
order that you as He presented Himself the church in
all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such
thing; but that she should be holy and spotless. 28 So
husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own
bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; 29 for
no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourish and cherish
it, just as Christ also loves the church, 30 because we
are members of His body. 31 For this cause a man shall
leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his
wife; and the two shall become one flesh. 32 This
mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to
Christ and the church. 33 Nevertheless let each
individual among you also love his own wife even as
himself; wives see that she respects her husband.
No sin
is so great that God won’t forgive us, except denying
the Holy Spirit.
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