VIII. Marriage and Divorce Matthew
5:27 – 32, Mark 9:43 – 48, 10:11, 12, Luke 16:18
A.
Law vs. the Heart Matthew
5:28
Can we all agree that you just don’t
show up at the destination of murder and adultery?
There is something that happens first in
the mind and heart, and after it festers is acted upon. Jesus is trying to get
Christians to deal with sin in the heart before it becomes physical. Many
times, once it becomes physical the damage cannot be contained.
B.
Pluck it out Matthew
5:29
No
sacrifice is too great if it enables us to conquer a lust which cuts us off
from Jesus.
C.
Cut it off Matthew
5:30
Cost
of Discipleship pg 132
D.
Divorce, Sin and the Law Matthew
5:31, 32, Mark 10:11, 12, Luke 16:18
Do
we understand that once the law comes into play, Sin has already taken place?
Sin
happens and Christ gives us true and real forgiveness of sin where the law fell
short. So now, with a heart changed by Christ, we can sin no more if we lean on
him. When we lean on our own understanding, or the law, or on anything but God
and his love, we will sin again and again.
Marriage
is the illustration that God uses when telling us of the return of the Groom
(Jesus) to claim his bride (the Church). Let us take all of God’s precepts
seriously, but marriage is a precept that shows the Christian example to the
world.
I believe (the Great Commission
in Matthew Chapter 10) that Christians are better to suited to witness when they
have been taught to witness; not to go uninformed of God’s word.
