‘Divorce.’
a) Matthew 5:32; Mark 10:11; Luke 16:18. Is something that Jesus really discouraged.
b) Matthew 19:9. Jesus only permitted in the case of marital unfaithfulness.
c) 1 Corinthians 7:10-13. Apostle Paul taught against it.
d) Leviticus 21:7 & 14; Ezekiel 44:22. A minister should not marry a divorced woman.
e) Leviticus 22:13. If a minister’s daughter is divorced she should go back to her parents and be cared for by them.
f) Malachi 2:16. Is hated by God.
g) Matthew 19:8. Is a decision made out of a hard heart.
(Through this QT I can see what a painful and messy business Divorce is. May God help and heal people who go through this experience)
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‘Love And Pray.’
Matthew 5:43-44.
a) Leviticus 19:18. Love our neighbours.
b) Luke 6:27; Romans 12:20. Love our enemies.
c) Luke 23:34. Pray for the people who persecute us.
(Through this Second one, Love And Pray, I realise the Lord’s intention for me to have and to keep the correct attitude at all times)
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Chris.
In these days I meet many divorced women in the Churches. Some of them have happily remarried, some of them remarried into another difficult marriage and others remain single. Of this I am sure that the Church should be caring for these women as a specific ministry that is really going to help them until they can stand in a good further marriage.
