Divorce

Have you ever wondered what the bible says about divorce? This will be a difficult topic but I want to share with you all what the word says about it in Matthew 19.

Divorce

In the beginning of chapter 19 in Matthew some pharisees came to Jesus to test him. They asked him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce is wife for any and every reason? I think in this context we often have this same question. I am not to knowledgeable on the topic but I assume that most people wonder what Jesus has to say about it. I know that I do. Jesus responds with this.

"Haven't you read, 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 his wife, and the two will become one flesh' ? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate." 

I have plenty of friends with divorced parents and I don't know the reasons, but I do know that there are a wide variety of reasons. I don't want to offend any of my friends who read this. I just really want to share what Jesus had to say.

Now this isn't the only passage in the bible that talks about divorce, it is just a passage that I came across tonight that I thought I would share with you because it's something that is a little different.

I am going to give you a list of the other verses in case you want to check them out. I really encourage you to take a look at some of these verses.

- Matthew 5:31-32
- Mark 10:2-12
- Luke 16:18
- 1 Corinthians 7:39
- Ephesians 5:33
- Matthew 19:6-7^^^
- Romans 7:2-3
- Deuteronomy 22:19
- Jeremiah 3:1
- Malachi 2:16
- Matthew 1:19
- 1 Corinthians 7:11-13
- Jeremiah 3:8
- Isaiah 50:1
- Deuteronomy 24:1-4
- Matthew 19:8-9^^^
- Hebrews 13:4