"JESUS AND DIVORCE" Intro: Value of systematic study. Background of text - 6 statements, "Ye have heart, but I..." Not comparing law of Moses with His teaching, but Pharisees interpretation with His teaching. I. WHAT DID THE LAW OF MOSES TEACH? A. Deut. 24: 1-4, Matthew 19. 1. Word adultery not ment... Read More
Matthew 5:27-28. You have heard that it was said to them of old time, You shall not commit adultery; but I say unto you, that every one who looks upon a woman to lust after her, has committed adultery with her already in his heart. Having now finished the former commandment, and having extended it u... Read More
There is a great need in the body of Christ for consistent reading of the Holy Scriptures in their entirety, book by book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. In this case we are encouraging a chronological reading of the Scriptures. Most of the confusion is created when certain teachers, groups, or... Read More
Abstain (868) (aphistemi from apo = separation of one thing from another + histemi = stand and is the root of our English = apostasy) literally means to stand off from means to withdraw, to stand off, to forsake, to depart from or to remove oneself from. To apostatize or to fall away from. To withdr... Read More
honorable is the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge. Regard for marriage and for the physical intimacy of marriage is an essential aspect of the pursuit of holiness he has just discussed in the previous chapter (Heb 12:14-note). Honor - The litera... Read More
The Old Testament prophecy of Malachi reveals an age deadened to sin. The people of Israel had been drugged to an unconsciousness of sin. They were in a spiritual stupor with no conviction, which is the lowest state of sin. They mouthed surprise that God would find fault with their lifestyle. They w... Read More
XIX. 1. He departed - and from that time walked no more in Galilee. Mark 10:1. Verse 2. Multitudes followed him, and he healed them there - That is, wheresoever they followed him. Verse 3. The Pharisees came tempting him - Trying to make him contradict Moses. For every cause - That is, for any thing... Read More
V.1. And seeing the multitudes - At some distance, as they were coming to him from every quarter. He went up into the mountain -Which was near: where there was room for them all. His disciples - not only his twelve disciples, but all who desired to learn of him. Verse 2. And he opened his mouth - A ... Read More
The issues of divorce and remarriage are ones that have been hotly debated within Christian circles. As you seek for a true understanding, let me encourage you, first of all, to consider all that Scripture teaches on the subject. If our interpretation of Jesus' words that we read today, for example,... Read More
About two thousand years ago, the Son of God, then living on earth in human form, spoke to a multitude of people who had gathered to hear Him on a mountainside along the Sea of Galilee. Today we refer to the words He spoke that day as the “Sermon on the Mount.” Jesus was the greatest communicator wh... Read More
Matthew 5:31
Homily 17 on Matthew
76 - Chronological Bible Reading of Scriptures
Abstain (depart, desert, fall or draw away, withdraw) (868) aphistemi
Precious (5093) timios
When Divorce is Scriptural and Marriage is Unscriptural
John Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 19
John Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 5
Day 75, Mark 10
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