Some Pharisees came to test him, asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
He replied to them, “What did Moses command you?”
They said, “Moses permitted us to write divorce papers and send her away.”
But Jesus told them, “He wrote this command for you because of the hardness of your hearts. But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother 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.”
When they were in the house again, the disciples questioned him about this matter. He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. Also, if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
Mark 10:2-12
“Oh, it’s what’s best for us” well, not according to Jesus, I guess you know better than he does. Divorce is killing the “new person” that the union of your flesh created. Sometimes it’s unavoidable, the other person divorces you. Perhaps you have to divorce to protect yourself or your kids, it’s unavoidable, but it’s not good. The Bible never condones divorce, in any circumstance. What are “Biblical grounds” for divorce? None. It’s allowed if your heart is so hard you’re going to do it anyway, but the Bible never paints a scenario where divorce is a good option. So, take marriage seriously. It’s better to be miserable and faithful, than divorced and miserable. Worse, you can be happy and outside of God’s will. Maybe you’ve been divorced, ok, you can’t do anything about that now, that’s why Jesus died on the cross. We all have a past, and He doesn’t hold that against us. Serve him from this day forward and take your life seriously for Jesus.
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