• Every marriage is God-ordained (Matt 19:6)
• Every marriage is designed to be an example of God’s love for his children – marriage is designed to image the gospel (Eph 5:28-32)
• Every marriage is designed to be permanent (Matt 19:6)
• God hates divorce (Malachi 2:16) (God hates bad marriages)

Malachi 2:13-16 (NIV) – to Judah
Another thing you do: You flood the Lord’s altar with tears. You weep and wail because he no longer pays attention to your offerings or accepts them with pleasure from your hands. You ask, “Why?” It is because the Lord is acting as the witness between you and the wife of your youth, because you have broken faith with her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant. Has not the Lord made them one? In flesh and spirit they are his. And why one? Because he was seeking godly offspring. So guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith with the wife of your youth. “I hate divorce,” says the Lord God of Israel… Read the rest of this entry »

Last week we started our brief study of marriage as we looked at Matt 19 and Ephesians 5. In Matt 19 we find that God designed marriage to be a permanent covenant – “…as long as we both shall life” Read the rest of this entry »

The Bible devotes a fair amount of space to marriage, how we should function within the marriage, the imagery around marriage, etc. The Bible also attempts to correct many of the errors and bad thinking we can easily have. Read the rest of this entry »

Psalm 143:10 (NIV)
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

Q – Does God have a specific significant other for each person? And if so, how do you know he or she is the one God intended when you meet: Where does dating fall into this? How should Christians approach dating? What happens if that specific person dies or you divorce, is there a second person God intends? Read the rest of this entry »

Matthew 5:31-32, “Jesus’ concise view of divorce” [No Audio]

There are very few things as painful – it is often more heart wrenching than the death of a spouse. Read the rest of this entry »