DIVORCE

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• DIVORCE A Testament To Failure
• Mt 531-32
• In this section of His Sermon On The Mount, Jesus
  is not correcting Moses as many believe and teach
  528-42
• He defends the Law 517-19 cp. Gal 321-24
• The problem was shallow Jewish righteousness and
  skewed rabbinic interpretations 520

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• DIVORCE A Testament To Failure
• Mt 531-32
• You have heard it said refers to Deut 24
• Another reference to the existence of rampant
  divorce among 1st century Jews
• The prevailing doctrine Ù divorce was okay or
  permissible as long as the legalities were
  attended to (certificate of divorce written, put
  into the wifes hand, and her being sent away)
  v. 31

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• DIVORCE A Testament To Failure
• Mt 531-32
• But I say to you re-establishes Gods original
  marriage law v. 32
• Divorce leads to adultery
• RememberDeut 24 implied the 2nd marriage of the
  woman previously put way defiled her
• Jesus actually states what was previously implied
• Jesus also states the 1 exception Ù fornication

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• DIVORCE A Testament To Failure
• Mt 531-32
• But I say to you re-establishes Gods original
  marriage law v. 32
• It is also important to recognize the kind of
  divorce Jesus is discussing
• Jesus mention of the exception forces us to
  conclude He is speaking of an unlawful
  divorceone that was not for the cause of
  fornication

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• DIVORCE A Testament To Failure
• Mt 531-32
• Jesus teaching assumes a situation most likely
  to occur Ù the womans subsequent remarriage
• The 1st marriage had been put asunder for an
  unlawful reason
• Any subsequent marriage would be adulterous and
  therefore not Divinely approved

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BOUND
Divorce
Why?
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• DIVORCE A Testament To Failure
• Mt 531-32
• makes her commit adultery v. 32a
• The 1st husband did not make her remarry
• However, the 1st husband put his wife in a
  vulnerable position when putting her away
  unlawfully
• She would likely do as most wouldremarry
• Thus, the nature of stumbling blocksthey help
  others toward sin cp. Mt 186-7 Lk 171-2

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• DIVORCE A Testament To Failure
• Mt 531-32
• The divorce under consideration UNLAWFUL
  (one not for the cause of fornication)
• Obtaining a LAWFUL divorce would not make her
  commit adultery
• Putting her away for fornication would not make
  her guilty of what she had already becomean
  adulteress

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• DIVORCE A Testament To Failure
• Mt 531-32
• A 3rd party is also addressed v. 32b
• Whoever subsequently marries the one unlawfully
  divorced would also be guilty of adultery
• The PRINCIPLE is thus establishedA put away
  (divorced) person can never marry another
• The type of divorce (lawful or unlawful) does not
  matter

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• DIVORCE A Testament To Failure
• Mt 193-9 Mk 102-12
• Another Jewish attempt to put Jesus at odds with
  Moses and the Lawthus exposing their impure
  motive Mt 193 Mk 102
• Divorce for any cause was already prevalent
• Evidenced by secular historians (e.g. Josephus)
  as well as teachings from popular rabbinic
  schools (i.e. Shammai Hillel)

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