Our Heavenly Father at the beginning made male and female, and said, 'For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave unto his own wife, and they twain shall be one flesh, what therefore Elohim has joined together , let not man put asunder'. Marriage is a very serious business, and should be treated as such. Much grief can be caused when this institution is treated recklessly or entered into in a haste.
Scripture Reading: 1 Cor 6:9-20
Memory Verse : ! Cor 6:9
- What does the &th Commandment forbid. Exo 20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
- What did John the Baptist say to Herod,who had married the woman whom his brother Philip had divorced? Mar 6:17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her.
Mar 6:18 For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. - What does Y'shuah say about Divorce and Marriage? Luk 16:18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery. Mat 5:32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery. Mar 10:11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
Mar 10:12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery. - What does paul say about Divorce and Marriege? Rom 7:2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
Rom 7:3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man. - What sound advice, does Paul give to the married? 1Co 7:10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
1Co 7:11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. 1Co 7:27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. 1Co 7:39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. - How destructive is this Sin of Adultery? Pro 6:32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
- In this New Testament dispensation, how many wives,or husbands may an individual have? 1Co 7:2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.