FRIDAY, 6 DECEMBER 2024
TEXT:
MATTHEW 5:31-32
31: “It has been said,
‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’
32: But I tell you that
anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the
victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
(New
International Version Holy Bible)
TOPIC:
DEALING WITH DIVORCE
Divorce among married
couples has eaten deep into the Church as you hear Christians adducing many
reasons for which they cannot continue to live together as husband and wife.
Even while the law
permitted a Jewish man to issue a certificate of divorce to his wife, Jesus
detested it and still does. In Malachi 2:16, God categorically stated that He
hates divorce.
While reacting to the
antics of the Pharisees in Matthew 19:1-9, He told them that it was due to the
hardness of their hearts that Moses permitted them to divorce their wives in
the first place. But it was not God's plan from the beginning.
Divorce makes the
divorcee commit adultery as well as the one who marries the divorcee.
Therefore, we must ask God for grace to live in understanding with our spouses
so as to honour Him.
QUESTION:
How has divorcee affected witnessing for Christ in our society and what should
we do to curtail this?
PRAYER:
Help us, dear heavenly Father, to develop attitudes that will make us live
peacefully with our spouses to honour You and not to allow the hardness of our
hearts direct us, in Jesus name. Amen.
Remain
Blessed
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