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LIFE AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE LIVED THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT – 7 (Matt 5:31-32) DIVORCE

LIFE AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE LIVED THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT – 7 (Matt 5:31-32) DIVORCE

  • Current divorce rate in UK – 42% (reducing due to increase in cohabiting couples)
  • 11% increase in divorce among the over 50s – “the silver splitters” – in last 10 years
  • 9 most common reasons – Money, Affairs, Interfering Ex’s, Sex, Children from previous relationships, Intrusive parents, Differences in handling conflict, Communication, Privacy. (The Independent – 16.02.16)

 

JESUS ON DIVORCE

The Schools of Thought:

  • Then – Hilel and Shammai (liberal v strict)
  • Now – Hilel. Shammai. No divorce under any circumstances. Some divorce but no remarriage.

Jesus’ School of Thought

  • You can’t discuss divorce until you’ve understood the true meaning of marriage

What about the concession?

  • Read Deut.24:1-4 with care
  • A “reluctant  permission not a divine instruction”
  • Where does that leave ‘incompatibility’?

Practical Implications:

  • To the married
  • To the single
  • To the divorced
  • To the remarried
  • To the church
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