What God Joined Together

Divorce is forbidden, since it dishonors God and threatens the stability of families, churches, and societies.

1. Breaking God-built marriages begins with the bad practice of twisting Scripture. (v.1-4)
2. Breaking God-built marriages exposes the bad condition of hardness of heart. (v. 5-9)
3. Breaking God-built marriages leads to the bad consequences of more sin. (v.10-12)
   How do we protect this foundational institution?
   What was the teaching of God, in its context? Deut. 24:1-4
   Who says that the two become one flesh? Gen. 2:24, Heb. 13:4
   How could there be an innocent divorced person? 1 Cor. 7:15f