44 Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage

A Summary of Marriage

1. The Wow factor - the need to be amazed
2. Minimizing interference - the need to leave
3. The Glue - the need to cleave
4. The Focus - the need for unity/ God centered not man centered

Grounds for Divorce

1. Adultery - Matt. 5:32
2. Abandonment - church must be involved in decision

Regulations for Remarriage

1. Only if Biblical and Innocent divorce
2. Not to an ex who was remarried
3. Only in the Lord

Why - because God intends that the highest of human relationship be a pattern after the greatest relationship humanity can ever have, that between the Redeemer and the redeemed.