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    Divorce And Remarriage

    DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE

    INTRODUCTION

    1. Pray that God’s Spirit will teach you and give you understanding. ‘Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures.’ Luke 24:45
    2. Lay your opinions and past church teachings at the cross. ‘Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.’ Proverbs 3:5
    3. Realize that God’s Word will be a blessing to you if you obey it. ‘I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.’ John 10:10

    Remember, that if you seek God with all your heart He will give you the power to live His Word.

    QUESTIONS

    After you have answered the questions please mail your answers back to us. The reason we request that you mail the study guide back to us is so that we can share with you how to obey this with joy!

    MALACHI 2:15-16

    1. What are God’s feelings toward divorce?

    [Now that you know what God’s feelings are, please answer the following questions with His emotions in heart and mind.]

    LUKE 13:22-28

    2. The teachings of Jesus require that we enter through what kind of ‘door’?

    [Let us read the following scriptures with this in our hearts.]

    LUKE 16:16-17

    3. How difficult is it to change what God’s Word says?

    DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE

    LUKE 16:18

    4. Right after Jesus says the Law will not ‘disappear’…what is the next

    teaching Jesus declares?

    5. According to verse :18, if you divorce and remarry what sin is that in

    God’s sight?

    6. A man who marries a divorced woman, commits what sin?

    EPHESIANS 5:3-6

    7. Among Christians, what should there not be a ‘hint of’?

    8. What can we be ‘sure of’?

    9. For those who disobey this teaching, what is ‘coming’ to greet them?

    10. What is the conclusion of this teaching?

    MATTHEW 5:31-32

    11. You can request a divorce on only one condition. What is that condition?

    12. Does Jesus say we can remarry? Or are we just permitted to divorce?

    1 CORINTHIANS 7:10-11

    13. Who gives this command?

    14. The command states that if you divorce, what condition must you remain in?

    1 CORINTHIANS 7:39

    15. How long is a married couple bound?

    16. Does this apply in sickness, trouble and even if you are divorced?

    ROMANS 7:3

    17. What is a person called who remarries?

    [If someone claims to be a believer and remarries – what is to be the church’s response? Read 1 Corinthians 5:11-13.]

    1 CORINTHIANS 7:15-16

    18. Would Paul contradict all the other passages we just looked up?

    19. Or does Paul mean that one is not bound to try and hold a household

    together? In other words, if an ‘unbeliever’ wants out of the relationship are we as Christians to try and stop them from leaving?

    WHAT ABOUT YOU

    MARK 9:43-48

    20. If you are a believer preparing to divorce for any reason what should you

    do?

    21. If you don’t know the Lord, what are you going to do? Let us give you a

    hint. Read 2 Corinthians 6:2 and notice ‘now’.

    CONCLUSION

    Many people have already fallen into divorce and remarriage several times; what about them? If you are really sorry and want to be a disciple of Jesus, God will forgive you. If you have questions or doubts about your situation and what God’s will would be after you have thoroughly messed up His plan, please call or write to us.