Tag: divorce
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but from the beginning it was not so
Matthew 19 English Standard Version (ESV) Teaching About Divorce 3 And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?” 4 He answered,“Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, 5 and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his…
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In the beginning, Marriage
God’s true intention for marriage preceded original sin. Genesis 2:18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” I must confirm from a terrible emptiness and great incompleteness: It is not good for a man to be alone… so alone without God’s help meet…
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The Parable of Degenerate Sisters
A Parable from the Pre-incarnate Son of Man to the Prophet Ezekiel 23:4 Marriage is commonly used in the Bible as a symbol for the covenant relationship between God and his people (e.g. Isa 54:1-8; Eph 5:22-23). Ezekiel 23 English Standard Version (ESV) (excerpted with literal & brief paraphrase) 2 “Son of man, there were two women, the…
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