I once heard of a young man who was proposing to his girlfriend. He had the ring in his hand and said: “Sweetheart, I love you so much, I want you to marry me. I don’t have a car like Johnny Green. I don’t have a yacht like him or a house as big as his. I don’t hav … More
Divorce
The following is the outline of a message for this passage of Scripture I read from Brian Bill:
1. Keep faith with others: Don’t allow your relationships to rupture (v. 10).
2. Keep faith with God: Don’t unite with an unbeliever (vv. 11-12).
3. Keep faith with your spouse: Don’t get divorced (vv. 13-16).
These people were being unfaithful. Though not openly saying they rejected God, they were living as if He did not exist (v. 10). Malachi is scolding the men for divorcing their Jewish wives and marrying heathen women. These heathen women worshiped false gods (v. 11). Such marriages had been forbidden because they would lead the people into idolatry. He gives the consequence of a Jew who has committed this sin. He would be “cut off from the tents of Jacob” (v. 12). This meant that he would either die or that his line would cease and he would have no descendants in Israel (v. 15).
One of the great problems plaguing our nation is the problem of divorce and broken homes. Back in 1900 one in twelve marriages ended in divorce. By 1922 it was one in eight and at the present time it is one in two. What Malachi spoke so many years ago certainly is needed in the day in which we live. What we call divorce God referred to as “putting away” (v.16). Malachi used strong language to emphasize God’s viewpoint on divorce. God said, “I hate divorce“. If God despises something, certainly it should not be done. However, even though He hates divorce He still loves divorcees.
Application
What the average American couple needs is not a change of partners but a change in the partners. It has been my job to train our children that it is one partner for life. This has to be done by example as well as by teaching. That is why I have taught my children to have dating standards.
Malachi 2:10-17 (English Standard Version)
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God Cannot Bear Unfaithfulness
Malachi 2:10–17
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I once heard of a young man who was proposing to his girlfriend. He had the ring in his hand and said: “Sweetheart, I love you so much, I want you to marry me. I don’t have a car like Johnny Green. I don’t have a yacht like him or a house as big as his. I don’t hav … More
The following is the outline of a message for this passage of Scripture I read from Brian Bill:
These people were being unfaithful. Though not openly saying they rejected God, they were living as if He did not exist (v. 10). Malachi is scolding the men for divorcing their Jewish wives and marrying heathen women. These heathen women worshiped false gods (v. 11). Such marriages had been forbidden because they would lead the people into idolatry. He gives the consequence of a Jew who has committed this sin. He would be “cut off from the tents of Jacob” (v. 12). This meant that he would either die or that his line would cease and he would have no descendants in Israel (v. 15).
One of the great problems plaguing our nation is the problem of divorce and broken homes. Back in 1900 one in twelve marriages ended in divorce. By 1922 it was one in eight and at the present time it is one in two. What Malachi spoke so many years ago certainly is needed in the day in which we live. What we call divorce God referred to as “putting away” (v.16). Malachi used strong language to emphasize God’s viewpoint on divorce. God said, “I hate divorce“. If God despises something, certainly it should not be done. However, even though He hates divorce He still loves divorcees.
Application
What the average American couple needs is not a change of partners but a change in the partners. It has been my job to train our children that it is one partner for life. This has to be done by example as well as by teaching. That is why I have taught my children to have dating standards.
Malachi 2:10-17 (English Standard Version)
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