Divorce And Remarriage - Part 3

INTRO: In the first message we gave a brief view of the OT and marriage. I said that Genesis 2:21-25 was the most important passage in the OT on this subject and that Deuteronomy 24:1-4 was the most used, and Malachi 2:13-16 was a most significant passage on this subject. Genesis 2 is a clear passage on this subject. Deuteronomy 24 is a very unclear passage, and Malachi is a most instructive passage. God hates divorce! And God makes two people one in marriage in order to produce godly offspring. That is most important.

Then we looked at the teachings of John the Baptist and Jesus in the NT. And although it may be hard to prove that John held to a ‘no divorce' view, it is not that hard to show that that was Jesus view. It must be conceded by all students of the Word of God, that no view is as important as the view of the Lord Jesus, for He is the Creator of man and woman!

This morning we want to look at the view of the apostle Paul on the matter of divorce and remarriage, and we find it most clearly in two very important passages, Romans 7:1-3 and 1 Corinthians 7.