Sermons About Divorce
Pursing a Christ-Like Heart for Marriage
What does Jesus desire from marriage? And how can we purse his heart in it? Pastor Brian Curtis calls us to hear the words of Christ from the gospel of Mark and to see that marriage is rooted in God, not man, and that marriage is ultimately about God, not man. Listen to find out more about marriage and Christ's heart for it.
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A God of Covenant Marriage
Marriage is found in every society since the dawn of time. It has always been recognized as a beneficial relationship for the sake of a community and for raising children. However, all societies have not understood the biblical teaching on marriage. In some of these societies, God’s plan has been ignored and marriage has been severely corrupted. In our teaching from Malachi this morning, we learn that marriage was facing some serious challenges because people were unwilling to live by God’s plan for marriage. As a result, families and communities were being affected in a negative way. In pointing out these sins of marriage, God teaches us all about the importance of living by his standards of marriage. Those who listen to God and learn about how to do marriage his way will find that one of God’s first institutions—marriage—is a source of lasting joy and peace. Those who reject God’s teaching will find heartache and trouble. Through God’s grace, he can build or rebuild marriages that are solid pictures of his love for us.
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Find Financial Peace
If money really could talk, what would yours say? Good-bye? No matter how much debt you have, no matter how many bills you have to pay, no matter how much - or how little - money you make, you can achieve financial freedom. Learn how to “Get a Grip” on your finances. We will find out how to take practical steps, spend smarter, make personalized goals and learn why, when it comes to money, IN God We definitely Trust.
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Don't Lower the Bar
Jesus desires for us to encounter new life and peace that we can't create on our own. He is challenging us and encouraging to seek God's best, even in areas that may be challenging to confront.
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The Pursuit of Happiness: Marriage
Marriage is one of God's greatest gifts. Often we think too much of marriage, or too little.
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HONORING THE MARRIAGE COVENANT AND ENJOYING GOD'S FAVOR (Malachi 2:10-16 * Message #3/6) 08-23-09
INTRODUCTION TO TODAY’S MESSAGE: 1) Relevance to our Daily Lives: Understanding God’s beautiful and protective plan for marriage; Taking to heart the consequences of marital sins and the connection between spiritual growth & healthy marriages; and Enjoying God’s favor by supporting/living out godly marriages and by seeking reconciliation after divorce. 2) The Six Disputations in Malachi (appearing in chiasmic form): Chiasm: a literary structure with reoccurring themes and a common center (often used in Scripture). For example, instead of 6 topics being arranged in an outline form as “ABCDEF”, a chiasm might consist of three topics that are each repeated, in this order “ABCCBA” (or a variation of this such as “ABBABBA”). In the outline below, notice God’s disputes with Israel concern 3 topics, each mentioned twice: (Israel’s Experience of God; Israel’s Offerings; & Israel’s ungodliness). --> A. God’s Love & Israel’s Experience (1:1-5): The LORD rebukes Israel for doubting His love, and says they will proclaim His greatness when He judges their enemies; --> B. God’s Name & Israel’s Offerings (1:6 - 2:9): The LORD rebukes the priests for accepting Israel’s half-hearted, begrudging offerings that dishonor God’s name; --> C. God’s Favor & Godly Marriages (2:10-16): The LORD rebukes Israel for those men who have married women outside of the Jewish faith and for divorcing their Jewish wives, and consequently God withholds His favor from them; --> C’. God’s Justice & Godly Living (2:17 - 3:5): The LORD rebukes Israel for her ungodly living (adultery & social injustices) while Israel questions God’s justice (as evil doers seem to go unpunished), but God will purify His people & judge sinners; --> B’. God’s Faithfulness & Israel’s Offerings (3:6-12): The LORD rebukes Israel for giving offerings half-heartedly, begrudgingly, and assures His people that they will experience His faithful provisions if they return wholeheartedly to God; --> A’. God’s Promise & Israel’s Experience (3:13 - 4:6): The LORD rebukes Israel’s blasphemous complaints against Him (that it is futile to serve God), and He assures the faithful remnant that they will experience His promise of the coming blessing, because they are His treasured possession. 3) Two Reoccurring Phrases in Malachi: --> “The LORD of hosts” - Israel’s personal God (Yahweh) reigns over all; --> “… but you say…” - refers to the disputes Israel has against her God. HONORING THE MARRIAGE COVENANT: --> In light of God and His Creation (v10); --> Thru Our Covenant with God (vs10-12); --> As a Covenant between a Man and a Woman (vs13-15) [including Companionship & Oneness]; --> By Multiplying Godly Offspring (v15). ENJOYING GOD’S FAVOR: --> By Guarding our Spirits against Compromise (vs15-16); --> By Confronting Domestic Violence & Overcoming It (vs15-16) [see: the National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1.800.799.7233 Website: www.ndvh.org]; --> By Preserving Marriages and Finding Healing after Divorce (vs10-16).
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New People, Same Message
Jesus talks about marriage and divorce, using that as a context to talk about a bigger message of being close to Him.
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