FOR MARITAL UNFAITHFULNESS / MATTHEW 19:9

(KJV) Matthew 19:9

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

God’s will for marriage is one mate (a man with a woman), one marriage for life (Matthew 19:5-6; Genesis 2:24; Song Of Solomon 2:7; 4:12; Malachi 2:14). Jesus does, however, make an exception: “marital unfaithfulness.” Marital unfaithfulness (Greek porneia) includes adultery (sexual relations with anyone other than one’s own spouse) or any kind of sexual immorality (Matthew 5:32). According to this verse, divorce is permitted only when sexual immorality is involved (1Corinthians 7:15 for another permissible reason for divorce – abandonment by the unbelieving spouse. Flagrant abuse could also be included in the definition of “marital unfaithfulness”). The following are important Biblical facts concerning divorce.

1. When Jesus criticized divorce in Matthew 19:7-8, He is not criticizing a separation because of adultery. He is being critical of the kind of divorce permitted in the Old Testament in cases where a man’s wife “becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her” (Deuteronomy 24:1-4). This could have included finding out after the marriage had taken place about premarital sexual involvement. God’s desire in such cases was that the two remain together. However, He permitted divorce due to premarital impurity or other “indecent” causes because of the hardness of the people’s hearts (Matthew 19:7-8). 
2. In the case of immorality (sexual sin and unfaithfulness) after marriage, the Old Testament law prescribed the dissolving of the marriage and the execution (literally putting to death) of both offenders (Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22). This, of course, would leave the innocent person free to remarry (Romans 7:2; 1 Corinthians 7:39). 
3. Under the new covenant, based on Christ’s life and sacrifice for sins, divorce is still a tragedy. Yet marital unfaithfulness is such a cruel sin against one’s mate that Christ gives the innocent party the to end the marriage by a divorce. He or she is free to remarry another Christian (1 Corinthians 7:27-28). 
4. The apostle Paul (a pioneer missionary who started many New Testament churches and wrote many of the New Testament letters, or “books”) describes one more exception to the break-up of a marriage in 1 Corinthians 7:12-16. He indicates that if a Christian’s spouse is not a follower of Christ and decides to leave the marriage, the Christian who has been abandoned can remarry and it is not a sin. However, the Christian spouse is not to initiate the divorce if the non-Christian desires to stay married (1 Corinthians 7:15; 7:27-28).

Though God hates divorce (Malachi 2:16) because of the pain and destruction it brings on individuals and families, it is not an unforgivable sin. If Christians have experienced a divorce in their past for reasons not permissible by the standards of this passage, hope is not lost. If they have moved on and have truly experienced a change of heart, admitting and turning from any past sin, God will forgive them and work through their present circumstances (including a new marriage relationship). Of course, this only applies if those involved continue to follow God and submit to His purposes. This does not mean, however, that their lives will necessarily be free from the negative effects of previous divorce and family break-ups.

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1. IF TWO AGREE / MATTHEW 18:19
2. IF YOUR BROTHER SINS / MATTHEW 18:15
3. ANGELS / MATTHEW 18:10
4. WOE TO THE MAN / MATTHEW 18:7
5. MILLSTONE … AROUND HIS NECK / MATTHEW 18:6
6. UNLESS YOU CHANGE / MATTHEW 18:3
7. FAITH … NOTHING WILL BE IMPOSIBLE / MATTHEW 17:20
8. UNBELIEVING AND PERVERSE / MATTHEW 17:17
9. WAS TRANSFIGURED / MATTHEW 17:2
10. COMING IN HIS KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:28
11. KEYS OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:19
12. PETER … ROCK … CHURCH – THE GATES OF HADES WILL NOT OVERCOME / MATTHEW 16:18
13. BE ON YOUR GUARD AGAINST THE YEAST / MATTHEW 16:6
14. YOU HAVE GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 15:28
15. FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR TRADITION / MATTHEW 15:5-6
16. DON’T BE AFRAID / MATTHEW 14:27
17. PRAY ALONE / MATTHEW 14:23-24
18. LOAVES AND FISH / MATTHEW 14:19
19. DANCED FOR THEM / MATTHEW 14:6-7
20. SEPARATE THE WICKED FROM THE RIGHTEOUS / MATTHEW 13:49
21. KINGDOM … A NET / MATTHEW 13:47
22. KINGDOM … TREASURE / MATTHEW 13:44-46
23. THE FIERY FURNACE / MATTHEW 13:42
24. WEED OUT … EVERYTHING THAT CAUSES SIN / MATTHEW 13:41
25. LET BOTH GROW TOGETHER / MATTHEW 13:30
26. GOOD SEED … WEEDS / MATTHEW 13:24-25
27. PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 13:3
28. AN EVIL SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:43
29. JONAH / MATTHEW 12:40
30. BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:31
31. THE KINGDOM OF GOD / MATTHEW 12:28
32. SABBATH / MATTHEW 12:1
33. COME TO ME / MATTHEW 11:28
34. FORCEFUL MEN LAY HOLD OF IT / MATTHEW 11:12
35. GREATER THAN HE / MATTHEW 11:11
36. JOHN / MATTHEW 11:7
37. PROPHET … RIGHTEOUS MAN / MATTHEW 10:41
38. I DID NOT COME TO BRING PEACE / MATTHEW 10:31
39. ACKNOWLEDGES ME BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 10:32
40. HELL / MATTHEW 10:28
41. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM / MATTHEW 10:26
42. CITIES OF ISRAEL / MATTHEW 10:23
43. GIVEN WHAT TO SAY / MATTHEW 10:19-20
44. PREACH … THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 10:7
45. AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT EVIL SPIRITS / MATTHEW 10:1
46. ASK THE LORD TO SEND / MATTHEW 9:38
47. THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL / MATTHEW 9:37
48. NEW WINE INTO OLD WINESKINS / NEW WINE PRESERVED / MATTHEW 9:17
49. THEN THEY WILL FAST / MATTHEW 9:15
50. EAT WITH ‘SINNERS’ / MATTHEW 9:11
51. THEY PLEADED WITH HIM TO LEAVE / MATTHEW 8:34
52. LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR OWN DEAD / MATTHEW 8:22
53. GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 8:10
54. DON’T TELL ANYONE / MATTHEW 8:4
55. JESUSE TOUCHED THE MAN / MATTHEW 8:3
56. I NEVER KNEW YOU / MATTHEW 7:23
57. MANY WILL SAY LORD, LORD / MATTHEW 7:22
58. DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER / MATTHEW 7:21
59. BY THEIR FRUIT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM / MATTHEW 7:16
60. SMALL IS THE GATE … AND ONLY A FEW FIND IT / MATTHEW 7:14
61. YOUR FATHER … GIVE GOOD GIFTS / MATTHEW 7:11
62. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / MATTHEW 7:7-8
63. DO NOT JUDGE / MATTHEW 7:1
64. SEEK … KINGDOM … RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 6:33
65. IF THAT IS HOW GOD CLOTHES / MATTHEW 6:30
66. DO NOT WORRY / MATTHEW 6:25
67. EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY / MATTHEW 6:22
68. WHEN YOU FAST / MATTHEW 6:16
69. IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:15
70. IF YOU FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:14
71. DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE / MATTHEW 6:13
72. FORGIVE AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN / MATTHEW 6:12
73. DAILY BREAD / MATTHEW 6:11
74. YOUR KINGDOM COME – YOUR WILL BE DONE / MATTHEW 6:10
75. THIS THEN IS HOW YOU SHOULD PRAY / MATTHEW 6:9
76. PRAY IN SECRET / MATTHEW 6:6
77. ‘ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS’ BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 6:1
78. DO NOT RESIST AN EVIL PERSON / MATTHEW 5:39
79. LOOKS LUSTFULLY / MATTHEW 5:28
80. ANGRY … RACA … FOOL / MATTHEW 5:22
81. UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:20
82. GREAT IN THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 5:19
83. THE LAW TO FULFILL / MATTHEW 5:17
84. LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS / MATTHEW 5:14-16
85. PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:10
86. THE PEACEMAKERS / MATTHEW 5:9
87. THE PURE IN HEART / MATTHEW 5:8
88. THE MERCIFUL / MATTHEW 5:7
89. HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:6
90. THE MEEK / MATTHEW 5:5
91. THOSE WHO MOURN / MATTHEW 5:4
92. BLESSED POOR IN SPIRIT / MATTHEW 5:3
93. SERMON ON THE MONT / MATTHEW 5-7
94. THE KINGDOM AND HEALING / MATTHEW 4:23
95. FISHERS OF MEN / MATTHEW 4:19
96. IT IS WRITTEN / MATTHEW 4:6
97. FASTING FORTY DAYS / MATTHEW 4:2
98. JESUS … TEMPTED / MATTHEW 4:1-11
99. THE TRINITY IN EXAMPLE / MATTHEW 3:17
100. SPIRIT … ON HIM / MATTHEW 3:16
101. JESUS … BAPTIZED / MATTHEW 3:13
102. WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MATTHEW 3:11
103. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / MATTHEW 3:8
104. PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES / MATTHEW 3:7
105. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – REPENT / MATTHEW 3:2
106. WARNED IN A DREAM / MATTHEW 2:22-23
107. ESCAPE TO EGYPT / MATTHEW 2:13
108. CHIEF PRIESTS AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW / MATTHEW 2:4
109. HEROD – MAGI / MATTHEW 2:1
110. NO UNION WITH HER UNTIL / MATTHEW 1:25
111. VIRGIN … GIVE BIRTH TO A SON / MATTHEW 1:23
112. JESUS / MATTHEW 1:21
113. MARY … JESUS / MATTHEW 1:16
114. CHRIST – SON OF DAVID / MATTHEW 1:1
115. GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST / MATTHEW 1:1-16
116. I AM WITH YOU / MATTHEW 28:20
117. KILL ALL THE BOYS / MATTHEW 2:16
118. FORGIVENESS OF SINS / MATTHEW 26:28
119. SATAN / MATTHEW 4:10
120. DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41
121. MONEY / MATTHEW 6:24
122. GO … MAKE DISCIPLES … BAPTIZING / MATTHEW 28:19
123. SALT OF THE EARTH / MATTHEW 5:13
124. YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31
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FOR MARITAL UNFAITHFULNESS / MATTHEW 19:9

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God’s will for marriage is one mate (a man with a woman), one marriage for life.

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Margarita Crews

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Guided By Grace

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