Matthew 19:4-6…..Ready

Matthew 19:4-6…..Ready

19:4  “Haven’t you read” (Jesus is using a Rabbinic tradition that appeals to a greater authority. Where they’re appealing to Moses, so Jesus goes over Moses and appeals to God Himself and created order.) he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator made them male and female” (It’s Adam & Eve, not Amanda & Eve) 5  and said, ‘For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’ 6  So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined (Have you ever heard someone say “I feel stuck in this relationship”, “Good” that’s the whole point.-(New) together, (In context man & woman. In a wider context roles we take on in the church, ministry, work, etc.) let man not separate.” (For Complete Expository See Book)

    Extended Sermons

“Teaches when it comes to difficult questions of life like divorce, we’re to go back to the text and see what God’s Word says about it.” → When facing the tough questions and challenges that life presents, our foundation must remain the enduring truth found in Scripture. You can never begin your issue concerning any argument from the perspective of your own experience. You must always begin to understand an issue by getting God’s perspective on the matter. It’s so easy to fall into the temptation of following our own experiences; what we’ve seen, what we’ve know, what we’ve felt, and what we’ve been taught. Rather than relying on fleeting emotions, cultural trends, or personal preferences, we are called to anchor our decisions and convictions in the wisdom God has revealed. This approach not only keeps us from being swayed by subjective reasoning, but also preserves the integrity and purpose God designed for our lives. By continually returning to the Word, we find guidance for every circumstance, clarity in confusion, and the courage to uphold God’s standards even when it means swimming against the current. As we encounter issues like divorce, identity, or commitment, let us be unwavering in our resolve to seek, understand, and apply the divine principles set forth in His Word, knowing that true freedom and fulfillment are found in obedience to His will.

“Teaches how were to follow what God has determined to be true, and not what our feelings or culture determines to be true.” → Are we following God or the philosophy of the world. As believers when we feel something that is not in line with God’s Word and Created order. We need to wrestle and swim up stream and fight against that to bring ourselves back in line with His Word and intentional purpose. Even if we never get there we never abandoned the fight, we never stop trying to grow. Will you bring your life back in line with God’s Word, even if it goes throughout your life as a struggle? When we anchor our convictions in God’s revealed truth rather than the shifting tides of emotion or popular opinion, we build our lives on a foundation that endures. This means choosing to trust His wisdom, even when it contradicts our personal desires or the norms of society, and striving to align our actions with His design for our lives. True freedom and fulfillment are found not in self-created identities or fleeting trends, but in submitting ourselves to the purpose and principles He has established. By seeking to honor His intentions in every aspect of our identity, relationships, and purpose, we reflect a steadfast commitment to living by divine patterns—knowing that authentic joy is found when we walk in the light of His truth.

“Teaches if we’re going to be happy we need to follow what God has said, since He’s the one who sets the rules.”→ Do we see God as a killjoy in taking all the fun out of life.  Or do see Him as knowing what’s best for us. Will you live by God’s design in who He created you to be. Will you honor God’s intentions for your identity, your relationships, your purpose? Will you seek to be who He created you to be, rather than remaking yourself according to your own feelings, no matter how strong and real those feelings may be. about gender and sexual orientation,  If were going to find true joy and fulfillment it requires adhering to divine patterns, parameters, and principals God has set and established.

“Warns when getting into an adulterous affair your not just tearing up marriages, your tampering with the Almighty wok of God.” ⇒ Will you think twice about the next time you go out fooling around with somebody’s wife. Or think that the Lord lead you out of your marriage to be with someone else.

“Teaches how marriage should be about love and commitment, not about sex, convenience, financial stability, or filling the void .” →  All these things fluctuate constantly in a real marriage. They might be rich as royalty one year and poor as peasants the next. They might be attractive now, but gain weight after having children. They might have hot legs or sexy abs now. But It won’t last. They might get a medical condition making sex nearly impossible. Men’s and woman’s libido levels slowly change as they get older. They’re mental health could fade away and make them cold and distant. None of these reasons warrant a divorce. Passion, physical attraction, and financial stability are important, but they are not enough to sustain a long-term relationship. It’s an inner beauty that’s important, not physical beauty.

Additional Notes & Applications 

Teaches the importance of reading the bible if we’re going to know what God says and do what God wants.

Teaches how as believers we need to call people out for their lack of devotion in reading and meditating on the Word of God.

Teaches how God created the world with a divine order and purpose, and not a result of random chance or human invention.

Teaches rather than getting caught up in the religious debate, point to God’s Word and leave it at that.

Displays how most issues and arguments we have is not because what we don’t understand, but rather because we don’t want to take  God’s Word to it’s logical conclusion.

Teaches whatever we confront in life we need to agree about it with God no matter how hard or difficult it may be.

Teaches when God speaks on an issues that’s it,! There’s no debating, negotiating, disputing, or getting around it.

Teaches how marriage is to be preserved with reverence and defended with theological zeal.

Teaches any view of marriage or any other topic will place it’s emphasizes where Jesus placed His emphasizes.

Emphasizes how every child born into the would is a creation of God, no matter how illegitimate, unplanned for, or unloved they may feel they are.

Calls for always proclaiming the truth not matter the crowd or how unpopular it is. Notice how when Jesus answered He didn’t go, “Let me see which way the winds of public opinion are blowing today”. So I can graft my answer to what most people believe and like. No, He shared the truth with people, letting the chips fall where they may.

Note: Even though we live in a sin broken world. divorce is going to happen,  it still needs to be something we hate and abhor.

Note: By taking us back to Genesis and Adam & Eve, Jesus shows how this is a historical event and a truthful source for us that we can stand upon. Jesus accepted it and you would too if you were a true Christian.

Notice how Jesus only believed in two genders. male & female. They had no gender confusion at that time. They knew what a man was, they knew what a woman was. Gender identity is an attack from Satan himself.  It’s demonic, its evil, its destructive. We cannot survive as a culture unless we recognize woman are women and men are men.  As a church we need to oppose a culture that embraces gender identity. We need to argue that God created humankind as distinctly male and female, and this biological sex is fixed from conception. To change or redefine gender identity goes against God’s created order and purpose. Not only that, but gender identity, along with  same sex  marriages, goes against God’s created design for men and women flourish.-(Gen. 1:28)  Scripture makes clear that gender is not a by-product of individual choice, but is rather a consequence of divine design.. Scripture also makes clear because we live in a fallen world we are born with a sin nature . And part of that sin nature includes not only disordered sexual desires; homosexuality, bisexuality, pedophilia, etc.. but also gender dysphoria.

Note if you really want to know God’s view and displeasure in divorce. When we get to the end of the Old Testament book of Malachi. God will have nothing else to say through prophets for another 400 years. We call this time period “The Silent Years” or the “Inter-testinal-period”.  And before God stays salient for 400 years Malachi proclaims “God hates divorce”.-(Mal. 2:16) Another reason God speaks so strongly against divorce is because He was divorced.  That’s right God was divorced.  In the Old Testament God speak to His people Israel who have committed unfaithfulness. they broke the Covenant, committing spiritual adultery by turning to other god’s again and again. Jerimiah the prophet was given the message that God had given the faithless nation of Israel a certificate of divorce-(Jer. 3:8-) So God understand the pain of divorce.

This does not mean that God joins every marriage together. He joins certain marriages together, others He does not. Some may have been joined together by the legal system and legal requirements for marriage,, but not by God. Notice in the Gospel of John when Jesus was talking to a Samaritan woman. Jesus says to her “you have had 5 husbands.”-(John 4:18) Were all five of those men truly her husbands in the eyes of God. Were they all joined to her by God, of course not!