Marriage And Divorce Series

Marriage and Divorce

Mark 10:1-12

Good morning everyone, glad to have you join us in person or by internet.

We have been in a series called relationships.

We are in the third week and the first week established our foundational relationship that must be in the Lord Jesus.

If you do not have a right relationship with the Lord, it will affect all relationships that you are in from your family, spouse, or friends.

The second one we looked at was shaping the family.

The world today is destroying or at least trying to destroy the institution of family and the institution of marriage.

We looked at several ways that you can shape your family in a godly and productive way to not only survive but live abundantly in a world that is crashing and burning when it comes to relationships.

Remember some of the things we saw

Be a good listener

Be consistent if discipline is needed for your kids

Don’t play favorites

Don’t live your life through your kids

Admit your mistakes…these are a few of the things talked about. Maybe listen to the sermon again and write some of these things down.

This morning topic is the delicate subject of marriage and divorce.

Remember I said at the beginning if you have a problem with something I said we can have a discussion, if it is something God said, you need to have that conversation with Him.

Mark 10:1-12 read from the Bible

Our world has slap the face of God on the sanctity of marriage for a very long time and it is getting worse. That is not a doom and gloom, that is a fact.

In 1910, the divorce rate in America was 10 %. There was little co-habitation and that only one out of ten marriages ended in divorce.

In 1948 the divorce rate was 25%- in 38 years it had grown another 15% and now one our four marriages ended in divorce.

One historian said at that time (1948) a civilization could not survive if ¼ of the people married ended in divorce.

Today 2024, it is well over 50% of marriages end in divorce- the sad fact is that the numbers are not much different between believers and unbelievers and some polls have the church having more divorces than unbelievers.

Today, we protect ourselves with prenuptial agreements- contracts that protect what you bring into the marriage- just in case you want out, you don’t loss your shirt. They are planning to fail because they have an escape clause in the contract.

Today, most young people look at the older generations that have not done a good job of showing them the real sanctity of marriage and most believe today they would rather cohabitate than have a marriage license issued and then get a divorce.

That piece of paper does not mean anything to them.

Most young people today are not concerned that they get married in a church when they do get married.

Staying before a minister and a congregation of people before God has lost it appeal and most get married on a beach with a friend who has gotten a temporary ministers license online to do a ceremony that does not include God

Society better known as public opinion overrides what God has ordained.

Society approves of a lack of commitment

They give no thought to what happens to children.

They keep moving from one intimate relationship to another and not realizing or not caring how many broken lives are hurt in the process.

They freely leave a relationship for any and all reasons as their feelings dictate.

Today our personal needs go ahead of what God has given in His Word.

We have homes without Fathers and homes without a biblical foundation to stand on.

We have broken dreams and broken hearts and blended families that try to make the best of the mess they have created.

There are not many homes today with both the father and mother of the children living in the same household with the same values.

For Christians we are held to a higher standard and it doesn’t matter what culture is dictating but what God word says.

Boundaries are set up in the bible for a reason.

It is not so we cannot have fun.

It is to prevent the hurts and destroyed lives that are the result of one night stands and selfish actions by generations of people that are only looking for pleasure and instant gratification instead of a committed relationship.

Each time an intimate relationship is had, there is a bonding that takes place spiritually wither you want it too or not.

Society calls it hooking up but God says that it is “cleaving” or joining together of two people not only physically but also spiritually.