Some Pharisees came in order to test Him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?” He answered, “Haven’t you read that from the beginning their Maker ‘made them male and female,’ And said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will be one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate.” (Matthew 19:3-6)
1. The Right For Marriage
Some Pharisees came to him in order to test Him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?” (Matthew 19:3)
Three Approaches to Marriage
2. The Right for Marriage
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate. (Matthew 19:6)
To really be fulfilled in life, you need to find the .
“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment of the Law? Jesus said to him, Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew 22:36-39)
Jesus is the “,” and your spouse is the “”.
3. The Right in Marriage
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.” (Matthew 19:5-6)
The Bottom Line: Your relationship will be as good as you for it to be.