Summary
We understand the Bible to teach that marriage is a covenant relationship between a man and a woman and that God designed and ordained the marriage relationship to be permanent (Genesis 2:18-25; Matthew 19:3-6).In this text, Jesus condemns “any reason” divorces where men are twisting the law in order to pursue sin. He does, however, affirm sexual immorality as an acceptable reason for divorce. In other words, divorce in itself is not sin. What is sinful are those actions which cause a LAWFUL divorce or those actions which are the result of an UNLAWFUL one. To “divorce” one’s spouse without biblical grounds does not, in God’s eyes, dissolve the one-flesh covenant relationship. To marry another, therefore, is to commit adultery and to cause the new partner to commit adultery as well. Jesus could have easily been addressing our own culture where one can literally marry who they want, divorce who they want, or remarry who they want at any time for any reason. Jesus has much to say about divorce because marriage has much to say about Jesus.
Bible References
- Matthew 5:31 - 32
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