Oh, let the Son of God enfold you with His spirit and his love.

Let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you,

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the Word for today, Pastor Chuck continues with divorce and remarriage,

as we pick up in Matthew chapter 19 verse 10 and now with today's message

here's pastor chuck Jesus is being very straight he's telling you what is God's original

plan for man one marriage for life in the beginning this is what God intended when he made them male and female,

that the two become one so that the children will always have both parents

and the security of a home and a home environment in which to grow up.

And wherever that breaks down,

we find its effects throughout our entire social structure.

And we see it today,

the tremendous breakdown in our society

and the social order because of the divided families.

And the children are always hurt as a byproduct of this division.

Now, Jesus did give the one cause, and that one cause is fornication. And in that case, the innocent party would be free

to remarry. Very plainly declares that if they put away their wife except for fornication and marry another,

but the exception is there.

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