The Marriage Myth (ft. Tammy Comer) | Gospel of Matthew

John Mark Comer Teachings

Practicing the Way

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 11 August 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Is marriage a contract, or a covenant? Is the love that lasts a lifetime a fiery passion of desire, or something else? Is divorce a necessary evil to “be true to yourself,” or a rupture of a deep union? Jesus’ teaching on divorce is based in his vision of marriage, which is as radical today as it was nearly two thousand years ago.

Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 19v1-10

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0:00.0	Welcome to the John Mark Comer
0:03.0	Teachings Podcast by practicing the way.
0:05.0	This teaching was originally given
0:08.0	at Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon
0:10.0	as a part of the Gospel of Matthew series. to Matthew Chapter 19 as we continue our teaching series through
0:24.4	Matthew's Gospel we left off last week at the end of Chapter 18 with Christian
0:28.9	Dawson who's a new addition to our pastoral team let's pick it up in chapter 19, verse 1, and read down to verse 10.
0:38.1	When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went into the region of Judea on the other side of the Jordan.
0:45.8	Large crowds followed him and he healed them there. Now some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?
0:58.5	Haven't you read? he replied that at the beginning the Creator made them male and female and said for
1:05.8	this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife and the
1:11.7	two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two but one
1:16.4	flesh. Therefore what God has joined together let no one separate.
1:23.2	Why then they asked, did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce
1:28.1	and send her away?
1:30.0	Jesus replied Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard.
1:36.5	But it was not this way from the beginning.
1:38.9	I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality,
1:44.7	and marries another woman commits adultery.
1:48.5	The disciples said to him,
1:50.0	if this is the situation between a husband and a wife, it is better not to marry.
1:55.0	Here's a picture of T and I on our wedding day.
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