Luke 16:19-31 - From Riches to Ruin

Luke 16:18 - Divorce and Remarriage, Part 3: Divorce and Remarriage

Ephesians 4:7-16 - Unity through Christ’s Gifts to the Church

A. The problem of sinful divorce
1. The fundamental reason for divorce
2. The circumstances of sinful divorce
3. The commands against sinful divorce
B. The possibility of righteous divorce
1. The biblical reality of divorce
2. The biblical picture of divorce
3. The biblical grounds of divorce
a. Adultery
b. Abandonment
c. Abuse and extreme neglect
4. The biblical permissibility of (some) divorce

A. Gifts from the Exalted Christ (7-10)
B. Gifts at Work in the Church (11-16)
1. Ministers of the word (11)
a. Apostles
b. Prophets
c. Evangelists
d. Pastors
e. Teachers
2. Ministers in the church (12)
3. Maturity in the church (13-16)
a. Unity
b. Knowledge
c. Growth
d. Discernment
e. Speaking truth
f. Love
g. Activity

A. Marriage is designed by God
B. Marriage is designed for specific purposes
1. Companionship
2. Partnership
3. Multiplication
4. Imagery
C. Marriage is for one man and one woman
1. Male and female
2. One of each only
D. Marriage begins a new family unit
1. Leaving
2. Cleaving
E. Marriage creates a union of two into one
F. Marriage creates obligations

A. Gifts from the Exalted Christ (7-10)
B. Gifts at Work in the Church (11-16)
1. Ministers of the word (11)
a. Apostles
b. Prophets
c. Evangelists
d. Pastors
e. Teachers
2. Ministers in the church (12)
3. Maturity in the church (13-16)
a. Unity
b. Knowledge
c. Growth
d. Discernment
e. Speaking truth
f. Love
g. Activity