Mark 10:1-10

TRUTH ABOUT DIVORCE:

1. Mark 10:3-5 NET – When hearts harden, COVENANT  becomes control, and people become COLLATERAL
2. Mark 10:6-9 NET – God’s design isn’t about trapping people; it’s about protecting HEARTS , creating , and helping two people FLOURISH as one.

Deuteronomy 24:1-2 NET

Malachi 2:15 NET

APPLICATION:

1. Marriage is not a CONSUMER RELATIONSHIP
2. Strive for the IDEAL , leave room for GRACE
3. Biblical reasons for DIVORCE. – if all attempts at restoration have failed. 
   1.  ADULTRY
      1. See Matthew 5:32 NET.
      2. “Two people faithfully walking with Jesus and prioritizing
         the relationship have no need for divorce.”
   2.  ABANDONMENT
      1. See 1 Corinthians 7:15 NET.
      2. Scholars speculate that Paul was likely abandoned by his wife. When one person in the marriage is an unbeliever and the faith/mission of Christ is not something they want to be part of and request a divorce.
   3. ABUSE
      1. See the entirety of Scripture. God defends the weak. Malachi 5:2 NET. Also see Isaiah 1:17, Jeremiah 22:3, Colossians 3:19, 1 Peter 3:7. 
      2.  Abuse does destruction to the shared structure of the marriage. It betrays the vows.