paradox3 ---your quote -----Now we have Jesus' pronouncement about marriage. It seems clear enough that He is opposed to divorce & imposes a higher standard than the Law of Moses. Moses has allowed divorce as somewhat of a compromise but only when initiated by the man.
unsafe says -----Jesus is Not opposed to divorce -----as in Matthew 5:31 He says this ---so He gives boundaries here -----
Posting from Matthew here ----
Matthew 5:31-35 (ESV)
Divorce
31 A)'>“It was also said, B)'>‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32 C)'>But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and D)'>whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
unsafe says -----What is Happening in Mark 10 here about Divorce is the Pharisees are questioning Jesus about Divorce Hoping that He forgets what He said about Divorce so they can have something on Him ------verse 2 tells us this ----2 Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
unsafe says ----
But Jesus refuses to get trapped and brings the conversation to the joining of a husband and wife in marriage become one flesh ---they are not 2 separate people any longer ----so He turns the conversation to the meaning of what marriage is ----
This is From Matthew ---Message Bible here ---verses 31-37
Matthew 5:31-37 (MSG)
31-32 “Remember the Scripture that says, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him do it legally, giving her divorce papers and her legal rights’? Too many of you are using that as a cover for selfishness and whim, pretending to be righteous just because you are ‘legal.’ Please, no more pretending. If you divorce your wife, you’re responsible for making her an adulteress (unless she has already made herself that by sexual promiscuity). And if you marry such a divorced adulteress, you’re automatically an adulterer yourself. You can’t use legal cover to mask a moral failure.
Empty Promises
33-37 “And don’t say anything you don’t mean. This counsel is embedded deep in our traditions. You only make things worse when you lay down a smoke screen of pious talk, saying, ‘I’ll pray for you,’ and never doing it, or saying, ‘God be with you,’ and not meaning it. You don’t make your words true by embellishing them with religious lace. In making your speech sound more religious, it becomes less true. Just say ‘yes’ and ‘no.’ When you manipulate words to get your own way, you go wrong.
unsafe says ----so for people to say that Jesus is opposed to divorce is wrong and that is why it is important to bring other passages into play when doing a Bible Study --------This is why putting our own spin on Scripture is very dangerous ---it sends the wrong Message to others about God and His Word -----
