Why is marriage such a holy thing? Why does God hate divorce? When is divorce permissible and sometimes even necessary? Wow, these are some tough issues! But God's Word speaks to these issues and gives us guidance as we seek to live lives that honor God and each other. In marriage God joins two people together and they become one flesh. They become bone of each other's bone and flesh of each other's flesh. They are no longer two, but one. And the only way to get rid of your own bone and flesh is to cut it off and gouge it out - which is the drastic course of action Jesus recommends when parts of us are causing sin in our lives - but he forbids it when it would separate those whom God has joined together. So how do faithful Christians deal with sin and divorce and brokenness? And how do we live faithfully married lives?
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