2. The Gospel of Matthew 5 books of Jesus’ teaching…

3. The Gospel of Matthew Book 4…

4. Matthew 19:1-12 pg. 689 If you don’t have a Bible or a Matthew Chart
with you, please raise your hand and someone will bring one to you.

6. Matthew 19: pg. 689

7. Divorce in Judaism:
Only in the case of abuse or adultery. (often required)
For any reason.
If you find a more attractive option.

8. Ramifications Divorce:
Retirement fund lost
Loss of social network
Loss of income
Loss of family
Options for employment were prostitution or slavery.
Only men could initiate a divorce (in most cases)

9. Matthew 19: pg. 689

10. Genesis 1:26-27
26 Then God said, “Let us make humanity in our image, in our likeness,  
so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
27 So God created humanity in his own image, in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.

11. The Image of God- split in two
The Image of God- split in two. Equal in value, but not interchangeable ”feminine” ”masculine”

12. The Image of God- split in two
The Image of God- split in two. Equal in value, but not interchangeable ”feminine” ”masculine”

13. The Image of God- split in two
The Image of God- split in two. Equal in value, but not interchangeable ”feminine” ”masculine”

14. They are created to be one! ”feminine” ”masculine”

15. Genesis 2:23-25 The man said, “This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called ‘woman,’
for she was taken out of man.”
24 That is why a man leaves his father
and mother and is united to his wife, and
they become one flesh.
25 Adam and his wife were both naked,
and they felt no shame.

16. Genesis 24:67 KJV
Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent; and he took Rebekah and she became his wife, and he loved her.

17. Exodus 22:16
If a man entices a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall surely pay the bride-price for her, his wife.

18. They are created to be one! ”feminine” ”masculine”

19. 1 Corinthians 6:15-17
Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!
16 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”
17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.

21. Matthew 19: pg. 689

22. NOW WHAT?