THE CHRISTIAN AND DIVORCE - BOOK OF ACTS LESSon #8Sermon Notes |
Date of Sermon: March 17, 2013
Main Idea: Christians seek reconciliation and peace in marriage Key Verse: "Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him..." 1 Corinthians 7:17 Bible Reading: 10 To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband 11 (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife. 12 To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her. 13 If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. 15 But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace. 16 For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife? Outline: I. Divorce and the Christian Marriage (10-11) A. Christians should seek God=s will (10) B. Christians recognize that God=s will is not divorce (10) C. Christian options when divorce occurs II. Divorce and the Mixed Marriage (12-16) A. Believers should not divorce unbelievers (12-13) B. Believers set apart unbelievers through marriage (14) C. Believers should not prevent unbelievers divorcing (15) D. Believers may bring unbelievers to Christ through marriage (16) |