Thursday 22 February 2018

When is it permissible to divorce?

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At the beginning of his ministry, at the sermon on the mount, Jesus laid out his entire teaching in the form of 40 commandments
He did it then because he was far from sure that he would be able to complete his ministry
If it had not been for Roman military rule the Jews would have stoned Jesus to death within months if not weeks


The sermon on the mount was Jesus’ first big rally and he was not even sure he would get to the end of it alive, so he gave the most important commandments first
Jesus’ 40 commandments at the sermon on the mount are in order of importance


Jesus’ commandment on divorce was number 20
That means the 19 commandments before it were more important
Jesus said it is a sin to get a divorce for any reason other than adultery


But then commandment one is; ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven‘
and commandment three is; ‘Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth’
Commandment eleven is; ‘Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven’
How are you getting on with those?
When you’ve got your life on track with commandments 1 – 19, then come and ask about No 20


The Word Worshippers of the Protestant church deliberately confuse ‘The Word’ which was the bible’s term for Lord Jesus, with words in the bible
This allows them to present the propaganda that everything in the bible is an equality – the writing of Paul is equal to the commandments of Jesus, and those are equal in authority to the smallest prophet of the Old Testament


They obsess about Paul’s letters to his church in order to avoid having to implement Jesus’ 40 commandments into their lives
They also teach the nonsense that ‘faith in Jesus’ simple means believing he existed
Word Worshippers stand in pulpits and actually tell people that all you have to do to get your sins forgiven is to simply believe that Jesus existed


Faith in Jesus requires that you get on with incorporating his 40 commandments into your life and nothing less will do.
The forgiveness that he promised is aimed at those who do their best with these commandments but who don’t quite make the grade
That forgiveness extends to commandment 20 which is less important than the 19 before it and more important than the 20 after it
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