MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND REMARRIAG
One of the greatest needs in the world today is for people to recognize and abide by the law of God concerning marriage, divorce and remarriage. There are very few families who are not affected by divorce. This is just as true of families in the church of Christ as it is of those who are in the world.
One of the reasons this is so, is that we are not teaching on this subject as we should. Some elderships will not allow this subject to be studied from their pulpits. Some preachers will not preach on it because they don't want to deal with "controversial" subjects. Some will not preach on it because they don't want to lose their paychecks. Some won't preach on it, because they have never studied it and don't really know what they believe about it. Some preach on it and shouldn't because they believe and teach false doctrine on the subject.
There are some preachers and elders and other members in the church who say they have "restudied" this subject because either they or someone close to them have been divorced and remarried. Because of who is involved, they now take a different view than they did before. However, no matter who may change their minds, God's word has not changed. It still teaches what it taught when it was first written. God's attitude toward divorce has not changed. His attitude is still the same as it was in Malachi's day.
With these things in mind I would like to study with you the subject of marriage, divorce and remarriage. I would like to begin by asking a question:
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