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 Our text for today is Matthew chapter 5 verses 31 and 32.

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 As has been said a number of times now, it's a difficult text.

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! And it's a difficult text because, as we look at the larger teaching on marriage, divorce and remarriage in the Bible, the waters can get a little bit muddy.

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 And it's a difficult text because almost all of us have been affected by divorce in one way or another.

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 And so it's a very real, present issue for us.

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 At the end of July 2014, in our verse-by-verse study of Mark's Gospel,

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 we came to some of Jesus' teaching on divorce and remarriage in Mark chapter 10 verses 1 through 12.

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 At that time, I presented two widely accepted conservative views.

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 And I framed them as, number one, the more permissive view.

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 And number two, the more restrictive view, often called the permanence view.

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 But I did not settle for you or for myself, quite frankly, which view we ought to hold as a church.

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 And I suggested that we needed to settle the matter as a church.

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 That it was a weighty enough issue that we should, in fact, work through it.

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 It is astounding to me that it has been four years, almost to date.

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 In fact, last Sunday would have been four years to the date since we first stated the need for a formal position on the matter.

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 Many churches, we've discovered, have no formal position on this at all.

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 But as we saw the need for it, four years have passed by already.

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 Initially, my fervency for the issue was derailed by simple schedule conflicts that made it absolutely impossible.

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 I wrote seemingly impossible.

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 It was impossible for our elders to gather that fall of 2014.

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 And then life happened.

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 Everything else in our world just kept on moving on.

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 And we didn't get to time out everything else going on in our personal lives and in the life of the church to study the matter.

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 Since then, we've preached through the rest of Mark, Colossians, Ecclesiastes.

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 I'm pretty sure the book of Jonah, the parable of the prodigal son, and the book of Acts.

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 We've begun new ministry efforts like training for the Center for Biblical Counseling and the ABBA initiative,

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 our foster care and adoption initiative.

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 We have sent out new ministry partners.

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 For example, the Zwimpkes to Germany and Oseama Obele to Brazil.

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 We've said goodbye to many people.

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 Our dearest of brothers, Sid, went home to be with the Lord, and we grieved that loss together.

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 We said goodbye to Wes and Liz.

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 As I mentioned earlier, Wes was an elder of our church and music leader,

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 and we've worked through the labor, the effort of replacing all of the work that both of them did for our church.

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 We have done lots of premarital counseling and officiated numerous weddings.

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 I think 15 in the past four years.

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 And praise the Lord, we've had a lot of babies.

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 My family included, which definitely made for a tough year for our family personally.

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 Silas is now two years old.

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 So, life moved on, and the situation got shelved.

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 Not forgotten, but shelved.

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 And so, I am once again grateful for our general habit as a church of verse-by-verse exposition of God's Word.

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 As in God's good design, we've been brought to the topic of marriage, divorce, and remarriage once again.

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 And I will tell you, to just be entirely honest, I would have loved just to have skipped these two verses for now.

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 If you're paying attention, you know I've delayed them a little bit.

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 We've done a few things topically over the past couple of weeks.

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 I want to, right now at the outset, just burst the bubble of anticipation for you this morning.

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 I do not intend to settle the matter today.

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 I appreciate the prayers that you guys have had on my behalf, both prior to and this morning as well.

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 Even this week, I had every intention of sorting out every detail.

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 To be honest, I'm not sure I could even preach a reasonably-length sermon to cover all of the massive amount of information that ought to be covered.

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 I had really hoped, but I have yet, despite an incredible number of hours of prayerful study,

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 to sort out all of the complexities of the matter.

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 If you find that you have a confident position on divorce and remarriage,

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 you have either, A, made assumptions based on how you have heard the matter taught,

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 you just grew up believing a certain thing about marriage, divorce, and remarriage,

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 and so you're just assuming, and it may be the right teaching, but you're assuming that it's right.

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 Or you've not spent nearly enough time in reading broadly, reading opposing arguments,

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 hearing all of the many interpretations of the many texts that speak to the matter.

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 Or you are much more brilliant than I am, which is a distinct possibility.

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 I want to be clear.

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 I don't dare think myself the most brilliant amongst us.

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 Or you have spent considerable time on the matter,

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 carefully weighing out the teaching and varied interpretations,

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 and have arrived at a position.

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 And if this is the case for you, I would ask that you would come speak with me.

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 I find myself in this process, and your input would be most welcome.

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 So we're not going to sort it all out this morning.

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 I do hope that you can appreciate my desire not to be brash on this topic.

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 It has real application for today.

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 And I think we should be careful about the lines that we draw concerning it.

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 I believe that the consequences are too dire to take an issue like this lightly.

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 I also hope that you can sense this morning my earnest longing

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 to lead our truth, our church in truth and love,

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 and not to divorce the two.

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 Pun intended.

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 What I promise is that from this date forth,

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 we will not settle this issue in a matter of years,

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 but rather in a matter of months.

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 I intend, and you can be praying for me,

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 to present a position paper to you,

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 I hope, in the coming few weeks,

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 for your prayerful consideration and conversation,

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 and for us to discuss at our next quarterly members meeting,

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 which is at the beginning of October, I believe.

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 So, we are going to look at today's text,

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 and we are going to talk about today's text,

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 but we are not going to work out every bit of its possible meaning for us today.

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 All the same, let me remind you before I read Matthew 5,

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 verses 31 and 32,

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 beloved, that this is God's word to us.

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 It was written for His glory and our good.

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 We would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises

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 and obey its commands.

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 So, I read in verse 31,

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 It was also said,

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 Whoever divorces his wife,

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 let him give her a certificate of divorce.

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 But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife,

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 except on the ground of sexual immorality,

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 makes her commit adultery,

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 and whoever marries a divorced woman,

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 commits adultery.

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 Now, we are in Jesus' most famous of sermons,

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 we commonly call the Sermon on the Mount.

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 And recall the two prominent themes of the Sermon on the Mount

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 are number one, human flourishing.

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 What does it look like to live well as a citizen of God's kingdom?

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 And we have seen that the human flourishing that Jesus teaches

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 is not the same as the flourishing of the world.

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 Jesus says,

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 Blessed are those who are poor in spirit,

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 and mourn,

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 and are meek,

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 and hungry,

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 and thirsty for righteousness,

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 and merciful,

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 pure peacemakers.

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 Those who are persecuted for righteousness,

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 Jesus tells us are flourishing.

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 And the second theme that we have seen,

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 and really is beginning to pick up some steam now,

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 is the theme of whole person righteousness.

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 Not merely outward appearance of righteousness,

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 but a holiness that indwells us,

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 that affects our thoughts,

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 and our attitudes,

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 and our intentions,

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 as well as our actions.

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 Jesus has taught us that citizens of his kingdom

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 are keepers of the law.

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 Not that they gain their citizenship by being keepers of it,

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 but that they have been granted citizenship,

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 and their keeping of the law evidences their citizenship.

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 Right?

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 And this law keeping,

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 this righteousness,

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 is not just this outward thing.

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 Right?

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 It is a whole person thing.

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 This is what Jesus means when he says in Matthew 5,

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 in verse 20,

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 For I tell you,

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 unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees,

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 you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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 We spent quite a bit of time looking at the law,

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 and going back to Exodus 20,

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 and considering all of the implications of the moral law for us.

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 So, with this idea in mind,

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 Jesus begins to press this point

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 by using a series of phrases,

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 beginning in Matthew 5,

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 verses 21 and 22.

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 You see, at the beginning of verse 21,

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 he says,

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 You have heard that it was said to those of old.

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 And then in verse 22,

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 But I say to you.

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 So, there's this pattern that follows through chapter 5.

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 He does this six times through the end of the chapter.

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 And what he is doing is correcting the common misinterpretations of the law in his day.

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 He is correcting the mere pharisaical outward appearance understanding of these laws.

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 And he is showing his listeners then and us now

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 how it is that we are to embody the law as citizens of his kingdom.

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 And he does this in this pattern.

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 You have heard it was said,

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 but I say to you.

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 He does this six times over.

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 So, in Jesus' teaching on marriage, divorce, and remarriage,

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 which this is just a snapshot of.

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 So, if you have heard me read the text and you've gone,

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 that seems incredibly clear.

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 Just hang on.

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 This is just one of the teachings on it.

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 And it gains some complexity, I believe.

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 What he's doing is he's correcting something.

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 He's bringing a clear understanding to something.

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 He begins in verse 31.

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 It was also said,

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 whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.

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 And Jesus here is referring to an interpretation of Deuteronomy 24, verses 1-4.

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 The interpretation of Deuteronomy 24, verses 1-4.

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 And I want you to hear me.

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 I'm going to read it.

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 And you can get there quickly if you want to.

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 But listen quickly.

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 It's a case law issue, Deuteronomy 24,

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 which says,

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 when a man takes a wife and marries her,

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 if she then finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her,

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 and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house,

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 and she departs out of his house,

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 and if she goes and becomes another man's wife,

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 and the latter man hates her and writes her a certificate of divorce

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 and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house,

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 or if the latter man dies who took her to be his wife,

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 then her former husband, who sent her away,

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 may not take her again to be his wife after she has been defiled.

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 For that is an abomination before the Lord,

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 and you shall not bring sin upon the land that your Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.

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 Okay?

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 And so, the Pharisees of the day had interpreted this commandment, right?

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 Which is a very specific commandment.

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 It's a very specific issue that has taken place,

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 and you'll see in some coming months how it applies to the total argument.

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 But what we have to recognize at first is what they thought.

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 What was it that they had done with these four verses?

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 The reigning opinion in the matter was given by a rabbi named Hillel.

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 He was the liberal rabbi of the day.

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 He had in fact died 20 years before this,

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 but all the same, it was his view that prevailed.

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 Rabbi Hillel promoted divorce for any reason at all.

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 He had said, if your wife burns your dinner, you can divorce her.

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 He's also quoted saying, for any reason, unload that woman.

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 So, his interpretation was, merely as long as a certificate is given,

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 you can divorce for any reason whatsoever,

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 which is a pretty fast and loose interpretation of Deuteronomy 24, verses 1 through 4.

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 I think that you will agree.

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 Later in Matthew, chapter 19, verses 3 through 8,

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 we see a similar response by Jesus, but this time he's being tested.

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 Verse 3 says,

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 And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking,

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 Who are you going to side with, Jesus, is what they were asking.

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 They said, is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause, as Hillel had said.

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 Jesus answered, this is verse 4,

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 Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,

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 and said,

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 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother,

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 and hold fast to his wife,

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 and the two shall become one flesh.

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 So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

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 What therefore God has joined together,

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 let not man separate.

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 They said to him,

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 Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?

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 And he said to them,

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 Because of your hardness of heart,

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 Moses allowed you to divorce your wives.

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 But from the beginning,

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 it was not so.

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 So something that we can be sure of in this text

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 is that the reigning opinion of the day

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 was that you could divorce your wife or your husband

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 for any reason whatsoever,

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 just as long as you did it through the legal channels.

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 It was no big deal.

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 And Jesus' response,

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 we can see in Matthew 19,

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 very clearly is,

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 This is not what God intended for our marriages.

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 God designed our marriages to be more permanent than that.

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 They are in fact weighty promises that we make to one another when we are married.

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 He is correcting this huge misconception.

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 And we live in a day much like that.

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 Misconceptions needing to be corrected.

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 So Jesus goes on to say,

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 and we get into some of the more challenging and more troubling words,

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 I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife

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 except on the grounds of sexual immorality

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 makes her commit adultery.

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 And whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

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 And it does not matter which view you hold.

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 All of these views make a case

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 that you have to understand

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 the culture of the day

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 and the nature of divorce laws.

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 And they make opposing arguments

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 using the very same premises,

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 which seems like a real moving target.

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 It is hard to plant your flag on this one,

00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:07.799
 I would contend.

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 Again,

00:19:08.660 --> 00:19:10.299
 you might be more brilliant than I am

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 and be able to pull it off.

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 But I've heard the same arguments made

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 to support a different view,

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 which I think that if you have a premise,

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 it should lead to a conclusion.

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 So it can be quite frustrating altogether.

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 So there are a broad spectrum of views

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 concerning divorce and remarriage.

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 And clearly some of them are outside of orthodoxy, right?

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 Would be like the teaching of Hillel in our day,

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 a no-fault divorce teaching

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 that you can divorce for any reason,

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 you can remarry for any reason,

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 it does not matter.

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 Certainly as a church,

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 we are not on that end of the spectrum

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 concerning the issue.

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 And I would suggest that there are

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 two widely accepted conservative views,

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 which I mentioned to you previously,

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 and I'll give you some more details about here

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 in a moment.

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 Previously, I called them

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 the more permissive view

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 and the more restrictive view.

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 And I have found it extremely problematic

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 to give these views names.

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 No matter what I seem to do,

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 one of them gets framed in the positive

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 and one in the negative.

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 It's a very difficult thing to do.

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 Permissive and restrictive, for example.

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 You can bring whatever thoughts you have

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 to those words.

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 Permissive in your mind could be a negative.

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 Restrictive in your mind could be a negative.

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 As of late, as our church,

00:20:45.339 --> 00:20:47.299
 in various formats,

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 have been having lots of conversation about this,

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 I've been using the titles

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 broader view and narrower view.

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 I recognize, once again,

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 this is problematic.

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 Some of you, when you hear the word broad,

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 may think of the way that leads to destruction.

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 That's not what I mean by it.

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 Some of you, when you hear narrow,

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 may think of narrow-mindedness.

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 And this is not what I mean either by this.

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 So, I'm going to use those terms,

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 but I recognize that they're problematic terms

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 all the same.

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 So, a few details about each of these views

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 to prime your minds,

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 to get you thinking about these issues.

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 Number one, the broader view.

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 The broader view would say

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 that divorce is permitted

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 under certain circumstances,

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 although there's some fracturing here

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 about the particulars of those circumstances.

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 Most agree that when a spouse commits adultery,

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 is sexually unfaithful in a physical sense,

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 that divorce is permissible.

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 Or, when a spouse,

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 an unbelieving spouse,

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 deserts the relationship,

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 abandons the relationship,

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 this is 1 Corinthians chapter 7,

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 that it is permissible,

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 and maybe even, some would say,

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 commanded that you grant a divorce

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 to that person.

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 Some contend that when a spouse

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 is dangerously abusive,

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 has given up on the covenant promises

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 that accompany a marriage,

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 that that falls in that abandonment clause

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 and layers and layers and layers.

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 Most who hold this view

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 would say that remarriage is permitted

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 to the non-offending spouse

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 when the divorce has occurred

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 for those aforementioned reasons.

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 Some would say it's permitted

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 with some parameters to any party,

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 and it's complex.

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 And it's complex.

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 That's where I'm at right now.

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 Second, the narrower view,

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 it's a bit simpler.

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:10.960
 It's an attractive thing about it.

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 I would say that divorce is only permitted

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 when a believer is married

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 to an unbelieving spouse

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 who demands a divorce.

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 Some who hold this view

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 don't agree with that,

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 but most do.

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 Most would say that 1 Corinthians 7 text

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 applies here.

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 If you have an unbelieving spouse

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 who will not live peaceably with you,

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 abandons you,

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 demands divorce for the sake of peace,

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 it should be granted.

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 That's 1 Corinthians 7, 10 through 12,

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 I believe.

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 They also say in this narrower view

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 that remarriage is not permitted

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 under any circumstance

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 unless it's a reconciliation

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 to that spouse

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 provided that the spouse

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 is still alive.

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 So, as I've said,

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 it's not a clear-cut, simple issue.

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 It's been widely debated.

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 It would seem throughout

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:06.319
 the history of the church,

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 at least since the Reformation,

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 that broader view is held

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 by modern pastors

00:24:12.419 --> 00:24:14.000
 and scholars like

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 John MacArthur

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 and Andreas Kostenberger

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 as a professor at Southeastern,

00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:20.960
 now at Midwestern,

00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:21.599
 I just found out.

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 This is the most widely held

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:26.500
 evangelical view,

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 again,

00:24:26.899 --> 00:24:27.720
 with some variances

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 within it.

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 It's historically held

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 by Protestants

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:33.799
 like John Murray

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 who wrote a rather fine work on it.

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 The Westminster Confession

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 of 1647 reads,

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 In case of adultery

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 after marriage,

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 it is lawful

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 for the innocent party

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 to sue out a divorce

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 and after the divorce

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 to marry another

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 as if the offending party

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 were dead.

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 So there's some

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:57.079
 veracity of this view held

00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:58.839
 both historically

00:24:58.839 --> 00:25:00.480
 and presently.

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:02.079
 The narrow view

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:03.279
 is held by modern pastors

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:04.240
 and scholars

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:05.500
 who we love

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.639
 like Votie Bauckham

00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:08.259
 and John Piper.

00:25:09.699 --> 00:25:10.339
 Historically,

00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:12.720
 the Baptists of England,

00:25:12.899 --> 00:25:13.740
 when they adopted

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:15.639
 the Westminster Confession,

00:25:16.419 --> 00:25:17.419
 which then became known

00:25:17.419 --> 00:25:18.439
 as the Second London

00:25:18.439 --> 00:25:19.339
 Baptist Confession,

00:25:19.459 --> 00:25:21.480
 which we are very fond of,

00:25:22.419 --> 00:25:23.279
 they omitted

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:24.500
 the previously read paragraph

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:26.279
 from the Westminster Confession.

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 They didn't say anything.

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.900
 They just took it out.

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 So I don't know exactly

00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:32.920
 what they thought

00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:33.500
 on the matter.

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 My guess would be

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:36.320
 that they weren't sure,

00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:38.519
 but that there were some,

00:25:38.620 --> 00:25:39.460
 at least amongst them,

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:41.480
 that would have debated

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:42.700
 for that narrower view

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:44.440
 and wanted that statement removed,

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 and so it was done.

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:49.460
 Either way,

00:25:49.820 --> 00:25:51.799
 from our text today,

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:53.559
 we should see that

00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:55.159
 Jesus is adding

00:25:55.159 --> 00:25:57.000
 great weight

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:58.720
 to marriage.

00:25:59.299 --> 00:25:59.619
 In fact,

00:25:59.659 --> 00:26:00.480
 in our conversations

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.279
 about this,

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:02.779
 I've wanted to express,

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:04.079
 and I think that

00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:04.700
 at least most

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:05.559
 who have joined me

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:05.919
 in this

00:26:05.919 --> 00:26:07.099
 have done so,

00:26:07.159 --> 00:26:08.139
 that we pick up

00:26:08.139 --> 00:26:09.339
 a very, very

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:10.819
 heavy weight.

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:11.940
 Marriage,

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:13.019
 when it was designed

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.899
 to picture something,

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:15.559
 it's important

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.500
 and it matters

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.460
 and it accomplishes

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:18.039
 things in our lives,

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:19.259
 and we set that heavy weight

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:20.700
 on the one side

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:21.440
 of the scale

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:22.799
 in this conversation,

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:24.139
 and then we begin

00:26:24.139 --> 00:26:24.879
 to talk about

00:26:24.879 --> 00:26:25.980
 the possibilities

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:27.839
 for divorce

00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:28.519
 and remarriage,

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:29.339
 and we drop

00:26:29.339 --> 00:26:30.299
 very little light,

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.639
 light weights

00:26:31.639 --> 00:26:32.460
 onto the other side

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:33.159
 of that scale,

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:33.579
 right?

00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:35.859
 The weight of this one

00:26:35.859 --> 00:26:36.480
 crashes,

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.559
 right?

00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:38.579
 This thing matters

00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:39.279
 on this side,

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.139
 and then we go

00:26:40.139 --> 00:26:40.659
 dink,

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:41.759
 dink,

00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:43.180
 dink over here.

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:43.399
 Like,

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.359
 we can be clear

00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:45.099
 about this,

00:26:45.399 --> 00:26:45.579
 right?

00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:46.299
 There are some

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:48.440
 non-negotiable things,

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:48.659
 right?

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.480
 Some things that we

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:51.759
 cannot and should not,

00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:52.339
 and I don't believe

00:26:52.339 --> 00:26:53.599
 any of us would want

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:55.039
 to waver on

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:55.759
 as we consider

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:57.099
 this issue,

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:58.299
 and so I want to talk

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:59.099
 about those

00:26:59.099 --> 00:27:00.799
 non-negotiables.

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:02.559
 I have five of them

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.159
 for you.

00:27:03.379 --> 00:27:04.059
 If you were here

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.839
 four years ago,

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:06.200
 these are a repetition

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:08.619
 of what we did

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:09.899
 last time

00:27:09.899 --> 00:27:10.940
 we talked about

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.440
 this matter.

00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:13.379
 So five non-negotiables.

00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:14.259
 Number one,

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:17.019
 God presided

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:19.220
 over the first marriage

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:22.299
 and every subsequent

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:23.599
 marriage,

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:24.440
 right?

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:26.119
 God created

00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:27.759
 the institution

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.900
 of marriage

00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:30.039
 before He created

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.819
 any other

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:32.400
 institution.

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.940
 It's the only

00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:35.799
 pre-fall institution

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.599
 that God

00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:37.700
 created,

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:39.099
 and He made it

00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:40.400
 very

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:41.559
 good.

00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:42.919
 We see this

00:27:42.919 --> 00:27:44.200
 in Genesis

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:46.119
 chapter 2,

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:48.079
 and we saw

00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:48.720
 from our text

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.079
 in Matthew

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:50.059
 chapter 19,

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:51.379
 Jesus quotes

00:27:51.379 --> 00:27:51.859
 from Genesis

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:53.500
 2, 24,

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:54.799
 and He goes on

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.119
 to say,

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:55.839
 what therefore

00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:57.899
 God has joined

00:27:57.899 --> 00:27:58.399
 together,

00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:59.519
 let not

00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.460
 man

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:01.819
 separate.

00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:03.519
 Marriage

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:04.319
 is a good

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:04.659
 thing,

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.019
 and it was

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:06.099
 created for

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:07.279
 our good

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.980
 and for

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:09.000
 the glory

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.640
 of God.

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.099
 So the

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:10.880
 second,

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:12.740
 non-negotiable,

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.740
 is that God

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.900
 created marriage

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:17.240
 to give us

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:17.819
 a shadow

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:18.400
 of the

00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:18.759
 blessed

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:20.180
 relationship

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:21.180
 between Christ

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:22.599
 and the

00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:23.059
 church.

00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:24.140
 We read about

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:24.980
 this in Ephesians

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:26.140
 chapter 5,

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:27.200
 verses 22

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:28.160
 through 33,

00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:30.079
 that Paul

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:30.779
 works out

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.380
 for us

00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:32.799
 this wonderful,

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.940
 profound

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.880
 mystery

00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:36.220
 that although

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:37.220
 imperfectly,

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:37.920
 our marriages

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:38.539
 are meant

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:39.200
 to display

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:40.160
 this relationship.

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.579
 The loving,

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.640
 sacrificial

00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:43.740
 headship of

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.680
 Jesus Christ

00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:45.500
 and the

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.319
 humble submission

00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:47.220
 of the church

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:47.740
 is meant

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.519
 to be working

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.380
 out in

00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:51.000
 our marriages.

00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:52.339
 Our marriages

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:53.019
 are meant

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:55.079
 to be holy

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:55.900
 and set apart

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.880
 in this way

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:57.539
 for the glory

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:59.100
 of God.

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:00.920
 They're meant

00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:01.539
 to show

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:02.200
 something

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:03.480
 that is

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:04.559
 permanent.

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.440
 Jesus Christ

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:07.380
 will never

00:29:07.380 --> 00:29:07.880
 fail

00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:09.320
 the church

00:29:09.320 --> 00:29:10.059
 and husbands.

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:10.740
 We fail

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:12.080
 our wives

00:29:12.080 --> 00:29:13.140
 so imperfectly

00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:13.779
 we display

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.220
 this but

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:15.140
 all the same

00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:16.059
 it's meant

00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:17.740
 to display

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.240
 this.

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.400
 And for

00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:21.180
 these reasons,

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:22.380
 the third

00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:23.539
 non-negotiable

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:26.880
 is that

00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:27.759
 divorce

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.620
 is never

00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:30.420
 ideal.

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:32.779
 Even those

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.120
 who hold

00:29:33.120 --> 00:29:33.559
 that narrower

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:34.299
 view must

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:34.740
 admit that

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.340
 it happens

00:29:35.339 --> 00:29:36.099
 at times.

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:37.500
 But it

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:38.159
 is never

00:29:38.159 --> 00:29:39.759
 ideal.

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.019
 Malachi

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.740
 chapter 2

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.359
 and verse

00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:43.720
 16.

00:29:45.099 --> 00:29:45.799
 The ESV

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.720
 says this,

00:29:47.399 --> 00:29:47.819
 for the man

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.259
 who does not

00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:48.839
 love his wife

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:49.899
 but divorces her

00:29:49.899 --> 00:29:50.720
 says the Lord,

00:29:51.159 --> 00:29:52.279
 the God of Israel,

00:29:52.959 --> 00:29:53.980
 covers his garment

00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:54.759
 with violence

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.339
 says the Lord

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:55.859
 of hosts.

00:29:56.419 --> 00:29:57.099
 So guard

00:29:57.099 --> 00:29:57.539
 yourselves

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:58.319
 in your spirit

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:59.500
 and do not

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:01.240
 be faithless.

00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:02.539
 Now there's

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:03.480
 some interpretive

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:04.319
 challenges

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:05.779
 in Malachi

00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:06.319
 chapter 2

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:07.220
 and verse 16

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:07.619
 and if you

00:30:07.619 --> 00:30:08.180
 have an ESV

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:08.659
 you'll see a

00:30:08.659 --> 00:30:09.039
 footnote

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:10.639
 concerning this

00:30:10.639 --> 00:30:11.259
 particular

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:11.859
 interpretive

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:12.920
 challenge.

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.599
 The NASB

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:15.440
 and many

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:15.720
 other,

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.079
 I think it's

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:16.659
 actually most

00:30:16.659 --> 00:30:17.799
 other translations

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:19.000
 render Malachi

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.639
 2.16

00:30:19.639 --> 00:30:20.659
 this way.

00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:21.339
 Well I'll just

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:21.599
 read you the

00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:21.899
 beginning.

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.079
 At the beginning

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:23.500
 of Malachi

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:24.119
 2.16

00:30:24.119 --> 00:30:26.879
 they translate

00:30:26.879 --> 00:30:28.539
 for I hate

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:29.000
 divorce

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.759
 says the

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.059
 Lord,

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:31.460
 the God

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:32.319
 of Israel.

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.139
 God does

00:30:34.139 --> 00:30:35.099
 not desire

00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:36.500
 or intend

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:37.019
 for any

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.419
 of our

00:30:37.419 --> 00:30:38.159
 marriages

00:30:38.159 --> 00:30:38.839
 to end

00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:40.159
 in divorce.

00:30:40.419 --> 00:30:41.480
 This is why

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:41.839
 we say

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.339
 permanence

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:42.759
 vows

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.099
 whatever

00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:43.819
 view

00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:44.480
 we may

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:45.079
 hold.

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:45.659
 If you've

00:30:45.659 --> 00:30:46.019
 ever heard

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:47.139
 me officiate

00:30:47.139 --> 00:30:47.779
 a wedding

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:50.339
 we work

00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:50.859
 together

00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:51.559
 in that

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:52.139
 time

00:30:52.139 --> 00:30:52.980
 in front

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.440
 of people

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:53.919
 who love

00:30:53.919 --> 00:30:54.059
 us

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:54.559
 to make

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:55.759
 huge

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.519
 promises

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.339
 to one

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:57.679
 another

00:30:57.679 --> 00:30:58.619
 and all

00:30:58.619 --> 00:30:58.980
 of those

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.460
 promises

00:30:59.460 --> 00:31:00.000
 are

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.619
 until

00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:01.339
 death

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:01.940
 do we

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:02.380
 part

00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:03.579
 promises.

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:05.339
 Never

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:05.819
 ever

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.519
 want

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:06.759
 we

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.140
 never

00:31:07.140 --> 00:31:07.599
 ever

00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:08.500
 desire

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:10.140
 that a

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:10.339
 marriage

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:10.740
 would end

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.920
 in divorce.

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:14.400
 Fourth

00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:15.140
 non-negotiable

00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:18.519
 the marriage

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:18.900
 covenant

00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:20.640
 is temporal

00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:22.200
 that is

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:23.920
 death

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.400
 breaks the

00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:24.680
 covenant

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:26.059
 and gives

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:26.839
 a remaining

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:27.400
 spouse

00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:28.440
 the ability

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:29.039
 to remarry.

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:30.099
 this is a

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:31.119
 non-negotiable

00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:31.859
 Romans chapter

00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:32.579
 7 verse 2

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:32.940
 and 3

00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:33.460
 Paul writes

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:33.859
 for a married

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:34.399
 woman is bound

00:31:34.399 --> 00:31:35.139
 by law to her

00:31:35.139 --> 00:31:36.159
 husband while

00:31:36.159 --> 00:31:36.779
 he lives

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.420
 but if her

00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:37.940
 husband dies

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:38.680
 she is released

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:39.299
 from the law

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:39.940
 of marriage

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.799
 accordingly

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.299
 she will be

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:41.700
 called an

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.059
 adulteress

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.579
 if she lives

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:42.940
 with another

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.579
 man while

00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:43.920
 her husband

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:44.460
 is alive

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:45.759
 but if her

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.579
 husband dies

00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:47.619
 she is free

00:31:47.619 --> 00:31:47.960
 from that

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.259
 law

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.940
 and if she

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.379
 marries another

00:31:49.379 --> 00:31:49.759
 man

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.920
 she is not

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:52.180
 an adulteress.

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:53.500
 we can

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:54.039
 recall

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.720
 again

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.180
 the Pharisees

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.860
 coming to

00:31:55.860 --> 00:31:57.320
 test Jesus

00:31:57.320 --> 00:31:58.259
 and asking

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:58.720
 about

00:31:58.720 --> 00:32:00.120
 multiple

00:32:00.120 --> 00:32:00.620
 marriages

00:32:00.620 --> 00:32:01.120
 and

00:32:01.120 --> 00:32:02.200
 whose

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:03.700
 wife

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:04.200
 who will

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:04.600
 have a

00:32:04.600 --> 00:32:04.880
 husband

00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:05.380
 and he

00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:05.620
 says

00:32:05.620 --> 00:32:05.860
 do you

00:32:05.860 --> 00:32:06.000
 not

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.640
 understand

00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:07.259
 this is

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:08.259
 a temporal

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:08.580
 thing

00:32:08.580 --> 00:32:08.980
 marriage

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:09.259
 is a

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:10.039
 momentary

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:10.240
 thing

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.640
 it's not

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:11.000
 an

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.700
 eternal

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.820
 thing

00:32:12.820 --> 00:32:13.120
 it's

00:32:13.120 --> 00:32:13.380
 meant

00:32:13.380 --> 00:32:13.779
 for

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:15.320
 the

00:32:15.320 --> 00:32:15.860
 life

00:32:15.860 --> 00:32:16.700
 of

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.060
 covenant

00:32:17.060 --> 00:32:17.720
 together

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.560
 if a

00:32:18.560 --> 00:32:18.920
 spouse

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:19.160
 were to

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:19.500
 pass

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:21.200
 remarriage

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.880
 as possible

00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:24.620
 and then

00:32:24.620 --> 00:32:25.000
 fifth

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.700
 the fifth

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:27.819
 non-negotiable

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:30.100
 is that

00:32:30.100 --> 00:32:30.620
 divorce

00:32:30.620 --> 00:32:31.920
 and or

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.440
 remarriage

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:33.279
 after divorce

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:35.100
 is not

00:32:35.100 --> 00:32:36.720
 an unpardonable

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:37.799
 sin

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:39.880
 it's not

00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:40.880
 an unpardonable

00:32:40.880 --> 00:32:41.980
 sin

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:42.940
 and I

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.200
 am

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:44.200
 extremely

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:45.980
 grieved

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.900
 by how

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:47.759
 many churches

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.940
 seem to

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:49.400
 make

00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:50.940
 members of

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.100
 their

00:32:51.100 --> 00:32:51.660
 church

00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:52.580
 second

00:32:52.580 --> 00:32:53.160
 class

00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:53.799
 Christians

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:55.080
 because of

00:32:55.080 --> 00:32:55.360
 some

00:32:55.360 --> 00:32:56.100
 past

00:32:56.100 --> 00:32:56.640
 sin

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:57.299
 in

00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:57.420
 their

00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:57.799
 life

00:32:57.799 --> 00:33:00.759
 the

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:01.039
 only

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.600
 unpardonable

00:33:01.600 --> 00:33:01.920
 sin

00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:02.740
 is the

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:02.980
 sin

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.259
 of

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:04.160
 unbelief

00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:04.440
 it's

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:05.160
 denying

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:06.120
 the

00:33:06.120 --> 00:33:06.660
 conviction

00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:07.299
 of

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:07.660
 the

00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:07.960
 spirit

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.680
 in

00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:09.019
 your

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.440
 life

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:10.039
 all

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:10.480
 others

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:12.100
 are

00:33:12.100 --> 00:33:12.620
 covered

00:33:12.620 --> 00:33:13.460
 plentifully

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:14.340
 by the

00:33:14.340 --> 00:33:14.620
 blood

00:33:14.620 --> 00:33:15.559
 of

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:15.779
 Jesus

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.279
 Christ

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:18.039
 both

00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:18.440
 views

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:18.840
 either

00:33:18.840 --> 00:33:19.120
 way

00:33:19.120 --> 00:33:19.620
 hold

00:33:19.619 --> 00:33:20.339
 that

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:20.479
 if

00:33:20.479 --> 00:33:20.739
 someone

00:33:20.739 --> 00:33:20.919
 is

00:33:20.919 --> 00:33:21.500
 wrongly

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:22.119
 divorced

00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:22.759
 and or

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:23.439
 wrongly

00:33:23.439 --> 00:33:24.179
 remarried

00:33:24.179 --> 00:33:24.959
 remarried

00:33:24.959 --> 00:33:26.339
 that these

00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:26.659
 are acts

00:33:26.659 --> 00:33:27.159
 of sin

00:33:27.159 --> 00:33:27.959
 but not

00:33:27.959 --> 00:33:28.979
 perpetually

00:33:28.979 --> 00:33:29.479
 not

00:33:29.479 --> 00:33:30.219
 perpetual

00:33:30.219 --> 00:33:31.159
 sin

00:33:31.159 --> 00:33:32.419
 that they

00:33:32.419 --> 00:33:32.739
 should be

00:33:32.739 --> 00:33:33.379
 confessed

00:33:33.379 --> 00:33:33.719
 from the

00:33:33.719 --> 00:33:34.199
 past

00:33:34.199 --> 00:33:35.339
 and certainly

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:35.879
 avoided

00:33:35.879 --> 00:33:37.339
 in the

00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:37.679
 future

00:33:37.679 --> 00:33:38.279
 but they

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:39.039
 are not

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:41.719
 unforgivable

00:33:41.719 --> 00:33:41.779
!

00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:43.220
 and these

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:43.700
 things are

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:45.240
 non-negotiable

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:47.160
 for me

00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:47.920
 I believe

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:48.240
 they would

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:48.920
 be for

00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:49.139
 you

00:33:49.139 --> 00:33:49.539
 I believe

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:50.019
 the cases

00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:50.960
 are clearly

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.399
 made

00:33:51.399 --> 00:33:52.299
 for these

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:52.639
 things

00:33:52.639 --> 00:33:53.039
 and so

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.660
 hear

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:54.299
 the

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:55.319
 weightiness

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:56.200
 of what

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:56.819
 we believe

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.160
 is of

00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:57.579
 good

00:33:57.579 --> 00:33:58.319
 value

00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:58.839
 about

00:33:58.839 --> 00:33:59.960
 marriage

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:03.440
 I want

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:04.039
 us to

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.859
 settle this

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:05.299
 again

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:05.899
 many churches

00:34:05.899 --> 00:34:06.359
 don't

00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:06.819
 and my

00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:07.200
 assumption

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:07.720
 is that

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:07.839
 the

00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:08.039
 churches

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:08.340
 that don't

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:08.579
 have a

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:08.779
 formal

00:34:08.779 --> 00:34:09.000
 view

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:09.519
 on this

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:10.619
 merely

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:11.340
 bow to

00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:11.579
 the

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.059
 pastor's

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:12.420
 personal

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:12.699
 view

00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:13.380
 on the

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:13.659
 matter

00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:15.099
 he takes

00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:15.500
 care of

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:15.900
 all of

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.239
 the

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:16.659
 counseling

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.500
 he's the

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:17.920
 one that

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.500
 has to

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:18.780
 be

00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:19.960
 making

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:20.400
 decisions

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:20.780
 on whether

00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:21.039
 or not

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:21.400
 he'll

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:22.119
 officiate

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.519
 a wedding

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:23.340
 etc

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:23.820
 and so

00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:24.119
 they just

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:24.400
 simply

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:24.860
 appeal

00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:26.380
 to him

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:27.460
 but

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:28.960
 I believe

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.380
 that we

00:34:29.380 --> 00:34:29.940
 need to

00:34:29.940 --> 00:34:30.260
 as a

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:30.739
 church

00:34:30.739 --> 00:34:31.780
 form a

00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:32.119
 view on

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:32.300
 this

00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:32.519
 in the

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:32.780
 coming

00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:33.460
 months

00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:33.820
 because

00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:34.920
 we

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:35.460
 believe

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:35.960
 in a

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:37.260
 congregational

00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:38.539
 church

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:39.239
 polity

00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:40.639
 that is

00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:41.039
 to say

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:41.420
 we believe

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:41.719
 the bible

00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:42.059
 teaches

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.400
 that in

00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:42.860
 matters

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.119
 of

00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:44.059
 doctrine

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:45.219
 and

00:34:45.219 --> 00:34:45.559
 discipline

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:46.099
 it is

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:46.340
 the

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:46.800
 congregation

00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:47.880
 that holds

00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:48.380
 the power

00:34:48.380 --> 00:34:49.059
 to decide

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:50.079
 these things

00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:50.960
 certainly

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:51.519
 given some

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:51.980
 leadership

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:52.759
 from the

00:34:52.759 --> 00:34:53.039
 elders

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:53.800
 of the

00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:54.279
 church

00:34:54.279 --> 00:34:55.579
 but that

00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:55.739
 you

00:34:55.739 --> 00:34:56.380
 ultimately

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:57.480
 need to

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:57.940
 be part

00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:58.159
 of the

00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:58.579
 process

00:34:58.579 --> 00:34:59.259
 of deciding

00:34:59.259 --> 00:35:00.019
 what the

00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:00.320
 bible

00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:00.779
 teaches

00:35:00.779 --> 00:35:01.860
 what view

00:35:01.860 --> 00:35:02.340
 we ought

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:02.739
 to hold

00:35:02.739 --> 00:35:03.000
 as a

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:03.360
 church

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:04.079
 on this

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:04.300
 matter

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:04.599
 and of

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:04.860
 course

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:05.940
 many

00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:06.519
 others

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:08.139
 that

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:08.480
 means

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:08.639
 that

00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:08.780
 this

00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:08.980
 is a

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.539
 responsibility

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:10.119
 that you

00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:10.739
 have to

00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:11.159
 take

00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:11.719
 up

00:35:11.719 --> 00:35:13.039
 you

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.440
 have

00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:13.659
 to

00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:13.840
 get

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:14.699
 involved

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:15.300
 in

00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:16.199
 looking

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:17.139
 at

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:17.360
 the

00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:17.920
 texts

00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:18.860
 and

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:18.980
 then

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.400
 further

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:19.780
 looking

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:20.019
 at

00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:20.380
 the

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:20.960
 cases

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.380
 made

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:21.920
 for

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:22.800
 the

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.179
 text

00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:23.900
 you

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:24.159
 have

00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:24.300
 to

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:24.880
 engage

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:25.099
 your

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.880
 mind

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.639
 in

00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:27.219
 prayerfully

00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:28.000
 considering

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.800
 where

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:29.000
 we

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.219
 ought

00:35:29.219 --> 00:35:29.480
 to

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:29.920
 land

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.840
 on

00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:31.219
 this

00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:32.179
 I'm

00:35:32.179 --> 00:35:32.300
 going

00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:32.440
 to

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:32.800
 produce

00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:33.099
 I

00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:33.559
 promise

00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:34.860
 I'm

00:35:34.860 --> 00:35:35.000
 not

00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:35.219
 looking

00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:35.480
 forward

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:35.699
 to

00:35:35.699 --> 00:35:35.820
 it

00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:35.960
 I

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:36.080
 don't

00:35:36.080 --> 00:35:36.380
 esteem

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:36.660
 myself

00:35:36.660 --> 00:35:36.820
 a

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:36.980
 very

00:35:36.980 --> 00:35:37.160
 good

00:35:37.160 --> 00:35:37.519
 writer

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:37.720
 but

00:35:37.720 --> 00:35:37.860
 I'm

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:38.000
 going

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.140
 to

00:35:38.140 --> 00:35:38.360
 produce

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:38.500
 a

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:38.760
 paper

00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:40.019
 that

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:40.180
 you'll

00:35:40.180 --> 00:35:40.280
 need

00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:40.460
 to

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:41.080
 carefully

00:35:41.080 --> 00:35:42.039
 consider

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:43.039
 I'm

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:43.180
 going to

00:35:43.180 --> 00:35:43.440
 say

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:43.700
 I'm

00:35:43.700 --> 00:35:44.200
 proposing

00:35:44.200 --> 00:35:45.340
 Doug's

00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:45.460
 going to

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:45.800
 join me

00:35:45.800 --> 00:35:46.120
 in that

00:35:46.120 --> 00:35:47.500
 this is

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:47.680
 what we

00:35:47.680 --> 00:35:48.220
 propose

00:35:48.220 --> 00:35:48.440
 our

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:48.940
 church

00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:49.559
 adopts

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:50.500
 together

00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:50.840
 and then

00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:50.980
 we're

00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.120
 going to

00:35:51.120 --> 00:35:51.280
 have

00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:51.420
 a

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:51.920
 conversation

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:52.300
 about

00:35:52.300 --> 00:35:52.539
 it

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:53.620
 and

00:35:53.620 --> 00:35:53.740
 I

00:35:53.740 --> 00:35:53.880
 don't

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.140
 really

00:35:54.140 --> 00:35:54.400
 want

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:54.460
 to

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:54.600
 have

00:35:54.600 --> 00:35:54.700
 a

00:35:54.700 --> 00:35:55.080
 conversation

00:35:55.080 --> 00:35:55.300
 with

00:35:55.300 --> 00:35:55.400
 a

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:55.559
 bunch

00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:55.680
 of

00:35:55.680 --> 00:35:55.900
 people

00:35:55.900 --> 00:35:56.080
 with

00:35:56.080 --> 00:35:56.760
 opinions

00:35:56.760 --> 00:35:59.519
 carefully

00:35:59.519 --> 00:35:59.620
!

00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:06.420
 dialogue

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:07.240
 about

00:36:07.240 --> 00:36:07.440
 the

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:07.720
 matter

00:36:07.720 --> 00:36:09.180
 but

00:36:09.180 --> 00:36:09.500
 you have

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:09.600
 to

00:36:09.600 --> 00:36:09.700
 get

00:36:09.700 --> 00:36:10.120
 engaged

00:36:10.120 --> 00:36:10.500
 you have

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:10.640
 to

00:36:10.640 --> 00:36:10.860
 get

00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:11.720
 involved

00:36:11.720 --> 00:36:12.120
 and

00:36:12.120 --> 00:36:12.400
 we

00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:12.640
 have

00:36:12.640 --> 00:36:12.720
 to

00:36:12.720 --> 00:36:13.019
 decide

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.460
 together

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:14.240
 I

00:36:14.240 --> 00:36:14.440
 don't

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:14.640
 have

00:36:14.640 --> 00:36:14.760
 the

00:36:14.760 --> 00:36:15.059
 power

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.380
 to

00:36:15.380 --> 00:36:16.539
 plant

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:16.880
 my

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:17.180
 flag

00:36:17.180 --> 00:36:17.320
 and

00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:17.440
 say

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:17.660
 this

00:36:17.660 --> 00:36:17.860
 will

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:18.039
 be

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:18.519
 our

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:19.300
 flag

00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:19.860
 we need

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:19.980
 to

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.180
 do

00:36:20.180 --> 00:36:20.740
 this

00:36:20.740 --> 00:36:22.180
 together

00:36:22.180 --> 00:36:23.920
 secondly

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:24.300
 we need

00:36:24.300 --> 00:36:24.600
 to do

00:36:24.600 --> 00:36:24.760
 this

00:36:24.760 --> 00:36:25.080
 together

00:36:25.080 --> 00:36:25.480
 because

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:26.400
 these

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:26.700
 matters

00:36:26.700 --> 00:36:26.920
 have

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:27.200
 bearing

00:36:27.200 --> 00:36:27.400
 on

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:27.680
 how

00:36:27.680 --> 00:36:27.880
 we

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:28.340
 function

00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:28.800
 together

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:29.120
 as

00:36:29.120 --> 00:36:29.280
 a

00:36:29.280 --> 00:36:29.620
 faith

00:36:29.620 --> 00:36:30.019
 family

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:31.340
 what

00:36:31.340 --> 00:36:31.539
 we

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:31.860
 will

00:36:31.860 --> 00:36:32.280
 permit

00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:32.480
 or

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:32.840
 not

00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:33.739
 permit

00:36:33.739 --> 00:36:34.019
 so

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:34.159
 what

00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:34.320
 we

00:36:34.320 --> 00:36:34.500
 will

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:34.820
 call

00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:35.099
 sin

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:35.199
 and

00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:35.320
 what

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:35.420
 we

00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:35.559
 will

00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:35.820
 not

00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:36.119
 call

00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:36.579
 sin

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:37.659
 there's

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:37.780
 a

00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:38.599
 lot

00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:38.739
 of

00:36:38.739 --> 00:36:39.320
 implication

00:36:39.320 --> 00:36:40.079
 to

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:41.039
 deciding

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:42.000
 this

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:42.639
 who

00:36:42.639 --> 00:36:42.880
 would

00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:43.099
 be

00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:43.599
 expected

00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:43.840
 to

00:36:43.840 --> 00:36:44.199
 repent

00:36:44.199 --> 00:36:44.400
 of

00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:44.699
 something

00:36:44.699 --> 00:36:44.880
 or

00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:45.199
 not

00:36:45.199 --> 00:36:45.500
 repent

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:45.639
 of

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:45.880
 something

00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:46.239
 or

00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:46.340
 if

00:36:46.340 --> 00:36:46.500
 they're

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:46.900
 unwilling

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.159
 to

00:36:47.159 --> 00:36:47.579
 repent

00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:48.280
 who

00:36:48.280 --> 00:36:48.460
 we

00:36:48.460 --> 00:36:48.820
 would

00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:49.579
 allow

00:36:49.579 --> 00:36:49.980
 in

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:50.539
 church

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:50.880
 membership

00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:51.300
 or

00:36:51.300 --> 00:36:51.579
 put

00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:52.099
 out

00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:53.340
 of

00:36:53.340 --> 00:36:53.539
 church

00:36:53.539 --> 00:36:53.920
 membership

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:55.019
 if

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:55.119
 they

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:55.380
 don't

00:36:55.380 --> 00:36:55.719
 see

00:36:55.719 --> 00:36:56.039
 eye

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:56.159
 to

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:56.380
 eye

00:36:56.380 --> 00:36:56.619
 with

00:36:56.619 --> 00:36:56.980
 us

00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:58.000
 on

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:58.159
 the

00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:58.500
 matter

00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:58.900
 right

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.759
 and

00:37:00.759 --> 00:37:01.039
 that

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:01.699
 process

00:37:01.699 --> 00:37:02.059
 of

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:03.519
 permitting

00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:04.079
 members

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:05.039
 and

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:05.599
 seeing

00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:06.239
 members

00:37:06.239 --> 00:37:06.699
 out

00:37:06.699 --> 00:37:07.639
 communication

00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:08.159
 and the

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:08.440
 process

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:08.579
 of

00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:08.960
 discipline

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:09.860
 is a

00:37:09.860 --> 00:37:10.340
 church

00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:11.000
 responsibility

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:12.500
 it's not

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:12.719
 just

00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:13.039
 mine

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:13.500
 all of

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:13.599
 the

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:13.920
 difficult

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:14.320
 things

00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:14.639
 don't

00:37:14.639 --> 00:37:14.820
 just

00:37:14.820 --> 00:37:15.099
 land

00:37:15.099 --> 00:37:15.239
 in

00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:15.500
 my

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:15.880
 lap

00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:16.099
 we

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:16.519
 bear

00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:17.519
 much

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:18.079
 of

00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:18.179
 what

00:37:18.179 --> 00:37:18.300
 the

00:37:18.300 --> 00:37:18.519
 church

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:18.920
 does

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.079
 as

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:19.199
 a

00:37:19.199 --> 00:37:19.559
 church

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:20.840
 together

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:22.079
 so

00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:22.199
 we

00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:22.320
 need

00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:22.400
 to

00:37:22.400 --> 00:37:22.659
 decide

00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:22.860
 it

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:23.780
 together

00:37:23.780 --> 00:37:25.519
 third

00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:27.239
 we

00:37:27.239 --> 00:37:27.719
 must

00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:28.300
 contend

00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:28.639
 for the

00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:29.019
 truth

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.300
 in this

00:37:29.300 --> 00:37:29.759
 generation

00:37:29.760 --> 00:37:30.920
 concerning

00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:31.420
 marriage

00:37:31.420 --> 00:37:32.680
 we

00:37:32.680 --> 00:37:32.820
 need

00:37:32.820 --> 00:37:33.020
 to

00:37:33.020 --> 00:37:33.940
 carefully

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:35.360
 work

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:35.540
 through

00:37:35.540 --> 00:37:35.760
 this

00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:36.140
 together

00:37:36.140 --> 00:37:36.820
 because

00:37:36.820 --> 00:37:37.000
 we

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:37.260
 cannot

00:37:37.260 --> 00:37:37.480
 let

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:37.600
 the

00:37:37.600 --> 00:37:37.860
 culture

00:37:37.860 --> 00:37:38.020
 at

00:37:38.020 --> 00:37:38.280
 large

00:37:38.280 --> 00:37:38.780
 define

00:37:38.780 --> 00:37:39.540
 truth

00:37:39.540 --> 00:37:40.160
 for

00:37:40.160 --> 00:37:40.520
 us

00:37:40.520 --> 00:37:41.280
 and

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:41.420
 we

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:41.840
 must

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:42.480
 serve

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:42.800
 as a

00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:43.120
 God

00:37:43.120 --> 00:37:43.440
 fearing

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:43.880
 example

00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:44.140
 to

00:37:44.140 --> 00:37:44.320
 our

00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:44.740
 community

00:37:44.740 --> 00:37:45.680
 so

00:37:45.680 --> 00:37:46.060
 you

00:37:46.060 --> 00:37:46.180
 need

00:37:46.180 --> 00:37:46.300
 to

00:37:46.300 --> 00:37:46.760
 understand

00:37:46.760 --> 00:37:46.960
 the

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.320
 case

00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:48.340
 you

00:37:48.340 --> 00:37:48.520
 need

00:37:48.520 --> 00:37:48.760
 to

00:37:48.760 --> 00:37:49.200
 be

00:37:49.200 --> 00:37:49.360
 able

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:49.560
 to

00:37:49.560 --> 00:37:50.120
 articulate

00:37:50.120 --> 00:37:51.020
 in

00:37:51.020 --> 00:37:51.380
 some

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:52.020
 measure

00:37:52.020 --> 00:37:52.960
 the

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:53.420
 case

00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:54.500
 for

00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:54.640
 where

00:37:54.640 --> 00:37:54.800
 we

00:37:54.800 --> 00:37:55.200
 land

00:37:55.200 --> 00:37:55.440
 as

00:37:55.440 --> 00:37:55.560
 a

00:37:55.560 --> 00:37:55.960
 church

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.600
 concerning

00:37:56.600 --> 00:37:56.980
 marriage

00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:57.400
 divorce

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:58.380
 and

00:37:58.380 --> 00:37:58.820
 remarriage

00:37:58.820 --> 00:38:00.660
 fourth

00:38:00.660 --> 00:38:03.140
 I

00:38:03.140 --> 00:38:03.380
 believe

00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:03.519
 it's

00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:03.640
 going

00:38:03.640 --> 00:38:03.720
 to

00:38:03.720 --> 00:38:03.840
 be

00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:04.400
 good

00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:05.039
 for

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:05.140
 us

00:38:05.140 --> 00:38:05.260
 to

00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:05.440
 go

00:38:05.440 --> 00:38:05.760
 through

00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:06.000
 this

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.400
 process

00:38:06.400 --> 00:38:06.780
 together

00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:07.059
 because

00:38:07.059 --> 00:38:07.320
 it's

00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:07.400
 going

00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:07.440
 to

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:07.539
 be

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:07.720
 a

00:38:07.720 --> 00:38:08.180
 test

00:38:08.180 --> 00:38:08.940
 of

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.100
 our

00:38:09.100 --> 00:38:09.539
 love

00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:10.300
 for

00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:10.420
 the

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:10.740
 truth

00:38:10.740 --> 00:38:12.480
 it's

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:12.600
 going

00:38:12.600 --> 00:38:12.700
 to

00:38:12.700 --> 00:38:13.039
 press

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:13.460
 us

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:14.019
 as

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:14.140
 it

00:38:14.140 --> 00:38:14.400
 has

00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:14.640
 me

00:38:14.640 --> 00:38:15.120
 I

00:38:15.120 --> 00:38:15.860
 cannot

00:38:15.860 --> 00:38:16.260
 I

00:38:16.260 --> 00:38:16.559
 can't

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:16.860
 express

00:38:16.860 --> 00:38:17.080
 to

00:38:17.080 --> 00:38:17.420
 you

00:38:17.420 --> 00:38:20.300
 in

00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:20.820
 unthought

00:38:20.820 --> 00:38:21.019
 out

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:21.440
 words

00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:22.119
 how

00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:23.740
 tied

00:38:23.740 --> 00:38:23.900
 up

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:24.039
 in

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:24.440
 knots

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:24.639
 I've

00:38:24.639 --> 00:38:24.860
 been

00:38:24.860 --> 00:38:25.340
 over

00:38:25.340 --> 00:38:25.539
 this

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:25.820
 issue

00:38:25.820 --> 00:38:27.079
 I

00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:27.360
 believe

00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:27.480
 in

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:27.559
 the

00:38:27.559 --> 00:38:27.800
 doctrine

00:38:27.800 --> 00:38:27.920
 of

00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:28.039
 the

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:28.340
 clarity

00:38:28.340 --> 00:38:28.559
 of

00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:28.860
 scripture

00:38:28.860 --> 00:38:29.780
 and

00:38:29.780 --> 00:38:30.059
 that's

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.460
 shaky

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:30.900
 I

00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:31.059
 want

00:38:31.059 --> 00:38:31.139
 it

00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:31.200
 to

00:38:31.200 --> 00:38:31.300
 be

00:38:31.300 --> 00:38:31.500
 more

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:32.039
 clear

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:32.380
 on

00:38:32.380 --> 00:38:32.760
 this

00:38:32.760 --> 00:38:33.780
 matter

00:38:33.780 --> 00:38:34.619
 oh

00:38:34.619 --> 00:38:34.860
 the

00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:35.619
 scribbles

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:35.760
 I

00:38:35.760 --> 00:38:35.900
 have

00:38:35.900 --> 00:38:36.260
 done

00:38:36.260 --> 00:38:36.539
 on

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:36.680
 a

00:38:36.680 --> 00:38:36.880
 white

00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:37.099
 board

00:38:37.099 --> 00:38:37.579
 downstairs

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:38.760
 I

00:38:38.760 --> 00:38:38.900
 have

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:39.420
 approached

00:38:39.420 --> 00:38:39.720
 this

00:38:39.720 --> 00:38:40.119
 thing

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:40.760
 from

00:38:40.760 --> 00:38:41.340
 all

00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:41.840
 kinds

00:38:41.840 --> 00:38:42.000
 of

00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:42.400
 angles

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:42.940
 trying

00:38:42.940 --> 00:38:43.559
 to

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:44.039
 blank

00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:44.420
 slate

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:44.680
 and

00:38:44.680 --> 00:38:44.940
 start

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:45.240
 over

00:38:45.240 --> 00:38:45.400
 and

00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:45.680
 blank

00:38:45.680 --> 00:38:46.039
 slate

00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:46.340
 and

00:38:46.340 --> 00:38:47.239
 start

00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:47.579
 over

00:38:47.579 --> 00:38:51.219
 it

00:38:51.219 --> 00:38:51.840
 will

00:38:51.840 --> 00:38:52.139
 I

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:52.320
 think

00:38:52.320 --> 00:38:52.440
 if

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:52.679
 taken

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:52.860
 up

00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:53.360
 rightly

00:38:53.360 --> 00:38:54.659
 help

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:55.079
 us

00:38:55.079 --> 00:38:55.900
 to

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.460
 better

00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:57.139
 love

00:38:57.139 --> 00:38:57.340
 the

00:38:57.340 --> 00:38:57.619
 scripture

00:38:57.619 --> 00:38:58.920
 we

00:38:58.920 --> 00:38:59.099
 have

00:38:59.099 --> 00:38:59.199
 to

00:38:59.199 --> 00:38:59.619
 decide

00:38:59.619 --> 00:39:00.039
 things

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:00.199
 and

00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:00.400
 these

00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:00.719
 things

00:39:00.719 --> 00:39:01.259
 have

00:39:01.259 --> 00:39:02.320
 implications

00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:02.960
 right

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.539
 we

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:03.820
 have

00:39:03.820 --> 00:39:03.980
 to

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:04.219
 work

00:39:04.219 --> 00:39:04.460
 out

00:39:04.460 --> 00:39:04.639
 in

00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:04.759
 the

00:39:04.759 --> 00:39:05.039
 life

00:39:05.039 --> 00:39:06.019
 of

00:39:06.019 --> 00:39:06.159
 our

00:39:06.159 --> 00:39:06.699
 church

00:39:06.699 --> 00:39:06.960
 and

00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:07.099
 I

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:07.239
 think

00:39:07.239 --> 00:39:07.340
 it

00:39:07.340 --> 00:39:07.400
 will

00:39:07.400 --> 00:39:07.679
 press

00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:07.940
 us

00:39:07.940 --> 00:39:08.480
 together

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:10.139
 to

00:39:10.139 --> 00:39:10.599
 greater

00:39:10.599 --> 00:39:11.400
 love

00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:12.079
 for

00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:12.179
 the

00:39:12.179 --> 00:39:12.380
 truth

00:39:12.380 --> 00:39:12.480
 of

00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:12.579
 the

00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:12.820
 Bible

00:39:12.820 --> 00:39:14.980
 and

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:15.440
 fifth

00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:16.519
 this

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:16.599
 is

00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:16.679
 going

00:39:16.679 --> 00:39:16.679


00:39:16.679 --> 00:39:16.780
 be

00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:16.880
 a

00:39:16.880 --> 00:39:17.099
 test

00:39:17.099 --> 00:39:17.220
 of

00:39:17.220 --> 00:39:17.360
 our

00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:17.679
 love

00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:18.460
 for

00:39:18.460 --> 00:39:18.599
 one

00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:18.880
 another

00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:21.200
 you

00:39:21.200 --> 00:39:21.340
 did

00:39:21.340 --> 00:39:21.559
 not

00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:22.019
 commit

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:22.500
 right

00:39:22.500 --> 00:39:22.900
 speaking

00:39:22.900 --> 00:39:23.139
 to

00:39:23.139 --> 00:39:23.619
 members

00:39:23.619 --> 00:39:24.639
 to

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:24.840
 this

00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:25.260
 church

00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:26.200
 as

00:39:26.200 --> 00:39:26.380
 a

00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:26.579
 set

00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:26.860
 of

00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:28.659
 programs

00:39:28.659 --> 00:39:31.460
 presentations

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:32.179
 certainly

00:39:32.179 --> 00:39:33.079
 not a

00:39:33.079 --> 00:39:33.960
 not a

00:39:33.960 --> 00:39:34.380
 property

00:39:34.380 --> 00:39:36.539
 a

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:37.000
 particular

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:38.099
 position

00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:38.720
 on

00:39:38.720 --> 00:39:39.099
 something

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:40.300
 but

00:39:40.300 --> 00:39:40.599
 as a

00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:40.880
 commitment

00:39:40.880 --> 00:39:41.099
 to

00:39:41.099 --> 00:39:41.240
 a

00:39:41.240 --> 00:39:41.599
 people

00:39:41.599 --> 00:39:43.900
 people

00:39:43.900 --> 00:39:44.059
 who

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:44.280
 love

00:39:44.280 --> 00:39:44.420
 the

00:39:44.420 --> 00:39:44.579
 truth

00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:44.700
 of

00:39:44.700 --> 00:39:44.980
 God

00:39:44.980 --> 00:39:45.840
 who

00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:45.940
 are

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:46.079
 trying

00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:46.219
 to

00:39:46.219 --> 00:39:46.559
 walk

00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:46.960
 together

00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:47.300
 in

00:39:47.300 --> 00:39:48.199
 the

00:39:48.199 --> 00:39:48.579
 truth

00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:49.559
 of

00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:49.860
 God

00:39:49.860 --> 00:39:51.420
 we

00:39:51.420 --> 00:39:51.639
 ought

00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:51.980
 not

00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:53.219
 hurl

00:39:53.219 --> 00:39:53.860
 doctrine

00:39:53.860 --> 00:39:54.139
 at

00:39:54.139 --> 00:39:54.340
 one

00:39:54.340 --> 00:39:54.760
 another

00:39:54.760 --> 00:39:56.400
 carelessly

00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:57.840
 and

00:39:57.840 --> 00:39:57.960
 Paul

00:39:57.960 --> 00:39:58.159
 writes

00:39:58.159 --> 00:39:58.280
 in

00:39:58.280 --> 00:39:58.400
 1

00:39:58.400 --> 00:39:58.800
 Corinthians

00:39:58.800 --> 00:39:59.480
 chapter

00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:00.019
 13

00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:00.280
 and

00:40:00.280 --> 00:40:00.460
 verse

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 2

00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:01.659
 and

00:40:01.659 --> 00:40:01.800
 if

00:40:01.800 --> 00:40:01.940
 I

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:02.480
 have

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:03.440
 prophetic

00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:04.059
 powers

00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:05.139
 and

00:40:05.139 --> 00:40:05.820
 understand

00:40:05.820 --> 00:40:06.500
 all

00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:07.000
 mysteries

00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:07.400
 and

00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:07.719
 all

00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:08.119
 knowledge

00:40:08.119 --> 00:40:08.360
 that's

00:40:08.360 --> 00:40:08.460
 how

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:08.579
 I

00:40:08.579 --> 00:40:08.699
 feel

00:40:08.699 --> 00:40:08.860
 right

00:40:08.860 --> 00:40:09.019
 now

00:40:09.019 --> 00:40:09.219
 about

00:40:09.219 --> 00:40:09.420
 this

00:40:09.420 --> 00:40:09.760
 particular

00:40:09.760 --> 00:40:10.760
 I

00:40:10.760 --> 00:40:10.880
 feel

00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:11.000
 like

00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:11.079
 I

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:11.360
 have

00:40:11.360 --> 00:40:11.619
 to

00:40:11.619 --> 00:40:12.559
 at

00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:12.679
 the

00:40:12.679 --> 00:40:13.000
 moment

00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:14.480
 and

00:40:14.480 --> 00:40:14.639
 if

00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:14.780
 I

00:40:14.780 --> 00:40:15.119
 have

00:40:15.119 --> 00:40:15.860
 all

00:40:15.860 --> 00:40:16.420
 faith

00:40:16.420 --> 00:40:16.739
 so

00:40:16.739 --> 00:40:17.199
 as

00:40:17.199 --> 00:40:17.559
 to

00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:17.840
 remove

00:40:17.840 --> 00:40:18.340
 mountains

00:40:18.340 --> 00:40:18.699
 but

00:40:18.699 --> 00:40:19.139
 have

00:40:19.139 --> 00:40:19.900
 not

00:40:19.900 --> 00:40:20.480
 love

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:21.659
 I

00:40:21.659 --> 00:40:21.820
 am

00:40:21.820 --> 00:40:22.179
 nothing

00:40:22.179 --> 00:40:23.519
 and

00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:23.800
 Paul

00:40:23.800 --> 00:40:24.079
 is not

00:40:24.079 --> 00:40:24.260
 here

00:40:24.260 --> 00:40:24.840
 minimizing

00:40:24.840 --> 00:40:24.860
!

00:40:24.860 --> 00:40:25.079
 the

00:40:25.079 --> 00:40:25.440
 truth

00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:26.619
 but

00:40:26.619 --> 00:40:26.780
 he's

00:40:26.780 --> 00:40:26.980
 merely

00:40:26.980 --> 00:40:27.340
 saying

00:40:27.340 --> 00:40:27.659
 if we

00:40:27.659 --> 00:40:27.800
 could

00:40:27.800 --> 00:40:28.199
 understand

00:40:28.199 --> 00:40:28.780
 everything

00:40:28.780 --> 00:40:29.300
 that there

00:40:29.300 --> 00:40:29.900
 ever was

00:40:29.900 --> 00:40:30.079
 to

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:30.340
 ever

00:40:30.340 --> 00:40:31.000
 understand

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:31.219
 and

00:40:31.219 --> 00:40:31.400
 none

00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:31.639
 of us

00:40:31.639 --> 00:40:31.980
 do

00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:32.460
 right

00:40:32.460 --> 00:40:32.699
 so

00:40:32.699 --> 00:40:33.199
 we

00:40:33.199 --> 00:40:33.460
 have

00:40:33.460 --> 00:40:34.139
 less

00:40:34.139 --> 00:40:34.360
 than

00:40:34.360 --> 00:40:34.659
 this

00:40:34.659 --> 00:40:35.300
 to be

00:40:35.300 --> 00:40:35.659
 clear

00:40:35.659 --> 00:40:36.440
 but

00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:36.579
 we

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:36.780
 have

00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:37.039
 not

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:37.500
 love

00:40:37.500 --> 00:40:37.739
 if we

00:40:37.739 --> 00:40:37.940
 can't

00:40:37.940 --> 00:40:38.260
 walk

00:40:38.260 --> 00:40:38.659
 together

00:40:38.659 --> 00:40:39.219
 in

00:40:39.219 --> 00:40:39.639
 love

00:40:39.639 --> 00:40:40.880
 and

00:40:40.880 --> 00:40:41.079
 the

00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:41.599
 truth

00:40:41.599 --> 00:40:42.639
 then

00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:42.800
 we're

00:40:42.800 --> 00:40:43.239
 nothing

00:40:43.239 --> 00:40:44.980
 and

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:45.079
 I

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:45.179
 would

00:40:45.179 --> 00:40:45.480
 suggest

00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:45.659
 that

00:40:45.659 --> 00:40:45.840
 since

00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:46.059
 we

00:40:46.059 --> 00:40:46.699
 know

00:40:46.699 --> 00:40:47.119
 so

00:40:47.119 --> 00:40:47.320
 much

00:40:47.320 --> 00:40:47.980
 less

00:40:47.980 --> 00:40:48.760
 than

00:40:48.760 --> 00:40:50.320
 all

00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:50.460
 the

00:40:50.460 --> 00:40:50.739
 prophetic

00:40:50.739 --> 00:40:51.139
 powers

00:40:51.139 --> 00:40:51.320
 and

00:40:51.320 --> 00:40:51.860
 all

00:40:51.860 --> 00:40:52.000
 the

00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:52.239
 mysteries

00:40:52.239 --> 00:40:52.460
 and

00:40:52.460 --> 00:40:53.000
 all

00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:53.159
 the

00:40:53.159 --> 00:40:53.420
 knowledge

00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:53.579
 and

00:40:53.579 --> 00:40:54.059
 all

00:40:54.059 --> 00:40:54.219
 the

00:40:54.219 --> 00:40:54.480
 faith

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:54.679
 that

00:40:54.679 --> 00:40:54.820
 we

00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:54.940
 would

00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:55.079
 be

00:40:55.079 --> 00:40:55.579
 less

00:40:55.579 --> 00:40:56.260
 than

00:40:56.260 --> 00:40:56.639
 nothing

00:40:56.639 --> 00:40:57.679
 if

00:40:57.679 --> 00:40:57.800
 we

00:40:57.800 --> 00:40:58.199
 can't

00:40:58.199 --> 00:40:58.780
 do

00:40:58.780 --> 00:40:59.139
 this

00:40:59.139 --> 00:41:00.320
 in

00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:00.639
 love

00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:03.739
 so

00:41:03.739 --> 00:41:03.900
 be

00:41:03.900 --> 00:41:04.360
 expecting

00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:05.119
 a

00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:05.340
 further

00:41:05.340 --> 00:41:05.619
 work

00:41:05.619 --> 00:41:06.000
 from me

00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:06.840
 on

00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:07.019
 this

00:41:07.019 --> 00:41:07.280
 matter

00:41:07.280 --> 00:41:07.480
 up

00:41:07.480 --> 00:41:07.680
 until

00:41:07.680 --> 00:41:07.880
 late

00:41:07.880 --> 00:41:08.120
 last

00:41:08.120 --> 00:41:08.380
 night

00:41:08.380 --> 00:41:09.100
 I

00:41:09.100 --> 00:41:09.280
 had

00:41:09.280 --> 00:41:09.560
 intended

00:41:09.560 --> 00:41:09.760
 to

00:41:09.760 --> 00:41:09.900
 do

00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:10.220
 more

00:41:10.220 --> 00:41:12.940
 just

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:13.900
 unsettled

00:41:13.900 --> 00:41:14.380
 about

00:41:14.380 --> 00:41:14.660
 some

00:41:14.660 --> 00:41:14.780
 of

00:41:14.780 --> 00:41:15.000
 it

00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:16.400
 be

00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:16.540
 in

00:41:16.540 --> 00:41:16.760
 prayer

00:41:16.760 --> 00:41:16.960
 for

00:41:16.960 --> 00:41:17.180
 me

00:41:17.180 --> 00:41:17.360
 and

00:41:17.360 --> 00:41:17.519
 for

00:41:17.519 --> 00:41:17.660
 our

00:41:17.660 --> 00:41:18.120
 church

00:41:18.120 --> 00:41:19.860
 begin

00:41:19.860 --> 00:41:20.420
 having

00:41:20.420 --> 00:41:21.100
 scripturally

00:41:21.100 --> 00:41:21.680
 informed

00:41:21.680 --> 00:41:22.400
 conversations

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:22.880
 with your

00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:23.260
 closest

00:41:23.260 --> 00:41:24.019
 relationships

00:41:24.019 --> 00:41:24.360
 in our

00:41:24.360 --> 00:41:24.740
 church

00:41:24.740 --> 00:41:25.660
 and

00:41:25.660 --> 00:41:25.820
 then

00:41:25.820 --> 00:41:25.980
 have

00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:26.460
 conversations

00:41:26.460 --> 00:41:26.780
 with

00:41:26.780 --> 00:41:27.080
 people

00:41:27.080 --> 00:41:27.280
 you

00:41:27.280 --> 00:41:27.519
 may

00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:27.760
 not

00:41:27.760 --> 00:41:28.220
 regularly

00:41:28.220 --> 00:41:28.740
 speak

00:41:28.740 --> 00:41:29.060
 with

00:41:29.060 --> 00:41:30.080
 don't

00:41:30.080 --> 00:41:30.220
 get

00:41:30.220 --> 00:41:30.380
 into

00:41:30.380 --> 00:41:30.519
 an

00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:30.760
 echo

00:41:30.760 --> 00:41:31.120
 chamber

00:41:31.120 --> 00:41:32.700
 talk

00:41:32.700 --> 00:41:33.300
 broadly

00:41:33.300 --> 00:41:35.100
 where

00:41:35.100 --> 00:41:35.260
 are you

00:41:35.260 --> 00:41:35.500
 coming

00:41:35.500 --> 00:41:35.740
 from

00:41:35.740 --> 00:41:35.940
 on

00:41:35.940 --> 00:41:36.180
 this

00:41:36.180 --> 00:41:36.400
 ask

00:41:36.400 --> 00:41:36.560
 that

00:41:36.560 --> 00:41:37.060
 question

00:41:37.059 --> 00:41:37.420
 of

00:41:37.420 --> 00:41:37.759
 people

00:41:37.759 --> 00:41:39.679
 you

00:41:39.679 --> 00:41:39.820
 will

00:41:39.820 --> 00:41:39.980
 be

00:41:39.980 --> 00:41:40.320
 asked

00:41:40.320 --> 00:41:40.460
 if

00:41:40.460 --> 00:41:40.559
 you're

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:40.679
 a

00:41:40.679 --> 00:41:40.900
 member

00:41:40.900 --> 00:41:41.219
 to

00:41:41.219 --> 00:41:41.699
 vote

00:41:41.699 --> 00:41:42.500
 on

00:41:42.500 --> 00:41:42.619
 a

00:41:42.619 --> 00:41:43.019
 document

00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:43.400
 in

00:41:43.400 --> 00:41:43.559
 some

00:41:43.559 --> 00:41:43.920
 coming

00:41:43.920 --> 00:41:44.820
 months

00:41:44.820 --> 00:41:45.940
 be an

00:41:45.940 --> 00:41:46.599
 informed

00:41:46.599 --> 00:41:47.599
 voter

00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:49.480
 do not

00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:49.840
 take your

00:41:49.840 --> 00:41:50.440
 responsibility

00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:51.599
 as a

00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:51.799
 church

00:41:51.799 --> 00:41:52.139
 member

00:41:52.139 --> 00:41:53.219
 lightly

00:41:53.219 --> 00:41:54.779
 in

00:41:54.779 --> 00:41:54.779


00:41:54.779 --> 00:41:54.779


00:41:54.779 --> 00:41:54.779


00:41:54.779 --> 00:41:54.779


00:41:54.779 --> 00:41:54.779


00:41:54.779 --> 00:41:54.779


00:41:54.779 --> 00:41:54.779


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00:41:54.779 --> 00:41:54.859
!

00:41:54.859 --> 00:41:54.779
 in

00:41:54.779 --> 00:41:54.919
 the

00:41:54.919 --> 00:41:55.239
 meantime

00:41:55.239 --> 00:41:55.579
 and

00:41:55.579 --> 00:41:56.019
 beyond

00:41:56.019 --> 00:41:57.639
 let's

00:41:57.639 --> 00:41:57.899
 fight

00:41:57.899 --> 00:41:58.099
 for

00:41:58.099 --> 00:41:58.439
 marriages

00:41:58.439 --> 00:41:59.819
 let's

00:41:59.819 --> 00:42:00.079
 fight

00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:00.259
 for

00:42:00.259 --> 00:42:00.679
 marriages

00:42:00.679 --> 00:42:01.819
 many of

00:42:01.819 --> 00:42:02.000
 you may

00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:02.119
 not

00:42:02.119 --> 00:42:02.299
 know

00:42:02.299 --> 00:42:02.500
 this

00:42:02.500 --> 00:42:02.679
 but

00:42:02.679 --> 00:42:02.899
 it's

00:42:02.899 --> 00:42:03.119
 it's

00:42:03.119 --> 00:42:03.259
 one

00:42:03.259 --> 00:42:03.459
 of my

00:42:03.459 --> 00:42:03.939
 high

00:42:03.939 --> 00:42:04.319
 goals

00:42:04.319 --> 00:42:04.559
 as a

00:42:04.559 --> 00:42:04.879
 pastor

00:42:04.879 --> 00:42:06.000
 to

00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:06.319
 never

00:42:06.319 --> 00:42:06.839
 officiate

00:42:06.839 --> 00:42:07.000
 a

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:07.179
 wedding

00:42:07.179 --> 00:42:07.359
 that

00:42:07.359 --> 00:42:07.539
 ends

00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:07.659
 in

00:42:07.659 --> 00:42:08.139
 divorce

00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:09.139
 what a

00:42:09.139 --> 00:42:09.500
 wonderful

00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:09.920
 goal

00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:10.619
 that

00:42:10.619 --> 00:42:10.759
 would

00:42:10.759 --> 00:42:11.019
 be

00:42:11.019 --> 00:42:11.460
 if you

00:42:11.460 --> 00:42:12.699
 have

00:42:12.699 --> 00:42:13.319
 had me

00:42:13.319 --> 00:42:13.759
 officiate

00:42:13.759 --> 00:42:14.799
 your

00:42:14.799 --> 00:42:15.299
 wedding

00:42:15.299 --> 00:42:15.579
 you know

00:42:15.579 --> 00:42:15.920
 that's

00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:16.319
 why we

00:42:16.319 --> 00:42:16.759
 do

00:42:16.759 --> 00:42:17.259
 six

00:42:17.259 --> 00:42:17.619
 long

00:42:17.619 --> 00:42:17.960
 sessions

00:42:17.960 --> 00:42:18.099
 of

00:42:18.099 --> 00:42:18.440
 premarital

00:42:18.440 --> 00:42:18.920
 counseling

00:42:18.920 --> 00:42:20.740
 I want

00:42:20.740 --> 00:42:21.200
 to see

00:42:21.200 --> 00:42:22.039
 successful

00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:22.460
 marriages

00:42:22.460 --> 00:42:23.539
 in our

00:42:23.539 --> 00:42:23.980
 church

00:42:23.980 --> 00:42:25.039
 I don't

00:42:25.039 --> 00:42:25.360
 want to

00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:25.659
 have to

00:42:25.659 --> 00:42:26.039
 apply

00:42:26.039 --> 00:42:26.720
 I don't

00:42:26.720 --> 00:42:26.960
 want to

00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:27.220
 have to

00:42:27.220 --> 00:42:27.420
 apply

00:42:27.420 --> 00:42:27.559
 the

00:42:27.559 --> 00:42:27.800
 teaching

00:42:27.800 --> 00:42:27.980
 on

00:42:27.980 --> 00:42:28.300
 divorce

00:42:28.300 --> 00:42:28.440
 and

00:42:28.440 --> 00:42:28.760
 remarriage

00:42:28.760 --> 00:42:28.940
 wouldn't

00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:29.119
 it be

00:42:29.119 --> 00:42:29.380
 wonderful

00:42:29.380 --> 00:42:29.599
 if we

00:42:29.599 --> 00:42:29.720
 could

00:42:29.720 --> 00:42:30.000
 just

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:30.940
 skate

00:42:30.940 --> 00:42:31.360
 through

00:42:31.360 --> 00:42:31.800
 and

00:42:31.800 --> 00:42:32.039
 never

00:42:32.039 --> 00:42:32.300
 have

00:42:32.300 --> 00:42:32.480
 these

00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:32.860
 issues

00:42:32.860 --> 00:42:33.880
 arise

00:42:33.880 --> 00:42:34.119
 although

00:42:34.119 --> 00:42:34.340
 they

00:42:34.340 --> 00:42:34.720
 have

00:42:34.720 --> 00:42:34.820
 and

00:42:34.820 --> 00:42:35.320
 I'm

00:42:35.320 --> 00:42:35.740
 confident

00:42:35.740 --> 00:42:35.960
 they

00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:36.200
 will

00:42:36.200 --> 00:42:37.420
 in

00:42:37.420 --> 00:42:37.599
 the

00:42:37.599 --> 00:42:38.240
 future

00:42:38.240 --> 00:42:39.639
 because

00:42:39.639 --> 00:42:39.940
 marriage

00:42:39.940 --> 00:42:40.260
 is the

00:42:40.260 --> 00:42:40.900
 first

00:42:40.900 --> 00:42:41.139
 and

00:42:41.139 --> 00:42:42.099
 most

00:42:42.099 --> 00:42:42.840
 fundamental

00:42:42.840 --> 00:42:44.059
 of

00:42:44.059 --> 00:42:44.280
 human

00:42:44.280 --> 00:42:44.980
 institutions

00:42:44.980 --> 00:42:46.539
 may we

00:42:46.539 --> 00:42:46.780
 be a

00:42:46.780 --> 00:42:47.119
 church

00:42:47.119 --> 00:42:47.780
 full of

00:42:47.780 --> 00:42:48.079
 marriages

00:42:48.079 --> 00:42:49.279
 that exist

00:42:49.279 --> 00:42:49.579
 for the

00:42:49.579 --> 00:42:49.940
 glory

00:42:49.940 --> 00:42:51.000
 of our

00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:51.219
 great

00:42:51.219 --> 00:42:51.519
 God

00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:52.539
 let's

00:42:52.539 --> 00:42:52.679
 pray

00:42:52.679 --> 00:42:52.980
 together