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Matthew 19:1-12
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1When Jesus had finished
saying these things, he left Galilee and went into the region of Judea to the
other side of the
2Large crowds followed him,
and he healed them there.
3Some Pharisees came to him
to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any
and every reason?”
4“Haven’t you read,” he
replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
5and said, ‘For this reason a
man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two
will become one flesh’?
6So they are no longer two,
but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
7“Why then,” they asked, “did
Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her
away?”
8Jesus replied, “Moses
permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was
not this way from the beginning.
9I tell you that anyone who
divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman
commits adultery.”
10The disciples said to him,
“If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to
marry.”
11Jesus replied, “Not
everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given.
12For there are eunuchs who
were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by
others—and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the
kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”
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1)
According to
verses 1 and 2 what did Jesus do when large
crowds followed him after he left Galilee and went into the region of Judea to
the other side of the
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Jesus healed them
there.
2)
According to
verse 3 how did some Pharisees test Jesus?
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They asked Jesus
if it was lawful for a man to divorce his wife for
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Any.
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And every reason.
3)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 4 what genders did God make people to be?
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God made them
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Male.
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And female.
4)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 4 to 6 what is the consequence as a result of God making
people male and female?
o
A man will
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Leave his
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Father.
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And mother.
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And be united to
his wife.
o
And the two will
become one flesh.
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Therefore what
God has joined together, let no one separate.
5)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verses 4 to 6 how does God regard divorce?
o
God is against divorce.
6)
According to what
the Pharisees said in verse 7 what
contradiction did they see in light of the conversation they had with Jesus?
o
Why did Moses command that a man
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Give his wife a
certificate of divorce.
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And send her away?
o
If God is against
divorce.
7)
From the Pharisees’
perspective how did Moses regard divorce
since he commanded that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her
away?
o
Moses must
approve of divorce.
8)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 8 how did Moses regard
divorce?
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Moses permitted divorce.
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Because
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The hearts of the
Jews were hard, implying that he
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Only let a man divorce
his wife.
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But did not command
it.
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And therefore did
not approve of it.
9)
What is the basis
for the Pharisees’ understanding that Moses commanded divorce, given Deuteronomy
24:1-4?
o
Let’s take a look
at the passage.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Deuteronomy 24:1-4 that says,
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1If a man marries a woman who
becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, and
he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his
house,
2and if after she leaves his
house she becomes the wife of another man,
3and her second husband
dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends
her from his house, or if he dies,
4then her first husband, who
divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again after she has been defiled.
That would be detestable in the eyes of the Lord. Do not bring sin upon the
land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.
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10)
What kind of
proceedings were the Pharisees talking about when they mentioned a man giving his
wife a certificate of divorce and sending her away?
o
They were talking
about the proceedings for divorce.
11)
What is the
verbiage of the proceedings for divorce found in Deuteronomy 24:1?
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A man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him.
o
Because
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He finds
something indecent about her.
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And he
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Writes her a
certificate of divorce.
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Gives it to her.
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And sends her
from his house.
12)
What purpose do the
proceedings for divorce found in the conditional clause in Deuteronomy 24:1 serve?
o
The proceedings
for divorce in the conditional clause are set up for the stipulation of
forbidding remarriage between the divorced husband and wife in the main clause.
o
If
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The divorced wife
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Remarried.
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And then was
divorced again.
13)
What loophole of morality
does the stipulation in Deuteronomy 24:1-4 plug?
o
It plugs the
loophole of
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Legally passing
around wives.
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And sharing wives
through serial
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Divorce.
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And remarriage.
14)
Are the proceedings
for divorce found in the conditional clause in Deuteronomy 24:1 for the purpose
of commanding divorce and why?
o
No, because the proceedings
were set up for the purpose of plugging the loophole of
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Legally passing
around wives.
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And sharing wives
through serial
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Divorce.
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And remarriage.
15)
Can the proceedings
for divorce be found anywhere else in the law of Moses?
o
No.
16)
Since the proceedings
for divorce cannot be found to stand alone anywhere in the law of Moses, what can we say about Moses commanding divorce?
o
Moses did not command
divorce.
17)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 8 why did Moses
permit divorce?
o
Moses permitted
divorce.
o
Because
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The hearts of the
Jews were hard.
18)
How did Moses
permit divorce?
o
Moses permitted
divorce through the conditional clause in Deuteronomy 24:1.
19)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 8 what was God’s
intent for marriage from the beginning in
regard to permitting divorce?
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Permitting divorce
in marriage was not intended by God from the beginning.
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It was a later
development.
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Because
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The hearts of the
Jews were hard.
20)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 9 how does a man commit
adultery?
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Anyone who
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Divorces his
wife, except for sexual immorality.
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And marries
another woman.
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Commits adultery.
21)
According to what
the disciples said in verse 10 what is a
better choice in light of the situation between
a husband and wife?
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It is better not
to marry.
22)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 12 what are the
different kinds of eunuch?
o
There are eunuchs
who were born that way.
o
There are eunuchs
who have been made eunuchs by others.
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There are those
who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven.
23)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 12 what should those do
who can accept living like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven?
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The one who can
accept this should accept it.
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Matthew 19:1-12
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