Morning – Psalm
120, 122, 123, 2 Kings 2, 1 Tim.3:1-13
Evening - Psalm 144, Job 42:1-9. Mt. 19:1-15
Commentary,
Matthew 19:1-15
The Pharisees
continue their opposition to Christ..
Part of their plan is to kill Him; part of their plan is to discredit
Him. Of course, discrediting comes
first, for that will turn the crowds against Him, and give them the pretext of
having Him executed for heresy and blasphemy. So they attempt to make Him alienate the
people by asking Him about divorce.
Then, as now, people were self-centered, and had a difficult time making
themselves love their spouses after the first excitement of hormones wore off. So divorce was common, and people went from
marriage to marriage. If Jesus speaks
against it, He will certainly alienate many people. If He does not speak against it He will be
guilty of breaking the teachings of Scripture.
Undeterred, our
Lord gives the truth about marriage; one man and one woman for life. That is God’s view of marriage, and it is as
immutable as God Himself.. Furthermore,
He declares that marrying a divorced woman is adultery. In other words, in God’s eyes, she is still
married to her first husband. The same
is true of a divorced man, though our Lord deals here only with the woman due
to the nature of the question He is answering.
There are
circumstances that make divorce allowable, though not required. Christ here mentions fornication. That frees the spouse from the marriage.
Jesus’ blessing
the children teaches an important lesson; children are never too young to learn
of the Saviour’s love, never too young to learn to love and worship Him, never
too young to be counted as part of the family of God. “Suffer little children” means to allow them
to come to Jesus.
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