IS IT LAWFUL TO PUT AWAY?

 IS IT LAWFUL TO PUT AWAY?

“The Pharisees also came unto him tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.” Matthew 19:3-6. In the beginning is the creation when God made them male and female. God “made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.” Genesis 2:22. The union of male and female in marriage is a God appointed union. God did not bring a man to a man nor did he bring a female to a female. When the rule of God is changed to suit the fancy of men, sin takes place. Society places itself in grave eternal danger when the law of the Creator is ignored, or in many situations today, blatantly violated. The law of God cannot be disregarded without severe repercussions. Jesus answered a question which was only asked to tempt him. These religious people were not interested in the truth. Their question concerning the divorce of a man and his wife. The design of God for marriage has always been the same: one man married to one woman for life. And man has no power to put asunder this divine arrangement. The union of marriage which is to produce children and create a home has long been under assault by the devil. Sin has broken homes and destroyed lives. The marriage of a male and a female is likened to the beauty of Christ and his church. Ephesians 5:22-33. Rather than being put asunder, the marriage union is to grow stronger with the passing of days. As we read from Ephesians five, we understand that marriage is to be established upon love for each other and caring for each other. Just as Christ and his church are to stand forever, so the marriage union is to stand forever. As the Lord nourishes and cherishes the church, so the husband is to love and cherish his wife. When the husband loves his wife and the wife respects her husband, this union will remain secure days without end. Jesus answered the question posed to him that marriage was a union of male and female that was not to be broken.