Who’s at fault for divorce?
What If Jesus Was Serious? Part 8 of 11 from July 3, 2022
Big Idea: “Jesus has always been the solution to our problem.”
Matthew 5:31-32 by Matthew Wheelock (@matthew.wheelock.31)
QUESTIONS
- 💬 How does knowing the “1st Century Headlines” help us hear Jesus’ heart on this teaching? 
- 💬 Are we believing the lie that our sin is merely a personal problem? 
- 💬 How do we trust God’s intended outcome for our relationships? 
- 💬 How do we resist our enemy’s accusations that our past failures are dooming our current efforts? 
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
- 📖 Read Matthew 5:31-32 
- 📖 Hebrew law concerning certificates of divorce (Deuteronomy 24:1-4) 
- 📖 God’s disdain for divorce (Malachi 2:16) 
- 📖 “1st Century Headlines” as a backdrop (Mark 6) 
- 📖 Marriage is a picture of our salvation (Ephesians 5:22-33) 
- 📖 God’s great love for all the world (John 3:16-17) 
LINKS
- Music by Blue Dot Sessions 
- Images courtesy of Unsplash 


