DEEPER LIFE DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY
Daily Manna by Pastor Kumuyi is a daily devotional sets out to provide spiritual nourishment for the believers who truly seek God and would walk closely with Him.
The Topic of Deeper Life Daily
Manna Devotional for 17 Th May 2023 is “ Conditional Divorce?“
Text: Matthew 19:1-12
(KJV)
19 And
it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from
Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;
2 And
great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
3 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?
4 And
he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at
the beginning made them male and female,
5 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?
6 Wherefore
they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together,
let not man put asunder.
7 They
say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and
to put her away?
8 He
saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to
put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
9 And
I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for
fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth
her which is put away doth commit adultery.
10 His
disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not
good to marry.
11 But he said unto them,
All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.
12 For
there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there
are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which
have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able
to receive it, let him receive it.
KEY VERSE: “And I say unto you,
Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall
marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away
doth commit adultery.” – (Matthew 19:9)
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DAILY
MANNA FOR TODAY
In
2019, there were about 800,000 divorce cases in Europe. The number was around
1.042 million in the United States. Available data show that the number of
registered divorce cases in China rose from 2.7 million in 2010 to 4.7 million
in 2019. South Africa had 23,710 cases the same year. More than 200 divorce
petitions were filed in one state in Nigeria each month in 2021.
The
contention regarding divorce has existed for centuries. Jesus told the
Pharisees and the crowd that listened to Him that no man should put asunder
what the Lord had joined together. Men were sending away their wives,
hypocritically citing Moses’ injunction of giving the writing of divorcement.
He plainly told them that Moses permitted that because of their hardened
hearts. He explained that the only condition for divorce was fornication, which
was applicable to people who were engaged to marry. Adultery, not fornication,
is applicable in marriage.
By
implication, Jesus was saying that there was, in fact, no condition for divorce
after marriage. He made it clear that if anyone puts away his wife and marries
another, he has committed adultery. Moreover, anyone who marries a divorced
woman commits adultery.
The
society has refused to accept these biblical truths. Young men and women now
enter into marriages as contracts and divorce after a few years, citing
“irreconcilable differences”; However, God’s word cannot be disputed. If you
have divorced your wife, get her back. If you have married a divorced fellow,
be it a man or woman, it will be wisdom if you quit the marriage in order to
save your soul.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Nobody
wins in a divorce case.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Galatians 1-3