Apr 20 2024 88 mins
Like Jeremiah, Jesus is warning the people of Judea about divorce. In the time of Christ, this is an exceptionally charged issue due both to the controversy between Herod and John the Baptist and to the different schools of thought among the Jewish leaders. Jesus is not content to merely answer the question as asked, but takes the opportunity to go back to the Bible, back to God's original plan at creation and affirm the beauty, truth, and goodness of a lifelong one-man, one-woman, one-flesh bond. Marriage is under attack again, being assailed by the lies of feminism, sexual freedom, comfort, self-centredness, and ease. As always, the people of God are presented with the choice between the spirit of the age and the Spirit of Truth. The Spirit of Truth is able to sanctify us no matter where we've been, and He shows us that marriage is good, that it is worth the cost, and that it is a fitting picture of how God began His creation and how He will gloriously consummate it at the return of His Son.