In Matthew 19, Jesus gets asked about divorce. It is an interesting topic for Christians seeing that, according to Gallop (which is becoming an everyday occurance in most sermons I have heard) Poll, that the divorce rate for Christians is higher than for non-Christians. Thats crazy. My parents were divorced when I was around the age of nine. So I am well versed in all of the nuances of divorces. However, I want to ask you a question: When Jesus says you can only divorce for marital unfaithfulness what exactly is he talking about? Is it just sexually unfaithfulness? There were two thoughts on this in the 1st century. The Shammai believed that marital unfaithfulness was something indecent. The Hillel seem more like us today. They taught that you could divorce your wife is she did anything he disliked!!! The NIV study notes show us where Jesus stands, of course with the Shammai. That doesnt go where I want to go though...what about being spiritually unfaithful...or emotionally unfaithful? What happens when a marriage dissolves to nothing more than a replica of you and your college roommate who stay in the same apartment or house and fight over anything and everything? What does God have in mind for the marriages that end up like this where one or both of the people are miserable? What do you think? I'm still processing...
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