Bible study on marriage, divorce, marriage

1. Matthew, Mark, Luke And
John -- Before The Cross...
Proposition: The Scriptures teach that the
books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
are a part of the Old Testament.
Proves: Why Matthew 19 Is Not New
Testament Doctrine.
Proposition: The Scriptures teach that the
books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
are a part of the Old Testament.
Proves: Why Matthew 19 Is Not New
Testament Doctrine.
“21
Prove all things; hold fast that which
is good. 22
Abstain from all appearance
of evil” (1Thess.5:21-21).

2. Three Covenant Ages-Bible
Bible has 3 different covenant
ages:
1. Patriarchal age: covenants with
individuals and families Gen. 1 – Ex. 19.
2. Mosaical age:covenant with only Old
Testament Israel Ex. 20 – Jn. 19.
50 Days Between Old - New Test.
Matt.28,Mk.16,Lk.24,Jn,20-21,Acts
1
3. New Testament age: Acts 2 –
Rev. 22.

3. 20
The Bible Time-Line...
Old Testament End New Testament
Genesis - Acts 2 - Rev. 22
MMLJBC 50
Christ Days Church Today
o-----o------o------o--> o o----------------->
Every character, covenant, command and promise!
* The Bible is essentially covenant history
* Old Testament: “past” covenant history
* New Testament: “present” covenant history

4. Is Everything Jesus Taught
In Matt. 19 N.T. Doctrine?
Is everything that Jesus taught in
MMLJBC New Testament doctrine? NO!
Is everything that Jesus taught in
Matthew 19 NT doctrine? NO!
Matt. 19:16-17: “…Good Master, what
good thing shall I do that I may have
eternal life…keep the commandments”
…within the law of Moses!!!

5. Churches Of Christ Will Not
Give From MMLJBC...
Sabbath to Seventh Day Adventists! NO!
Instrumental Music to Methodists! NO!
Thief on the cross to Baptists…as New
Testament doctrine…NO!
Some among churches of Christ insist
that they have the right to take marriage,
divorce and (re)marriage law from
Matthew 19:3-12 as NT doctrine. No!

6. We Must Interpret Matthew
19:3-12 Just As 19:16-22!
Matthew 19:3-22 was all a part of the Old
Testament law of Moses.
Contains only the teaching and
commands of the Old Testament
law of Moses.
By what law of interpretation do they take
Matthew 19:3-12 as N.T. doctrine and
reject 19:16-22?

7. Matthew 19:3-12...
“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.”

8. Matthew 19:3-12...
“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.”

9. Matthew 19:3-22...
“16
And, behold, one came and said unto him,
Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I
may have eternal life? 17
And he said unto him,
Why callest thou me good? there is none good
but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into
life, keep the commandments. 18
He saith unto
him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no
murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou
shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false
witness, 19
Honour thy father and thy mother:
and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

10. Matthew 19:3-22...
“20
The young man saith unto him, All these
things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I
yet? 21
Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect,
go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor,
and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and
come and follow me. 22
But when the young man
heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for
he had great possessions.”
Has Deaver sold all of his possessions?

11. Spiritual Sword
Lectureships Of 1992…
Traditionalists teach that Matthew 19:3-12
refers to Deuteronomy 24:1-4!
“In the passage in Matthew 19, as we
have seen, the Jews referred to the words
of Moses taken from Deuteronomy 24:1-
4.” What The Scriptures Teach
Regarding Marriaqe, Divorce And
Remarriage, Alan Highers, p. 30.

12. Spiritual Sword
Lectureship Of 1992...
“Deuternomy 24:1-4 deserves special
attention not only because of its
significant contribution to Jesus’
discussion with the Pharisees concerning
divorce in Matthew 19, but because its
true meaning has been obscured by older
translations.” The Biblical Definition
Of Divorce, Edwin S. Jones, p. 255.

13. Matthew 19:3-12...
“Is it lawful…”
“Lawful” used more than 60 times in
MMLJBC, and it always referred to
the Old Testament law of Moses!
Never referred to New Testament!
Comparison of what was “lawful” in
the law of Moses in both Deut. 24
and Matt. 19.

14. Matthew 19:3-12...
“For every cause…taught by the
rabbis…”
Only “one cause” in the law of
Moses, Deut. 24:1-4 “ervah dabar”
(some uncleanness, sexual
immorality)!
Christ defined the “cause” for
divorce in Matthew 19 as
“fornication”!

15. Christ Condemned All
Rabbinical “Traditions”...
Christ condemned all 1st century
Jewish “rabbinical traditions” about
the law (Matt. 15:1-15).
Christ also condemns all of today’s
21st century brotherhood,
Protestant and Roman Catholic
doctrinal “traditions.” There is
simply no inspired truth in human
tradition!

16. “Except For Fornicatio”
Matthew 19:9...
Strong’s Definition, p. 91: “ervah,
from 6168, nudity, nakedness,
shame, unclean(ness), make bare,
discover, make naked, spreadself,
uncover.”
Fornication: “4202, porneia, 4203,
harlotry, adultery, incest, unlawful
lust in either sex.”
Moses and Christ taught same
thing!

17. “Except For Fornication…”
Moses and Christ both taught there
was only “one cause” -- sexual
uncleanness --for divorce in Israel!
Christ defined the phrase “ervah
dabar” in Deut. 24 as “fornication.”
Moses and Christ gave only “one
cause” for divorce in the old
Mosaical covenant. Mt. 19 was
abolished at the cross (Ephesians
2:12-15)!!!

18. “Ye have heard it said…”
Christ did not contrast Old and New
Covenant laws.
Christ contrasted -- more than 100
times -- the “true” law of Moses
with the “false” rabbinical
“traditions” about the law of his
time in Israel.
Christ always quoted the law or the
“tradition” on which the rabbinical
“tradition” was based when facing
his rabbinical enemies.

19. “And...But...For...Verily I
say unto you…”
This phrase used more than 100
times by Christ before the cross.
Always referred to the Jews under
the Old Testament law of Moses.
Examples: Matt. 5:19-26; 16:18;
24:34.
Christ never referred to NT law in
Matthew 19!

20. “Whosoever…”
Moses: “Whosoever he be of the
children of Israel” (Lev. 20:2).
Christ: “…whosoever looketh on a
woman to lust after her hath
committed adultery with her already
in heart” (Matt. 5:28).
Words “covet” and “lust” have same
definition in both Old / New
Testaments.

21. “Whosoever marrieth her that
is put away-unlawfully...”
Jesus taught in Matthew 19 that
“whosoever” in Israel that put away
their wife UNLAWFULLY-that is
according to the “causes” set forth
in the false rabbinical “traditions-
and marries another -- committed
adultery -- because he
transgressed the law of Moses in
Israel.

22. Old Testament
Law Of Moses...
The Old Testament law of Moses to
which Matthew 19 belonged…
Never applied to anyone except the
Jews of the Old Testament
children of Israel!
No one today is accountable to the
law of Moses for it was “nailed to
the cross” Col. 2:14, “abolished,
“taken away” 2 Cor. 3:7, 13, 16.

23. 25REASONS Why Matthew 19
Is Not N.T. Doctrine...
1. Jesus was born, circumcised, lived,
taught and died under the authority of the
Old Testament law of Moses (Gal. 4:4-5).
Jesus had no N.T. “authority” in MMLJBC!
2. By covenant, Jesus was an O.T.
“Israelite” -- not a N.T. “Christian.”
3. By covenant, Jesus was an O.T.
“prophet,” a minister of the “circumcision”
(Rom. 15:8).

24. 25REASONS Why Matthew 19
Is Not N.T. Doctrine...
4. Jesus came to “fulfill” all prophecies
and promises God made to Israel in the
law of Moses (Mt.5:17-18).
5. Jesus declared hundreds of times that
his teaching in MMLJBC was the O.T. law
of Moses and prophets (Matt. 7:12).
6. Jesus was sent only to the “lost sheep
of the house of Israel” (Matt. 15:24).

25. 25REASONS Why Matthew 19
Is Not N.T. Doctrine...
7. Every doctrine, prophecy or parable
Jesus taught in MMLJBC was taken
directly from the earlier revelation of the
“law of Moses/writing of the prophets”:
A. Jesus quoted Moses 40 times!
B. Hundreds of examples of Jesus
teaching the law of Moses in MMLJBC!

26. 25REASONS Why Matthew 19
Is Not N.T. Doctrine...
8. John and Jesus came in MMLJBC to
“restore” unfaithful Jews, not “save” alien
sinners/the world (Isa. 49:6; Mt.17:9-13).
9. Jesus contrasted the “truth” of the O.T.
law of Moses with the false rabbinical
“traditions” of the rabbis (Mt. 15:1-9).
10. Jesus believed in the law of Moses
and practiced Jew’s OT religion!

27. 25REASONS Why Matthew 19
Is Not N.T. Doctrine...
11. In MMLJBC, Jesus observed the Old
Testament “sabbath” (Mk. 2:7-8).
12. Jesus commanded that “animal blood
sacrifice” be made according to the law of
Moses (Matt. 8:1-4).
13. Jesus “offered” tithes (Matt. 23:23).
14. Jesus preached Old Testament “plan
of salvation” for Jews only (Mt. 19:16-22).

28. 25REASONS Why Matthew 19
Is Not N.T. Doctrine...
15. Jesus preached Old Testament
Mosaical “gospel” that the Messiah had
come and the new covenant age and
kingdom was “at hand” (Mk. 1:1-15).
16. Jesus preached only old covenant
“belief” in the Messiah and “faith” in God,
and the law of Moses as the law required
(Matt. 9:22).

29. 25REASONS Why Matthew 19
Is Not N.T. Doctrine...
17. Jesus never used the word
“Christian” in MMLJBC, he never
produced one New Testament “child of
God,” he never worshiped with the new
covenant church.
18. Jesus taught and practiced John’s old
covenant “baptism for the remission of
sins” in the “restoration” of unfaithful Jews
in Israel (Jn. 4:1-2).

30. 25REASONS Why Matthew 19
Is Not N.T. Doctrine...
19. Jesus taught Old Testament salvation
for Jews by the “works of the law” (Matt.
19:16-22).
20. Jesus was a perfect example of a
Jew, an Israelite living according to the
law of Moses, not an example of one
living the “perfect” Christian life. In fact,
Jesus was not a N.T. “Christian.”

31. 25REASONS Why Matthew 19
Is Not N.T. Doctrine...
21. While Jesus spoke Old Testament
“prophecies” and “parables” depicting the
then-soon-to-come New Testament age,
he never revealed New Testament
doctrine before the cross (Matt.13:10-17).
22. Jesus condemned the “traditional
causes” for divorce taught by the rabbis
(Matt. 19:3).

32. 25REASONS Why Matthew 19
Is Not N.T. Doctrine...
23. Jesus never used the word “grace” in
MMLJBC.
24. Jesus teaches in Galatians 2:16-17
that a Christian cannot be “justified” by
keeping the Old Testament law of Moses
in this New Testament age. Any attempt
to do so will cause the Christian to “fall
from grace” (Gal. 5:4).

33. 25REASONS Why Matthew 19
Is Not N.T. Doctrine...
25. Jesus taught the same Old
Testament law of Moses for marriage,
divorce and marriage in Matthew 19 that
Moses taught in Deuteronomy 24:1-4.
Both God and Moses
prophesied that Jesus, as the Messiah,
would teach the law just as they had
originally revealed the law in the Mosaical
covenant.