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Description
Welcome to Focus On The Message – the first component of our Following Jesus discipleship program. This web page contains the lessons for:
Matthew 19
Purpose
Follow this link for information about these key aspects of our training: Purpose, Goals, Habits, Ministries, and Assignments.
Matthew 19
This chapter has 3. lessons. You should ideally cover one chapter (with all of its lessons) in a week, but please don’t let a week go by without completing at least one lesson.
Lesson 1: Divorce
Main text and related passages:
- Divorce – Matthew 19:1-12 – Bible Gateway
- Matthew 19:1-12; Mark 10:1-12; Luke 16:16-18
- Matthew 5:31-32; Matthew 19:1-12; Exodus 21:1-11; Deuteronomy 24:1-4; Malachi 2:13-16; 1 Corinthians 7 NIV
- In this passage, Jesus is actually addressing the practice of “any cause” divorce. See link to the Interview with Dr. Instone-Brewer below for more information.
- The Bible has a lot to say about divorce, so we shouldn’t base our understanding of this difficult topic on this portion of Matthew alone. Additional scriptures are provided above. The book list also