A) Last week, I gave the radio audience a clear warning about the upcoming teaching. Some of it may rub people the wrong way, but that’s not the goal. The goal is to look at the scriptures and apply them to our lives—not to follow church doctrine but biblical doctrine. Doctrine isn’t bad; it’s simply teaching, but it must be biblical, not denominational. How we grew up is important, but it doesn’t determine what the Bible says.

B) We discussed divorce from one of the most difficult perspectives, focusing on Jesus' teachings. Jesus makes it clear that the idea of marriage as a church institution is incorrect. It was established in the Garden, and Jesus confirms this.

C) Jesus also emphasizes that marriage is for the husband and wife to become one unit and establish their family line. A marriage is out of order when children take priority over the couple. The husband and wife should be the top priority, working together as a team to establish the family’s essence. Anything else is unbiblical.

D) Another important point is understanding Jesus' words in verses 6 through 9, where He says that what God has joined together, man should not separate. This doesn’t exclude God from separating people; it excludes man. There’s a significant difference between these two ideas. Verse 9 also states that except for sexual immorality, if anyone remarries, they commit adultery.

E) This is sensitive material, but people often overlook the process of forgiveness or the passage of time. It doesn’t mean that if a couple divorces and 30 years later they each remarry after seeking forgiveness and following God’s plans, they are committing adultery. That’s an absurdity that ignores forgiveness. The sin occurs when someone divorces specifically to marry someone else.