Marriage, Cohabitation and Divorce
21400768 Wonyeong Choi
Contemporary social problems and Startups 2016-10-25
Contents
I. Creation II. Fall
III. Redemption
IV. Consummation V. Open Questions
I. CREATION
I. Creation
• So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.(Genesis 1:27)
• “Be fruitful and increase in number”(Genesis 1:28)
• “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper(רֶז ֵעezer) suitable for him.” (Genesis
2:18)
• a man leaves his father and mother and is
united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
(Genesis 2:24)
I. Creation
• God’s Creation Rule of Marriage
1. Be fruitful and increase in number 2. Help, heal and care for each other 3. Commit and devote to each other
• Characteristics of Marriage
1. Selfless Relationship
2. Public Admission & Recognition 3. Everlasting Covenant
4. Physically Completed
II. FALL
II. Fall
• Divorce all over the world
II. Fall
• Divorce rates increases
http://www.diodeo.com/news/view/1530304
II. Fall
• Premarital cohabitation rates increases
http://www.knockonwoodblog.com/2014/10/premarital-cohabitation-snippet-of-my.html http://dailysignal.com/2012/03/28/familyfact-of-the-week-headlines-mask-cohabitations-continued-risks/
II. Fall
Problems of Cohabitation
1. lack of devotion and sacrifice 2. Not publicly responsible
“Freedom without responsibility is Chaos”
- Lindsey Graham -
https://childrenofdivorcedotnet.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/breaking-up.jpg http://www.millennialinflux.com/cohabitation-cheap-substitution-for-intimacy/
III. REDEMPTION
III. Redemption
What Jesus says about marriage?
• They are no longer two, but one flesh.
Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate” (Matthew 19:6)
• Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. (Matthew 19:8)
• I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery. (Matthew 19:9)
III. Redemption
1. Marriage is permanent
2. Divorce is only permitted because of sins of human.
3. Except for sexual immorality, re-marriage is adultery.
4. Jesus only allowed Porneia(physical sexual adultery) as the
only reason for allowing re-marriage and divorce.
5. Divorce is permitted, not forced or recommended.
III. Redemption
What Paul says about it?
1. If one becomes holy, his/her spouse becomes holy, too. Do not leave, unless unbelieving
one wants to leave, desperately.
2. Not recommending re-marriage. Rather go back to your spouse or remain single.
III. Redemption
• Summary
– God created marriage to be permanent. A man and a woman becomes mature and satisfied.
– Divorce is never recommended, but only
permitted, because of sins of human. Despite its justification, it is still sad and sinful.
– Divorce can be justified by two basis
1. if innocent has a spouse committed serious adultery.
2. If non-believing spouse really desperately badly don’t want to continue marriage.
III. Redemption
What would you do to make the society have healthy marriage?
1. Teach biblically
2. Help them prepare marriage 3. Help couples conciliate
4. Care for those who divorced
III. Redemption
1. Teach biblically
Through movies, books, seminars.
Need to remind of consequences of wrong perspective of marriage and divorce. And how to resolve marriage issues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIl-XY9t_Lw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK5-5qf9IQs
III. Redemption
2. Help them prepare marriage
couples need specific know-how of marriage life.
keep on advising and mentoring.
http://www.marriagementoring.com/
http://www.focusonthefamily.com/
III. Redemption
3. Help couples conciliate
Don’t let them, or watch them divorce, rather help them recover and conciliate.
Encourage and give them advices.
4. Care for those who divorced
Do not condemn, but encourage and help those who are suffering from consequences of divorce.
IV. CONSUMMATION
IV. Consummation
Jesus replied “The people of this age marry and are given in marriage. But those who are
considered worthy of taking part in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage, and
they can no longer die; for they are like the
angels. They are God’s children, since they are children of the resurrection.” (Luke 20:34~36)
Q? & A!
V. OPEN QUESTIONS
V. Open Questions
1. Do you think there will be marriage after consummation? God created men, women and marriage, so marriage is not wrong, but what do you think it means by that we “will neither marry nor be given in marriage”?
2. Do you agree to the statement that marrying with someone who had divorced is a sin?
What if he/she married in bad circumstances and was forced to divorce? What do you
think and what would you do? MyFreePPT.com
