A Study on Divorce and Remarriage

Understanding God's Unchanging Standard for Marriage

The concept of having multiple husbands or wives - one at a time - has become an accepted norm in contemporary society. In an age defined by “anything goes” and “don’t judge me,” the restraints that once held marriages together for a lifetime have steadily eroded.

This erosion has not stopped at the church doors. Divorce and remarriage are now as common inside the church as they are outside of it, even among Christian leaders. In an effort to accommodate this shift, many have expanded the exception clause found in the Gospel of Matthew until it has become the primary justification for divorce and remarriage among believers.

This study is written for those who take the Bible as their final authority.

God permitted divorce because of the hardness of human hearts. But should that allowance become the rule for those who love God and seek to live by the power of His Holy Spirit? Scriptures that were written to reaffirm God’s unchanging standard for marriage are now often used to justify what they were intended to correct.

Rather than leading the world uphill in covenant faithfulness, many Christian leaders have followed the culture downhill - lowering the standard and weakening the foundation of the family. As a result, personal experience, emotion, and majority opinion have increasingly replaced Scripture as the final word.

This book carefully examines what Jesus was truly saying concerning the exception clause in Matthew, placing His words within their proper biblical and cultural context. Its purpose is not to condemn, but to call the body of Christ back to the authority of God’s Word and His original design for the marriage covenant.

Written with biblical conviction and clarity, this study challenges believers to honor God’s truth above cultural opinion, personal circumstance, or emotional pressure - raising the standard for Christian marriages and pointing the next generation toward covenant faithfulness.