Childlessness Doesn’t Justify Divorce

Love ❤️ at Home: Childlessness Doesn’t Justify Divorce

By Pastor and Mrs Chifamba

HAVING NO CHILDREN IS NO SUFFICIENT BIBLICAL GROUND FOR DIVORCE

Matthew‬ ‭19‬:‭3‬-‭6‬ ‭ESV‬

“And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

A woman may be legally divorced from her husband by the laws of the land and yet not divorced in the sight of God and according to the higher law. There is only one sin, which is adultery, which can place the husband or wife in a position where they can be free from the marriage vow in the sight of God. Although the laws of the land may grant a divorce, yet they are husband and wife still in the Bible light, according to the laws of God. – {Adventist Home p. 344.2}

Matthew‬ ‭19‬:‭7‬-‭9‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“They said to him, “Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?” He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”

GOD HATES MARITAL UNFAITHFULNESS AND DIVORCE ‼️

Hebrews‬ ‭13‬:‭4‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.”

Malachi‬ ‭2‬:‭13‬-‭14‬ ‭NASB‬

“This is another thing you do: you cover the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping and with groaning, because He no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand. Yet you say, ‘For what reason?’ Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.”

Malachi‬ ‭2‬:‭16‬ ‭NASB

“For I hate divorce,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with wrong,” says the Lord of hosts. “So take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.”

COMPANIONSHIP IS THE FIRST AND FOR MOST IMPORTANT BLESSING OF MARRIAGE. CHILDREN ARE AN ADDITIONAL BLESSING THAT MUST NOT ECLIPSE COMPANIONSHIP IN MARRIAGE ‼️

Genesis‬ ‭2‬:‭18‬ ‭GNT‬

“Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to live alone. I will make a suitable companion to help him.”

God Himself gave Adam a companion. He provided “an help meet for him”—a helper corresponding to him—one who was fitted to be his companion, and who could be one with him in love and sympathy. – {Adventist Home p. 25.3}

‭‭‬CHILDREN OR NO CHILDREN REJOICE WITH THE WIFE OF THY YOUTH. IF THERE BE ANY PROBLEMS IN MARRIAGE TAKE THEM TO THE LORD IN PRAYER 🙏

Proverbs 5:18

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

Philippians‬ ‭4‬:‭4‬, ‭6‬-‭7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”