“Some Pharisees came and tested Jesus by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” “What did Moses command you?” Jesus replied. They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.” “It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied. “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them MALE and FEMALE.’ “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but FROM THE BEGINNING IT WAS NOT SO.” (Matt. 19:8) ‘For this reason a man (male) will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife (female), and the two will become one flesh.’ So THEY ARE NO LONGER TWO, BUT ONE FLESH. Therefore what God has JOINED TOGETHER, LET NO ONE SEPARATE.” (Mark 10:2-9)
The Bible is telling us: Let marriage always be thought of as precious. Let it be treasured like gold and silver and rare jewels. Let it be revered and respected like the noblest, most virtuous person you have ever known. Let it be esteemed and valued as something terribly costly. In God’s eyes marriage is precious and therefore He says, “MARRIAGE IS HONORABLE IN ALL…” (Hebrews 13:4)
-Bill Stockham