2/25/11 JESUS TOOK A STAND RE DIVORCE b/c it was SO HARD ON WOMEN at that TIME
2/25/11 cblog JESUS TOOK A STAND RE DIVORCE b/c it was SO HARD ON WOMEN AT THE TIME; Omgc "In part Jesus took such a hard line against divorce..bc it had swung sofar in other direction..man could divorce for any reason..looks, sex, whatever..& it wasn't 50/50 division of property..the man could divorce & deny her any income...she was on the street..own family wouldn't take her back..thus divorce ..terrible social consequences....to remember women have as much dignity as do men.. 1 Sir 6:5-17 A kind mouth multiplies friends and appeases enemies and gracious lips prompt friendly greetings Let your acquaintances be many but one in a thousand your confidant. When you gain a friend, first test him, and be not too ready to trust him. For one sort is a friend when it suits him, but he will not be with you in time of distress. Another is a friend who becomes an enemy, and tells of the quarrel to your shame Another is a friend, a boon companion, who will not be with you when sorrow comes When things go well, he is your other self, and lords it over your servants; But if you are brought low, he turns against you and avoids meeting you. Keep away from your enemies be on your guard with your friends A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter; he who finds one finds a treasure. A faithful friend is beyond price, no sum can balance his worth. A faithful friend is a life-saving remedy, such as he who fears God finds; For he who fears God behaves accordingly, and his friend will be like h fears God finds; For he who fears God behaves accordingly, and his friend will be like himself . Ps 119:12, 16 R. (35a) Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands. Blessed are you, O LORD; teach me your statutes R. Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands. In your statutes I will delight; I will not forget your words. R. Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands. Open my eyes, that I may consider the wonders of your law path of your commands, for in it I delight. R. Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands. Mark 10.1-12 " Jesus came into the district of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds gathered around him and, as was his custom, he again taught them. The Pharisees approached him and asked,“Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?” They were testing him. He said to them in reply, “What did Moses command you?” They replied,“Moses permitted a husband to write a bill of divorce and dismiss her.” But Jesus told them,“Because of the hardness of your hearts he wrote you this commandment. But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife and the two shall become one flesh. So they are no longer two but one flesh Therefore what God has joined together, no human being must separate.” In the house the disciples again questioned Jesus about this.He said to them,“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
