'Best Practice’ or only one way?
Questions for Home Groups or Private Reflection
Read Mark 10:1-12
The Divine purpose in marriage
Read Matthew 19.1-12 and 1 Corinthians 7 as additional material. Deuteronomy 24 also helps get a ‘setting’ for Jesus’ comments
In what ways are these passages relevant for those who are not married?
You might like to take time looking at Paul’s reasons for preferring singleness, and Jesus’ own words about singleness, and how single people feel about that.
Marriage is often spoken of as a covenant. What is your understanding of the meaning of a ‘covenant’?
How is a marriage covenant broken, according to Jesus and Paul? Does that help us understand divorce and remarriage in our culture?
In Matthew 19 the Gk word ‘porneia’ is sometimes translated in English as ‘unfaithfulness’ and sometimes ‘sexual immorality’. What is the practical difference?
How can we best support those who have suffered a broken marriage ‘covenant’?