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OCTOBER 18, 1936 THE SERIOUSNESS OF DIVORCE M atthew 19:1-9 Meditation on the Lesson
From the depths of a heart radiant with love for his Master and burdened with the souls o f men, Paul cries out to rouse us from our lethargy and spiritual indolence. The church of the living God is silenced by the apostle’s piercing questions. How can the heathen call on One about whom they have not heard? How can they hear unless we who know the God of salvation tell them of Him? And why have we so long denied those perishing millions the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour ? This places the responsibility right where it be longs—on the church, that is, on you and me. Paul quotes Isaiah: “How beautiful are the feet o f them that preach th e1 gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!” What a privilege to bear the glad tidings! Will you not be obedient to our Lord’s command, “Go ye” ? Would you have the joy o f leading men to Christ? Tell your Master that you will gladly la bor in His vineyard. Yes, Lord, “Here am I ; send me.” Helps for the Leader I. W asps and M en Huber, the great naturalist, tells us that if a single wasp discovers a deposit of honey or other food, he will return to his nest, and impart the good news to his companions, who will sally forth in great numbers to partake of the fare which has been discovered for them. Shall we who have found honey in the rock Christ Jesus, be less considerate of our fellow men than wasps are o f their fellow insects? Ought we not rather, like the Samaritan woman, to hasten to tell the good news? Com mon humanity should prevent one of us from concealing the great discovery which grace has enabled us to make. — C harles H addon S purgeon . II. A re Y ou R e a d y ? Who are likely to be called to mission ary work? 1. Those who know Christ as Saviour and who love Him sincerely. Full-time Christian service is one profession which demands utter consecration to the cause itself. 2. Those who are prepared, or who can become prepared, by education, practical church work, and personal experience. 3. Those who are willing to pay any price so as to do the will of Godi 4. Those who realize their responsibil ity to God and to the needs of humanity. On this basis there should be wide search ing of hearts as each Endeavorer says, “Perhaps—perhaps God wants me,” or better still, “ Here am I, Lord; send me.” —A Year o f Meetings, published by the In te r n a tio n a l S o c ie t y of C h ristian Endeavor.
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God, speaking through men by His Holy Spirit, emphasizes throughout His Word the seribtisness and the sacredness.of the marriage relationship. Matthew, Mark, and Lukes; all record the most solemn, heart-searching words that our Lord spoke on this subject. .Paul the apostle also im presses us with the holiness of the mar riage vows. From the beginning of human history, God ordained the sanctity of marriage. In the account concerning the Garden of Eden we read: “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his w ife : and they shall be one flesh” (Gen. 2:24). The Lord Jesus Christ quotes these very words from Genesis in His convinc ing, authoritative reply to the Pharisees, who asked him whether it was lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause. Nowhere can you find a more sol emn injunction than is recorded in verse 6 o f our lesson: “What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.” Would that these words were burned with fire on every heart, or graven as with an iron pen! When God has joined two hearts, any effort to put them asunder is like fighting against God. How serious the indictment! Our courts are crowded with divorce cases, however, and men and women and judges go recklessly on, defy ing God’s commands and breaking His laws. It is indeed a tragic situation. We can find the reason for it in verse 8: “Be cause of the hardness of your hearts.” Men’s consciences have become seared and their hearts hardened. People have be come blinded by sin until they cease to see the awful evil in divorce. Jesus Christ held the marriage relationship in such high esteem that He used it as a figure o f the relation between Himself and His church (Eph. 5 :23-32). How could He more beau tifully have illustrated its sacredness ? We thus see a double reason that the marriage vows should be binding: First, Christ has so commanded; second, He exalts this re lationship to a place o f exceedingly high honor. ■ Helps for the Leader I. C hrist ’ s V iew of M arriage The break-up o f marriage is a serious matter, not only because o f its increase but also because of its devastation in the lives of those directly affected.
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