The Heart of the Law Part 2

Some topics are difficult or even awkward to talk about. Matthew 5:27-32 presents two such topics: adultery and divorce. These are complex but important issues that we will all encounter at one time or another as we go throughout life. Our culture has a lot to say about sex and marriage. What does Jesus say? And is what the Bible has to say still relevant to us today?

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell. “It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. This is the Word of God.

- Matthew 5:27-32