James Tissot, The Pharisees Question Jesus, 1886-1894,
Brooklyn Museum. [PD-US]
The
Pharisees approached Jesus 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,
she commits adultery."
And
people were bringing children to him that he might touch them,
but the disciples rebuked them.
When Jesus saw this he became indignant and said to them,
"Let the children come to me;
do not prevent them, for the kingdom of God belongs to
such as these.
Amen, I say to you,
whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child
will not enter it."
Then he embraced them and blessed them,
placing his hands on them.
Mark
10:2-16
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The faith of a child... one of my favorite lessons in life, and the best of gifts: the faith of a child. Simple. Pure. And so amazingly special.
ReplyDeleteOur pastor had an excellent perspective on this gospel, saying that women and children in Biblical times were under the total control of men who could divorce their wives for any reason. Jesus was explaining that marriage was sacred, and that women needed to be elevated and loved. I'm not doing it justice, but Christ wasn't talking about "the law" per se but about the importance of human life. So in essence this is a pro-life gospel.
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