This sermon is from Luke 16:14-18, where Jesus confronts the self-righteous Pharisees with their issues concerning divorce and remarriage.
Now there are few subjects that have more opinions and more ambiguity in our culture than that of divorce and remarriage. It’s important to note that God has zero unclarity about the issue, and while it wasn’t spoken of often in scripture, it was not due to a lack of God’s desire and plan for marriage. The questions and opinions around the subject today are only due to a world muddled with sin. Things are not as they were ever intended to be. We are broken people living in a broken, decaying society and are contributors to it when we choose to live by our own passions and desires, rather than by what God has called us to in His word.
Marriage is for the glory of God! When we treat it as such, our marriages will be sustained by Christ-like forgiveness and a God-ordained covenant. He can redeem the worst of situations, the worst of offenses, and the worst marriages when we choose to forgive one another, and hold our marriages in high honor. Watch this short clip:
Now, a large majority of this passage is focused on the self-righteousness that all of us are prone to. Jesus was constantly getting to the heart of issues. While sin issues must always be addressed, our selfish pride and deceitfully wicked hearts are to blame. So in this passage, Jesus is addressing just that as He talks to the Pharisees and raises this particular issue. “
Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, and does not lift up what is false.” Psalm 24:2-4
I don’t know about you, but I want access up the hill of the Lord. I want Him to have my heart. I want my actions to flow from a heart that is surrendered to God’s will and God’s word. I want to trust and obey, for there truly is no other way.
Here’s the full sermon if you have time or desire: