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The Morning Devotional for August 21, 2023
The Westminster Confession of Faith 24.6

VI. Although the corruption of man be such as is apt to study arguments, unduly to put asunder those whom God hath joined together in marriage; yet nothing but adultery, or such wilful desertion as can no way be remedied by the Church or civil magistrate, is cause sufficient of dissolving the bond of marriage;a wherein a public and orderly course of proceeding is to be observed; and the persons concerned in it, not left to their own wills and discretion in their own case.b

The Morning Devotional: WCF 24.5

The Morning Devotional for August 18, 2023
The Westminster Confession of Faith 24.5

V. Adultery or fornication, committed after a contract, being detected before marriage, giveth just occasion to the innocent party to dissolve that contract.a In the case of adultery after marriage, it is lawful for the innocent party to sue out a divorce,b and after the divorce to marry another, as if the offending party were dead.c

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The Morning Devotional: WCF 24.4

The Morning Devotional for August 17, 2023
The Westminster Confession of Faith 24.4

IV. Marriage ought not to be within the degrees of consanguinity or affinity forbidden in the Word;a nor can such incestuous marriages ever be made lawful by any law of man, or consent of parties, so as those persons may live together as man and wife.b

The Morning Devotional: WCF 24.3

The Morning Devotional for August 16, 2023
The Westminster Confession of Faith 24.3

III. It is lawful for all sorts of people to marry who are able with judgment to give their consent.a Yet it is the duty of Christians to marry only in the Lord.b And therefore, such as profess the true reformed religion should not marry with infidels, Papists, or other idolaters: neither should such as are godly be unequally yoked, by marrying with such as are notoriously wicked in their life, or maintain damnable heresies.c

The Morning Devotional: WCF 24.2

The Morning Devotional for August 15, 2023
The Westminster Confession of Faith 24.2

II. Marriage was ordained for the mutual help of husband and wife;a for the increase of mankind with a legitimate issue, and of the Church with an holy seed;b and for preventing of uncleanness.c

The Morning Devotional: WCF 24.1

The Morning Devotional for August 14, 2023
The Westminster Confession of Faith 24.1

I. Marriage is to be between one man and one woman: neither is it lawful for any man to have more than one wife, nor for any woman to have more than one husband at the same time.a

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Bible Knowledge Project: Matthew 19

Read: Matthew 19

One of the more critical teachings for our day and culture resides in this chapter as Jesus determines to teach on the subject of divorce. Though God will reveal more on this subject through the pen of the apostle Paul, Jesus highlights a singular truth: God loves marriage. Divorce occurs only due to the hardness of a man’s heart. In this discourse, Jesus permits divorce on the grounds of sexual immorality.

bible readingWilliam HillMay 26, 2023Matthew 19, divorce, marriage

Bible Knowledge Project: Genesis 2

READ: Genesis 2

Genesis two has been regarded by most scholars to be a microscopic look into the creation of man. It is another account of the creation of our first parents. Additionally, this chapter highlights the nature and importance of the Sabbath and that of marriage.

2:1-3

This section highlights the importance of the Sabbath day. That day is significant and set aside by God for the express purpose of worshiping him. On the other six days, God called his work “good.” On the seventh day, no such reference is made. Instead, he calls it holy – a day set apart from the other activities accompanying creation week. There is a second observation of significance in this section: the absence of the phrase “evening and morning,” which we find connected to the other days of creation. There is a good reason for that: the seventh day is the day of worship, and worship never ends. Man was made on the sixth day to worship God on the seventh. All of our life is to be an act of worship, and we were made to glorify God with everything we do, say, or think (1 Cor. 10:31; WSC 1).

bible readingWilliam HillJanuary 17, 2023Genesis 2, Sabbath, marriage

The Morning Devotional: Genesis 24

The Morning Devotional for July 14, 2022
Genesis 24

Key points:

Abraham instructs his servant to secure a wife for Isaac.
The faithfulness of the servant.
The providence of God

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