# 575 - Today's Du-votional comes from: Mr 10:11-12 “So He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. 12 "And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery."
This remarriage thing is out of control in the church today. What part of “Thou shalt not commit adultery don't we understand? Jesus explains this prohibition against remarriage further in the gospel of Matthew, using the illustration of eunuchs to make His point.
Mt 19:12 "For there are eunuchs who were born thus from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He who is able to accept it, let him accept it."
A eunuch is someone who does not have sex on their radar screen. Some are born that way, some are man-made, and some choose to be celibate for the sake of the kingdom of God.
In context of His discussion here, His point is that a divorcee is a man made eunuch. Since God's Word prohibits divorce and remarriage, a divorcee effectively becomes a eunuch. (Sex is no longer on their radar screen.)
That seems harsh, but it is the truth, and maybe if we understood this truth, we would pause and consider the cost of divorce and take God's Word more seriously in the matter of marriage,
What God has joined together, let not man put asunder.
Father, refresh our view of marriage. It's not Hollywood's picture of marriage that should be sought, but Your design. Forgive us when we fail and help us to turn this problem around, one marriage at a time.
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