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Things God Has Joined Together?

Gary Colley

September 2005

Matthew 19:6 speaks particularly about the marriage relationship, and says, "...What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder." Only two things can dissolve a marriage in God's sight — adultery (Matt. 19:9) and death (Rom. 7:1-5).

God Hath Joined — In Marriage

In Matthew 19:9, Jesus had just referred to God's original law concerning marriage: "Therefore shall a man leave father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh" (Gen. 2:24). He quotes Moses' law in answering the Pharisees who came tempting Him, but shows His law to be superior to that law which is now removed (Col. 2:14; Heb. 10:9-10). Several lessons are evident because God has joined a man and his wife together in marriage:
  1. They begin a new home; both parties joined, must be ready to leave the domain of father and mother.

  2. They are to "cleave" (as if glued) to one another, letting no one or thing come between them.

  3. They are to be "one" in purpose, design, and aim for life.

  4. Warning is given that no one is to break this marriage asunder (divide it) since God hath joined it together.

God Hath — Joined Faith And The Bible

One noted preacher said, "If all the time that I have spent praying for faith was put together, it would be months. I thought that some day faith was going to come down and strike me like lightning. But faith did not come. One day I read Romans 10:17: 'So then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God.' I had closed my Bible and prayed for faith. Now I opened my Bible and began to read God's word and faith has been growing ever since."

The truth of Romans 10:17 that "faith comes by hearing God's word" is also emphasized in Acts 15:7. "...that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel and believe." And Acts 18:8: "The Corinthians hearing and believed, and were baptized." Faith and the word of God are inseparable. "What God hath joined together, let not man put asunder."

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