Jesus teaches His disciples to marry and stay married; the marriage of one man and one woman forever, is God’s blessing and is not to be cursed by men.

Our Apologies: The first 19 minutes of this sermon audio are lost. Scott began this sermon by reminding us that we do not approach the topic of divorce carelessly, like the Pharisees, but with compassion. And we remember not to build a biblical understanding of divorce on just one passage. We have come to this text in our ongoing study of Mark to find Jesus responding to the Pharisees attack on God's command for marriage.  The audio resumes with roman numeral I., point B. on the sermon outline.