The true meaning of marriage
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Mark 10:1-12
Key Verse 8, 9
and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
Read verses 1-5. What can we learn from Jesus who taught on the way to Jerusalem? (1) What did some Pharisees ask Him? (2) How did He help them with Moses’ laws? (3-5)
Read verses 6-9. What else did Jesus teach the Pharisees? (6-8) What does it mean to become one flesh? Why shouldn’t we divorce? (9)
Read verses 10-12. What did Jesus’ disciples ask Him? (10) What can we learn about marriage and divorce from His answers? (11-12) What can we learn from Jesus’ example as we live in this sinful and adulterous generation?