God's Design for Marriage

Pastor Daniel Goulding · Sep 22, 2024

In Matthew 19, Jesus refuses to answer the Pharisees' question about the grounds for divorce and instead points them back to God's original design in Genesis: marriage between one man and one woman, supernaturally forged into a single new entity by the Holy Spirit, was always meant to be permanent. Because divorce attempts to undo what God has made one, it carries devastating consequences for everyone involved. Yet because Jesus frames it as a sin issue, it is also a forgiveness issue — and the grace that covers all sin is available to everyone who has walked through the pain of divorce.