Let Not Man Put Asunder

TEXT:  Matt. 19:6

INTRODUCTION:

A.      TEXT DEALS WITH DIVORCE, IT IS LARGELY IGNORED.

B.      GOD HAS JOINED TOGETHER MANY THINGS THAT MAN WOULD PUT       ASUNDER.

I.      THE BIBLE AND OUR SALVATION.

A.      TIMOTHY RAISED IN THE SACRED WRITINGS( 2 Tim. 3:14-17 ).

B.      GOD'S POWER TO SAVE( Rom. 1:16-17 ).

C.      GOD'S POWER IN THE MESSAGE( 1 Cor. 1:21;  James 1:21 ).

II.     THE WORDS OF JESUS AND JUDGMENT.

A.      JUDGED BY CHRIST'S WORDS( John 12:48 ).

B.      JESUS IS THE STANDARD( Acts 17:30-31 ).

III.    BAPTISM IN WATER AND THE BLOOD OF CHRIST.

A.      A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP EVIDENT IN THE SCRIPTURES:

          1.       Baptized for the remission of sins( Acts 2:38 ).  The blood( Matt. 26:28 ).

          2.       Sins washed away in baptism( Acts 22:16 ).  By the blood( 1 John 1:7 ).

B.      BLOOD SHED WHEN JESUS DIED( Heb. 9:13-15 ).

C.      BAPTIZED INTO HIS DEATH( Rom. 6:3-4 ).

IV.   THE CHURCH AND BAPTISM.

A.      CHURCH PURIFIED BY WASHING OF WATER( Eph. 5:25-27 ).

B.      BAPTIZED INTO HIS BODY( 1 Cor. 12:13;  Gal. 3:27 ).

V.    THE CHURCH AND HIS BLOOD( Acts 20:28 ).

VI.   BAPTISM AND SALVATION( 1 Pet. 3:21 ).

VII.  THE CHURCH AND SALVATION( Eph. 5:23 ).

A.      ekklesia, "THE CALLED OUT( 1 Pet. 3:21 ).

B.      MUST BE IN THE LIGHT( 1 John 1:6-7 ).

VIII. BLOOD AND SALVATION( Rom. 5:9 ).

IX.   CHURCH AND THE METHOD OF ENTERING( Matt. 7:13-14 ).

A.      BELIEF( Mark 16:16 ).

B.      REPENTANCE( Acts 17:30 ).

C.      THE GOOD CONFESSION( Rom. 10:10 ).

D.      BAPTISM( Acts 2:38 ).