Obeying Scripture | Week 4

Read | Matthew 19:1–6

When Jesus had finished saying these things, he departed from Galilee and went to the region of Judea across the Jordan. Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there. Some Pharisees approached him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife on any grounds?”

“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that he who created them in the beginning made them male and female, and he also said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, 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.”

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Notice Jesus’ approach to answering the question. How does his approach show his view on Scripture's authority to define human identity and morality?

Focus 

Write out what Jesus says about Scripture in your own words.

On September 27, our five campuses will be reciting The Lord's Prayer during worship services. Memorize it to recite along with us.

Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
forever and ever. Amen.

Pray

Pray for the grit to continue when progress feels slow.

Going Deeper

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