{"id":82,"date":"2022-06-21T01:18:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T01:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/txcolliers.net\/biblestudy\/?p=82"},"modified":"2022-06-21T01:18:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T01:18:40","slug":"controversies-divorce-children-riches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/txcolliers.net\/biblestudy\/?p=82","title":{"rendered":"Controversies: Divorce, Children, Riches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Mark 10:1-12\n<strong>Divorce<\/strong>\n10:1-12pp \u2013 Mt 19:1-9\nJesus then left that place and went into the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds of people came to him, and as was his custom, he taught them.\nSome Pharisees came and tested him by asking, \u201cIs it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?\u201d\n\u201cWhat did Moses command you?\u201d he replied.\nThey said, \u201cMoses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.\u201d\n\u201cIt was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,\u201d Jesus replied.\n\u201cBut at the beginning of creation God \u2018made them male and female.\u2019 \u2018For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.\u2019 So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.\u201d\nWhen they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this.\nHe answered, \u201cAnyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.\u201d<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>How did the Pharisees attempt to test Jesus?  Were they sincere in their question?<\/li><li>If God doesn&#8217;t approve of divorce, why did he make an allowance for it? <\/li><li>How does this compare to the teaching of the Old Testament on divorce?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Mark 10:13-16\n<strong>The Little Children and Jesus<\/strong>\n10:13-16pp \u2013 Mt 19:13-15; Lk 18:15-17\nPeople were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, \u201cLet the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.\u201d And he took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Why did people want to bring their children to Jesus?<\/li><li>What was the reason that the disciples objected?<\/li><li>What does Jesus&#8217; response mean? What does it mean to receive the kingdom of God like a little child?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Mark 10:17-31\nThe Rich Young Man\n10:17-31pp \u2013 Mt 19:16-30; Lk 18:18-30\nAs Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. \u201cGood teacher,\u201d he asked, \u201cwhat must I do to inherit eternal life?\u201d\n\u201cWhy do you call me good?\u201d Jesus answered. \u201cNo one is good\u2013except God alone. You know the commandments: \u2018Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.\u2019\u201d\n\u201cTeacher,\u201d he declared, \u201call these I have kept since I was a boy.\u201d\nJesus looked at him and loved him. \u201cOne thing you lack,\u201d he said. \u201cGo, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.\u201d\nAt this the man\u2019s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.\nJesus looked around and said to his disciples, \u201cHow hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!\u201d\nThe disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, \u201cChildren, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.\u201d\nThe disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, \u201cWho then can be saved?\u201d\nJesus looked at them and said, \u201cWith man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.\u201d\nPeter said to him, \u201cWe have left everything to follow you!\u201d\n\u201cI tell you the truth,\u201d Jesus replied, \u201cno one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age (homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields\u2013and with them, persecutions) and in the age to come, eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last first.\u201d<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Who did the man believe Jesus was?  How do you interpret Jesus&#8217; response?<\/li><li>What did Jesus tell the man he should do? Is this something that we&#8217;re commanded to do as well?<\/li><li>What is involved in being a disciple of Jesus? <\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark 10:1-12 Divorce 10:1-12pp \u2013 Mt 19:1-9 Jesus then left that place and went into the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds of people came to him, and as was his custom, he taught them. 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