Scripture Union Daily Guide 16th February 2021 Message – Detestable In The Eyes Of The Lord
You are reading Scripture Union Daily Guide Devotional for Today Tuesday 26th February 2021. May you be blessed as you read on.
TOPIC: DETESTABLE IN THE EYES OF THE LORD
OPENING PRAYER: Dear Lord, make me more like you through the power of your word as I meditate on it.
SCRIPTURE: Deuteronomy 24:1-9
1If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, 2and if after she leaves his house she becomes the wife of another man, 3and her second husband dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, or if he dies, 4then her first husband, who divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again after she has been defiled. That would be detestable in the eyes of the Lord. Do not bring sin upon the land the Lordyour God is giving you as an inheritance. 5If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or have any other duty laid on him. For one year he is to be free to stay at home and bring happiness to the wife he has married. 6Do not take a pair of millstones?not even the upper one?as security for a debt, because that would be taking a person,s livelihood as security. 7If someone is caught kidnapping a fellow Israelite and treating or selling them as a slave, the kidnapper must die. You must purge the evil from among you. 8In cases of defiling skin diseases,be very careful to do exactly as the Levitical priests instruct you. You must follow carefully what I have commanded them. 9Remember what the Lordyour God did to Miriam along the way after you came out of Egypt.
Question(s) for Reflection:
• Is there any command for me to obey?
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Vs.1-4: Under the Law of Moses, divorce was permitted when a man found something indecent or unacceptable about his wife. Moses gave this rule to protect the wife from being abused by the husband. Jesus had to expound God’s plan for marriages to the Pharisees in Mark 10:2-12. Today, marriages are threatened by many challenges that make it seem like it is not worth the effort. God instituted marriage and therefore will know how to handle every situation that confronts us.
Take it to the Lord in prayer. Are you single and yet to marry? Let Christ, not ‘love’, lead you into marriage. When Christ leads, your love for each other will be genuine. Many young people have unfortunately fallen in love based on deception. Christian marriages can be successful despite challenges that may confront us along the journey when we uphold the following biblical principles:
(a) In Christ Jesus, we tell each other the truth in love before marriage (Ephesians 4:15). (b) Before or during marriage, we realize that our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit and must be kept holy (1 Corinthians 6:19). (c) We forgive each as Christ has forgiven us (Colossians 3:13). (d) We respect and honour each other as unto Christ. Recognise that your spouse is created in the image of God (1 Pet.3: 1 – 7).
• Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
Closing Prayer:
• Pray for all Christian marriages that may be going through some challenges.
• Pray for the Church to spend money in a way that will best honour God.
Offer a prayer of faith in line with I Samuel 2:9 – He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
Bible Reading: Isa. 65-66; Mark 14:54-72
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