TITLE: Why Are We Divorcing When We Don't Believe In It?
TEXT: Romans 12:1-2 - 1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
PROPOSITION: We must not allow the world to force us into its mold.
QUESTION: Why?
KEY WORD: Reasons
READING: Same
INTRODUCTION:
1. Woman - came to office, filed for divorce, marital problems
2. "I was taught that divorce is wrong. Why am I divorcing when I don't believe in it?"
3. The answer can be seen in our text.
4. Phillips translation = "Don't let the world squeeze you into its mold."
1. World's Definition of LOVE.
1. Not emotion - It envloves the will, a decision
2. You can control - you decide.
3. "I don't love him anymore." Repent. Start loving him.
Ill. of wife, mean husband, cooked fav. meals= kind gentle man
4. You do not "fall" in or out of love. Love is not a hole in the ground.
2. Emotional Bankruptcy.
1. Well rested man - start day w/100 units of stress
20 rushing to work, 70 on job, 15 w/boss = 105
Account is spent before he gets home.
2. Women working = same thing.
3. Result two people - both bankrupt - no reserve left
3. Confusion of Roles.
1. Grandparents = roles well defined
2. Today - confusion, Wish spouse was a "real" man / woman
This means - be like grandparents
3. Real problem - world is changing and I don't like it!
4. No Sense of Permenance.
1. Everything is disposable - diapers, razors, shoes, TV, marriage
2. We lack a sense of loyalty.
3. Do not understand marriage vow. "But you Promised!"
Conclusion:
It does not matter what you have been taught, believe
If the world's thinking gets inside you, YOU WILL DIVORCE.
1 John 2:15-17 – 15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. 17And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.