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1 | Whose hardening their heart? | Matt 19:8 | Morant61 | 12395 | ||
Greetings Steve! Good questions! 1) I think the hardening of hearts here refers to the culture, not specific people. The culture had hearts that were hard, and so God provided them with provisions for divorce to protect innocent women. Divorce was never part of God intent for marriage. The only grounds for divorce was unfaithfulness. Thus, when someone divorced his wife for some other reason, she would be considered an adultress. The reason for the divorce decree was to declare her innocence. 2) Who committed the adultery in this verse? I would say the man committs adultery in this verse, if he divorces for any reason other than unfaithfulness and remarries. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Whose hardening their heart? | Matt 19:8 | jlhetrick | 153600 | ||
Hello Tim, Interesting answer, please give some scripture support for your answer. Also, it may have been a typo, but I don't get that God provided the provision, but rather Moses. Matt. 19:8 appears to show Jesus rebuking this provision; "from the beginning it has not been this way." Jesus is not saying that in the beginning it wasn't, then it was for a time, and now it shouldn't be again. I'm always learning, but to date, I can't remember or think of an instance where God gave a command, then changed the criteria, then changed it back again. Thanks, Jeff |
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3 | Whose hardening their heart? | Matt 19:8 | Morant61 | 153632 | ||
Greetings Jeff! Try Deut. 24:1-4! My understanding of the Law is that it was delivered by God to Moses, from Moses to the people. So, anything that Moses 'said', God 'said'. :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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4 | Whose hardening their heart? | Matt 19:8 | jlhetrick | 153641 | ||
Bro. Tim, Your are correct that God delivered the Law through Moses, however, everything that Moses said God did not say. :-). The same logic can be applied to the gospels for instance. A lot was said and written by Matt, Mark, Luke, and John. Paul wrote a lot of letters to a lot of people and churches. Not all of these sayings and writings are found in the bible, why? Because not all of it was inspired (or said) by God. See Num. 20:8-12 for a good illustration of how everything Moses said God did not say. Hope this was helpful, Jeff |
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5 | Whose hardening their heart? | Matt 19:8 | Searcher56 | 153646 | ||
While Moses didn't follow (Num 20:9-12) what God said (vs 8) ... God did inspire Moses what to write. Some things were spoken directly by God to others, as verse 8 ... but all Scripture is inspired (2 Tim 3:16). | ||||||
6 | Whose hardening their heart? | Matt 19:8 | jlhetrick | 153658 | ||
Now you've got it. | ||||||