Matthew 5:31-32, 19:1-12

Divorce
To or to not?
1987 FAMILY CODE
Article 45 – Annulment
- Marriage is void in its
inception.
Article 55 – Legal Separation
- Allowing 2 married people to
live separately.
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ANNULMENT STATISTICS
YEAR NO. OF ANNULMENT & NULLITY CASES FILED
Table as per 2008 1,094

Office of the 2009

2010
7,037
7,714
Solicitor 2011 9,319
2012 10,493
General. http:// 2013 10,256
www.osg.gov.ph/documents/o 2014 11,111
pen-data/mrcwithdecisions.pd
f 2015 11,286
2016 10,560
2017 8,112

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PAGHIHIWALAY/DIVORCE
Mat 5:31-32
“Sinabi rin, ‘Ang sinumang lalaking magpaalis at
humiwalay sa kanyang asawang babae ay dapat
magbigay sa babae ng kasulatan ng paghihiwalay.’ .

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PAGHIHIWALAY/DIVORCE
Mat 5:31-32
Ngunit ako ang nagsasabi sa inyo, sinumang lalaking
magpaalis at humiwalay sa kanyang asawa, maliban sa
kadahilanang pangangalunya ay nagtutulak sa kanyang
asawa na mangalunya. At sinumang magpakasal sa
babaing hiniwalayan ay nagkakasala ng pangangalunya

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MARRIAGE
Instituted by God, Gen 2:24
Therefore a man shall leave his father
and his mother and hold fast to his
wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Between MAN and WOMAN.
MONOGAMOUS
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PURPOSE MARRIAGE
Procreation, Gen 1:26
Sanctification, 1 Cor 7:1
Foreshadow of Christ &
Church, Rev 19:6-8

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 Marriage was not designed primarily for your
happiness, it was not designed primarily for my
happiness, marriage was designed primarily to
be an illustration on a human level of a divine
relationship.
- John Macarthur

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Scribes ON DIVORCE
Mat 5:31
Sinabi rin, ‘Ang sinumang lalaking magpaalis at
humiwalay sa kanyang asawang babae ay dapat
magbigay sa babae ng kasulatan ng paghihiwalay.’
“Sinabi rin” – Teaching of Rabbis.

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Scribes ON DIVORCE
Deu 24:1, GROUNDS for divorce.
When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she
finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some
indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of
divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his
house, and she departs out of his house, 

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Scribes ON DIVORCE
Indecency – “`ervah”; shame; filthiness; obnoxious,
something extremely unpleasant.
Mat 19:3, May mga Fariseong lumapit sa kanya at
upang subukin siya, sila'y nagtanong, “Naaayon ba sa
batas na paalisin ng isang tao ang kanyang asawa at
hiwalayan ito sa anumang kadahilanan?”

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Scribes ON DIVORCE
Mat 19:7, They thought it was a commandment.
Nagtanong sila sa kanya, “Kung gayon, bakit ipinag-
utos sa amin ni Moises na magbigay ng kasulatan ng
pagpapaalis at hiwalayan ang babae?”

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DIVORCE OLD TESTAMENT
Deu 24:1-4, Jews thought of divorce as an scapegoat to
get rid of their wife.
Purpose of Divorce
• Testimonial on woman’s freedom from Marital Obligation
• Protection of woman from slander
• Remarriage

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god ON divorce
Mal 2:15-16.
Be careful then about your spirit, and see that none of
you deals treacherously against the wife of your
youth. “For I hate divorce,” says the Lord, the God of
Israel

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CHRIST ON divorce
Mat 19:4-6, Respond To the scribes.
Sumagot siya, “Hindi ba ninyo nabasa na ang lumikha
sa kanila noong pasimula ay ‘lumikha sa kanilang
lalaki at babae,’ at sinabi rin, ‘Kaya nga iiwan ng isang
tao ang kanyang ama at ina at ibubuklod sa kanyang
asawa, at silang dalawa ay magiging isang laman’? 

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CHRIST ON divorce
Mat 19:4-6, Respond To the scribes.
Sa gayon, hindi na sila dalawa kundi isang laman.
Kaya't ang pinagbuklod na ng Diyos ay hindi dapat
paghiwalayin ng tao.” 
Paghiwalayin ng tao – NO MAN MADE LAW can
dissolve Marriage.
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CHRIST ON divorce
Mat 5:32, Ground for divorce.
Ngunit ako ang nagsasabi sa inyo, sinumang lalaking
magpaalis at humiwalay sa kanyang asawa, maliban sa
kadahilanang pangangalunya ay nagtutulak sa kanyang
asawa na mangalunya. At sinumang magpakasal sa
babaing hiniwalayan ay nagkakasala ng pangangalunya.

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CHRIST ON divorce
Mat 19:9, Ground for divorce
Sinasabi ko sa inyo: sinumang magpaalis at
makipaghiwalay sa kanyang asawa, liban na lamang kung
pakikiapid ang dahilan, at mag-asawa ng iba, ay
nagkakasala ng pangangalunya. At sinumang nakipag-
asawa sa babaing hiniwalayan ay nagkakasala ng
pangangalunya.
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CHRIST ON divorce
Mat 19:8, PERMISSION TO DIVORCE
Sumagot siya sa kanila, “Dahil sa katigasan ng inyong
puso ay pinayagan kayo ni Moises na hiwalayan ang
inyong mga asawang babae; subalit noong pasimula ay
hindi ganoon.
PERMITTED but not COMMANDED
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CHRIST ON divorce
Wrong concept on DIVORCE leads to ADULTERY
Mat 5:32, Mat 19:9. “pangangalunya”.
Naturally: Death voids Marriage.
Dealing with “adultery/SEXUAL IMMORALITY”
• Death Penalty. Lev 18,20 & Deu 22.
• Divorce. Deu 24
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SEXUAL IMMORALITY
Sexual Immorality/Pakikiapid – “porneia”; Forbidden,
Outside marriage, Sexual Intercourse.
• Adultery – Sex with your neighbor’s wife (Lev 18:20).
• Incest – Sex w/ your relatives. (Lev 18:6-20, 1 Cor 5:1)
• Homosexuality – Sex w/ same gender. (Lev 18:22, Rom
1:26-27)
• Bestiality – Sex w/ animals. (Lev 18:23)
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END: SEXUAL IMMORALITY
Rom 1:28, Homosexuals
At palibhasa'y nagpasya na silang hindi kilalanin ang
Diyos, hinayaan na ng Diyos na pagharian sila ng
mahalay na pag-iisip at ng mga gawang kasuklam-
suklam.

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END: SEXUAL IMMORALITY
Gal 5:19&21, Adulterers
Hindi naman maikakaila ang mga gawa ng laman:
pakikiapid
Binabalaan ko kayo, gaya ng babala ko noon, na ang
mga gumagawa ng ganitong mga bagay ay hindi
magmamana ng kaharian ng Diyos.
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CHRISTIAN FAMILY
IS DIVORCE THE MAIN SOL’N FOR A
CHRISTIAN FAMILY? NO
MAIN SOL’N – FORGIVENESS
God on Israel (Jeremiah)
Hosea and Gomer (Hosea)
Christ and Church (Ephesians and Revelation)
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