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DIVORCE
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last plagues at C hris t 's Second
Coming, showing this is a proph–
ecy for OUR TIME (Ezek. 16:38).
Yet, in spite of all , this husband
repeatedly PLEAOEO with his wife
to return to him, saying he would
forgive and receive her back, but
she refused . "Turn,
O
backsliding
children, saith the Lord ; for I am
married unto you . .. " (Jer. 3:14).
Also, " ... thou hast played the
harlot with many lovers; yet return
again to me, saith the Lord" (Jer.
3:1 ). "And 1 saw, when for all the
causes whereby backsliding Is rael
committed adultery
1 had put her
away, and given her a bi/1 of
divorce .
.. "
(verse 8).
But Israel shall yet be resur–
rected in the Great White Throne
Judgment (Rev. 20:11-12, Ezek.
37) and salvation and eterna! life
shall then be olfered. So, fi nally, all
Israel shall be saved (Rom. 11:26)
because of the death and resur–
rection of Jesus Christ. But all
now
begotten of God are bei ng judged
NOW
(l
Pet. 4: 17).
But Now WHY?
The IMPORTANT THING is to under–
stand
why
Israel si nned, WHY God
d id divorce, WHY marriages break
up today, and what God is going to
do abou t it.
The people of ancient Is rael were
just like people today, in that they
were human, imbued with human
nature. But what about the average
marriage where usually both hus–
band and wife are at fault?
I cite a case history of sorne
years ago in which my counsel was
requested by both parties. The wife
complained that the husband would
not take time to do even ordinary
husband duties around the house–
such as cleaning out the basement.
He was selfish, in that he spent too
much t ime going to baseball, bas–
ketball a nd hockey games-in
which she had no interest. This I
knew to be true. " l t's all his fault,"
she accused.
But he likewise accused, "lt's all
her
fault! " She was an atheist and
communist, and if the national
anthem was played on radio, she
would snap it off, saying, " I HATE
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that thing!" He was a veteran of
World War 1 and very patriotic.
She was cold, cross, constantly tell–
ing him he was a fai lure, a no-gpod .
She constantly belittled him, dis–
respected him. And, beside, he said
she was sexually fr igid.
Actually, 1 found that the sexual
frigidity was due to sexual igno–
rance and a lack of sexual knowl–
edge, more than wrong att itude. 1
asked that they read a book that 1
felt would correct the ignorance.
They did read it , both saw their
error , but the knowledge carne too
late to help, in view of other prob-
Usually, in
fact, both partners
are to blame
where marriage
ends in divorce. But
even where
only one partner is
at fault,
it can put both
through this
tragic wringer
of human
anguish.
lems in the marriage. To him,
J
counseled: "She has her mind, and
you have yours. You can't change
her, but you can c hange
YOU!
You
can solve
H ALF
of the problem. 1'11
try to persuade her to change
HER!"
1 explained the same solu–
tion to her.
I suggested a six month trial,
with each trying to cooperate and
work on the SELF instead of accus–
ing the other. They agreed to try.
But the "try" didn't last two weeks.
lt
ended in divorce.
My suggested so lu tion was
sound enough, but it did not save
the marriage.
Why?
There were two carnal minds,
neither will ing to admi t wrong or
change attitude. When either one
of a marriage partnership has a
wrong attitude in conft ict with the
mate, the marriage won't be happy.
People simply do not understand
the TRUTH about the human mind
and its altitudes. That is what God
is going to CHANGE to produce
peace and happiness in the WORLO
TOMORROW.
Let's try to UNOERSTANO!
The Family Structure
T he FAMILY is the foundational bul–
wark of a lasting society and civil i–
zation . How did a civil ization
START?-how was it formed- how
bui lt?
God said, "Let us [not me] make
MAN in OUR image, after our like–
ness ... " (Gen. 1:26). God has
power of MINO- so does man. Ani–
mals do not. But man is made from
the dust of the ground like ani–
mals-he has a temporary physio–
chemical existence like animals–
dies the same death (Eccl. 3:19-
20). Animal BRAIN is like human
brain, though of varying size-yet
of similar design, composition, con–
struction, qual ity. Yet man THI NKS,
KNOWS, REASONS, MAKES OECI–
SIONS as animals cannot. WHY?
There is a spirit in man (Job
32:8) that is not in animal brain.
This spirit in humans imparts the
psychic power of intellect, "For 1
am full of matter, t he spirit within
me constraineth me" (J ob 32: 18).
The dumb animal cannot have the
knowledge of a human, and man
has it only by this spi rit of man–
this human spirit- that is in him
(1
Cor. 2:11 ). Likewise, no man
can comprehend spiritual knowl–
edge save by the Holy Spirit of
God (same verse).
Knowledge enters the human
mind only through the five senses
of sight, hearing, taste, smell , feel
and touch. But spiritual knowledge
(the things of God) is not seen,
heard, tasted, smelled or felt (verse
9). God
reveals
spiritual knowledge
through HIS SPIRIT (verse 10). So
the Holy Spirit of God witnesses
"with our spirit, that we are the
children of God" (Rom. 8: 16).
Bu T Goo's SPIRIT WJLL NOT
ENTER ANO JOIN WITH THE HUMAN
SPI RIT UNTIL THE HUMAN SPIRIT
HAS BEEN CONQUEREO BY GOD-–
HAS SURRENOEREO UNCONDITION–
ALLY TO Goo! That's why many
The PLAIN TRUTH