Friday November 13th, 2026
« “For I hate divorce!” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “To divorce your wife is to overwhelm her with cruelty,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. “So guard your heart; do not be unfaithful to your wife.” »
2 Some Pharisees came to Jesus. They wanted to find out how he would answer their question. They asked him, ‘Can a man send his wife away, so that she is no longer his wife? Is it right for him to do that?’
3 Jesus replied with a question: ‘What did Moses say was right for you?’
4 The Pharisees said, ‘Moses said that a man could write a letter to say that he and his wife are no longer married. Then the man can send the woman away.’
5 Jesus said to them, ‘You did not want to obey God. That is why Moses made this rule for you.
6 But at the start, when God made the world, he made people male and female.
7 That is the reason that a man leaves his father and his mother. Then God joins him and his wife together.
8 The man and the woman become like one body. They are not two separate people any longer. They have come together as one person.
9 God has put them together to be husband and wife. So nobody should cause them to be separate.’
10 When Jesus went into the house, the disciples asked him about these things again.
11 So Jesus said to them, ‘A man must not send his wife away and then marry another woman. If he does that, he has not been faithful to his wife. It is the same as if he had sex with another man’s wife.
12 In the same way, a woman must not leave her husband and then marry another man. She also has done a wrong thing. It is the same as if she had sex with another woman’s husband.’
These days, many people have tried to water down the standards of God because of modernisation.
- However, the Bible clearly states in 2 Timothy 2:19 that God’s foundation stands sure.
God said clearly in Malachi 2:16 that He hates divorce. Mark 10:9Amplified also says clearly
« Therefore, what God has united and joined together, man must not separate [by divorce] ” »
The moment a man and a woman are joined together in holy matrimony, they are no longer two people but one flesh.
Just as you cannot decide to cut yourself into two and continue living, a married couple should never be divorced – God hates divorce.
They are joined until death separates them.
This is why my late Father in the Lord used to say to brothers who were about to get married in the church, “Once you carry her, you have carried her for life.”
Luke 16:18 says that if you divorce to marry someone else, you are committing adultery.
The court may give you papers of divorce and a new marriage certificate; however, in heaven, you are recognised as an adulterous individual.
If you are married, know this very well, God does not intend for you to ever get divorced; marriage is a lifetime commitment.
Knowing that the moment you are married, you are joined to your spouse for life,
you must take extra caution to marry the right person if you are yet to be married.
If you have not heard from God with several confirmations, don’t get married yet.
It is better to be single and make heaven than to be married and have your marriage lead you to hell.
Believe me; you will be doing yourself a lot of good if you wait on God to lead you before you get married.
If your marriage is troubled, getting a divorce is not the solution.
You have already made a vow before God that you will be with your spouse until death separates both of you, and you must uphold that vow Ecclesiastes 5:5.
Rather than considering divorce, go to God, the One who created the institution of marriage and cry to Him for help.
Is there anything too hard for Him to do ? Jeremiah 32:27.
The answer is ‘No’, for nothing is impossible for Him to do Luke 1:37, and this includes providing a solution to the problem in any marriage.
God hates divorce, and if you are truly His child, you will not want to do anything your Father hates.
Application – Marriage is a lifetime commitment. Getting a divorce is not an option.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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