神為婚姻所定立的旨意
馬可福音十章1至9節
1耶穌從那裡起身，來到猶太的境界並約但河外。眾人又聚集到他那裡，他又照常教訓他們。
2有法利賽人來問他說：人休妻可以不可以？意思要試探他。
3耶穌回答說：摩西吩咐你們的是甚麼？
4他們說：摩西許人寫了休書便可以休妻。
5耶穌說：摩西因為你們的心硬，所以寫這條例給你們；
6但從起初創造的時候，神造人是造男造女。
7因此，人要離開父母，與妻子連合，二人成為一體。
8既然如此，夫妻不再是兩個人，乃是一體的了。
9所以神配合的，人不可分開。
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基督與門徒由北面的加利利一直走到南面的猶大。他們已經愈來愈接近耶路撒冷；而對基督來說，祂知道自己快要踏上十字架的道路。
猶太人的領袖一見到耶穌，就立即爭取機會去試探祂，希望找到攻擊祂的把柄。於是，他們便拿出神頒布給摩西及猶太百姓的一些律法，來詰問耶穌的看法。
主耶穌卻藉著這個機會，重申神為婚姻所定下的旨意。神原初的心意，是要夫妻二人白頭到老，永不分開。而且，夫妻二人成為一體的關係，更重於其他的人倫關係。只因人達不到神的要求，所以神才容許夫婦出現離婚。
神的旨意至今也沒有改變。神期望做丈夫的永遠忠於自己的妻子；做妻子的永遠忠於自己的丈夫。二人相愛的心，將緊緊地將他們連結在一起，廝守終身，永不分離。
然而，今天的社會已難尋這種美滿的婚姻。當婚姻關係出現問題時，愈來愈多夫婦輕言離婚，也不願意付出努力去作出改善。
但神的心意是要我們作基督徒的，在世人面前見證夫妻二人活在愛中的幸福婚姻。因此，年輕的信徒必須認真地面對婚姻的要求、審慎地選擇將來的配偶。我們必須將這終身大事交在神的手中，尋求神的帶領，並認真改正自己的缺點；這樣，按照神的旨意，必能獲得美滿幸福、恆久不渝的婚姻。
禱告：
「主啊，願我的婚姻和家庭能討你的喜悅和祝福。願別人看見你是我們的一家之主。」
GOD'S PLAN FOR FAMILY LIFE
Mark 10:1-9
1 Then He arose from there and came to the region of Judea by the other side of the Jordan.And multitudes gathered to Him again, and as He was accustomed, He taught them again.
2 The Pharisees came and asked Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife? ” testing Him.
3 And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you? ”
4 They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to dismiss her.”
5 And Jesus answered and said to them, “Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
6 But from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female.’
7 ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,
8 and the two shall become one flesh’; so then they are no longer two, but one flesh.
9 Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Message
Christ and his disciples had travelled down from Galilee in the north to Judea in the south. Now he was much closer to Jerusalem and the cross.
Some of the Jewish leaders tried to trick him by asking questions about the laws given by God to Moses and the Jewish people.
Our Lord took the opportunity of emphasising again God's plan for family life. From the beginning God planned that a husband and wife should live together until death separated them. It was a union that took first place over other family relationships. Only because men and women did not live up to God's standards, did God allow divorce to come into the picture.
God's plan is still the same today. God wants a husband to be faithful to his wife and the wife to be faithful to her husband. The bond of true love should hold them together as well as their faithfulness.
This is not easy today. So many people find it easier to separate than to live up to the demands of married life.
But God wants to show to the world how wonderful it is to be joined together in love. Christian young people should be very careful in giving themselves to one another in marriage. If they will allow God to choose their partner for them, there is every possibility that they will live happily ever after!
A PRAYER:
Lord help our family life to be what you want it to be. Let others see Jesus living in our home.