Model Marriage by Bishop Dag Heward Mills

What Every Christian Should Know About Divorce

For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so

long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her

husband.

Romans 7:2

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife

depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or

be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

1 Corinthians 7:10,11

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and

the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy

companion, and the wife of thy covenant. And did not he make one?...That he

might seek a godly seed...For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth

putting away:...

Malachi 2:14-16

Whose Fault Is Divorce?

(a) God places the responsibility of cleaving on the man. He leaves and cleaves

(glues) to his wife.

(b) Divorce occurs when he is not able to cleave tightly enough to become

inseparable.

(c) Marriage rests on the shoulders of the man, just the same way divorce also does.

(d) Whatever happens in the home is the man’s responsibility, although it may not be

his fault.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his

wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Genesis 2:24

When man fell and God came to the garden, He first called out to Adam and placed the
responsibility for eating the fruit at his feet. There were no questions for the woman.^1