Why divorce is now common and even accepted
* Contemporary attitudes-divorce no longer carries a stigma in society
* Accommodating theology
* Delayed consequences-we feel relieved when we remove ourselves from the stress of conflict
* Christian approvals
* We don’t confront issues soon enough

Why stay together?
1. Because married folks are now one person (vv 5, 6)
2. Conflicts are not beyond solution (2Corinthians 12:9)
3. Perseverance pays off-God honors our determination to do right
4. Great rewards-respect and honor
5. Because we promised!
6. Marriage glorifies God!-He set it up in the beginning.

Matthew 19:1 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan; 2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there. 3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? 8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. 9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.