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Luke 14:20

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And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

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And another guy said, 'I just got married, so I can't make it.'

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Sometimes we use our good things as excuses to miss out on God's best things.

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And he tells them, 'Anyone who divorces his wife and marries someone else is cheating on her.'

Anyone who divorces their spouse and marries someone else is cheating on their marriage commitment. And if you marry someone who was divorced, you're part of that broken promise too.

I'm telling you straight up — if you divorce your wife for any reason other than cheating and then marry someone else, you're committing adultery. And if you marry someone who got divorced for other reasons, you're doing the same thing.

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