UNDERSTANDING WHY MATTHEW 19 IS NOT NEW TESTAMENT DOCTRINE ON MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE ~ Explains why the Roman Catholic “heresy” of 1486 AD, the division between the Old and New Testament by the insertion (for the first time in history) of a New Testament “title page” between the books of Malachi and Matthew, has misled millions as to where the Old Testament “ended” and the New Testament “began.” Shows why this uninspired and erroneous New Testament “title page” has become the most misunderstood “page” in the Bible. Reveals how this misplaced "title page" denies and contradicts every thing that Christ, the Holy Spirit and apostles teach on the difference between the Old and New Testaments. Outlines the three different covenant "ages" set forth in the Scriptures, and illustrates the difference between Patriarchal, Mosaical and New Testament "ages." Shows how to interpret the Bible by “whole” or “complete” covenants, -- not by individual “topics” or single “verses.” Explains the old or new covenant "age" of each book, chapter and verse in the Bible. Reveals why the period of time between the Old and New Testaments, described in Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 20, 21 and Acts 1, was not the 400 years between Malachi and Matthew, but the fifty days between the cross and death of Christ to Acts 2. Describes the events during this fifty day period from the cross to Christ’s journey into Hades to defeat Satan, his bursting through “the gates of hades” in his resurrection, the forty days he spent with the eleven disciples teaching them New Testament "doctrine" about the new covenant “kingdom” and his ascension into heaven to complete the atonement for mankind’s redemption from sin. Illustrates why the conflict between Christ and the Jews in MMLJBC was not a controversy between Old Testament teaching of the law of Moses and Christ’s revelation of New Testament "doctrine," but a controversy between the false rabbinical “traditions” of the Jews and Christ’s true teaching of the law of Moses. Highlights why Matthew 19 was Christ’s teaching of the true law of Moses on marriage, divorce and remarriage in Old Testament Israel -- not his revelation of New Testament "doctrine." Clearly sets forth God’s original and universal law for marriage as seen in Genesis 2, and then shows that God’s law for divorce and remarriage has only been revealed in covenant law. Describes God’s Old Testament law for divorce and remarriage was established in Deuteronomy 24:1-4 and then restated by Christ in Matthew 19. Then how Christ revealed his New Testament law for divorce and remarriage among Christians only in 1 Corinthians 7:27-28. Exposes the false “traditional” doctrines of “adulterous marriages,” “living in adultery” and the other thirteen erroneous doctrines among churches of Christ built on the Old Testament law of Moses in Matthew 19, and shows why none of these false "traditions" are New Testament "doctrine." Book, 240 pages, $24.95
THE DEVIL AND MATTHEW 19 ~ A complete refutation and rejection of the fifteen false doctrinal “traditions” on marriage, divorce and remarriage based on Matthew 19. It fully answers all “traditional” teaching such as God has given more than one law for marriage; God gave one law in Genesis 2, Moses gave another law in Deuteronomy 24 and Christ gave a different law in Matthew 19. Moses commanded Israel to “put away” their wives for many different reasons. God’s law for marriage today is a “church ordinance.” The “whosoever” in Matthew 19 includes everyone today in this New Testament "age." Divorce does not “end” a marriage for both the husband and wife. There is only one scriptural “cause” for divorce today. The “innocent party” in a divorce may remarry but the “guilty party” may not remarry. The New Testament demands “restitution in repentance, therefore the alien sinner in a second marriage who seeks baptism must leave his present wife and/or family and return to their first spouse and marriage before being baptized. God “joins” some husbands and wives together in an “adulterous marriage.” All New Testament teaching is bound on an alien sinner before he or she becomes a Christian. Baptism does not change sinful relationships. An absolute must for every member of churches of Christ, every divorced Christian, every teenager and member of any denominational church. Book, 273 pages, $19.95
