Malachi 2:10-16
Judah has been unfaithful. A detestable thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated the sanctuary the Lord loves by marrying women who worship a foreign god. As for the man who does this, whoever he may be, may the Lord remove him from the tents of Jacob—even though he brings an offering to the Lord Almighty.
Another thing you do: You flood the Lord’s altar with tears. You weep and wail because he no longer looks with favor on your offerings or accepts them with pleasure from your hands. You ask, “Why?” It is because the Lord is the witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.
Has not the one God made you? . And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring. So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.
The man who hates and divorces his wife,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “does violence to the one he should protect,”[e] says the Lord Almighty.
Indifference towards God is soon reflected in callousness towards one another. The older men are cruelly discarding their aging wives for these attractive young foreigners. God cares about these things. He hates to see the promise to be faithfully broken: divorce is cruel. These older women are cast aside with no means of support and no one to protect them.
Why?
God made one woman for Adam, so as to us give us one wife. So we should love the wife of our youth. It is the covenant between us and has witnessed of the Lord.
So to be a minister of a church or servant of the Lord, be faithful to his wife is the rule has to follow.
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1.與外邦女子結婚：以前先祖娶外邦女子為妻，然而拉合、摩西妻子、路得都是放棄自己的信仰而轉向耶和華。他們是娶外邦神的女子，根本就是事奉外邦神的女子。以致以色列人放棄自己的信仰。
2.以詭詐待年幼時娶的妻：休妻和強暴待妻的是神所厭惡的。想用休妻來使外遇合法化！忠於婚約的父母才能給孩子安全感！婚姻要成為見證，使兒女有榜樣！
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How?
Obey God's command and love my wife and my family.
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