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AN EXAMINATION OF THE EXCEPTION CLAUSES IN THE DIVORCE PASSAGES OF MATTHEW IN LIGHT OF THEIR DISPENSATIONAL CONTEXTS

By Pete Heisey, Romania poheisey@mail.dnttm.ro

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Bro. Pete Heisey is a missionary to the Gypsys in Romania. He and his family were sent out by Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Reemstown, PA, and are supported by Ambassador Baptist Church of Pittsburgh. He can be contacted at poheisey@mail.dnttm.ro

Though Pastor Montgomery would hold to the "betrothal view" rather than the "consanguinous marriage" position, it is his opinion that this paper clearly reflects the Scriptural teaching on the sinfulness of divorce."

Table of Contents

Pg. 1.....	Table of Contents
Pg. 2.....	Introduction
Pg. 3.....	I. The Exception Clauses Are Dispensationally Limited In Light Of The Reasons For Their Omission In The Other Gospels And In Other New Testament Books
Pg. 4.....	II. The Exception Clauses Are Dispensationally Limited In Light Of The Immediate Audiences Who Heard Them
Pg. 5.....	III. The Exception Clauses Are Dispensationally Limited In Light Of The Order Of Jesus' Utterances On Divorce Considered Chronologically And Historically
Pg. 6.....	IV. The Exception Clauses Are Dispensationally Limited In Light Of The Historical Context Of The Book Of Matthew
Pg. 7.....	V. The Exception Clauses Are Dispensationally Limited In Light Of Their Specific And Immediate Hermeneutical Context
Pg. 8.....	VI. The Exception Clauses Are Dispensationally Limited In Light Of Their Specific And Immediate Dispensational Context
Pg. 9.....	VII. The Exception Clauses Are Dispensationally Limited In Light Of The Use Of Certain Dispensationally Unique Phrases In Matthew And Their Implications For The Unique Use Of The Exception Clauses In Matthew 5 And Matthew 19
Pg. 10.....	VIII. The Exception Clauses Are Dispensationally Limited In Light Of The Exegesis Of Matthew 5
Pg. 11.....	IX. The Exception Clauses Are Dispensationally Limited In Light Of The Exegesis Of Matthew 19
Pg. 12.....	Conclusion
Pg. 13.....	Bibliography

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