The King & His Kingdom: #90 - Marriage, Sex & Gender Part 2 | Matthew 19:1-12

Tom Logue - November 23rd 2025 You can’t have too high a view of marriage—but your view of the kingdom must be higher. This week, Tom continues our King and His Kingdom series in Matthew 19:1–12 (Part 2), pressing into some of the most sensitive topics of our cultural moment: marriage, divorce, gender, sexuality, and singleness. He shows how Jesus confronts trivial divorce and a culture that degrades women, revealing a God who dignifies and defends them. Tom also addresses gender dysphoria with both clarity and compassion, insisting that birth gender matters because God lovingly assigns it, and that the remedy is not hardening our hearts but yielding them to the Maker’s hands. Finally, he unpacks Jesus’ affirmation of celibacy and singleness as a gift—“better seats in the house” for undivided devotion to Christ—and calls us to see that whether married or single, the point is not our status but His kingdom. Learn more about our church: https://restoredtemecula.church Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/restoredtemecula  and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/restoredtemecula #Matthew19 #Marriage #Gender #Singleness #KingdomOfGod #KingAndHisKingdom #RestoredTemecula Share this message with someone who needs to hear it. Chapters (00:00:00) - Welcome Home: Restored Church(00:00:36) - The King and His Kingdom(00:03:06) - Jesus on Divorce and Other Things(00:04:20) - Jesus Never Says Anything That Offends(00:08:18) - Heart of Hardness(00:11:56) - 3 Things That God Dignifies and Defends Women(00:14:45) - God's Discriminating Against Women(00:21:15) - God dignifies and defends women(00:25:52) - Gender Dysoria Matters to God Because God Anticipated It(00:32:45) - Jesus Endorses celibacy and singleness(00:39:06) - Paul: Singleness Is a Gift(00:44:17) - "We Had The Best Seats"(00:45:04) - The kingdom of heaven is not the pinnacle of the Christian life(00:50:29) - The Real King's Kingdom(00:53:45) - Welcome to God's Kingdom(00:56:43) - Soften Our Hearts