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RE: Remarriage After Divorce - One Stop Thread - 11/16/2008 12:37:21 PM
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AbbyGrace
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Show me Scripture, where it says, "If you have divorced due to your spouse leaving you or abusing you, and you have remarried, and you both are serving the Lord, that you need to divorce, and ask God for reconcilation with the abusive spouse."
Show me Scripture for that.....you cant SE.
Because you're beginning with the false pretext that what God calls adultery is a legal marriage. By definition adultery is an extramarital relationship where a person is having relations with someone they are not married to. You don't therefore "divorce" from adultery, you repent of it.
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Ok, so what are you saying? They have gone through a divorce, due to abuse or that spouse leaving them, and later they remarry a person who is a Christian, and they are serving the Lord together.....so they are to repent for this? Is that what your saying? Correct me if Im wrong, but thats what I gather that you are saying.
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RE: Remarriage After Divorce - One Stop Thread - 11/16/2008 12:49:20 PM
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Because you're beginning with the false pretext that what God calls adultery is a legal marriage.
A false pretense would be believing that what YOU call adultery has anything to do with what God has said.
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RE: Remarriage After Divorce - One Stop Thread - 11/16/2008 1:07:21 PM
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Because you're beginning with the false pretext that what God calls adultery is a legal marriage.
A false pretense would be believing that what YOU call adultery has anything to do with what God has said.
His Words, not mine:
Mark 10: 6-12 "But from the beginning of creation, God MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE. "FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH; so they are no longer two, but one flesh. "What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate." In the house the disciples began questioning Him about this again. And He *said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her; and if she herself divorces her husband and marries another man, she is committing adultery."
Luke 16:18 "Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.”
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RE: Remarriage After Divorce - One Stop Thread - 11/16/2008 1:10:11 PM
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Ok, so what are you saying? They have gone through a divorce, due to abuse or that spouse leaving them, and later they remarry a person who is a Christian, and they are serving the Lord together.....so they are to repent for this? Is that what your saying? Correct me if Im wrong, but thats what I gather that you are saying.
Jesus said they were not qualified to remarry so the second relationship was an extramarital affair. That's not what I'm saying, it's what He said.
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RE: Remarriage After Divorce - One Stop Thread - 11/16/2008 1:17:32 PM
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Ok, so what are you saying? They have gone through a divorce, due to abuse or that spouse leaving them, and later they remarry a person who is a Christian, and they are serving the Lord together.....so they are to repent for this? Is that what your saying? Correct me if Im wrong, but thats what I gather that you are saying.
Jesus said they were not qualified to remarry so the second relationship was an extramarital affair. That's not what I'm saying, it's what He said.
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That IS what YOU are saying, and that is NOT what HE said.
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RE: Remarriage After Divorce - One Stop Thread - 11/16/2008 1:19:26 PM
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Ok, so what are you saying? They have gone through a divorce, due to abuse or that spouse leaving them, and later they remarry a person who is a Christian, and they are serving the Lord together.....so they are to repent for this? Is that what your saying? Correct me if Im wrong, but thats what I gather that you are saying.
Jesus said they were not qualified to remarry so the second relationship was an extramarital affair. That's not what I'm saying, it's what He said.
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Ok, I get that. But give me Scripture where its stating that they should divorce their second spouse because they are living in "continuous" adultrey, as you have said......
And keep in mind, we are talking about 2 people who have married after a divorce, and now are serving the Lord.
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RE: Remarriage After Divorce - One Stop Thread - 11/16/2008 4:41:56 PM
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Show me Scripture, where it says, "If you have divorced due to your spouse leaving you or abusing you, and you have remarried, and you both are serving the Lord, that you need to divorce, and ask God for reconciliation with the abusive spouse."
Show me Scripture for that.....you cant SE.
Because you're beginning with the false pretext that what God calls adultery is a legal marriage. By definition adultery is an extramarital relationship where a person is having relations with someone they are not married to. You don't therefore "divorce" from adultery, you repent of it.
SealedEternal
OK, so what are you saying? They have gone through a divorce, due to abuse or that spouse leaving them, and later they remarry a person who is a Christian, and they are serving the Lord together.....so they are to repent for this? Is that what your saying? Correct me if Im wrong, but thats what I gather that you are saying.
If a person is still married to an abuser, does that person have a right to an affair?
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RE: Remarriage After Divorce - One Stop Thread - 11/16/2008 5:31:16 PM
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Ok, I get that. But give me Scripture where its stating that they should divorce their second spouse because they are living in "continuous" adultrey, as you have said......
There is no second "spouse." He just said they weren't married according to Jesus, because He calls it adultery. You would first have to prove that it is a valid marriage and not adultery.
If you don't believe it is continuous adultery... how do you interpret this verse? Paul says we are bound to our first spouse until death (that alone proves it's continuous). He even LABELS the woman an adulteress. God doesn't label us anything when we've repented of our sin.
Romans 7:1-3
"Do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to men who know the law—that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives? For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is ALIVE, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage. So then, if she marries another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress, even though she marries another man."
Could you please also give your explanation for the command to remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband? (1cor7:10-11) What is the purpose of this command if it is not continuous adultery?
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RE: Remarriage After Divorce - One Stop Thread - 11/16/2008 5:52:38 PM
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More proof that divorce doesn't dissolve the marriage... therefore it has to be continuous adultery to be in another union post-divorce. Below we see she is STILL his wife by covenant AFTER divorce. If divorce doesn't dissolve the union, simply having a ceremony and "marrying" another (while still married to our first spouse in God's eyes) doesn't dissolve the union either.
Malachi 2:13-16
"This is another thing you do: you cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and with groaning, because He no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand. Yet you say, 'For what reason?' Because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she IS your companion and your wife by covenant."But not one has done so who has a remnant of the Spirit And what did that one do while he was seeking a godly offspring? Take heed then to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of your youth. For I hate divorce," says the LORD, the God of Israel, and him who covers his garment with wrong," says the LORD of hosts. So take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously."
This also proves the "unbeliever leaving" does not dissolve the union and is not a "biblical divorce." He is referring here to an unbeliever ("not one has done so who has a remnant of the Spirit") who abandoned his wife. It obviously didn't dissolve his marriage, because she IS STILL HIS WIFE by covenant after he treacherously "divorced" her.
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RE: Remarriage After Divorce - One Stop Thread - 11/17/2008 9:50:49 AM
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They are not the same 2 words.
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First, it actually is ļὐ äåäļżėłōįi (has not been enslaved/bound) and it does refer to the marriage bond.
agreed. keepingfaith, referring to strong's concordance that bond (1402) when an unbelieving spouse leaves does indeed come from the Roman's 7:2 bond (1210) that you cite for allowing remarriage for widows. that's an inconsistent argument on your part.
furthermore, you did not respond to:
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v15 starts off with BUT. BUT WHAT? look in the verses prior that you mention and you just proved my point even better LOL. you will see Paul says that the believing spouse should not divorce an unbeliever who is willing to live with them BUT if the unbeliever leaves (v15 continues).
1 Cor 7:12,13,15
If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him ... But if the unbeliever leaves, let him do so. A believing man or woman is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace
keepingfath, please do not continue to throw out assertions like they aren't the same word and that the scripture is not in context without backing them out ... and now we found out why you didn't back them up, because your assertions were incorrect :(
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RE: Remarriage After Divorce - One Stop Thread - 11/17/2008 6:25:14 PM
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(Original: AbbyGrace) Show me Scripture, where it says, "If you have divorced due to your spouse leaving you or abusing you, and you have remarried, and you both are serving the Lord, that you need to divorce, and ask God for reconcilation with the abusive spouse."
Greetings AbbyGrace:
Mar 10:7,8 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
That One Flesh Remains Until Death Puts It Asunder ... Marriage can only be put asunder by death.
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RE: Remarriage After Divorce - One Stop Thread - 11/17/2008 6:54:56 PM
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Mark 10: 6-12 "But from the beginning of creation, God MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE. "FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH; so they are no longer two, but one flesh. "What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate." In the house the disciples began questioning Him about this again. And He *said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her; and if she herself divorces her husband and marries another man, she is committing adultery."
Luke 16:18 "Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.”
Pretty clear what the message is. Even though 2 divorced people are now happily married and serving the Lord, it still applies to them.
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RE: Remarriage After Divorce - One Stop Thread - 11/17/2008 8:21:59 PM
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Still, no one can give me Scripture....lol
Could you give your interpretation of Romans 7 and explain how we can be bound to our first spouse as long as they live, while at the same time not be in continuous adultery when married to another? Why does he LABEL her an adulteress?
Also, what is your interpretation of Malachi that I posted... that proves divorce doesn't end the marriage covenant? How is it lawful to take another's spouse who is still married in God's eyes? Coveting and keeping what we stole turns them into our lawful spouse?
The KJV New Testament Greek Lexicon
Strong's Number: 3429 Browse Lexicon
Original Word Word Origin
moicavw from (3432)
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Moichao 4:729,605
Phonetic Spelling Parts of Speech
moy-khah'-o Verb
Definition: to have unlawful intercourse with ANOTHER'S wife, to commit adultery with
King James Word Usage - Total: 6 commit adultery 6 KJV Verse Count Matthew 2 Mark 2
It says they are having unlawful relations with ANOTHER'S wife... so at what point do these relations become lawful? Do you believe that the act of sleeping with someone else's spouse on "our" wedding night turns them into our lawful spouse? That is frightening if that is what Jesus taught.
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RE: Remarriage After Divorce - One Stop Thread - 11/17/2008 8:28:30 PM
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Ok, so how do you know if your marriage was blessed by God? What about people who are married in court houses where there is no mention of God? Or people who enter into a marriage and one has no intention of staying married once they get what they want out of the other person? It all comes down to WHAT GOD HAS JOINED TOGETHER. We do not have the authority to decide who God has joined together and who he hasn't. Sex doesn't make a marriage because there were many references in the bible to women who slept with many men and were forgiven. Although they didn't continue on to say that those women had taken husbands. But still, it has to be between you, your new spouse and God. But if God isn't part of the equation, then is it really a marriage?
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RE: Remarriage After Divorce - One Stop Thread - 11/17/2008 8:31:06 PM
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1 Cor 7:12,13,15
If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him ... But if the unbeliever leaves, let him do so. A believing man or woman is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace
keepingfath, please do not continue to throw out assertions like they aren't the same word and that the scripture is not in context without backing them out ... and now we found out why you didn't back them up, because your assertions were incorrect :(
If you limit the verse to what it says, and don't try to impose more than is there, the bondage is only in context to dwelling together and says absolutely nothing about the marriage bond being dissolved:
1. "she consents to live with him"
2. "he consents to live with her"
3. "if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave"
That bondage specifically says it is referring to dwelling together, and does not state that the marriage bond itself is dissolved, nor gives permission to remarry. The term used is "douloō" which refers to servitude or enslavement. Therefore what the text actually says in context is that if one is married to an unbeliever the believer is forbidden from divorcing for any reason, but if the unbeliever refuses to dwell with them, they may permit the unbeliever to depart for the sake of peace. It also says however that the believer is still bound to the unbeliever in the marriage covenant until death, and must either remain unmarried or else reconcile with them later:
1 Corinthians 7: 10-13 But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband (but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce his wife. But to the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her. And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she must not send her husband away.
1 Corinthians 7:39 A wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband is dead, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.
The bondage of verse 39 is a completely different word "deō" which literally means "to bind", and in this case is in regard to the marriage covenant itself. Verse 15 was using the term for servitude in the context of living arrangements and never mentioned the marriage covenant, so it is adding to the text that which isn't there to claim that it was, and causing it to seemingly contradict verse 39. Thus if you were correct Paul would have to be schizophrenic as well as directly contradicting Jesus Christ.
Matthew 5:31-32 "It was said, 'WHOEVER SENDS HIS WIFE AWAY, LET HIM GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE'; but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the reason of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
Jesus said that a woman abandoned by her husband is still bound to her marriage covenant to him even after he divorced her, and thus made to commit adultery by him doing so. So if your interpretation of 1 Cor. 7:15 is correct, then Jesus wasn't aware of the abandonment provision and made a false statement in three of the Gospels:
Mark 10:11-12 And He *said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her; and if she herself divorces her husband and marries another man, she is committing adultery."
Luke 16:18 "Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.”
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RE: Remarriage After Divorce - One Stop Thread - 11/17/2008 8:45:15 PM
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Ok, so how do you know if your marriage was blessed by God? What about people who are married in court houses where there is no mention of God? Or people who enter into a marriage and one has no intention of staying married once they get what they want out of the other person? It all comes down to WHAT GOD HAS JOINED TOGETHER. We do not have the authority to decide who God has joined together and who he hasn't. Sex doesn't make a marriage because there were many references in the bible to women who slept with many men and were forgiven. Although they didn't continue on to say that those women had taken husbands. But still, it has to be between you, your new spouse and God. But if God isn't part of the equation, then is it really a marriage?
God created the institution of marriage in the garden of Eden, and He makes the rules to regulate it. All who enter this institution are agreeing to His terms of being joined by covenant until death do them part:
Genesis 2:21-24 So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man." For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.
Matthew 19:4-6 And He answered and said, "Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE, and said, 'FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH'? "So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."
Romans 7:2-3 For the married woman is bound by law to her husband while he is living; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law concerning the husband. So then, if while her husband is living she is joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress though she is joined to another man.
God gives us the free will to choose who we marry, and then He joins us into one flesh which can not be legally separated. All who enter this covenant are subject to His Law of marriage and the regulations He established, whether we agree with them or not, and will be judged by His standards regardless.
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RE: Remarriage After Divorce - One Stop Thread - 11/17/2008 8:53:41 PM
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Ok, those verses didn't answer my questions, and as of now, we are not under the law, we are under God's grace.
Yes, I know that a man will leave his mother........ BUT that union has to be blessed by God. How do we know if it was or not? Does God bless the union of people who decide to live together and after 7 years or whatever it is in common law states consider them married? Does God bless the marriage of the non believers who are married in a church because that is what their parents wanted? Does God bless the marriage of someone who was forced into a marriage by her family? The key thing is that GOD has to join them together and I have a hard time believing that God puts his blessing on every marriage that takes place. God knows what is in our hearts and God knows that our hearts may not be pure in that sense. Like the person who marries another just for something and then divorces them when they get it. Or common law marriages. I mean if they are living together, then they are living in sin right? So all of the sudden it is ok when a state says they have lived together long enough that they are considered married?
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RE: Remarriage After Divorce - One Stop Thread - 11/17/2008 8:58:00 PM
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(Original: MrsTracy72) But if God isn't part of the equation, then is it really a marriage?
Gen 2:22-25 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Adam and Eve had a public wedding in Eden ... God the Father gave away the Bride ... the Groom received her.
Marriage precedes: Human Government, the Law of Moses, the Church of Chist, and evey other human institution. Adam was created married. (male and femal created He them). The mystery of marriage is fully displayed in the act of the New-Birth of a sinner who now becomes one with Christ. It all happens as when a forgiven sinner becomes one with Christ ... So it is when a man "taketh - a - wife".
Eph 5:28-32 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Marriage has been manifest when one (nerver been married or widowed) man, and one (never been married or widowed) woman consent to and complete a public wedding ceremony.
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RE: Remarriage After Divorce - One Stop Thread - 11/17/2008 9:09:20 PM
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Marriage has been manifest when one (nerver been married or widowed) man, and one (never been married or widowed) woman consent to and complete a public wedding ceremony.
Still not convinced. My grandmother was not given a choice in who she married. While she never divorced, I do have friends I went to high school with who were already in arranged marriages. One of them had a boyfriend all through high school, but had to marry the person who her parents chose for her. There was a public ceremony, and she did say "I do" but she didn't want to and couldn't say no.
I don't see that as a marriage blessed by God. Just the same, I don't see God blessing a marriage where one had no intention in staying in that marriage from the beginning and lied about it. So yes, both went through that public ceremony, but if one of them lied about their intentions, then is that really a marriage? The bible doesn't cover that.
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RE: Remarriage After Divorce - One Stop Thread - 11/17/2008 9:34:05 PM
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By that standard whose the arbitrator of what marriages He blesses or doesn't? I could just "feel" that He didn't bless mine and abandon it then right? That's a pretty dangerous assumption to make.
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RE: Remarriage After Divorce - One Stop Thread - 11/17/2008 9:47:36 PM
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Ok, those verses didn't answer my questions, and as of now, we are not under the law, we are under God's grace.
All of Jesus and Paul's teachings regarding marriage/divorce (I won't include "remarriage" because there is no such word) are in the NT which does apply to us. We are released from the law of marriage at death (Romans 7:2-3). That's why Jesus says it is adultery to marry another, and that explains why we have the command to remain unmarried or be reconciled (1cor7:10-11).
God's moral laws still apply... we are not free to commit adultery, and scripture says throughout that those practicing adultery or any form of sexual immorality will not inherit Heaven. Grace is not a license for immorality (Jude 1:4).
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RE: Remarriage After Divorce - One Stop Thread - 11/17/2008 9:55:58 PM
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MrsTracy72
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ORIGINAL: SealedEternal
By that standard whose the arbitrator of what marriages He blesses or doesn't? I could just "feel" that He didn't bless mine and abandon it then right? That's a pretty dangerous assumption to make.
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Nope, God is the arbitrator. We don't really know. Just as when Jesus says our sins are forgiven, does that include those of people who did marry again? And I have asked the before, but what if two unbelievers married, then divorced, and then married again and one or both came to Christ? Is that not forgiven?
Only God knows what is going to happen and we really have no authority to judge people. I have seen things in this thread twisted and I am not saying just now, but I have seen it and I just think that this entire subject is something that people need to be very careful about.
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RE: Remarriage After Divorce - One Stop Thread - 11/17/2008 10:34:10 PM
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I could not agree with you more, but there are alot of people who like to interpret Scripture for themselves, and dont care that people answer to God and not them.
I don't believe His Word is open to private interpretation. I take His Words to mean what they clearly say. I don't believe anyone answers to anyone other than God, but we are still called to expose false teachings and we are called to be salt and light and to lift up His Word. Many are falling into sin out of ignorance, and it is my hope that they will come to the truth and repentance, so that they won't be judged.
We will be judged by what God's Word says... not by what we "interpret" it to mean or what we "think" it means.
Luke 16:18
"Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.”
Romans 7:1-3
"Do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to men who know the law—that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives? For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is ALIVE, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage. So then, if she marries another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not | | |
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