So much scripture about divorce and remarriage So in not so many words the bible is saying woman can not remarry unless their husband is dead.
Romans 7:3 - So then if, while [her] husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
that if she does she is an adulteress please enlighten me on this how are so many Christians divorcing and remarrying? are they going to be considered damned or sinners?
Luke 16:18 - Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from [her] husband committeth adultery.
so if a woman is cheated on gets divorced and then gets remarried her new husband is considered to have committed adultery also very confusing
Where did THAT Law come from? It came from the Torah.
Deu 24:1 When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Deu 24:2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife.
Deu 24:3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;
Deu 24:4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
So the answer to your question is that if you are divrced by your husband, and you remarry, that is sin. But the Good News is we can be forgiven if we sinned. But for myself, as a divorcee, I will not remarry. My first husband, and father of our two daughters, recently became widowed from his 4th wife. I cannot remarry him in light of the Words of this most Holy Bible.
But the most interesting thing about this law of God's is that God of Israel divorced the House of Israel. And according to God's own Law He cannot take her back.
Jer 3:1 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.
Jer 3:2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
Jer 3:3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
Jer 3:4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
Jer 3:5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.
Jer 3:6 The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
Jer 3:7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
Jer 3:8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
Jer 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make
a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Jer 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt;
which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
Jer 31:33
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Jer 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
And the writer of Hebrew (possibly Paul) writes:
Heb 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
Heb 10:16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts,
and in their minds will I write them;
Heb 10:17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
Heb 10:18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
Heb 10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
Heb 10:20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Heb 10:21 And having an high priest over the house of God;
Reason I highlighted MINDS above:
There is no MINDS in the OT scriptures. Look for yourselves.
Deu_6:5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Deu 10:12 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
Deu 10:13 To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
Deu_11:13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
Deu_13:3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deu_30:6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Jos_22:5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Now note when in the New Testament Jesus speaks of the greatest commandment and MIND is added:
Mat_22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy
mind.
Mar_12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy
mind, and with all thy
strength: this is the first commandment.
Mar_12:33 And to love him with all the heart, and with
all the understanding, and with all
the soul, and with all the
strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Luk_10:27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy
strength, and with all thy
mind; and thy neighbour as thyself
In answer to your question, yes, divorce and remarriage is a very serious issue and with it comes many heartaches. The Christian church is not immune to this, and have read that the statistics of Christians versus non Christians in divorce rate is pretty much the same.
However, Paul is making a valid point in teaching of divorce and remarriage and what is actually considered adultery. I know, kind of deep, but I hope this helps your understanding.
