Divorce and Remarriage

[iwant2serve]

This is a touchy topic so please be considerate with your responses. Here are scriptures relating to this topic.

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.

Matthew 5:31-32
[SUP]31 [/SUP]It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: [SUP]32 [/SUP]But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

Matthew 19:3-10
[SUP]3 [/SUP]The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

[SUP]4 [/SUP]And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

[SUP]5 [/SUP]And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

[SUP]6 [/SUP]Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

[SUP]7 [/SUP]They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

[SUP]8 [/SUP]He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

[SUP]9 [/SUP]And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

[SUP]10 [/SUP]His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

Mark 10:2-12
[SUP]2 [/SUP]And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

[SUP]3 [/SUP]And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

[SUP]4 [/SUP]And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

[SUP]5 [/SUP]And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.

[SUP]6 [/SUP]But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

[SUP]7 [/SUP]For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

[SUP]8 [/SUP]And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

[SUP]9 [/SUP]What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

[SUP]10 [/SUP]And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter.

[SUP]11 [/SUP]And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.

[SUP]12 [/SUP]And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

1Cor 7:10-13

[SUP]10 [/SUP]And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

[SUP]11 [/SUP]But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

[SUP]12 [/SUP]But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

[SUP]13 [/SUP]And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

These passages speak clearly on divorce and remarriag, so my question is:
Can a sacond marriage be honored by God if it was desolved for any reason bu these?

 

[Agricola]

Yes it can, especially if it was something after the person committed their life to God. People in my church have been blessed by God after remarrying, some have even been brought together by God, even though they were divorced. People do not go to hell for remarrying after divorce regardless of what the divorce was over. People go to hell for rejecting JEsus.

 

[iwant2serve]

1 Cor 7:14-15
[SUP]3 [/SUP]And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. [SUP]14 [/SUP]For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
[SUP]15 [/SUP]But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

 

[iwant2serve]

Yes it can, especially if it was something after the person committed their life to God. People in my church have been blessed by God after remarrying, some have even been brought together by God, even though they were divorced. People do not go to hell for remarrying after divorce regardless of what the divorce was over. People go to hell for rejecting JEsus.

If God calls it adultry and you ask for forgiveness is the marriage now legal, and people can go to hell for adultry because the bible says no adulters will enter the kingdome of God.

 

[GodIsSalvation]

Remarriage is only possible according to the Bible in case of death of one spouse or reconciliation to the estranged spouse.

 

[Agricola]

If God calls it adultry and you ask for forgiveness is the marriage now legal, and people can go to hell for adultry because the bible says no adulters will enter the kingdome of God.

Well in that case no humans will enter the kingdom as Christ said just thinking about someone is adultery. Where do you stop with this, theft as well? we have all stolen.

DOes your thinking apply to two people who are both on thier third marrage who then become born again believers, what about them?

 

[Ariel82]

Jesus can forgives and changes the hearts of murders. He can fix adulterers as well.

Our marriages should be forever and we should not sleep around with others. That is God's plan.

However, God can heal those who truly seek Him.

 

[iwant2serve]

Well in that case no humans will enter the kingdom as Christ said just thinking about someone is adultery. Where do you stop with this, theft as well? we have all stolen.

DOes your thinking apply to two people who are both on thier third marrage who then become born again believers, what about them?

You stole a TV and repent is the TV now yours?
You stop stealing then you are no longer a thief, stop lying and you are no longer a lier and so on.

 

[notuptome]

Sins are forgiven. Consequences of sin are not automatically resolved. Divorce and remarry limits ones ability to minister in the church. Disqualified from pastorate and other offices.

For the cause of Christ
Roger

 

[Jamal]

You stole a TV and repent is the TV now yours?
You stop stealing then you are no longer a thief, stop lying and you are no longer a lier and so on.

We live a society where many preachers tell their sheep what the sheep wants to hear, not what God has to say to them. Many preachers don't teach repentance, they teach confession that one is a sinner. A real Christian repents and returns the TV. A nominal Christian says "I'm a sinner" and keeps the TV (maybe because that's what a sinner does). These preachers won't even call a sin a sin.

 

[LEPIDUS]

So if I understand correctly you are saying that a remarried person remains in the state of adultery, and not necessarily like when a person is habitually committing adultery?

 

[Saint_Cecilia]

We live a society where many preachers tell their sheep what the sheep wants to hear, not what God has to say to them. Many preachers don't teach repentance, they teach confession that one is a sinner. A real Christian repents and returns the TV. A nominal Christian says "I'm a sinner" and keeps the TV (maybe because that's what a sinner does). These preachers won't even call a sin a sin.

And so, let me guess, you are a preacher and you are going to tell us all about it (not).

 

[mary1c]

Here is my opinion...if a person does not know the Lord or does not know the ways of the Lord than can he/she be under the teachings of the Lord and held accountable. My opinion is that God has mercy upon the unbeliever which we can see in


1Co 7:12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
1Co 7:13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
1Co 7:14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
1Co 7:15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
1Co 7:16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
So when reading this you can see the grace for a unbeliever.

However, the following is not a mere opinion but scripture which defines the thought...

1Co 7:10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
1Co 7:11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
Notice it is a command and not his opinion but comes from the Lord

Here again in verse 391Co 7:39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

So there are opinions, and then there are scripture... In my opinion if a person knows the will and ways of marriage... then faced with a lifetime commitment in which there will be no other due to your combined commitment to and before God ,we may in fact seek the wisdom of God in matters of marriage foregoing personal favor in the favor of our savior.

Maybe the better argument here, that needs answering is...do followers know the ways set forth by God in the matters of marriage and does the man understand the duties as well as the woman in order to bring Honor to God in doing so.

Bringing Honor to God has always been and always will be the only way... and that is my opinion

 

[Matt1626]

Remarriage is only possible according to the Bible in case of death of one spouse or reconciliation to the estranged

 

[Matt1626]

So if I understand correctly you are saying that a remarried person remains in the state of adultery, and not necessarily like when a person is habitually committing adultery?

Yes if you engage in a physical relationship

 

[Jamal]

And so, let me guess, you are a preacher and you are going to tell us all about it (not).

(Regarding your private message, I sincerely hope that was misaddressed. Whether or not is was misaddressed, you should never send messages like that.)

I'm not a preacher, I just desire the Word more than having my ears tickled.

 

[JesusIsAll]

We live a society where many preachers tell their sheep what the sheep wants to hear, not what God has to say to them. Many preachers don't teach repentance, they teach confession that one is a sinner. A real Christian repents and returns the TV. A nominal Christian says "I'm a sinner" and keeps the TV (maybe because that's what a sinner does). These preachers won't even call a sin a sin.

It seems a lot Christian teaching in this world, willy-nilly forgiveness, easy believism, is light on repentance, though the Bible is not. The gospel of Christ always involves doing what is righteous by your neighbor. I may differ with you about the disposition of the TV, though. Seeing a lot of what's aired these days, instead of returning the TV set, the loving thing to do may be to smash it with a sledgehammer.

 

[junelake]

If a husband dies then is the widow free to marry?

 

[Tinkerbell725]

The source of all sin is from the heart. Sin is just the fruit of what going on inside your heart. It is the place where God dwells, so if you have a change of heart and choose not to follow Him then you will sin more and more. No sin is great or small but it has consequences. It is all the same sin, the sin of not believing that leads to rebellion or disobedience to God. But if you surrender and repent, God will forgive and forget all your sins and will make things right again for God has forgiven our original sin and He will not stop forgiving future sins as long as we believe in Him.

 

[Saint_Cecilia]

(Regarding your private message, I sincerely hope that was misaddressed. Whether or not is was misaddressed, you should never send messages like that.)

I'm not a preacher, I just desire the Word more than having my ears tickled.

For your information, I have already made public my message and under observation, *you *could *not *wait to send it via "Sending Back Forum Feed" ... lol ... I am correct in my assessment.

Concerning your ears, you are deaf.