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M
God can & will forgive someone if they get a divorce. Read chapter 5 of Matthew! If your wife is cheating on you then there is nothing wrong with you getting a divorce. The only sin that God won't forgive someone of is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. I don't believe you have anything to worry about. God Bless!
C
The Bible does not say that you have to stay with a person who is unfaithful. Although God dislikes divorce, it was permitted out of the hardness of the heart, and there is a verse that says if the unbeliever depart, let him depart, a man is not under bondage in this case. Hopefully if you separate--put distance between you, and not stay in the situation per say, then perhaps she will return. If you permit her to continue to "do wrong" but stay in the situation to be used, that is giving her permission to continue. Put some distance between you--perhaps, and see what happens. Call her on her behavior, you do not have to continue in the current situation.
B
God is a merciful God and He will forgive any sin except blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. This is understood by any Christian. But God is also a just God. The Bible said, a married person is one body with the spouse. Therefore, the man or the woman who is separated - made the other half of his/her body loitering around. Is not the better half be accountable for the deeds of the other half also. If I will divorce my wife, God will forgive me but as far as my marriage is concern, I am still accountable to my other half who is out there for the fact that we are one, spiritually and in the eyes of God. This maybe a deeper spiritual wisdom but I hope it can help others to think about separating from their other half.
N
"He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery." " (Matthew 19:8).
"But I say to you that whoever divoces his wife, Except for fornication, and marries another, commits adultery;......."
Matthew 19:9
I just wrote the first part of matthew 19:9
Matthew 19:8 & Matthew 19:9 read that to know more about it.
If you dont understand what it means it means that ONLY by being cheated on by your wife you can leave your wife & wont really be sinning, BUT if you divorce your wife just because of something little or that can be worked out or differences like you like the left side of the bed but she likes sleeping on the left then you will be comitting adultery meaning it is a sin because you made a promise to God that you would stay with her & honer her Till death do you part, But she dishonered you MANY times. Pray to God to help you, be strong when you feel weak, She cheated way to many times for you to stay with her, if it was once or twice then maybe you could work something BUT she cheated more than once & honestly if she did feel guilty of cheating she would have stopped a long time go yet she continued.
Maybe she is sorry now, but only God knows if she is really sorry & if she would do it again.
May God bless you =D
"But I say to you that whoever divoces his wife, Except for fornication, and marries another, commits adultery;......."
Matthew 19:9
I just wrote the first part of matthew 19:9
Matthew 19:8 & Matthew 19:9 read that to know more about it.
If you dont understand what it means it means that ONLY by being cheated on by your wife you can leave your wife & wont really be sinning, BUT if you divorce your wife just because of something little or that can be worked out or differences like you like the left side of the bed but she likes sleeping on the left then you will be comitting adultery meaning it is a sin because you made a promise to God that you would stay with her & honer her Till death do you part, But she dishonered you MANY times. Pray to God to help you, be strong when you feel weak, She cheated way to many times for you to stay with her, if it was once or twice then maybe you could work something BUT she cheated more than once & honestly if she did feel guilty of cheating she would have stopped a long time go yet she continued.
Maybe she is sorry now, but only God knows if she is really sorry & if she would do it again.
May God bless you =D
A
My husband and I are both divorced people that remarried. We gave our lives to the lord and I do believe when you are born again all past is put away and we are new creatures. We have made peace with our ex's and they see the lives that we both live. Our past mistakes are no longer remembered by God when we put our lives in his hands it is now how we live our lives in the now and we are totally his.
On another note, I read your profile about you being a drummer in a christian group. My husband started playing drums with a southern gospel group called 4 the Lord. He use to play the rock and roll and bar scenes long ago and this is so much more fullfilling. I travel with him that was the agreement when he was lead to do this, I am part of his support. It has helped me grow as a christian also, we meet so many great people. May God bless you with this music ministry.
On another note, I read your profile about you being a drummer in a christian group. My husband started playing drums with a southern gospel group called 4 the Lord. He use to play the rock and roll and bar scenes long ago and this is so much more fullfilling. I travel with him that was the agreement when he was lead to do this, I am part of his support. It has helped me grow as a christian also, we meet so many great people. May God bless you with this music ministry.
Of course He could. But the greater question is why should we expect Him to forgive us when we cant forgive those who have trespassed against us. If we would forgive our mates, there would be no need to file for divorce hence solicit God for His forgiveness for our unforgiveness. That is the real issue at hand here. The hardness of man's hearts makes God sick, and we place ourselves in a bad light when we refuse to forgive. You forgive your wife, and you wont have to worry about God forgiving you or not. And you will keep the marriage that God intended to never put asunder. Perhaps in the process, your wife will cherish you more as a hero like Hosea and his estranged wife that he forgave. But do glance over this one liner by Jesus- Mark 11:26.
E
I think absolutely God can and does forgive for divorce. I am divorced myself and I have forgiven my ex-wife, even before we were divorced.
My divorce didn't have to do with not forgiving her, it had to do with moving on with my life.
I can't change her (I tried desperately to save our marriage and prayed and prayed).
the fact is You can't control what anyone else does and if that is the life they choose you are better off to let them have it.
I also think it was important to let my children know that it's never ok to let someone abuse you.
When a spouse can't be committed enough to the other person to be monogamous then why should they have the security of that relationship? I am all for forgiveness, I think it's key in living free but; I also think Marriage has to be a two way street, indeed you will reap what you sow.
Peace brother and God's blessing on you and your family.
My divorce didn't have to do with not forgiving her, it had to do with moving on with my life.
I can't change her (I tried desperately to save our marriage and prayed and prayed).
the fact is You can't control what anyone else does and if that is the life they choose you are better off to let them have it.
I also think it was important to let my children know that it's never ok to let someone abuse you.
When a spouse can't be committed enough to the other person to be monogamous then why should they have the security of that relationship? I am all for forgiveness, I think it's key in living free but; I also think Marriage has to be a two way street, indeed you will reap what you sow.
Peace brother and God's blessing on you and your family.
I just thought of something regarding the whole audultery is the only exception thing. The Lord said, except in case of audultery, man and woman are not to be separated. But right afer that he says, if a man marries a woman that has been divorced he commits audultery with her. But at that point, even though the divorced woman has commited audultery, it is still considered audultery (i.e. The audultery commited after the "divorce" was not enough to break the bonds of marriage, which is why the Lord still called it audultery). Just something to think about.
J
There is a scripture that says, 1 Corinthinans 7:15 concerning marriage says, "if the unbelieving depart, let him depart because a brother or a sister in not called unto bondage but unto Peace. You are free to marry "in the Lord" Be careful. Because you will want to marry a true Christian woman, marry one that is married to Christ not to a denomination.
O
Hello,
A careful look at verse 16 with the verse 15 of 1corinthian 7 show that although the believing partner should not force the unbelieving partner from leaving ( perhaps by instrument of force - because he/she has been called to peace), he/she should realize that all hope is not lost as the marriage can still be saved if only such can stand in the gap.
Standing in the gap entails a lot of sacrifices one of which is waiting even if endless until the lord saves the run- away partner. This is because once saved he/she must return to the legally married partner. Indeed, God truly hate divorce Malachi2 v16. Read from verse 14-16. And in the beginning, though Eve made Adam to sin, God never considered an option of divorce because already the twain had been made one Gen2 v24. This is why Jesus liked to refer the Jews who were insisting on the easier way -out option (which Moses gave them because they wearied him),that it was not so from the beginning.
oapercy
A careful look at verse 16 with the verse 15 of 1corinthian 7 show that although the believing partner should not force the unbelieving partner from leaving ( perhaps by instrument of force - because he/she has been called to peace), he/she should realize that all hope is not lost as the marriage can still be saved if only such can stand in the gap.
Standing in the gap entails a lot of sacrifices one of which is waiting even if endless until the lord saves the run- away partner. This is because once saved he/she must return to the legally married partner. Indeed, God truly hate divorce Malachi2 v16. Read from verse 14-16. And in the beginning, though Eve made Adam to sin, God never considered an option of divorce because already the twain had been made one Gen2 v24. This is why Jesus liked to refer the Jews who were insisting on the easier way -out option (which Moses gave them because they wearied him),that it was not so from the beginning.
oapercy