It was not the divorce being discussed, I said I did not agree with what you said concerning lusting being grounds for divorce, nor an unbelieving person leaving giving the grounds for remarriage. So sorry but I don't get what your saying above.
God's grace demands repentance. You cannot receive God's grace without repentance. HOw ever you came to believe God's grace covers the unrepentant is beyond me. The Bible teaches this nowhere.
Acts 3:
18 But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord
It is the will of God that we repent, without it we are still abiding in our own will:
Matt 21:28 But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard
29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you
And if we do not carry out the lord's will, we will not enter heaven:
Matt 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven
It is not a matter of "we should" but is a matter of we MUST:
Luke 13:3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish
Acts 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent
Yes, "were like that" past tense, showing they repented are no longer living in such a way. Yet if we choose not to repent, and live in sin then the Grace of God has no effect on us as an individual. I know this may not be what you are used to hearing, the world has embraced a very worldly message when it comes to sin, yet the passages I am showing you mean exactly what they say at face value. Read them yourself, remove all preconceived ideas and teachings, and be honest with what they are saying.
Look at what Paul wrote the Corinthian church, (the saved):
II Cor 6:1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain
And the Gal church:
Gal 5:3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace
Many will teach this is concerning those who demand we are under law in the NT. Never the case here, this is what Paul told to Christians who had been deceived by false teachers trying to persuade them that in order to be a Christian, they still had to abide by the Law of Moses. Going back to the Law of Moses is sinful, and this sin would cause them to fall from grace and the sacrifice that was given for their remission would become of no effect because of this sin. Same for any sin we refuse to repent of.
And again to the Hebrew Christians:
Heb 10:
26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
28 He that despised Moses 'law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace
Many here hate this message, others just dont see it. But the Bible says what it says, Imagine trying to explian away all these easy to understand passages, which are only a small portion of what the Bible teaches concerning repetnace. Marriage and divorce is defiantly rampant these days, yet the word never changes, it always applies the same. _ Thanks for your response