What rights did the guilty forfeit by virtue of their destroying the fleshly bond? Everyone can think of cases of where the guilty divorced the innocent. However, we are not discussing what people have done; we are interested in their God-given rights. Even if the guilty has divorced the innocent they are not free, for that last tie can be severed only when the innocent makes his intentions known formally and publicly.
Of course he cannot go through the divorce court again, but he can put it in writing, and tell it to the church, removing all doubt for the present and the future.
After the innocent has exercised his right to the dismissing, where does this leave the guilty? We have shown that the innocent and the guilty do not have the same rights, and that the guilty remains in his same unhappy position even after the innocent exercises his rights. It still remains a mystery to me as to how some can get the Scriptures to say it is sinful to marry one divorced for trivial reasons, but it is not sinful to marry one divorced for adultery.
If one can commit adultery, be divorced, repent and pray for forgiveness, and then remarry, then what is the purpose of the exception to begin with? This position will allow every Christian to commit adultery, be very sorry for it, remarry, and REMAIN in good standing with the church.
It is very common for a person to divorce a spouse who has committed adultery. Another common situation is that the spouse, who has committed adultery, wants to remarry, when their ex-spouse refuses to remarry him or her. On occasions a spouse, who has committed adultery, declares that they will remarry even if God says no.
They say that God is loving and gracious and they are confident that God would not want them to live the rest of their life alone. The true reason for their disobedience is that they want to remarry. They fail to realize that God is not a fool and is not deceived by their tears and pleading.
Galatians is a warning! Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. Galatians NASB. It has the idea of not making a fool of someone. That is, we cannot fool God. Scripture repeats this principle in other places Proverbs ; ; Hosea ; Here is Proverbs ,.
The wicked earns deceptive wages, But he who sows righteousness gets a true reward. Proverbs NASB. This Proverb states that we can do evil and the result may seem to be okay; but the individual will never know the blessing he or he missed. Remarriage is permitted by God in only three situations.
The first situation is that your ex-spouse dies Romans ; 1 Corinthians Can you explain what Jesus meant? Thanks for your help and God Bless. I think He meant exactly what He said. It is not surprising that He set such a high standard. Therefore, when a marriage fails, to remarry is to commit adultery.
However, Paul, there is much more to this story. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate. When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this. Jesus acknowledged that His Father allowed Moses to lessen the Godly standard.
The school of Shammai took a more conservative approach and said that adultery was the only grounds for divorce. But it was not this way from the beginning. Matthew quoted Jesus as allowing adultery as a ground for divorce.
Frankly, I have never read a satisfactory explanation that reconciles the difference between the two passages. It includes any sort of illicit sexual behaviors from reading pornographic materials to bestiality and everything in between.
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