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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: Xander Ordered by Date |
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1 | Biblically correct divorce | Matt 19:9 | Xander | 163123 | ||
Jesus plainly says that divorce is not allowed except in the case of fornication (Matthew 19:9 KJV). As to whether or not divorce is simillarly disallowed for women, my answer is that for the same reasons a woman may not divorce except, again, in the case of her husband committing fornication. Here is why I say this: The Pharisees asked Jesus if a man could divorce his wife in Matthew 19:3. In Matthew 19:4-5 he answers them as follows (New American Standard Bible): "And He answered and said, "Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE, and said, 'FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH'?" The man can't divorce the woman because they are one flesh. The woman is also one flesh with the man and thus cannot divorce him. Yet with God all things are possible so I hope the woman does not give up on her relationship. |
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2 | Is simple honesty in conflict w/ signing | Not Specified | Xander | 160591 | ||
Jesus said "But let your statement be, 'Yes, yes' or 'No, no'; anything beyond these is of evil." (Matthew 5:37 NASB). I take this as more than just swearing. It ought also to apply to promises in that saying "I promise" should not show our word to be true where otherwise we can't be trusted. Now, if it applies to more than just swearing, then it seems to me that we need to remove from our lives everything we do because our yes can't be taken as yes and our no as no. So then what of signing papers? My signature is required because it can be used to prove in court that I agreed to something. Is that not more than my yes being my yes, that I have to give proof for fear that I'm lying? But then the same doesn't seem to apply to locking our doors if you read of the locked gate in Acts 12. Locking doors is often a matter of not trusting others, right? And if we're going to expect them to trust us then shouldn't we trust them? I don't understand. | ||||||
3 | Is simple honesty in conflict w/ signing | Matt 5:33 | Xander | 160594 | ||
Jesus said "But let your statement be, 'Yes, yes' or 'No, no'; anything beyond these is of evil." (Matthew 5:37 NASB). I take this as more than just swearing. It ought also to apply to promises in that saying "I promise" should not show our word to be true where otherwise we can't be trusted. Now, if it applies to more than just swearing, then it seems to me that we need to remove from our lives everything we do because our yes can't be taken as yes and our no as no. So then what of signing papers? My signature is required because it can be used to prove in court that I agreed to something. Is that not more than my yes being my yes, that I have to give proof for fear that I'm lying? But then the same doesn't seem to apply to locking our doors if you read of the locked gate in Acts 12. Locking doors is often a matter of not trusting others, right? And if we're going to expect them to trust us then shouldn't we trust them? I don't understand. | ||||||