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1 | Isn't adultrey grounds for divorce? | Hosea | teragram123 | 58197 | ||
I am sorry if my response came across as uncaring. I care too much at times and get very involved in the fight to keep marriages together... not merely defend the excuse so many use today for divorce. I have found that most people claiming the divorce clause had lost the luster of their marriage long before the excuse came about and jumped at the way out... saying Christ made the way out. Did not Christ tell the Pharisees that it was not so in the beginning? Besides if adultery is the only clause for Christians to divorce... why is it not the reason that is put before the divorce court? Everything else is named against the spouse. .. but again as Christians are we to go to court one against another? I find it rather hard to take a spouse to court and still fulfill the Love verse... 1 Cor. 13:4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. [5] It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. [6] Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. [7] It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. [8] Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. But again... if most be honest with their own heart... they were getting burned out on the relationship long before the unfaithfulness came in.... could it be the reason for the unfaithfulness? Maybe we should rename the reason for divorce- selfishness, or love-less- ness? Vows are made on the mountain tops and walked out in the valleys of our life. No body needs a vow on their wedding night... but years later when there just isn’t the spark (lust? maybe?) left in the relationship. That is the very reason the vows were made in the first place... correct? |
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2 | Isn't adultrey grounds for divorce? | Hosea | Aristarchus | 58296 | ||
I agree completely, Teragram. Divorce is all too often done for the wrong reasons. As I replied to Justme, divorce should always be a last option, only in the case of adultery (and spousal abuse??), and that step should only be taken if the one committing the adultery is unwilling to repent and seek forgiveness. In that case I feel divorce is warranted, because (and I speak as one who has been there) it can adversely affect the faithful persons walk with Christ. Even God requires of us to repent if we are to be forgiven. I say again, though, that all effort should be made to bring a marriage back together. This is why I urge both parties to have a view toward ministering to each other. By selfless love and mutual respect, our goal should be to make our partner feel secure and worthy instead of wondering how they can make us feel that way. If we keep this attitude and maintain our hope in Christ, that He is where our true security and worth lies, the cheating problem would become almost insignificant. God Bless |
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