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1 | Can a woman divorce man: Ongoing porn? | Matthew | bandaid | 212575 | ||
Keliy, assume you had little girls. Assuming the worst situation you can imagine, would you stay or divorce? Please, understand, I am not looking for answers to all the other questions and judgements brought up here. My questions were specific. I understand everyone has opinions and ideas and wants to help, but for the sake of several paragraphs on advice you know nothing about in a situation, trust that God has perhaps given me enough sense to ask questions that have legitimate value to my situation. | ||||||
2 | Can a woman divorce man: Ongoing porn? | Matthew | Hank | 212611 | ||
Possibly, bandaid, since you insist on having facts alone and eschew everything else including suggestions by Christians on the Forum who are merely trying to help, your cause might better be served by forsaking the Forum in lieu of an exhaustive concordance which you can consult in your own home without all the judgments and other nuisances that seem to be bothering you. --Hank | ||||||
3 | Can a woman divorce man: Ongoing porn? | Matthew | bandaid | 212627 | ||
I thought this was supposed to be a bible study forum? If I had wanted extensive advice I would have told my story in full, to get the same advice I have heard for the past five years from my elders, brothers, sisters, pastors, professors, authorities and friends. I don't need to go over all of that again for strangers sakes. This is a bible study forum to study the Word!, not get counseling. At least that was my understanding when I read the requirements. I am already addressing all of those other issues in full and simply am curious about the other subjects very few people have even focused on. All I want is a clear focus on my questions, I have everything else I need. I have already been studying and addressing each and everything AGAIN mentioned by strangers who have no clue, and don't need to go over those things again. Just simply answer my bible questions and talk about the subjects of the questions themselves. How hard is that? This is where I have progressed at this point. |
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4 | Can a woman divorce man: Ongoing porn? | Matthew | Wild Olive Shoot | 212630 | ||
Dear bandaid, I’ve followed along and read and seen many people on this forum come to your aid, at your request I may add. Please keep in mind you have asked for the assistance on this very public forum, they didn’t come to you. First and foremost, I’ll lift you and your husband and family in prayer. I don’t know the circumstance of your ordeal and will not pretend to. Prayer is all I or anyone can offer that will have any effect, God willing, to help you with your situation. Secondly, your posts seem to lack Christian grace in dealing with those who are trying to assist you. Rather than chastising someone for trying to help you, if you aren’t appreciative of their response, it is probably better to simply not respond than to belittle them. Thirdly, take this for what it is worth, prayer and fasting, according to Scripture can have lasting effects. In the end, it is God’s will that is done. He doesn’t act out of obligation and perform at our request the miracles He has purposed. But He does tell us to pray and unceasingly at that. 1Thessalonians 5:17 pray without ceasing, So please continue to do so. I’m sure others are joining. Keep you and your family safe and if God wills, our prayers concerning your predicament will be answered as He desires. Concerning your query of free will over riding God’s will, God is sovereign, whatever He desires will be done. If God desires to break someone, they will be broken. Romans 8:28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. Ephesians 1:11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, Galatians 1:15,16: 15 But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace, 16 was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone; Stand in His grace, WOS |
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5 | Can a woman divorce man: Ongoing porn? | Matthew | bandaid | 212634 | ||
Do you even remember my questions? My request was the focus on the questions. Not on my situation. I asked for no assistance BUT to my questions. If you followed along you would have read that ONE simple request over and over... and over again. This is a great group of people, who mean well. It's been a matter of going over the same request to FOCUS, again, on my questions and not my situation. That is well under wings of protection. I am hungry to know what Gods Word says about the ideas portrayed in the questions I asked, and I can just ask again that people respect that. |
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6 | Can a woman divorce man: Ongoing porn? | Matthew | Wild Olive Shoot | 212635 | ||
Dear bandaid, Is a woman biblically allowed the right to divorce a man under these grounds (porn as adultery) or does she have to separate and wait for her husband to divorce her? Pornography is not adultery. It should be considered sexual immorality in the sense that it leads to thoughts and potentially actions unbecoming of a Christian, but you cannot convict someone for thinking about something now can you. Since divorce is only acceptable for marital unfaithfulness, adultery, the answer to your question from a biblical perspective would be no. Divorce for reasons other than biblically permitted is not acceptable. Matthew 5:32 , Can freewill be overthrown if it is a sin that may be oriented through strongholds? Man’s free will cannot now, never has and never will override God’s sovereignty. Man’s free will is only free in the sense that in Christ, we can choose God, without Him, we will not choose God. God calls whomever God desires to call. As tragic as they may sound, for that means there are some God will not call, it is not in our power to question God. Romans 8:28, Ephesians 1:11, Galatians 1:15,16. Romans 9:19-21: 19 You will say to me then, "Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?" 20 But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, "Why have you made me like this?" 21 Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use? How do we know if a sin such as pornography addiction is a spiritual stronghold? Is it just a learned behavior that has affected dopamine in the brain, a spiritual stronghold, or both? Arguably, the problem with any sin is where it starts. James 1:12-15:12 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. 14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death. Seemingly, your husband’s addiction to pornography is an internal problem that has grown in which the effects, according to your posts, can now be seen externally. The only cure: Romans 6:16-18: 16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. 2Corinthians 5:17-19: 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. I didn’t overlook any one of your questions. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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7 | Can a woman divorce man: Ongoing porn? | Matthew | azurelaw | 212637 | ||
Dear Brother WOS, Thank you for the excellent answer. I hope she is satisfied now :-) Shalom Azure |
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8 | Can a woman divorce man: Ongoing porn? | Matthew | bandaid | 212644 | ||
When I get answers that biblically make sense, I will be :cP | ||||||