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1 | Divorce for no sexual life ever - OK? | Matt 19:9 | Emmaus | 171000 | ||
Jeff, Please tell me scripturally how a man and a woman can become "one flesh" i.e. married, without consumating their union "in the flesh." We are men not angels. the fact that something is recoggnized in law does not mean that it may not also be scriptural. Emmaus |
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2 | Divorce for no sexual life ever - OK? | Matt 19:9 | jlhetrick | 171006 | ||
Hello Emmaus: I think the problem you are having in understanding marriage is that you are under the impression that a man and woman make themselves "one flesh" by having sex. This is far short from understanding that it is God who makes them one flesh. I believe you have taken the meaning of this and assigned a human action as accomplishing what scripture says God does. you write that because something is recognized in law does not mean it may not also be scriptural. Yes, I agree. That was not my point at all. My point was simply that because the law of man may provide an escape, God's law trumps man's law. For Chrisitians, divorce is only acceptable based on God's approved reasons. Man's law, for example, allows for divorce when a husband and wife have "differences" they can not resolve. Does God's word allow for this? It's really not a hard issue when scripture is applied, Jeff |
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3 | Divorce for no sexual life ever - OK? | Matt 19:9 | Emmaus | 171012 | ||
Jeff, If nana was your daughter would you be giving this advice to her in her situation? Do you have a daughter? This is not a theoretical question. God law is that we not lie when entering into sacred bonds. A marriage vow that is based on a lie is no vow at all but fraud. It is akin to perjury. It is really a hard issue when scripture is applied selectively. Emmaus |
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4 | Divorce for no sexual life ever - OK? | Matt 19:9 | jlhetrick | 171014 | ||
Hello Emmaus: If nana was my daughter of course I would be offering her advise in this situation. Yes I have a daughter. In fact, I have four of them. Two of them have children of their own. The other two may eventually marry men that are incapable of performing sexually. Or, may not be willing to perform sexually. My advise to both would be that the scripture does not allow for divorce based on this alone. Even if they have yet to involve the sexual act. You write: "God law is that we not lie when entering into sacred bonds. A marriage vow that is based on a lie is no vow at all but fraud. It is akin to perjury." A person's committment to marriage (and love) is based on his/her own comittment and not what may or not be true or a lie in the other person. Jesus Christ represents the perfect example of this kind of committment and love (Romans 5:8). If I found that something that I believed about my wife (a major thing that drew me closer to her and encouraged my desire to marry her) turned out to have been a lie, would I be freed from the bonds of marriage? Or perhaps you would argue that I was never bonded in marriage with her because it was based on her lie. Well, that would mean I have been committing adultry and living a sexually imoral life for going on 16 years now. When we try to make sex the foundation of marriage, we not only find ourselves in conflict with clear teachings of God's word; we find ourselves in conflict with logic and common sense. Help! Jeff PS. Please refer to my upcoming post to Kalos in this thread. |
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