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1 | Divorced Do Christians Get Remarried? | 1 Cor 6:9 | jlhetrick | 205357 | ||
Tamara- I have some conflict with some things you are saying and would like to bring it to your attention for clarification and/or discussion. You wrote: "I said it before, I will say it again; if this were a case of fornication and someone said, I repent, but kept right on living in it, would you think they were going to heaven? I don't think so, and I bet you don't either, but when it comes to adultery, depending on who is doing the exegesis someone gets a free pass." This is a very problematic statement in light of what Scripture teaches about the sinful state of mankind and the gracious gift of salvation. While keeping oneself free from a particular sin (if possible at all) can do nothing to save us, there is nothing in Scripture that teaches that a Christian participating in sin (even willfully) forfeits his/her salvation. As for your "free pass" comment, you do have that right sister. Free to us, but at great cost. While we are not free to judge another's salvation, we can safely assume that a person who continues in a willful lifestyle of gross sin against God may not be saved at all, we can't rewrite the Scriptures to say what they don't say. When God saves us, each of us, we are utterly sinful. There is no good in us. Eph 2:5 Paul wrote: "1 Corinthians 7:24 (NKJV) 24 Brethren, let each one remain with God in that state in which he was called." Since divorce was legal for the Jews of the day according to Moses it's a fair assumption that many new converts were divorced and remarried. Yet we find nowhere in Scripture where these were told to divorce their current spouse because their situation is one of continuing fornication or adultry. So when we might be compelled to point the finger at others for "reading into" scripture, we might do well to evaluate our own position. You wrote: "In I Corinthians 7:15 we have a big problem with the modern translation of a Greek transiliteration into English. Every one takes this verse to mean if the unbeliever leaves then you are free to remarry. The text says no such thing, it says that if they leave and are an unbeliever then the believer is not bound to reamain married, no where in the that text does it say you are free to get remarried, but people read that into it even though the English grammar, the Greek grammar does not support that." "Every one takes this vers to mean..." Really? And you, perhaps, have some special insight and every one else is wrong? I'm not trying to be sarcastic or nit-pic your post. I simply disagree. I believe my last quote of yours speaks to the problem of trying to analyze the foreign language (of which you are no expert, right?) while throwing out the context of Scripture as a whole. Marriage is an institution of God; Gen 2:18, Matt 19:5-6, Mark 10:7-8. Christians are "bound" by the parameters. In the case where an unbelieving spouse leaves, and the believer is declared by Scripture to no longer be bound by the laws of marriage, by what Scriptural argument do you say they are not free to remarry? You have talked about today verses biblical times and how our understanding needs to consider this. I agree. What would be left to a woman in those times if her unbelieving husband were to walk out on her? I believe when we take this in context, we see the real reason she is considered "free" of the "bonds" of the marriage. One thing we all do well to consider is this. We must approach the Scriptures with a degree of rational thought and common sense. Otherwise, we might end up with a misinterpretation of the words on paper and then try to hold others to the standard of our misunderstanding. I'm sorry, but it seems like your on a crusade here. Forgive me if I'm misreading you. God bless, Jeff |
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2 | Divorced Do Christians Get Remarried? | 1 Cor 6:9 | DocTrinsograce | 205364 | ||
Dear Jeff, If you wouldn't mind my interjecting here... You wrote, "...there is nothing in Scripture that teaches that a Christian participating in sin (even willfully) forfeits his/her salvation." That is true. However, I am always afraid of the ditch on the other side of the road! So permit me to add: There are Scriptures that state that habitual and willful sinning is not characteristic of someone who is saved (Hebrews 10:23-27; 1 John 3:9). This is why the Word encourages us to be as careful as we can about the question of our salvation (Philippians 2:12). If we judge ourselves, we can avoid judgment (1 Corinthians 11:31). We should be constantly examining ourselves (2 Corinthians 13:5), looking constantly into the mirror of the Word, to determine if we are of the faith. In Him, Doc |
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3 | Divorced Do Christians Get Remarried? | 1 Cor 6:9 | jlhetrick | 205379 | ||
Thanks Doc- If you reread my post you will find where I pointed this out immediately after the statement you quoted. I wrote: "While we are not free to judge another's salvation, we can safely assume that a person who continues in a willful lifestyle of gross sin against God may not be saved at all..." Thanks for providing the Scriptural reference to support that statement though. God bless, Jeff |
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4 | Divorced Do Christians Get Remarried? | 1 Cor 6:9 | DocTrinsograce | 205383 | ||
Well, serves me right for not reading more carefully... I was in haste before time to leave for Church. (Proverbs 21:5) | ||||||
5 | Divorced Do Christians Get Remarried? | 1 Cor 6:9 | jlhetrick | 205389 | ||
Not to worry- your post provided the Scriptural reference that I neglected to include. Thanks again, Jeff |
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