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1 | Can a divorced person remarry? | 1 Cor 7:15 | kalos | 219 | ||
Does the right to divorce carry with it the right to remarry? I.e., is divorce nothing more than legalized separation? | ||||||
2 | Can a divorced person remarry? | 1 Cor 7:15 | RAVEN | 38895 | ||
Hello Kalos, I can kinda understand where you are coming from with this question even though I myself have never been divorced nor do I intend to be. But I have a friend who has gone through a divorce and then afterwards she got back together with her X about five times trying I guess to make it work. And they intended to get remarried several times. But then she would either catch him with another woman or he would hit her and they would fight and it got pretty bad several times. But what I am trying to get to is the first time she divorced him, it was because "they didn't get along" of course they got along enough to bring a child into the world. There is know place in scripture that says if a married couple doesn't get along its ok to divorce. You see its mans responsibility to know what God wnats when it comes to marraige. And if you want to get to the real problem she and him neither was or are Christians. If they had been and both had studied Gods word and lived a faithful life to God this would in most cases not have happened. People take marraige so light. They say "If it don't work I'll just get a divorce". And this is so common in todays society. And from reading some of the responces you have received from this question, many still feel the same way. But thats just it, it's not about feelings, its about God and whats right. This girl I was telling you about, now she has gone on and remarried another even though the bible says its commiting adultry. She probably had her chance to divorce him legaly in Gods eyes the first time she divorced him but I guess she didn't know about him enough to know if he was cheating then. Its a sad situation to be in. Theres a man down the street from me, in the same boat. Married when he was eighteen, to young to understand what they where getting in to. So six months later they divorced. Sad. Now he's in his early forty's and wants to remarry. Ask me what I thought, and because even I at the time was not that versed in the bible I told him what one of your responders told you. That if at the time when he was married he was not a Christian it wouldn't matter. Because I said if he would repent and obey the gospel and become a Christian he could re-marry. But I had to call him back and tell him I was sorry for leading him the wrong way. You see I had wanted so much to convert him to Christainty that I over looked a key word in the scripture. Matthew 19 9And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality,[1] and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery." It says "whoever" meaning anybody. It wasn't talking about just Christians, it was talking about everyone who took the vow of marraige. There is only one reason given for divorce and that is fornication. I am sorry but I didn't say it God did. And to those out there who read this I am sorry for you too but you cannot just through these scriptures out and think you are ok because you are not. Sure I guess you can now but one day the fun will be over and it will be time to die and face the judgement. Hebrews 9 27And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, Marraige is something we take serious especially since the word of God has this to say, Galatians 5 19Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery,[3] fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21envy, murders,[4] drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Below are more scriptures pertaining to this subject, Matthew 5 Marriage Is Sacred and Binding (4) 31 "Furthermore it has been said, "Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.' 32But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality[5] causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery. Mark 10 2The Pharisees came and asked Him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" testing Him. 3And He answered and said to them, "What did Moses command you?" 4They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to dismiss her." 5And Jesus answered and said to them, "Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. 6But from the beginning of the creation, God "made them male and female.'[1] 7"For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, 8and the two shall become one flesh';[2] so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate." Raven |
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3 | Can a divorced person remarry? | 1 Cor 7:15 | kalos | 38901 | ||
If you will re-read what I have written in this thread, it may help you understand what I said and what I meant. My question never was "What are Scriptural grounds for divorce?" The question I asked is "Can a divorced person remarry?" You write: "There is only one reason given for divorce and that is fornication. I am sorry but I didn't say it God did." But the Bible clearly teaches: "There are two extraordinary cases in which Scripture teaches that God does permit divorced people to remarry. "First, note that Jesus Himself included this exception clause: "Whosoever shall put away his wife, EXCEPT IT BE FOR FORNICATION, and shall marry another, committeth adultery" (Matt. 19:9, King James Version, emphasis added). He allows an exception in this one case, only "because of the hardness of your hearts" (Matt. 19:8). Clearly, Jesus is treating divorce as a last resort, only to be sought in the case of hard-hearted adultery. "The apostle Paul allows one more reason for divorce: if an unbelieving spouse abandons a believer, the believer is under no obligation in such a case (1 Cor. 7:14). This would free the abandoned spouse to remarry." More extensive answers to this question are available in John MacArthur, The Fulfilled Family (http://store.yahoo.com/grace-to-you/2052.html) (Chicago: Moody, 1981); and, The MacArthur New Testament Commentary: Matthew 16-23,(Chicago: Moody, 1988). |
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4 | Can a divorced person remarry? | 1 Cor 7:15 | RAVEN | 39007 | ||
No, you are wrong in the case of what Paul has said. Nowhere does he say that the person has the right to remarry just because the unbeliever has left. The NKJV below states that the brother or sister in Christ is not under bondage in such cases. The word bondage means slavery. In other words the believer does not have to do as the unbeliever, so let them go if that is what they want. But it is up to the believer to hold to the marraige vows. That is why as even you have stated, Christ said no divorce "EXCEPT" for fornication. And thats it final. Christ is not going to say with the one exception of fornication and then let Paul come back and amend what he told them earlier. 1 Corinthians 7 Keep Your Marriage Vows 10 Now to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from her husband. 11But even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to divorce his wife. 12But to the rest I, not the Lord, say: If any brother has a wife who does not believe, and she is willing to live with him, let him not divorce her. 13And a woman who has a husband who does not believe, if he is willing to live with her, let her not divorce him. 14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy. 15But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God has called us to peace Now if you want to carry this verse further but staying in line with biblical teaching, if the unbeliver departs and then commits adultry with another then the beliver can by scripture divorce him or her. And that is it, no other exceptions for divorce. This is Gods way of keeping everybody from just marrying and divorcing a multiple number of times. And God allowed through Moses the people to write the certificate of divorce because of the hardness of their hearts. But Jesus sets them straight by saying, "Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. 6But from the beginning of the creation, God "made them male and female.'[1] 7"For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, 8and the two shall become one flesh';[2] so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate." Mark 10 So for this reason a man and a woman are married once until death. There can be no changing what scripture teaches. When a person decides for themselves that they are going to have their way about marraige and divorce they are in a sence de-throning God and in the end they will wish they had read what God said and listened instead of believing what man says and does. Romans 7 1 Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives? 2For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives. But if the husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband. 3So then if, while her husband lives, she marries another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so that she is no adulteress, though she has married another man. Raven |
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