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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 | Kandola | 325 | ||
Yes...a divorced person can remarry. The bible says that anyone who divorces for any reason then adultry will commit adultry if they remarry. But...the bible also teaches that if we confess our sins we are forgiven by our loving Savior Jesus Christ. I myself am divorced and I believe that Jesus has forgiven my sin and no human has the right to judge me. I am covered by the Grace of my Heavenly Father! | ||||||
3 | Can a divorced person remarry? | 1 Cor 7:15 | Louder | 6911 | ||
If it smells fishy then take a closer look. There is just too much doubt involved in this, now extremely complicated, question. Well I usually test things objectively if they seem doubtful. We are required to test each other's doctrine by Holy Spirit and the Word of God. Well in my opinion God is a clear-cut God. The fact is children will inherit the Kindom of God. God is not the author of confusion. Ok... Now that I've got that out of the way lets see and pray that these words of God will reveal the mysteries of His truth. Matthew 19:5-6 - and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? “So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.” So, only God can seperate what He has joined. Only Him. So, who does in that case seperate a man and wife when they divorce, because one of them has commited adultry? God? Who has caused this seperation? Man? Satan? Are they still seperate? I would understand the reason for the spouse who's in the right to not continue in the marriage if the other has committed adultry. However, what does actually happen when there is a divorce in this instance? Does God break the marriage? Does God undo one flesh into being two again? Hmm? Does God make mistakes that He has to redo or undo? So if God doesn't make mistakes, why would there be a need to "fix" what was never broken or seperated by God. Would it be fair to say that we break the bond of marriage that is still meant to be intact? Therefore because of this does the bond of marriage still exsist for the spouse in the right as he/she has been faithful? However the other is living in sin. I would suggest that for he/she who is in the right should honour the bond made by God and seek first the Kingdom of God and he/she will have no need to remarry. For what reason would there be for such need? Carnal? Let us look at the verse in question. 1 Corinthians 7:15 "Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us to peace". The brother or sister is not under bondage. Bondage. Refering to, being enslaved. Would this be refering to the marriage or the sin? If there is no sin on the righteous party but only in the other. It could be saying that the righteous party is not part of the sin. However this doesn't mean that he/she is not part of the marriage, in God's eyes. As one of them has chosen to live in sin and the other has not. It seems that it could be said that God doesn't condem individuals that are part of one flesh, if the one sins. It seems as if man creates the seperation, from God and that which He made as one flesh, and is required to repent to return his original form as one flesh without seperation. And not one flesh in sin. However there is grace and peace to the faithful party, and he/she remains out of that bondage of sin created through sin by the other party. Seeing it as a tri-cord unity of marriage. God being the head and the other two being joined by God. Possibly marriage is just as part of the man and wife as it is part of God. Can this marriage still exsist by only God and one of the other parties? Till such time the guilty party repents? Remeber we are to love our enemies, and pray for those who use us and to extend the same grace we are given by God. All things are possible in Christ Jesus...Ok... Please pray and test this as required. I hope not to seek acceptance but to be tested in all ways in understanding and truth by the grace of God. God bless, Louder. (please excuse the spelling) |
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4 | Can a divorced person remarry? | 1 Cor 7:15 | kalos | 6913 | ||
God's utter hatred of divorce is very clear in Scripture. Louder: Nonetheless, 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. But we must emphasize that apart from those two specific, exceptional cases, divorce is not sanctioned in Scripture.(http://www.gty.org/IssuesandAnswers/archive/divorce.htm) More extensive answers to this question are available in John MacArthur, The Fulfilled Family (Chicago: Moody, 1981); and, The MacArthur New Testament Commentary: Matthew 16-23,(Chicago: Moody, 1988). |
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5 | Can a divorced person remarry? | 1 Cor 7:15 | Louder | 7217 | ||
JVH0212: Thanks for the elaborateness. However scripture still holds no water for condoning divorce as far as it is clearly understood by myself. One point is that Jesus first states a condition for divorce, and that is in the case of fornication. However Jesus does not state at any point that remarriage after divorce is acceptable. I say this because the first part of the statement is cut short to indicate this exception, and continues the statement that once that person is divorced remarriage is adultery. This makes more sense in the whole context of scripture regarding marriage. The other related scriptures support this to a greater degree. Matt 5:32 "but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the reason of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery." I am yet to be convicted of believing otherwise. I have prayed about it and I trust the Lord that this be of simple anointed understanding, and not of confusion in condoning that which seems of the flesh and unprofitable. God bless, Louder... |
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6 | Can a divorced person remarry? | 1 Cor 7:15 | charis | 7219 | ||
Dear Louder, Excuse me for butting in, but this is a forum :-) Friend, God does not condone any sin, nor is He impressed by the social 'norms' of any age. However, the Bible clearly states that there is divorce. Though God is not in favor of it, and does not condone it, it can be forgiven, thus not condemned, in accordance with the grace He so abundantly pours forth. This issue is a 'case-by-case' thing in God's able hands. If you 'decide' that God's grace does not apply in this situation or that, then you have created a 'New Law.' God does not 'condone' a lot of things in your life (and in mine), but if we were to be condemned or disqualified for every infraction of this 'New Law,' there would be no church. How is it that ministers can be pedantic snobs, bigots, and even forgiven for many kinds of impropriety, but never be divorced or widowed? Grace for repentence an subsequent forgiveness is a gift given to us that we may be whole. The 'Old' Law never made (legal) room for this gift. Praise God that we have freedom in Christ Jesus to be known by God as individuals, and He doesn't make us to judge one another in the severity of man. Allow the Lord to make these decisions, and you will partake of grace when it becomes necessary. "And He was saying to them, "Take care what you listen to. By your standard of measure it shall be measured to you; and more shall be given you besides." Mark 4:24 NASB. Few Christians plan on a divorce ot the death of a spouse. Shouldn't we leave the judgment of each case in God's hands, rather than creating an organization that supercedes grace? In Jesus' name, charis |
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7 | Does grace justify sin? | 1 Cor 7:15 | Louder | 7249 | ||
Hi Charis, Thanks for butting in :-)) I appreciate your words of knowledge and wisdom. I agree in everyway, in all that you have mentioned regarding forgiveness of sins and the wonderful grace of God. I do apologise if it came across to you that I am not aware of God's divine mercy. I do believe that it is unrighteous to judge any man or woman's motives. It is God's will that we love one another regardless of their motives. I am stating the obvious to make certain these truths are in mind. My intention is to question through the word of God, prayer and by the will of the holy spirit, a person's view and discretion on scripture in everyway possible as to make it clearly understandable and to test any variances that many times satan uses in a subtle way to distort the truth. I do believe that God desires us to live holy and just, not for His sake that we may claim righteousness, but for our sakes that we may not fall and be separated from God and loose hope and to be drawn back in the a life of compromised sin because these "little" compromises. It is impossible, for me, or anyone to be able to judge any one case of divorce to render it justified or not. Would it be fair to state that we as the body of Christ have a responsibility in testing, teaching, informing, edifying and encouraging each other’s doctrine as to test the devil? I don’t mean judge a person’s motives but to test their doctrine, with the one and only measuring stick that is capable, the word of God. Grace doesn’t condone sin. It does excuse it in the condition of repentance. Repentance is achieved through the recognition of sin and the will and desire to abstain from it. Jesus washes away that sin as if it had never committed. However we still have the free will to return to that sin by our own desire. The point that I am getting at is that sin never ceases to be sin. It is there not only as death to our spirit but as a crutch that can hamper our relationship with God. This is of a great deal to me as it has an incredible frequency in many of lives of Christian folk, and it seems to be a problem in the long term. It grieves me to see those that are close to me in such a state of confusion and end up making the wrong choices in life. It is our responsibility to our brothers and sister's to edify and correct each other. The last thing I would like to say is that if in doubt, pray and wait on the Lord, and seek His Kingdom first, and His righteousness, and He will fulfil everything else in you life. God bless, Louder. | ||||||
8 | Does grace justify sin? | 1 Cor 7:15 | Searcher56 | 7255 | ||
NO!!!! Rom. 6:1 is very clear. | ||||||