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1 | divorce is not always a sin. | 1 Cor 7:15 | Hank | 82928 | ||
Friend, your challenge to my usage of the word "sanction" paves the way for a brief lesson in English usage. Therefore, if what follows strikes you as being pedantic it is probably because it is meant to be pedantic. The etymology of the English word "sanction" goes back to a Latin word which means "to make holy." The word "sanction" encompasses a definition which involves a great deal more than merely permitting or condoning an act or condition. The core sense of "to give sanction to" is to give effective or authortative approval of, to endorse, or to encourage an action or condition. In no sense is the verb form "to sanction" to be used to convey merely the idea of "to permit" or "to condone." God permits divorce on the limited grounds of sexual immorality, but this is not to say that He encourages it, endorses it, applauds it or gives it His unqualified approbation. He does not, in fact, sanction divorce. His design for the union of a man and wife as set forth in Genesis 2:24 still stands. He hates divorce now as He did when Malachi was inspired to write the words of Malachi 2:16..... As to what I termed a flawed analogy between God's treatment of Israel and the rupture of the marital bond between a husband and his wife, my point is that it is not our privilege to draw any analogy between God and man, or between God's sovereign authority and ours. Neither man nor his thoughts or acts can ever be compared to the transcendent God. The closing chapters of Job show how swiftly and adroitly God can put man in his proper place. --Hank | ||||||
2 | divorce is not always a sin. | 1 Cor 7:15 | hobbzilla | 82933 | ||
Thank you for your brief yet concise background on your use of the term "sanction". In that regard, I agree some distinction then can be made in regards to "approve" versus "permit". I agree with you and believe that this is not to say that he encourages or endorses or applauds it in every circumstance or under NO circumstance. But I believe God's will for some is different than others. I would interested to hear your thoughts on Ezra commanding the Isralites to divorce their pagan wives. Do you believe that was of God or Ezra? |
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3 | divorce is not always a sin. | 1 Cor 7:15 | kalos | 82935 | ||
Ezra 10:10-11 (ESV) And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have broken faith and married foreign women, and so increased the guilt of Israel. Now then make confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers and do his will. Separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives." In Ezra 10:10-11 "God actually commanded the Jews to [divorce] by separating from these idolatrous wives. ... Though God hates divorce, there are times when it is the lesser of the evils and would prevent a future and even greater spiritual catastrophe." (MacArthur Study Bible, Word Publishing, 1997) |
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