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1 | What makes a christian an unbeliever? | 1 Cor 7:15 | JuanMas | 61455 | ||
I know other christians who state that any christian man who deserts (divorces) his wife for non-biblical reasons is an unbeliever. They subsequently apply 1 Cor 7:15 and declare the wife eligible for remarriage. Interestingly, I've proposed these scenarios to those individuals and received the following answers: Scenario 1 - he's an unbeliever; Scenario 2 - he is NOT an unbeliever. Now this made no sense and was totally illogical to me. How could an act that is a violation of the 10 commandments NOT result in the perpetrator being declared an unbeliever and an act that is not one of 10 commandments brand a christian an unbeliever? I agree that 1 Cor 7:15 pertains to the unequally yoked and I believe it is a misuse of the scriptures to apply it to scenario 1 type situations. |
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2 | What makes a christian an unbeliever? | 1 Cor 7:15 | JuanMas | 61800 | ||
As a point of clarification, this whole discussion was spawned because of an ongoing conversation I have been having with a neighbor. My neighbor (who is a pastor) insists that a christian would never desert (divorce) his wife for non-biblical reasons. That any man who does desert his wife like this was not a christian to begin with. Therefore the wife would be free to remarry under 1 cor 7:15. This same neighbor says that the man in scenario 2 (bears false witness) is still considered a believer. This position is totally illogical because although both actions would be considered a sin, bearing false witness is one of the 10 commandments and deserting your wife is not. Therefore I cannot see how "bearing false witness" does NOT result in the individual being considered an unbeliever but deserting your wife (which is not one of the 10 commandments) DOES result in the individual being considered an unbeliever. I personally don't agree with his position. Will someone explain this to me in a way I can understand? |
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3 | What makes a christian an unbeliever? | 1 Cor 7:15 | CDBJ | 61808 | ||
Hi JuanMas, I am a late comer to this post and not having read all the threads before this I won’t know if I am repeating what others have said or not. I will tell you right up front that there is no sin that a true born again believer can’t commit. I will tell you though that when they do it that they are defiantly out of fellowship with the Lord and they won’t get back in fellowship until they use I John 1:9. 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If any Christian persists in any particular sin the Lord will take them to the wood shed, if you get my drift. Here is a zinger for you, the Lord know every sin that we will commit even after we are saved yet he still saves us. Wow, what a Savior!! It doesn’t pay to stay out of fellowship very long, so one should keep short accounts. Believe me when I tell you this because I have been taken to the wood shed many times in my 37 years of being a Christian. Hebrews 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. This verse is about me because it seems that I have to learn some thing the hard way. I try to do my best but sometimes I slip over the edge and as a result I usually get clobbered for it. I sure am glad that the Lord loves me though even when I dumb things. I would like to meet your neighbor who you say is a pastor. He must be absolutely perfect or heading for a rude awakening! Proverbs 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. CDBJ |
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