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1 | Is it ok for a separated man to date? | 1 Cor 7:39 | ames | 59328 | ||
This man is 67 years old, has a 12 year old child by an exwife who was 27 years younger than him. The child is in his care. He is dating and lying about it. I know lying is a sin but is the fact he is dating and is not divorced a sin? I married him after the 3rd wife. Yes I was stupid. All he wanted was me to financially keep him up. He had been mad for 3 months because I wouldn't give him my Mercedes if I died first. I felt certain I would die first if he finally got the car along with the other things. We can not divorce until next April. What status does he put me in as far as remarrying or dating after the divorce? I loved him but I think he married me for his security. All 3 ex. wives are living and none have remarried other than the last one and she married twice and is now separated. | ||||||
2 | Is it ok for a separated man to date? | 1 Cor 7:39 | kalos | 59332 | ||
After the divorce your status will be: Divorced. 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. NASB 1 Corinthians 7:15 "The apostle Paul (writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit) 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. 7:15). This would free the abandoned spouse to remarry." 'God's utter hatred of divorce is very clear in Scripture. '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 (writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit) 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. 7:15). 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) Scripture clearly gives two cases in which there is grounds for divorce, which carries with it the right to remarry -- adultery and desertion. 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). See also the book "The Right to Remarry" by Dwight Hervey, Hardcover (September 1975), Fleming H Revell Co; ISBN: 0800707583. This book is now out of print, but has a limited availability at amazon.com |
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