Bible Question:
My boyfriend once married a nonbeliever and when he married her he was a nonbeliever too. Sometime toward the end of the marriage he became a christian. Through out his marriage he was very faithful and tolerant of his wife. His wife struggled with alcohol and drug abuse through their marriage and he never considered leaving her because of this even when he wasn't a christian. One day his wife committed adultery with another woman, announced that she was now in love with this other woman and left him for this other woman.Now here's the situation. He is not legally divorced yet because he cannot yet afford to file for divorce. The only thing stopping him is the money. He fully intends to do so and wanted this the minute she breached her wedding covenant through adultery. Now here's my question, though he considers himself not bound to her any longer and has been physically separated from her for over a year, does God still consider him married because the divorce did not take place legally? Is he committing adultery if he is dating someone else and still legally married or did he become free from the marriage contract the minute she committed adultery? What does the bible say about this? Is this merely a technicality? Also once he gets divorced and since his divorce would be biblically justifiable, is he free to remarry? |
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