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NASB | Psalm 15:1 O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy hill? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 15:1 O LORD, who may lodge [as a guest] in Your tent? Who may dwell [continually] on Your holy hill? |
Bible Question: This question is centered around reconciliation after divorce. Infidelity was not the grounds of divorce, it was willful disobedience. Both of us, have had intimate relations with another person after our divorce. We are truly seeking to be obedient to God's word in seeking remarriage/reconciliation. It is difficult for him because he said that he doesn't have the "lost in love" feelings that he used to have. This is completely understandable. I believe that as we draw nearer to God, He draws nearer to us and can put that love in our hearts for the other person. Although, remarriage is committing adultery. How would explain the sin of sex with another after the divorce and then seeking reconciliation? Does God still want reconciliation under these circumstances? Aren't we adulterers anyway? I am sold out to reconciliation with the husband God gave me in my youth...this is just a lingering question I have. I am not clear on what the answer is. |
Bible Answer: JennyLC, "Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery" (Luke 16:18). If there is any doubt, this also applies to wives. "And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery" (Mark 10:12). Since the lord would not contradict Himself, we should conclude that, while there may be some situations in which extramarital sex would create such problems in a marriage that divorce would be better than continuing in an unhealthy or even dangerous relationship, in general it would be better to forgive earlier indiscretions (if accompanied by repentance and present faithfulness) rather than to break up what might otherwise still be a good marriage. In both cases, however, Christ warned that remarriage after divorce amounts to adultery, a sin which is explicitly forbidden by God's seventh Commandment. Both divorce and remarriage, therefore, are extremely serious steps, and both violate the divine principle of permanent union and faithfulness in marriage. But this is not the whole story. "The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy . . . For He knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust" (Psalm 103:8, 14). "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins" (I John 1:9). This promise is specifically for Christians, and includes even the sin of adultery, if there is genuine repentance. The Lord made this very clear in His dealing with the woman who "was taken in adultery, in the very act" (John 8:4). He reminded her accusers that they also were sinners and had no warrant to punish her. Then He told the woman: "Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more" (John 8:11). God bless you. |
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inmyheart | ||
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Jane Doe |