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NASB | Matthew 19:9 "And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 19:9 "I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery." |
Bible Question:
divinlyinspiredsilks, Are you saying salvation is conditional ... we could lose it because of the reason for divorce ... is there another reason we could lose it? Read Mat 19:8 ... does it say because of the hardness of the heart (of the "innocent") that divorce was permitted? Does God hate this divorce? Read 1 Cor 7:15 ... what does it say? Answer all the questions. Searcher |
Bible Answer: Searcher, We can not loose our salvation, it is not conditional and can never be lost. With Regard to Matthew 19:8 Apparently (according to John McArthur's Notes on this topic) there was a hotly debated difference of opnion that existed between the Rabbis Shammai and Hillel. the Shammaites interpreted the law rigidly, and permited a man to divorce his wife only if she was guilty of sexual immorality. The Hilleities took a whilly pragmatic approach, and permitted a man to divorce his wife indiscriminately. Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce? The Pharisees, misrepresented Deut 24:1-4. It was not a "command" for divorce, but a limitation on remarriage in the even of a divorce. While recognizing the legitimacy of divorce when a man "has foudn some uncleaness" (Deut 24:1) in his wife (sexual sin, by Jesus' interpretaion in v. 9), Mosses did not "command" divorce. Deu 24: 1-4 says: 1 If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, 2 and if after she leaves his house she becomes the wife of another man, 3 and her second husband dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, or if he dies, 4 then her first husband, who divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again after she has been defiled. That would be detestable in the eyes of the Lord . Do not bring sin upon the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance. McArthur's Interpretation says this: (which I believe) this passage does not command, commend, condone, or even suggest divorce. Rather , it recognizes that divorce occurs and permits it only on restricted grounds. The case presented here is designed to convey teh fact that divorcing produced defilement. Notice the following sequence: 1.) if a man finds any uncleaness (some impurity or something vile) in his wife, other than adultery, which was punished by execution, if he leaglly divorces her (allthough God hates divorce, as Mal 2:16 says" He has designed marriage for life, as Gen 2:24 declares; and he allowed divorce because of hard hearts, as Matt 19:8 reveals);3.) if she then marries another man: 4) if hte new husband dies or divorces her, then that women ould not rturn to her first husband (v.4). This is so because seh was "defiled" with such a defilement that is an abomination to the Lord and a sinful pollution of the Promised Land. What constitues defilemnet? ONly on thing is possible - she was defiled in remarriage because there was no ground for divorce. So when she remarried, she became an adulterous (Matt5:31,32) and is thus defiled so that her former husband can't take her back. Illegitimate divorce proliferates adultery. With regards to 1 Cornithians 7:10-15: From what my studies have led me to beleive, and according the verse 11 - if 2 Christians divorce, except for adultery, they are to remain unmarried or reconcile. When verse 14 talks about sanctification, it doesn't mean salvation, the sanctification of which is spoken is matrimonial and familial, not personal or spiritual, and means that the unsaved parter is set apart for temporal blessing bvecause the other belongs to God. One Christian in a marriage brings grace that spills over ont he spouse - even possibly le3ading them to slavation. The Christian need not seperate from an unbeliever because of the fear that the unbelieveing spouse may defile the children, in fact God promises the opposite. They would be unclean if both parents were unsaved, but the presence of one believing parent exposes the children to blessing and brings them protection. The presences of even one Crhsitian parent will protect chidren from undue spiritual harm and they will receive many blessings, and often that includes salvation. Verse 15: When an unbelieving spouse cannot tolerate teh partners faith and wants a divorce it is best to let that happen in order to preserve peace in the family (Rom 12:18) The bond of marriage is broken only by death (rom7:2) Adultery (Matt19:9) or an unbeliver's leaving. |