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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:
I read Mat 18 here on the Forum and found Mat 18:6-7 reinforced the points I have made concerning misleading the faithful: "Matt 18:6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. Matt 18:7 "Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes!" Which verse or verses were you referring to specifically when you said "I suggest that if we as mature believers see a brother in a cycle of sin we would do well to follow Matthew chapter 18. I am not one to judge others sin, as much as I hope I am an encourager to those abiding in Christ". |
Bible Answer: I've scanned this thread and I think the verses you're looking for are from Chapter 18, verses 15-17. But the most important feature of this procedure as laid out by our Lord is the condition of the sinner's soul as made plain in Gal 6:1-10. Now, there's one more priority that MUST supercede that of the individual's soul as reflected above. That is the overall condition of the whole of God's family. This was made plain in the OT as cited below. Josh 7:23 They took them from inside the tent and brought them to Joshua and to all the sons of Israel, and they poured them out before the LORD. 24 Then Joshua and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the mantle, the bar of gold, his sons, his daughters, his oxen, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent and all that belonged to him; and they brought them up to the valley of Achor. 25 Joshua said, "Why have you troubled us? The LORD will trouble you this day." And all Israel stoned them with stones; and they burned them with fire after they had stoned them with stones. 26 They raised over him a great heap of stones that stands to this day, and the LORD turned from the fierceness of His anger. Therefore the name of that place has been called the valley of Achor to this day. This kind of priority is further endorsed in the well known stories of Ananias and Sapphira, Acts 5 and the sin of incest in 1 Cor 5. You see, God loves all of His creation but He also hates sin and cannot tolerate "sin in the camp." For God's children to allow continued sin in God's family only causes that sin to fester, spread and destroy the whole group. God bless. |