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NASB | Matthew 5:31 ¶ "It was said, 'WHOEVER SENDS HIS WIFE AWAY, LET HIM GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE'; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 5:31 ¶ "It has also been said, 'WHOEVER DIVORCES HIS WIFE IS TO GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE'; |
Subject: Should a divorced person remarry? |
Bible Note: George I love you dearly as a brother in Christ. But I must be harsh with you here. You have stated two things that scriptues are no where in the Bible to be found to support. I state two questions asking for passages to support your assumptions as scriptural truth. Is this not adding to the Book? I am not going to state any verses, but common sense in the scriptures would figure this one out to a more satisfied conclusion of scripture truths. If you want me to enter into the anatomony of sin and restoration I will post with verses to support. It all has to do with a scriptural concept of God and the Holy Spirit. No where does it teach in the scriptures that if you sin. You are sinning everyday there after till you confess and undo the wrong. This is plain absurb. You must show me the passage that says so, before I even accept that. You are in sin. The original sin. Thats is all. Yes, you are in sin but not committing a new one everyday. Are you telling me that if my tongue slanders someone that I am sinning everyday till confession, even tho I do not it again? Are you telling me that one is sinning everyday till he confesses that he stole a bag of money and restores it in full? Are you telling me that I ought slander again to correct the first slander? Or go steal money to correct the first thief? The sin was stealing the money. You are now in sin and have grieved the Holy Spirit and severed your healthy relationship with the God Holy Spirit. One sin and one consequence. You can see this lesson taught by many OT Bible characters. And Paul teaches this throughout the Epistles. Now one must confess and repent or face the judgement or chastisement of God. What does repentance have to do with this situation? Well, just like stealing the money. One must try to restore that person to fullness and receive that person's forgiveness(you may not get and one must receive a clear conscious before God on this matter). If you slander someone you must try to restore them by telling those you told previously of what you did. It is called shaming/humbling one's self and taught through out OT and NT teachings. One other conclusion you drew here and have no scripture for. One must divorce to correct divorce. Or one must sin to correct sin. I see that no where in scriptures. You will have to give me a scripture verse on that. What I do see? is a sin committed 33 years ago. The repentance and/or restoration. I think there is not much of a way to restore this situation of 33 years ago with out committing another sin. By divorcing. Now we have sin number two. Rather confess the sin to God and repent to those involved and ask God to show you how to approach this as a witnessing tool to draw others to salvation or in a closer walk to God. It is the repentance involving shame/humbling that is always hard on our souls, but our spirits rejoice with a restored relationship with God. Let the Lord God be Glorified in all we do charley |