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NASB | 1 Corinthians 6:9 ¶ Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 6:9 ¶ Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate [by perversion], nor those who participate in homosexuality, |
Subject: Divorced Do Christians Get Remarried? |
Bible Note: Tamara- I have some conflict with some things you are saying and would like to bring it to your attention for clarification and/or discussion. You wrote: "I said it before, I will say it again; if this were a case of fornication and someone said, I repent, but kept right on living in it, would you think they were going to heaven? I don't think so, and I bet you don't either, but when it comes to adultery, depending on who is doing the exegesis someone gets a free pass." This is a very problematic statement in light of what Scripture teaches about the sinful state of mankind and the gracious gift of salvation. While keeping oneself free from a particular sin (if possible at all) can do nothing to save us, there is nothing in Scripture that teaches that a Christian participating in sin (even willfully) forfeits his/her salvation. As for your "free pass" comment, you do have that right sister. Free to us, but at great cost. While we are not free to judge another's salvation, we can safely assume that a person who continues in a willful lifestyle of gross sin against God may not be saved at all, we can't rewrite the Scriptures to say what they don't say. When God saves us, each of us, we are utterly sinful. There is no good in us. Eph 2:5 Paul wrote: "1 Corinthians 7:24 (NKJV) 24 Brethren, let each one remain with God in that state in which he was called." Since divorce was legal for the Jews of the day according to Moses it's a fair assumption that many new converts were divorced and remarried. Yet we find nowhere in Scripture where these were told to divorce their current spouse because their situation is one of continuing fornication or adultry. So when we might be compelled to point the finger at others for "reading into" scripture, we might do well to evaluate our own position. You wrote: "In I Corinthians 7:15 we have a big problem with the modern translation of a Greek transiliteration into English. Every one takes this verse to mean if the unbeliever leaves then you are free to remarry. The text says no such thing, it says that if they leave and are an unbeliever then the believer is not bound to reamain married, no where in the that text does it say you are free to get remarried, but people read that into it even though the English grammar, the Greek grammar does not support that." "Every one takes this vers to mean..." Really? And you, perhaps, have some special insight and every one else is wrong? I'm not trying to be sarcastic or nit-pic your post. I simply disagree. I believe my last quote of yours speaks to the problem of trying to analyze the foreign language (of which you are no expert, right?) while throwing out the context of Scripture as a whole. Marriage is an institution of God; Gen 2:18, Matt 19:5-6, Mark 10:7-8. Christians are "bound" by the parameters. In the case where an unbelieving spouse leaves, and the believer is declared by Scripture to no longer be bound by the laws of marriage, by what Scriptural argument do you say they are not free to remarry? You have talked about today verses biblical times and how our understanding needs to consider this. I agree. What would be left to a woman in those times if her unbelieving husband were to walk out on her? I believe when we take this in context, we see the real reason she is considered "free" of the "bonds" of the marriage. One thing we all do well to consider is this. We must approach the Scriptures with a degree of rational thought and common sense. Otherwise, we might end up with a misinterpretation of the words on paper and then try to hold others to the standard of our misunderstanding. I'm sorry, but it seems like your on a crusade here. Forgive me if I'm misreading you. God bless, Jeff |