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NASB | 1 Corinthians 7:15 Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us to peace. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 7:15 But if the unbelieving partner leaves, let him leave. In such cases the [remaining] brother or sister is not [spiritually or morally] bound. But God has called us to peace. |
Bible Question:
here is a little testimony about my relationship with my wife leading up to our marriage. we lived in sin for 3years(we lived together)during that time i was, drinking badly, smoking, doing drugs, sleeping around, using filthy language ext,ext. our lives where a mess, and no we were not serving Jesus we had both at a time said the sinners prayre, but if you had asked me or my wife "if you had to die now do you know for certain that you are going to heaven? we both would have answerd NO!" we both doubted our salvation. however there came a time when God "rocked the boat in our lives" as i put it, and i fell out the boat, my wife(girlfreind at the time) and i brock up and i had a week to get out the flat, just before the boat had been rocked though i was led by the calling of the Holy Spirit back to church, my life was hitting rock bottem with all the drugs, drinking, woman and so on. anyway within that week God opend a door for me at a christian commune and i got a job as well. now that i had moved out my now wife suddenly realised that this is not what she wanted and tried to get me to move back, but i wouldnt. i had God now, and i even used God as an excuse to not even want to be with her anymore.i guess i didnt want any thing to move me away from God again, i however had no idea how things were going to change in my life and that my decission to follow God was for good this time. i had to make a final dissision i could know longer serve God and the devil anymore. i stayed in the commune for 1year and during that time God restored my life to what he had wanted it to be he removed my addiction to drugs ,drinking ,smoking and i have not touched anything like that in two and a half years praise God. Gods love just sucked me in, my wife(then girlfreind) on the other hand was also having a serious relationship with the lord and she to made that all important decision to serve God with all her heart, soul, mind and strength. she excepted Jesus as her Lord and savior. now if you had to ask us, "if you die today do you know for sure that you are going to heaven" the answer would be a confident joyful and gratful "YES I AM", towards the end of the year we decided to get married, i must tell you though that not everyone agreed with this marriage, we did get married however. and we are both leaders in the church and God is blessing us daily, im not saying that everything is always going right we have our little moments but thank God im having a normal marriage, we dont expect our marraige to be perfect all the time, but we strive for perfection. we have done the biblical portrate of marriage course by Bruce Wilkinson, and we know what a responsibility we have towards one another and God to honour the promises that we made to one another, i would be a lieyer if i did not do what i promised i said i would do during our vows. My wife is secure in our marriage because she knows that i love her with all my heart, i do not look at her past to determine our future and nor does God, because God himself loves us to much to see us stay the same way he found us. oooh! thank you Father for your grace mercy and kindness shown to me and my wife, thank you that you have restored our lives and made them mean somthing again, thank you for my 4 step daughters who have seen the worst of me, (before i was saved) and have seen the best in me, that which is the Holy Spirit living in me. Thank you that i now set a new example to them thank you that they give me fathers day cards on fathers day, had you not changed my life i would never have been able to recieve this honore (as a father to four girls) that you and you alone Lord have blessed me with. there is so much to be greatful for do you all want to know some thing? IM MARRIED TO A DIVORCED WOMAN and God has blessed us with a good marriage and most of all he is in our marriage he is the third cord which cannot be easily brocken, he is the glue that holds us together, the old has gone the new has come. my marriage is a living and real life testimony of Gods goodness inspite of being married to a divorced woman. "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.for whom He forknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren, Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. now i would like to ask you knowing what you all now know. Am i commiting adultary for my marriage to a divorced woman? YOUR BROTHER IN CHRIST KYLE |
Bible Answer: answers: Kyle, perhaps you have become very sensitive to the sins of your past. You said that you both made Christ Lord, and got married. You have both clearl repented of the sinful lifestyles you were living. At the point where you confessed your sin and repented and recieved Christ as Lord, you are a new creature in the Lord. There is nothing more satan would like than for you and your wife to doubt that you are clean and a new person in Chirst Jesus. You have been washed in the Blood of the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ! If you want and feel this needs to be once and for all settled, get together alone and both of you pray about your feelings of guilt, and ask Jesus to heal your past completly. I can assur you both that this will settle this once and for all. I say this very tenderly, there will always be some person who will want to judge you and condem you, DO NOT LET ANY ONE TARE UP WHAT GOD HAS HEALED AND HAS MADE NEW IN CHRIST! Go now, in Jesus, with the newness of eternal life, and be loyal to the Lord and each other. I ask you now are you clean before the Lord? Yes! Now put this out of your ninds and become a helping healer for others who are what you once were. Today the world has millions of people who need to hear that Jesus died for their sins and was the final payment for their sins, they cab be born again in Christ. Did not Christ do for you what He had done for others? The wonderful Grace of Jesus reaches out to whom ever will come. Many are the hearts burdened down by sin. They need Jesus. I pray your wife and you will be blessed and grow in your faith in Jesus Christ. You have a wonderful testimony, continue on and bear much fruit. justme |