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Bible Question:
Can anyone tell me where to find information on marraige in the bible. What the reasons for divorce in this day and age. Not of the past. What is excepted and what is not in the eyes of our lord. |
Bible Answer: Marriage: Simple The women is to be subject to the man but the man is to die daily for the woman. The man's command is harder to obey. 1 Cor 7, Eph 5:22 plus. Divorce: Many people discuss divorce with only a partial use of scriptures. Scripture is very clear on when people can get divorced and when they can get remarried but to see it, one needs to see all the relevant scriptures. There are three situations that allow for remarriage. Another question is around the nonChristian. Finally we need to look to see when one is allowed to separate but not remarry. There are two basic scriptural ideas about marriage that one should always remember. Matt 19:5-6 and Mark 10:7-9, in a discussion on divorce, Jesus says, “the two will become one flesh…. Therefore, what God has joined together, let man not separate.” In Mal 2:16 “I hate Divorce says the Lord.” So marriage is meant to be forever, and divorce is horrible. With that in mind, lets look at separation first. The Grounds for Separation Look at I Cor 7:10-11 “A wife must not separate from her husband. But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband.” Here we see allowances for extreme situations. When a partner is dangerous due to drugs, violence or a similar reason, God allows for escape from danger to protect the person or the children, but insists the person remain single in hope that healing would occur and the marriage could be renewed. Many use these types of events to say that the marriage covenant is broken and therefore justify being free to remarry. Though God hurts with them, He says it is only grounds to separate and stay single. There are very clear conditions for remarriage. The grounds for Remarriage First, there is a condition where nonChristians were divorced and remarried before salvation. If the person remarries and then becomes a Christian, the scripture does not clearly address this situation. I Cor 7:20 says, “Each one should remain in the situation which he was in when God called him.” This seems to allow the person to remain in the second marriage in peace. It would be wrong to force a second divorce on top of the first. I have heard of Christian pastors doing just that. If you are remarried when you become a Christian, stay remarried in peace. Second is a reason that everyone agrees allows a married person to get remarried. Rom 7:2-3 “a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage…and is not an adulteress even though she marries another man.” No one disputes that a widow is free to remarry. She is released from the marriage covenant. This also applies to a widower. I cut it in half to fit Greentwiga |