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NASB | Titus 1:6 namely, if any man is above reproach, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of dissipation or rebellion. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Titus 1:6 namely, a man of unquestionable integrity, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of being immoral or rebellious. |
Bible Question:
CAN A DIVORCED MAN THAT WAS DIVORCED SEVERAL YEARS EARLIER. BECAUSE HIS WIFE WAS UNFAITHUL AND THEY WERE BOTH SINNERS.AND REMARRIED AND HAS RECIEVED CHRIST AS HIS SAVIOUR AND HIS WIFE IS ALSO A CHRISTIAN SERVE AS A DEACON?? |
Bible Answer: To David1959 - The Church is to be the manifestation of Christ to the lost World... a light shining out into darkness. When that light is dark... how great is that darkness. To serve a deacon is to be an example set forth to all that follow. Paul did not stipulate as to the reason for the divorce... only that a deacon be the husband of one wife. Liberal views water this down to say... one at a time. However... Christ was not referring to one at a time when He rebuked the Pharisees. Matthew 19:6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. Christ was clearly speaking about one man one women... till death parted them. Paul referred to the same principle in - Romans 7:2-3 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. [3] So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man. 1 Cor. 7:39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. We are to be concerned with how the church is manifested to the Lost world... not about our own desires and positions... would it not be far better for one to serve as a door keeper in the house of the Lord rather than to cause confusion or distain to come upon the Church? To excuse ourselves by saying... it happened before I was saved. O the weight upon parents to train children up in the way they ought to go. Sin leaves scars and consequences. This “disqualification” from being an elder/deacon... is only one of those consequences. Grace forgives and cleanses but does not restore to the original state... ask the redeemed prostitute. Is this not the very reason that the women is symbolic of the Church! |