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NASB | Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is to be held in honor among all [that is, regarded as something of great value], and the marriage bed undefiled [by immorality or by any sexual sin]; for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. |
Bible Question: I was married 23 years ago. Two years ago after my husband had a terrible addiction problem, and serveral attempts of reconstructing our marriage, we divorced. After a serious accident that envolved our daughter we are back together again. I remained faithful during our separation, however I'm not sure about him. Should we get married again? I'm very confused about this and need some biblical advice. I've searched the scriptures, however, I find varried things about divorce and marriage. Also, He will go to church with me, but reruses to do devotions with me. I really want us to be close in the Lord, and I know that through him is the only way for it to work. He says that I am trying to put demands on him by asking him to do this? He has control over his addiction, and seems to be trying. He was saved several years ago, but says he has problems with guilt. Please help? |
Bible Answer: Hi A B and welcome :o) It is terribly sad that the enemy succeeded in tearing apart your marriage after such a long time together. Ecc 4:12 relates, "And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken" (The third member in the cord of course is Jesus). While God hates divorce(Mal 2:16), He still loves the divorced. The reason that I feel He hates divorce is because of the sin that we are tempted into committing after the seperation. -okay, ONE of the reasons anyway. I hope your daughter is well and feel bad that it took a tragedy to draw you two to consider reconciliation. If your husband refuses to do devotions w/you, you should respect his feelings and give it time for his reasons to surface. After all, do you want him to do this w/you unwillingly? Matt. 6:6, "But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly." Being a divorced addict, I can sympathize w/your dilemna. After being saved and teaching my ex about the biblical view of divorce, she accepted a ring from me but that did not last either. This time I feel her pride kept her from respecting me enough to accept my past failures, but that would only be a part of it so I won't give you a one sided story. It is well that you two go to church together so for now I would suggest you trust in Jesus to send you the Counsel of the Holy Spirit, remember the fruit of the Spirit (Eph. 5:9; Gal. 5:22, -notice the word fruit is singular, not plural) Also, memorize (and try your best to practice 1Cor 13:4-5): "4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. I sincerely hope I have given some useful biblical advice here, there is lots more where that came from. Bless God and God bless. Tim |
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