Bible Question: My parents are divorced and remarried. Their divorce wasn't because either committed adultry, it was because they couldn't stand living with each other and after 15 years of trying they couldn't stay together any longer. Now both are happily remarried. Are they living in eternal sin? And I know God forgives all your sins as long as you truely repent them, but are they really repenting them if they are married and continually living with someone else? |
Bible Answer: BlindFaith, Hi! We your parents aware of the Biblical mandate about marriage and God's emnity towards divorce? Are they Christians? Paul wrote a little about the problems of those seeking marriage/divorce/coupled life: 1 Corinthians 6:12 thru 7:40 and Ephesians 5:21-33. Jesus was more succinct and less flexible: Matthew 5:27-37 and Matthew 19:1-10. Since they are both alive and you said that their divorce was not due to adultery, when they began to court/sleep with/a second marriage they committed adultery. Were they not Christians at the time and therefore not fully aware of their sin, then Paul says that they are not guilty. Were they Christians and fully aware of their responsibility on God's eyes, then they are guilty of adultery. Regarless, adultery is not an eternal sin. The only sin that is eternal is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit! (Mark 3:29) Now, as kalos pointed out another divorce is not going to help matter--lest they now understand their error and remarry each other and live according to Jesus' commandment (Matthew 19:6). But remember, God is generous and merciful. Through prayer you can help them (if they have not done so yet) understand their error--other wise they may just repeated again after the novelty of their new marriages has been outgrown--repent from their sin, turn to God, and build their new lives in the Lord! God Bless |
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