In the Bible, it says if you divorce for ANY reason except for infidelity, and remarry, it is adultery. Even if you repent, and stay married to the person, it is still adultery. You can't repent and continue to live in that sin, and expect it to be alright. No matter who else says so, those are the words Jesus used. You can't continue to commit a sin after repentance.
There does sometimes come a point when one has to move on depending on the circumstances. I can not tell anyone if that is the case in their sitch or if it ever will be. That is between a person and God. All I know is that I am not released from standing.
Where do I get a membership badge?
Interesting convo. Keeping one eye on the screen...
I try not to have this conversation because it tends to anger those who may have been married and divorced before but now, supposedly older and wiser, they want to stand for this, their second or subsequent marriage.
I didn't write the Book but nobody minds shooting the messenger if they don't like what it says.
Additionally, too many "standers" claim God's Word regarding marriage and family and then continue to ignore the rest of the Book. Then they act surprised and say God didn't "save" their family when the truth of the matter is they were never in line with His Word in the first place, nor did they seek to be.
I try not to have this conversation because it tends to anger those who may have been married and divorced before but now, supposedly older and wiser, they want to stand for this, their second or subsequent marriage.
I didn't write the Book but nobody minds shooting the messenger if they don't like what it says.
Additionally, too many "standers" claim God's Word regarding marriage and family and then continue to ignore the rest of the Book. Then they act surprised and say God didn't "save" their family when the truth of the matter is they were never in line with His Word in the first place, nor did they seek to be.
But hey, I didn't want to go there .
Well Amy.... you did go there!
I don't pretend to understand clearly all that is written.
What I do know is that personally, even tho I became a believer as a teenager, I did not come to really know Christ until long after. And that happened to be after my first marriage ended. Reguardless of the fact that it was an "acceptable according to the bible" divorce, I have had a hard time with really understanding if God intended for me to live the rest of my life alone. That confusion was compounded massively in the last couple of years.... when two people who were truly committed to honoring God with everything they had.... dissolved into a broken marriage. I am sure, however, that HE will reveal HIS will for me at HIS appointed time. Until then I hope and pray to be still and listen.
I think that for someone in the throes of despair your post is very discouraging. Right or not.... have some sensitivity for those who may not know Christ at all or just beginning to! Dang Amy, sometimes you use you 2x4 in a harsh and casual way. Easy does it.... we are called to show the love of Christ.... not smack people upside the head with scriptual/righteous law...
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Psa 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
LnF - You've missed a very clear statement that I made yesterday:
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I can not tell anyone if that is the case in their sitch or if it ever will be. That is between a person and God.
Anyone can look it up, and PRAY, for themselves if they have questions. I am NOT an authority. Further, anyone that would be discouraged simply by what I said IS LOOKING TO THE WRONG PERSON FOR GUIDANCE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
