Sunday, January 8, 2012

Can a divorced Christian remarry?

In the beginning, God wanted marriage to be a lifelong commitment to each other.  Jesus allowed in the OT a divorce due to uncleanness (Deut 24:1) to be done because of the hardness of their heart .  Jesus said in the NT (Mark 5) “I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery.”  This statement is applied to both men and women.  Paul brings out in 2 Cor 6 “Do not be yoked together with unbelievers.”  Paul then writes to Christians, that he, not Jesus, made this decision in 1 Cor 7:12-15, that if a Believer has a spouse that is willing to live with them, they must not divorce them, otherwise your children would be unclean.  It is about the family unit and the children.  Paul said, if the unbeliever leaves, let them go and then a Believer is not bound in such circumstances.  Yes, a divorced believer may remarry under certain requirements.   This is a very emotional and heart-rending subject.

Blessing
Stephen

(Deu 24:1)  … because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

(Mat 5:32)  But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery.
(Mark 10:3-9)  And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you? And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.  But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.  For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;  And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.  What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

(2 Cor 6:14)  Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. …
(1 Cor 7:12-15) … I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.  And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.  For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.  But if the unbeliever leaves, let him do so. A believing man or woman is not bound in such circumstances;…

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