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Divorce and Remarriage: Scriptural Truth
What are The Biblical Grounds for Remarriage?
The Bible does give
you permission to remarry in a few situations. If your spouse committed
adultery (or fornication) against you, you can divorce and remarry. If your unbelieving
spouse deserted you, even if they don't remarry, you can divorce
and remarry (1Cor. 7:12-16). Or if you're a widow or a widower
the Bible says you can remarry.
If you remarry in
any another situation,
regardless of the cultural acceptance of it, you
commit adultery.
That is not my opinion, it is not my word, but it is God's Word!
The only way you are allowed to remarry
biblically, is to have been divorced biblically or to have been widowed.
That is
the ONLY grounds God will allow.
If you EVER do remarry, it is to be ONLY
"In The Lord" ( 1 Corinthians 7:39) to a
fellow BELIEVER. Period. You are NOT to remarry in a "unequal"
yoke situation. (2 Corinthians 6:14-16).
In other words, DO NOT EVER SO MUCH AS CONSIDER
marrying an unbeliever!
It is a wise thing to NOT EVEN DATE an unbeliever, regardless of
how "nice" they seem or how good looking you think they are or how much
they "adore" you. KEEP AWAY FROM THAT UNEQUAL YOKE.
Let me further stress this by asking the question that Paul
asked when concerned with such a situation:
"...for what
fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion
hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or
what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?" (2
Corinthians 6:14-15)
Here is the part where I am going to ask you: Don't
HANG UP ON ME or get angry with me! Finish the rest of this page.
If you have divorced and remarried against
the Word of God (for any reason that is NOT biblically based),
please don't think that I am
against you. I am not.
I will tell you the truth because I love
you. You are living in Adultery. That is what the Word of God
teaches. Does this hurt you or make you uneasy? Does it offend
you? It is not my intention to hurt you or to cause you to stumble,
but the Word of God is our final authority.
Where I differ from other churches and
even other teachings in Pentecostal churches is this:
You have sinned and you need to repent of it.
Do you go back and make it right? That is between you and God.
I will ask you this though: do you commit another divorce just to make something right? I don't
think so.
In fact if you divorce right now (while you're in another marriage) and
try to return to your spouse, you will cause your current spouse to commit
Adultery, especially if they have never been married before, AND you would
cause your previous spouse to violate the Word of God.
(Read Deuteronomy 24:1-4 and Jeremiah 3:1).
Take for example the case of murder.
If you were a murderer and came to Jesus for forgiveness, would he forgive
you? Of course he would. You can't go back and 'right your
wrong'. The life you took is already gone. The only thing you
can do at this point is repent, be forgiven and live for Christ.
What you need to do is to repent.
Come back to Jesus and let him heal you.
The choice is yours.
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