• Matthew 5:32, 19:9 Exception Clause/Innocent Woman
• Does Deuteronomy 24 / The Law of Moses Prohibit Returning To The First Spouse?
• Look At The Betrothal View
• Romans 7 - Paul was talking about the Law not Marriage
• 1 Corinthians 7:15 - But if the unbeliever leaves, let him do so. A believing man or woman is not bound
• 1 Corinthians 7:9 - It is better to marry than to burn It is not good for man to be alone
• 1 Corinthians 7:27-28 - But If Thou Marry Thou Hast not sinned
• 1 Corinthians 7:24 - Remain As You are Called
• Romans 8:1 - There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus
• Herod & Herodias
• 1 Corinthians 6:16 - Does Sex=Marriage? He which is joined to an harlot is one body?
• John 4 - Jesus & The Woman With 5 Husbands
• What about David & Bathsheba?
• What about Esther & King Ahasuerus?
• Hosea & Gomer
• Ezra Chapters 9 & 10 - Putting Away Unlawful Marriages
• Jeremiah 3 - God Divorced Israel
• "Put Away" Does Not Mean Divorce/A Divorce Certificate Dissolves A Marriage?
• "Put Away" Does Not Mean Divorce/A Divorce Certificate Dissolves A Marriage? Part 2
• You Can’t Compare Homosexual Unions with Remarriage
• What About Abusive Marriages?
• What About The Children Of Remarriage?
• Divorce & Remarriage is Not the Unforgivable Sin
• Do Not Judge/Where Are Grace & Mercy?
• Divorce & Remarriage Before Salvation
• Men Can Divorce, Women Cannot?
• Unequally Yoked Marriages/Believers & Unbelievers
• Is Remarriage Adultery A One Time Act or Continuous Adultery?
• Does God Join All First Marriages?
• God Hates Divorce! Divorcing From A Remarriage Would Be A Sin?
• Were Remarriages In The Early Church?
• 1 Corinthians 7:11 - "Unmarried" Means The Divorced Is Free To Remarry
• 2 Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
• Divorce, Remarriage, Churches, Ministries, Christian Leaders, Teachers & Divorce Rates
• Are Remarriages Blessed By God?
• Polygamy & Remarriage
• Do We Extend Grace To The Wayward Spouse?
• General Questions & Comments

"Look at the legalized adultery we call divorce. Men marry one wife after another and are still admitted into good society; and women do likewise. There are thousands of supposedly respectable men in America living with other men's wives, and thousands of supposedly respectable women living with other women's husbands." - R. A. Torrey From R.A. Torrey's book How to Pray, pages 94-95

R.A. Torrey (1856-1928) was a very well-known Christian writer, evangelist, pastor, graduate of Yale University, and was also the superintendent of Moody Bible Institute for 19 years.

TRINITY BARS THE DIVORCED.; No Remarriage in the Church or Any of the Chapels.

The clergy of Trinity Church announced yesterday that under no circumstances will divorced persons be married by any of the clergy of that Episcopal parish, nor will such marriages be permitted either in the church at Wall Street and Broadway or in any one of the parish's eight chapels. The announcement was as follows:
View full article New York Times
December 7, 1904, Wednesday

Frequently Asked Questions, Comments and Arguments about Marriage Divorce & Remarriage

Hosea & Gomer 

Comment/question
But the command to Hosea does not apply to anyone other than Hosea.
Response
So you believe a Christian is NOT to walk in the love expressed in I Corinthians 13 or Ephesians 5 in regards to an erring/wayward spouse?

Comment/question
This account hardly makes a dent in the argument of marriage, divorce & remarriage because this marriage was very unusual and went against other express commands to the contrary. It is not normative and should not be used to develop a universal doctrine with regard to MDR.
Response
You are not taking away from Hosea/Gomer what God wants us to see. It is GRACE (unmerited favor). That is the message...........it is about TRUE, Agape Love-----God's kind of Love. The kind of love we are called to. It's not just a kind of love only SOME believers are called to----it is EXPECTED of ALL of us. I find it so sad that many Christians teach about love and forgiveness, yet they are embittered about their own spouses.............spewing things against them. Many, many times I've read about 2nd/3rd spouses speaking evil of the covenant spouse.........even things about the children of the covenant marriage. Is this the love of Christ? I just do not think so.

Comment/question
Second, Hosea did not divorce Gomer. She went after her many lovers and by law, Hosea had the right to divorce her but he did not.
Response
No, according to OT law, Hosea would have had the right to STONE HER. That would have made him a widower, free to marry again.

Comment/question
Cindy, you are incorrect to some degree. The death by stoning was the penalty, should it be desired to be exercised. You see Joseph had that option available to him with Mary. But it did not have to be that way. Consider the allegory of Hosea and Gomer. Was she stoned to death each time?
Response
You are correct in that pre-marriage bed divorce must have been allowed since Joseph was pondering do such a thing.

You are also correct that Gomer did not get stoned, but that was the "law", no? As has been stated many times before God desires MERCY. Do you think exercising what you believe is an entitlement due to sin is MERCY and ultimately is LOVE.............the same mercy and Love as is shown in Hosea, who WAITED for Gomer to stop sinning and decide to come home?

Whose children are more blessed-----those who see a parent STAND for a wayward spouse and then when that spouse finally repents, SEES the depth of TRUE love abiding in that house----both on the part of the one who loved THROUGH sin and on the part of the one who WAS LOVED while they were in sin------or those who see their parent give up on the wayward and move on to a seemingly "happy" marriage with another? Can you imagine the depth of love a forgiven spouse would feel for that one who waited in love for them? Much like some of us who were BIG sinners and felt the depth of God's love for us even though we were such great sinners?

Truly which reflects Jesus?

Comment/question
Hosea was commanded by God specifically to do what he did. That allegory serves as a demonstration of God's patience with Israel and how Israel played the harlot. Yes in love God was patient with Israel, and Hosea was commanded to be patient with Gomer. And Hosea is singled out in the Bible as the only example of this.
Response
Again.............I Corinthians 13 applies to ALL TRUE believers.

Comment/question
Hosea and Gomer are not any kind of proof that sexual sin DOES NOT break the marriage bond. Rather their marriage shows that divorce is not the only option ... Like Hosea ... we should always seek restoration if our spouse is willing to repent. It is however a personal choice based on the individual situation.
Response
Where do we ever see that we are given an option to reconcile with a spouse that's sinned? Also, where do we see a time limit concerning a spouse's repentance before we "go on" to another person? As for Hosea and Gomer, you say that their marital bond was broken...........do you mean their ONE flesh that God joined was now dissolved?

Comment/question
Hosea/Gomer - I have no difficulty with this passage because I do not believe that a divorce is REQUIRED when there is adultery, but every attempt should be made to reconcile marriages even when adultery was a factor. There are times however where reconciliation is just not possible, and it is in those times that the exception applies.
Response
When is reconciliation not possible? The only time I can see when it is not possible is when one of the spouses dies. Beyond that, reconciliation is ALWAYS a possibility. There have been many couples who have been reconciled AFTER a divorce/remarriage. Do you not believe all things are possible with God.........or do you place limits on what can be done?