• 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
• 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
• 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 American 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

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:1

Comment/question
There is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus.
Response
"WHO WALK NOT AFTER THE FLESH, BUT AFTER THE SPIRIT"..............read also verses 13-14. It's very important that we take ALL scripture in context and not pull one out here and one out there to apply it to our situations......May we all be blessed as we seek HIS face and will for our lives according to His Word.

Comment/question
While the repentant harlot is not physically a virgin, their is no record of their sins of harlotry. They ARE a new creation. As are all repentant sinners.

All repentant sinners are free of their sins. But apparently there are some here that disagree with that fact of Scripture.
Response
If one is guilty of adultery, repentance means they will quit the adultery---not stay in it. You are correct in that if one comes to faith in Jesus as a 'harlot', forsaking their life as a harlot, their sins are remembered no more. However, as we all know, harlotry is a sin. Marriage is not a sin to be repented of/therefore forgiven of. Divorce and a subsequent adulterous union are sin, therefore repentance in those cases are necessary to be in true fellowship with the Lord.

Comment/question
And if this is what Jesus meant when Jesus Himself said that WHOSOEVER divorces their spouse and marries another commits adultery...........and.............whosoever marries one divorced commits adultery.
Then this comparison in Mal 2 does nothing to represent Christ, or that detestable thing that was committed in Israel and in Jerusalem by Judah who desecrated the sanctuary the Lord loves, by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.

There is no comparison…
Because if Judah divorced her today according to 1 Cor 7 and by what Jesus meant, then Judah would be willingly committing adultery in Christ.

Response
The problem you have is proving that what Jesus calls adultery is a lawful, binding marriage in His sight. I see absolutely nothing in scripture which leads to the belief that joining oneself with another's spouse then makes that one a lawful spouse in the sight of God. As was said earlier many times, adultery was a stonable offense----a punishment given by God Himself. Can you provide scripture which shows that the relationship God calls sin (adultery) is now sanctioned and JOINED by Him?

Comment/question
Again what is your point?
If one has forsaken their sin in Christ then are they forgiven of that sin, how is it that they are in a state of perpetual sin once it has been forgiven?
Response
As I said, if you can show me how that sinful relationship now has changed into a lawful one----joined by God, I would be glad to see that. If not, then I am inclined to believe, as I would with other sins, that what was adultery before confession is still adultery AFTER confession. The one who truly repents will stop the adultery from continuing.......because the person who was not their spouse before confession is STILL not their spouse in God's eyes.

Comment/question
I think my point is not coming through clearly. There is forgiveness offered to the repentant murderer, child molester, spouse abuser, thief, etc. Where is the forgiveness for the divorcees or the remarried, if you believe these are sins committed? The murderer cannot bring back the dead but they can move on and live life. The molester cannot remove the scars left but they can receive forgiveness and move on in life, but for those who have divorced or been divorced and remarry, there is no forgiveness unless they give up their current spouse. They cannot decide to make this current marriage lifelong and commit to not making the same mistakes they did in the past.
Response
The Lord has called ALL to forsake their sin and return to Him and He will show mercy: "He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses AND forsakes them will have mercy." Prov. 29:13

If a child molester confesses AND forsakes their sinfulness, there is no guilt. If a murderer confesses AND forsakes murdering, there is no longer guilt. If an adulterer confesses AND forsakes their adultery(the unlawful union), there is no guilt. You are asking that some CONTINUE in their sin and NOT have guilt. This does not agree with scripture..........the Lord demands Holiness in those who call on His name.

Comment/question

"There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Sure its sin. Its miserable. Its never good. Its sometimes necessary. And for those who have no choice but to get out of what can be a literal hell on earth, God still loves. Still forgives. Why else would He have included the story in the Bible of the woman who had failed so miserably at marriage. It was to show those of us who go through it "I still love you"

Response
Let me ask you a question: Would you feel AOK with attending a church with an active homosexual pastor, or a pastor who is openly fornicating or encouraging fornication to occur under the guise of "grace"? Would you feel ok that a church is telling it's people to "only look at your own sins", ignore the rest of God's Word that shows how sin allowed to remain in the camp causes MORE sin?

Let me ask you another question, does the Blood of Jesus not only wash of our sins, but also give us the power not to CONTINUE in sin? Did He save us only to leave us in our past condition, with no power to change our lives to cause us to be more like Him? See, I do believe in the Love of Jesus----why? Because I was a BIG sinner and I KNOW His power to change a life. As He makes known sin in my life, and all true believer's lives, they CHANGE more and more into HIS image. We do not stay the same. When Jesus came upon the woman at the well, He did not say, "you're ok just the way you are". He let her know that He KNOWS her sin. What He also let her know is this: if you "drink" of me, you will never be the same again----your life WILL Change!!!

We all have a "past" so to speak, some of our pasts are worse than others. Yet the truth is, if we truly do submit our lives to Christ (we DIE to self), our lives WILL change. If we are liars, we will hate lying............if we are adulterers, we will hate adultery...........if we are fornicators, we will hate fornication, if we are covetous, we will hate coveting..........

We hate these things when we are walking in the Spirit. When we are walking in the flesh, we do not hate these things, we justify/excuse them away, we practice them, etc. In the manner we walk, so shall we reap-------in the flesh, destruction. In the Spirit, peace and eternal life. Read all of Romans 8..............

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