Matthew 5:32b …and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.
(See also Matthew 19:9)
PERSONAL COMMENTARY
If your wife was previously divorced, you’re in a perpetual state of adultery.
I’m not sure what to recommend to those in this situation. Please don’t attempt to divorce your wife to free yourself from this sin. We’ll show later that God hates divorce (which could be also considered a sin). This is truly being between a rock and a hard place.
This one’s easy. Jesus was showing those who live under the Law that they were not flying under the radar. Moses gave them permission to divorce but that was not God’s intent for marriage. God wanted marriage to represent his relationship with Israel. To turn your spouse away was a bad thing to God. Jesus was preparing the Jews for righteous judgement that would take place shortly after their killing him, by saying, “You haven’t got one over on God through a technicality. You will be judged according to your heart. So fill up the measure of your sin.” Basically Jesus sprung on them that there are no loop-holes in the Law.
But even Jesus said that marital unfaithfulness is a proper cause. In all your quote mining you have not realized that according to the law, no one who had moabite blood could enter the assembly up to the tenth generation, yet David was the grandson of a moabite woman and he was loved by God. And no one who was emasculated by tearing or cutting could enter into the assembly yet Daniel was highly regarded by God. What God desires most is for us to act justly, love mercy, and to walk humbly with him. Blessed is the man who’s sin is never counted against him. That’s me.
Oh, And the adultry would not be perpetual. Mainly because it doesn’t say that.
1Samuel 16:7 “But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”
Maybe that is why you have a hard time with God’s justice. You can’t see the heart, duhhh! So everything is okay now. See? Silly you.
I know, I know. It’s not that easy.
Love ya friend,
Sam
as sensitive and difficult this subject of divorce is, you need to elaborate/explain in depth what the text says, joe
You are wrong wrong wrong! It is a sin for you to tell my husband that he is living in sin. He is a widower and I was divorced because my first husband left me for another woman. If you don’t believe me then get Rich Atchley’s DVD on Marriage Div and Remarriage. rhchurch.org (Richland Hills Church of Christ in Richland Hills, TX.
Now my husband is thinking of divorcing me because you are saying that marrying a divorced woman is living in sin. You should not play God that is sinful. Divorce is not an unforgiveable sin. Jesus died for all sins period!!!
If I were you I would repent of you having this website. Matthew 5:32 says that if a man divorces his wife, except if she commited adultery, it causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery. Jesus is saying if you throw away your wife and marry another woman then you are committing adultery AND if you marry the woman that leaves her husband to get with you then you are committing adultery. Also what Jesus means when he says the “causes her to become an adulteress” does not mean that when she remarries someone then she will be committing adultery, it means that the guilty husband has caused her to break the marriage vows. Breaking the covenant is also an adulterated action. Adultery is not only a sexual sin by the way. Ask Rich Atchley and he will clear things up for you. And then if you get rid of this anti-remarriage website then it will be helping to save marriages.
Satan’s Website here! Get behind me satan!!