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Excellent lesson, I always enjoy learning more about the Scriptures. Merry Christmas to you.

Jesus did not preach that we were under the authority of the oral law of the Pharisees later written down as the Talmud. Bringing up Hillel, Shamaii, and Akiva, shows that you are taking your cues from David Instone Brewer, who considered pharisaic oral caselaw to be authoritative over first century Jews (including Jesus) when our Lord said the very opposite. In the seven woes, Jesus called the scribes (Essene, doctors of law/lawyers ) and Pharisees blind guides, hypocrites, false interpreters, and false teachers of the law, that were not only preventing themselves from going to heaven, but baring the way for others. Neither is there such thing as an innocent party freedom to divorce as if your spouse is dead… described in Desiderius Erasmus’s opinionative annotations to 1 Corinthians 7, echoed by Martin Luther, these people were humanists, prioritizing Greek philosophy of relativism and human reasoning over God’s word. By ecumenical council “the Westminster confession of faith”adopted this false teaching to conflict with what they believed was too strict established catholic church doctrine, but in direct opposition to scripture in 1647, and has been shamefully adopted by many church creeds and professions of faith. This action caused many to abandon the Catholic faith for less restrictive Protestantism. Gods law should not be up for a popular vote, in order to feel your pews. You either are willing to accept the authority of God’s Word or you or not, but either way, each of us will shoulder our responsibility of either remaining in the darkness, or stepping into the light.

Divorce is either a tragic legitimate reality, or a tragic illegitimate reality. There are two kinds of marriage : 1) Legitimate-both are eligible according to the Lord, to marry one another and joined together by God. 2) illegitimate- one or both, are not eligible according to the Lord to marry the other, and so marriage is prohibited, and not legitimately joined together by God and their relationship represents sin. There are also two kinds of divorce: 1) legitimate-divorcing from someone you were ineligible and prohibited to marry, but divorcing from them is a necessity to repent from sin. In such case, after divorce, or after the death of a spouse, you are free to marry someone who is eligible according to the Lord. 2) illegitimate- if you are legitimately married according to the Lord, God has joined you together, and let not man put asunder your marriage. If you or your spouse leaves, you have a choice to either remain alone or reconcile. We have to be careful not to encourage indulgence to sin out of a misguided compassion for someone’s grief. You would not reward your child or encourage them to do wrong to save them from loneliness or unhappiness, why would you think God would be less of an effective parent than you?

Thanks for another excellent lesson, well reasoned, and concise.

Thanks for this excellent lesson. I am grateful for your willingness to present these lessons.

Very good point about Elijah's willingness to incur the consequences of the prayer which he prayed: Well done. Thanks.

Excellent lessons: Two for One, Dr. John Penn's along with Dr. Hoppert's. I recall well the lesson by Dr. John Penn. Thanks so much for teaching these good lessons. Well done.

Excellent lesson, well presented. Thanks so much for your willingness to share the fruit of your labors in the word and doctrine.

Kenites nowadays can be saved, but they are of the devil

Also.. the holy spirit convicting is nowhere to be found in the greek or earliest English translations.

Cain married people outside the garden hence him being afraid for his life plus him building a city and naming it enoch.

Thanks for this excellent lesson! Well done.

29:38 he is talking about forgiveness. God says forgive others as i forgive and i will forgive you. Divorce is a result of unforggivness. So how is god goimg to forgie you. All sins are forgivable yes. But did you tepent if ypu didnt forgive and stay married?

Deuteronomy does not apply to divorce any longer. Jesus hung on a crosd to enter into a new covenant with hischurch. And brought us back to the beginning of marital standards. I dont understand how pastors etc teach divorce is ok.

Thank you brother for shining the light on this subject. Please continue to do this good work. Be blessed.

I imagine a lot of the critical comments you are getting are coming from Roman Catholics and some of the more extreme members of the so-called "Arminian" denominations - particularly Weslyans, Mennonites, Holiness, Free Will Baptists, as well as some Methodists and Pentecostals. In short, they are coming from people who do not believe in eternal security for genuine believers, and who believe one can lose their salvation over varying levels of sin, as well as loss of faith. Because Jesus said that those who put away their wives and remarry are adulterers, they then jump over to Paul's list of sinners in I Corinthians (and similar passages) who will not inherit the kingdom of heaven, which includes adulterers. But you will also notice that these lists of "mortal sins" also include things like theives, drunkards, and those who envy others. There is a similar list in the Book of Revelation that even includes the fearful, and "all liars." So, the general idea of conditional security is the larger issue here, I think.

Romans 7:1-3 proves that divorce does not end the marriage. No sin ends the marriage. Only death ends a marriage. All remarriage while the former spouse lives is adultery. No preachers talks about this verse and its magnitude. Preachers that do remarriage are all under judgement for the damage to marriage.

If a man say, I love God, hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. 1 John 4:20-21 KJV Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; Matthew 5:43-44 KJV Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. Matthew 18:21-22 KJV For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Matthew 6:14-15 KJV So we are taught to forgive our neighbor, enemy, brother etc. but we do not have to forgive our spouse that we are joined to before God with whom God makes you one flesh with? The one we promised before God that we would be with forever as stated in the vows of holy matrimony I, ____, take you, ____, to be my lawfully wedded (husband/wife), to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part or as long as we both shall live ? And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. 1 Corinthians 7:10-11 KJV *If a person does not love their husband or wife whom they have seen, how can they love God whom they have not seen?*

Thanks for your explanation. I have one question. Jesus went on to say, "That which God has joined together let no man put asunder." This reinforces the idea of not divorcing. Wouldn't you agree?

Thankyou Jeff. I guess your point of difference is one of emphasis: emphasis on mathéteusate instead of traditional poreuthentes?

Naw this not making sense

Sir, you are missing the entirety of the foundation and the failure which has caused you to "dance around" to create your explanations. Lay the foundation. What causes a marriage to be? In both Jewish culture and in your western culture, marriages begin with a verbal commitment, a vow. Begin with the vow. God takes vows very very seriously. In a marriage, who makes a vow and to whom is the vow made? The groom makes the vow and the vow is made to God and is witnessed by many witnesses. (In the western cultures, both the groom and the bride make vows, but the vows are still made to God before witnesses.) REGARDLESS of what your spouse does, including fornication, what right do you have to break your vow to God? What is written about vows to God? And what is the consequences of breaking a vow to God? If a person breaks a vow to God, it is written that the person is to start the vow over at its beginning. Start all over again as if you just made the vow. As if it is your wedding day on repeat! That is the foundation before a man "puts his wife away" or writes a letter of divorce. This is why you are dancing around the concept of adultery. You are attempting to "put lipstick on a pig". There is no way to change the reality that a marriage is a marriage and the two have become one flesh and the damage of separation cannot be undamaged. There is no way of fulfilling the vow to God without forgiveness and starting over. Why does the church see divorced men as unworthy of being pastors? Because they are living in unforgiveness and have an unfulfilled vow between themselves and God. Divorce was/is allowed because of the hardness of peoples heart. What options does the hard hearted have if divorce is not allowed? Till death... is it better to make a paper and leave a possibility of reconciliation or is it better to just commit murder? And if she believes she might be murdered, will she strike first? Can you not see how horrible people can become to eachother? The picture of divorce is very similar to our own sinful separation from God. Rather than just destroy all of us for our failures He has permitted us to live that some of us might reconcile to Him. He desires all, but allows us to die in our stubbornness. In the same way, divorce allows for the opportunity for future reconciliation (though rare). Even in this, we are expected to love our wives as Christ loves the church... that unfaithful corrupted church... lay the foundation so that it does not appear that you are attempting to justify the bad behavior of hard hearted people.

Finally, a lesson with historical background that too many Christians ignore, namely preachers; keeping people in bondage with false doctrines. If this lesson didn't free any divorced Christian, then nothing will. Excellent lesson and presentation.

The start of this video is very suspect.

Is it considered marriage infront of God if you did the bride price and asking the parents, but you did not consummate the marriage yet? Can that guy marry another woman? Another scenario, if the wife is in witchcraft, wanted to kill the husband and son, is it considered as marriage infront of God , as they did spell for the guy to marry the lady? Can he remaery after divorced?

Why should a woman who gets beat and her husband runs around with numerous women why should she be forced to stay in that marriage it should be a divorce and she should be free to remarry if she wanted to

The safest position is to remain married until death, however, it takes two to remain married. As a divorced, young Christian, remaining celibate was easier said than done. I remarried and I am happy in my present relationship but I am still cautious about advising others to remarry.

We hear about Hollywood celebrities who have been married numerous times,but ive known people who have been married more than once,in fact three or four times, simply because they cant remain with one person for any length of time,jumping from one spouse to another,just because they decided,I don't want to be the person I'm married to now,so ill divorce him or her as the case may be and marry someone else,marriage is just a game to them,oh well'if im not happy with this person I'll just find someone else,it doesn't work like that.

Thank you bro Jeff Barger. Very modest reasoning of the Bible.

The scriptures says Jesus recognized the woman at the well relationship with a man who she slept with as her husband and did not condemned them or even mention marriage

I think the closing statement of Mary someone else when there is no biblical grounds for divorce especially a woman forcing a divorce for irreconcilable differences due to falling out of love or some other lame excuse is not a correct teaching on the covenant marriage he expects from his children.

Very helpful, indeed: Thanks for reviewing this topic about those things that are (and are not) explicitly stated. I recall being taught that the Bible teaches according to "principles and concepts that are never violated." Excellent lesson.

Excellent, well presented, well reasoned, thanks (as always) for your labor in the word.

This interpretation makes the most sense of any others I’ve heard and has to be correct, otherwise, the bible would be contradicting itself. With sincere thanks!

Excellent exposition: Thanks so much for your labor in word and doctrine.

Greetings from the Philippines! I am a supporter of your channel. I have been a Christian all my life by religion but just recently surrendered my life to Christ. I have no permanent Church as I have not found a Church yet that I can attend regularly. I am still praying for this. My husband and I have been living apart for the past 10 years. He was a womanizer, physically abusive, verbally abusive and has threatened to kill me several times. He also got a woman pregnant in our first year of Marriage. I forgave him each time and worked out our marriage even though he was not fulfilling his duties as a husband. He would deprive me of sex and say that he finds me fat, unattractive and undisciplined. He would suggest all the time to manage our finances and accuse me of an unsubmissive wife if I don't do as he asks. All throughout our marriage I was the only one providing financially for our needs. My husband left our home on our 3rd year of marriage and after awhile he attempted to reconcile with me. I entertained his attempt to reconcile but I could see that there was no attempt to change his ways. I too in my mind considered to be with someone else but never pushed through with my feelings. He had girlfriends and was still verbally abusive towards me. Since we don't have divorce here in the Philippines - we decided to live apart. We considered each other as single people and no longer tied to each other. We both wanted to be divorced but could not settle it as there is no divorce in the Philippines - only Annulment which costs more than $10,000. I am a minimum wage earner and the Philippines is a very poor country - only the Elite can afford an annulment. My ex husband is in and out of jobs and he cannot afford to file for an annulment too. We attempted to co parent but he completely refused to provide for our daughter. He completely abandoned me and my daughter for the last 8 years and refused to help in raising our daughter. I moved on and after 6 years of being separated from my husband I engaged in a new relationship. Recently I became a believer, ended my relationship as it was adulterous and attempted to contact my husband to talk about fixing our marriage. I found out that he is now a Muslim and has a new family. My family and I tried to reach out to him but he would block us in every platform or communication channel. I don't know where he lives. I don't know his friends ( he was secretive about them) The last message he sent to my aunt is - just send me the annulment papers and I'll sign it. My husband refuses to file for an annulment as it would cost him money and because he is now a Muslim - he is permitted to have a second wife. The Churches here in the Philippines have conflicting views about separation. I am not the only Filipina who lives apart from their husbands due to the same reasons. I don't know where I stand. I don't know how to move on as I can't legally buy any property without his consent and I don't know how to position our predicament because it has been years and he has moved on with a new religion and family. I have repented and been praying to God to give me clarity over my situation. I have forgiven my husband but I am afraid of him and I no longer want to suffer what I suffered with him while we were still living together. My husband is unrepentant and does not care anymore about my peace, my daughter and our marriage. I want to be right with God.

Going back to our previous conversation in another video, I think there is too much confusion when using the word "saved" to refer to a person who has faith in the coming Messiah when dealing with the Jews (Israel), who were looking forward to the coming Messiah but missed the mark when Jesus, the Messiah, actually came and rejected His teachings and His church. Was the woman at the well in John 4 "born again"? What was Jesus actually teaching the Samaritans? I believe, for the most part, "saved" actually refers to those who are already trusting in Christ, who have been baptized into the body of Christ (ekklesia), and have been delivered from the domain of darkness into His marvelous light, as mentioned in Ephesians 2:5 and 2:8. This is not a work of man or ourselves but a work of Christ, as Paul goes on to explain in the rest of the book. The same could be said for Israel in Romans 10. They missed it when it came to the covenant promises of God and rejected the Christ when He came, which means they rejected His teachings and His church.

Excellent lesson. Well done, well reasoned, thanks so much. I just completed a video and included notes from your article titled, "Fruits Worthy of Repentance."

Excellent lesson! Well done!

The problem, in my opinion, is that we are not using the word "saved" the way the Bible does. The Bible does not use the word "saved" in reference to one being born from above. What scripture(s) can we use to define the word "saved" as synonymous with being born from above (or born again)? Acts 16:30-33 And having led them outside, he said, Masters, what is necessary for me to do that I might be saved? 31 They said, Believe upon the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household. 32 And they spoke to him the word of the Lord, with all the ones in his house. 33 And having taken them in that hour of the night, he washed the wounds; and he was baptized, he and all his, immediately. Acts 2:37-47 Having heard, their heart was pricked; they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, Men, brethren, what will we do? 38 Peter said to them, Repent and be baptized, each of you, over the name of Jesus Christ, unto forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all the ones far off, as many as the Lord our God may call. 40 And with many other words he charged and was exhorting them, saying, Be saved from this crooked generation. 41 Then the ones having received his word were baptized, and there were added in that day about three thousand souls. 42 They were persisting with the teaching of the apostles and fellowship, the breaking of bread, and prayers. 43 Fear was coming to every soul; many miracles and signs were coming about through the apostles. 44 All the ones believing were together and were having all things in common. 45 And they were selling their property and possessions, and were dividing them to all, just as anyone was having a need. 46 Day by day persisting with one accord in the temple, breaking bread from house to house, they were sharing food in great joy and simplicity of heart, 47 Praising God and having favor with the whole of the people. The Lord was adding to the assembly the ones being saved day by day. 1 Peter 3:20 To those having disobeyed when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, an ark being prepared, into which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.

Excellent lesson, well reasoned, and well presented, thanks so much.

The word conviction stood out me strong, and also the man who confessed he heard the word for years but never listened. Praise the Lord for wisdom to learn off others testimonies. 🙏

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Amen! Well done. I learn each and every time I listen to one of your lessons, thanks for your labor in word and doctrine!

Excellent lesson, a Blessing, indeed! Thanks for the good word!

In Matthew 5:32 we see the benefit of a knowledge and application of Bible language to interpretation. In the KJV the word "put away" ("whosoever shall put away his wife") is the same verb translated "divorced" (though the form is different). In both cases the word should be translated "put away." Additionally, one must harmonize the Lord's teaching with Deuteronomy 24:1-2. If, for whatever reason, a man refused to love his wife, he could not simply "put her away." He was required to give her a certificate of divorce. This legal paperwork terminated a marriage. The divorced woman was then free to marry another man. In God's eyes her new marriage was valid. We must strive to become and remain consistent in our theology. Many do not and, consequently, are not.

Excellent lesson, thanks so much. Quite an eye-opener, a great reminder. You made the obvious no longer obscure.

Good stuff Bro. Jeff

Excellent lesson, well reasoned! Thanks so much for your labor in word and doctrine.

So if anyone gets divorced/remarried except For sexual immorality they commit adultery?