One of the best sermons I've heard preached on this topic. People divorce so easily these days, they discard spouses and move on to the next. It's adultery
It's true...many people divorce so easily. But it's also true...many people commit adultery so easily. We're told "God hates divorce". But some seem to think he hates fornication but not adultery.
May the Lord our God bless our hearts and open our spiritual eyes of this whole truth. Thank you Pastor Tim for that compelling sermon. To God be the glory, our ever faithful bridegroom.
What wonderful truth, listening to this message these verses came to mind: 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NASB [4] Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, [5] does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, [6] does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; [7] bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
There are groups out there, who claim that if a woman is divorced and married to another, that due to what Jesus said she is to again divorce, this time the new husband, and to remarry the previous husband if he will have her; they apply this even if decades have gone by and children are born of the new marriage etc. Jesus was saying to not divorce, he was not sayin that if divorce occurs to ignore what the Law tells us in such a case. I really appreciate brother Tim noting that those are "if" statements, which will help me to clarify the matter to these false teachers. They even have examples of men and women who instead repenting and sinning no more (not divorcing again) they instead repent and sin again (divorce after many years to return to their previous spouse). They tout these tragic examples as if they have persevered, but they have rather failed to hear the Shepherd's voice and have followed the voice of a stranger. The Church need to do better at fully addressing this matter, better at speaking the Master's voice on this, so that those who will hear have something clear to hear. This was a huge question to me, because my mother left her previous husband and married my father, and I was left asking "is her adultery new every day because she should divorce my father and remarry her previous husband?" and I waited on the spirit for probably well over a year before I reached the maturity to more easily read the Bible as God intends. So, I understand it seems like a difficult question, but that is satan's deception, because it's actually very plainly taught in Scripture such that the question is easy to answer. What a burden to put on people, to chain their past mistakes to them, and to do so in the name of the master of forgiveness Jesus Christ. I'm not a guy who always looks for the middle way, but rather I tend to be very suspicious of middle way propositions. This is not a middle way, but rather God has offered mercy for human wrongs, and Jesus called for greater mercy (non-divorce) to prevent the wrong, but He did not intend any cancellation of mercy in case that we fail to offer that greater mercy.
Amen I am a firm beliver that jesus forgive all of our sins. And that there are some verses in the bible that mean more than what they are showing. How can a God who forgives and erases our past wich is shown in scripture still hold someone in their sin such as divorce. Many who belive that type of thinking have a religous spirit and dont know how to decern the word. Becuse if we are going to say divorce and remarriage is a unforgivable sin then at least 99.9 of the world is screwed up because the word says that first person we are intimate with we have to marry that individual. Exodus 22:16 If a man seduces a virgin who I'd not pledge to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride price, and she shall be his wife. Deuteronomy 22:28-29 If a man happens to meet a virgin who he has not been pledge to marry and fornicate with her and they are discovered, that man must pay fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the young woman for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as she lives. But for those scripture to make sense we have to ignore bible verse on Gods forgiveness and Him erasing our past transgression. God is good 🙏
@@joshgonzales2285 Peace. Aside from some knit picking at some wording, I do agree. Speaking of knit picking at wording, "religious" literally means "worshipful" and I think when you said "religious spirit" it may be more clear to instead say "legalistic spirit". In Jesus Christ religion is a very good thing, as is lawfulness, but legalism is specifically to esteem the Law above God's forgiveness which is never good. For example, it's wrong to have sex with a woman and not marry her, but forgiveness overcome that wrong. To obey is lawfulness, but to downplay forgiveness is legalism.
@@NicholasproclaimerofMessiah amen!! Agreed what I mean on religious spirit is having like a pharasie mindset, the pharasi came at jesus with the word but jesus showed them how wrong they where in miss using it. They would read the word with out studying it or understanding it.
So you’re saying that if my husband cheats, forcibly divorces me, and “marries” the other woman, then remembers that he’s made a covenant with me and decides to make it right, he’d be sinning to come back to me? Sounds unfair.
@@erenjinchuriki I just see it as if you divorce and remarry dont divorce again. To say we must make the wrong things right would mean the thief at the cross would of not been forgiven becuse he had no more chance to make anything right. Yet the Lord forgave him and took him to paradise.
Pastor Tim you gave another stellar message by way of the Holy Spirit. All Glory to GOD thanking Him for the great gift of teaching he gave you that allows you to cut through to the heart of a matter...what I call getting to the crux of the Biscuit. Great message that should convict hearts to realize Love is not a feeling it is a decision and that marriage is a covenant in the eyes of GOD every bit as important as our Covenant with Christ for our Salvation and that we have to persevere and endure through trials and not be self centered in our approach to marriage anymore than we can be full of self in our relationship with Christ. We must be emptied of self and put God first and then our Spouse before ourselves. Sadly I was not walking with Christ when I was married and did not know all this but I loved the message it was affirmation for me. GOD knows I have repented for my sins and stayed single for almost 30 years...I truly consider the LORD my husband and I am perfectly content with that. Blessings to ALL, Grace and Peace to you.
A married couple can't commit fornication but adultery. He was talking about a espouse (fiance) they are considered husband and wife even before getting actual married. Read Mathew 1:18 on down if one of them commits fornication they have the right to divorce from each other because the man or woman found that person to be unclean but once u married there is no way out until one dies Roman 7:1-3
@@blankblank5367 I agree with you that a married couple can only commit adultery when it comes to sexual immorality. I also agree with you regarding an espoused couple being able to divorce because of fornication. Finally, I agree with you that the husband and wife who are in a covenant marriage are married until death parts them. The husband or wife cannot remarry unless the other spouse is dead.
The divorce and remarriage for adultery doctrine is based solely on the supposed guilt of the wife in Matthew 5:32 and 19:9. However, the wife, in the above scriptures, is clearly not guilty of fornication because the Jews (that Jesus was speaking to) were still living under the law, and if fornication was discovered, there was a moral obligation to report the offender according to Deuteronomy 22:13-24. The wife, who would have been found guilty of fornication, was subsequently stoned to death, according to the law, which had still governed the Jews up until Christ's death on the cross. The same for a woman caught in adultery, according to Leviticus 20:10. How could a wife, guilty of fornication, or adultery, under the law of Moses, be given a writing of divorcement and be caused to commit adultery with whosoever marries her, that is divorced? Jesus is clear, in these examples, that the wife is not guilty of fornication, but is still caused to commit adultery if she marries another man now that she is divorced. This is the only way that Matthew 5:31-32, and Matthew 19:9 keep harmony with Romans 7:2-3, and 1 Corinthians 7:39. Unlike the synoptic gospels of Mark and Luke, which were written to evangelize the Gentiles, Matthew was written to the Jews, and has of 24 characteristics that identify it as intended for the house of Israel. The ancient Jews called the betrothed (engaged) "husband" and "wife" according to Deuteronomy 22:23-24, Matthew 1:18-25, and Luke 2:5-7. Deuteronomy 24:1-4 (Moses's precept of divorce and remarriage) was never for fornication or adultery. Allowing those guilty of fornication and adultery to remain living and become a prospect for remarriage was against the law of Moses in Deuteronomy 22:13-24 and Leviticus 20:10, which commanded that those who were found guilty of fornication and adultery be put away from Israel, and stoned to death. The law of Moses was not given to the world, only to the Jews. From the exodus, to Christ's death on the cross, the law of Moses governed the Jewish people. Christ's death on the cross caused the Jews to become dead to the law of Moses, so they could be joined to Christ under a New Covenant. This is what Jesus's fulfillment of the law of Moses, including Deuteronomy 24:1-4 (Moses's precept of divorce and remarriage), means. Paul gave several warnings to Christian believers against keeping the ordinances of law of Moses as justification, over following Christ and his commands under the New Covenant with Christ. Keeping the ordinances of the law is no longer possible, for Israel, and that is why Christ prophesied that the temple would be destroyed. These scriptures make it clear that if you choose the law over Christ, that you must keep the whole law: Romans 7:4, Galatians 3:1-9, Galatians 3:10-29, Galatians 4:1-7, Galatians 4:21-31, and Galatians 5:1-15. Being unequally yoked to unbelievers is not a cause for divorce, once two become one-flesh in a covenant of marriage, according to 1 Corinthians 7:12-14. Many one-flesh covenant marriages between unbelievers are recognized by God in the scriptures, most notably the marriage covenants between Herodias and King Herod's brother Philip, Potiphar and his wife, Ahab and Jezebel, and Ruth to her deceased husband Mahlon by Boaz when he took her to be his wife. Some are teaching that 1 Corinthians 7:15 implies that those who are abandoned, by an unbelieving spouse, are "no longer bound" in a one-flesh covenant of marriage. The reason this is in conflict is due to the way some translations word it, which gives it an entirely different meaning, and context. 1 Corinthians 7:15, says, "But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace." As you can see, the actual scripture says "not enslaved" which means that the husband or wife is not enslaved to sin with the unbelieving spouse, and is free to worship Christ in peace. Subsequent translations have changed the words to imply that they nullify the marriage covenant, which is not at all the case. The issue that this creates is with 1 Corinthians 7:10-11, which says, "10To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. 11But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife." As you can see, those who claim 1 Corinthians 7:15 shows the Apostle Paul giving those who are abandoned permission to remarry, do not understand the command that Christ gives is to an abandoned husband, in 1 Corinthians 7:11, and that he "must not divorce" his wife, and his wife is commanded to "remain unmarried or else be reconciled" to her husband. The theory that 1 Corinthians 7:15 nullifies two as being one-flesh, due to one's unbelief, puts the Apostle Paul directly at odds with Christ, and himself, by implying that Paul has issued an opposing command to verses 10-14 in verse 15. Some also teach that 1 Corinthians 7:27-28 is referring to both divorced men and virgin women, and not exclusively to men and women (virgins) who have never been married. This has been falsely taught for some time in churches as referring to anyone who is not currently in a marriage, which, for them, also includes those who are divorced. This is a very false assumption, and puts these verses in a different context, that is at odds with both the teachings of Christ and the apostle Paul. We see Paul refer to virgins, which signifies the unmarried who have never before been wed, which is the proper context here. We see Paul saying clearly that it is good for virgins, which is also speaking to never before wed men here, "that it is good for a man so to be." He goes on to say, "Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife." Who is he referring to here? Men who, like himself, have never married. The word "bound", in these verses, is a clear reference to betrothal (engagement) and not to a one-flesh covenant of marriage. The ancient Jews were considered bound as husband and wife during the betrothal (espousal/engagement) before becoming one-flesh in a covenant of marriage, through consummation. This is affirmed by the context of the term "bound" seen in Numbers 30:14-16. The Jewish couples in ancient Israel, who were betrothed (engaged) were also bound together until death, either by execution for fornication, or by other causes. Then Paul says, "But and if thou marry, thou has not sinned", which is who? The men who had never married in the congregation at Corinth. So he begins with verses 25-26 speaking exclusively to men that have never married. Paul then says, "and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned", which is speaking directly in regard to virgin women who have never been married, within the congregation, not divorced women. Notice that verse 34 says, "There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband." Paul speaks plainly when he says "there is a difference between a wife and a virgin." Paul goes on to say, "But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry." This is speaking of a virgin who has become of age to bear children when it says, "let them marry." This is a clear command, to a single man, who has taken a virgin to be his wife. Paul then says, "Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well." This is referring again to the single man who decides it is better not to marry, but to stay betrothed (engaged), under the present distress, by saying that he "hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin." Paul then says, "So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better", which again means single men, in the congregation, who have betrothed a wife, do well if they marry, and those who choose not to marry their virgin brides do better, under the current climate. For more proper context of the word "bound", let's look further down in this chapter to verse 39, which says, "39The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord" (1 Corinthians 7:39). For so long, these scriptures, between verses 25-38, have been twisted and used to enable divorce and remarriage, by wayward churches and teachers, and have caused many to stumble and to be trapped in unscriptural unions. The use of the woman at the well, in regard to marriage, falsely implies that Christ was endorsing remarriage after a divorce. This teaching is in defiance of Matthew 22:23-28, which shows a woman who had been widowed seven times, and entered into each subsequent marriage without any scriptural conflicts with God's law of marriage (one-flesh covenant) seen in Genesis 2:23-24. Mark 10:1-12 and Matthew 19:1-12 both record Christ's teaching that day beyond the Jordan. There is no mention of the words "fornication", "writing of divorcement", or "divorced" in Mark's Gospel because Mark was not written to the Jews (as Matthew's Gospel was), but to evangelize the Romans, and likewise Luke to evangelize the Greeks, who had no knowledge of the law of Moses in Deuteronomy 22 or Deuteronomy 24. All of these facts draw a clear understanding that remarriage after a divorce, under the New Covenant with Christ, is a scripturally false and baseless teaching. Please use wisdom when living in any situation against what the scriptures command.
Very insightful explanation. I just want to clarify based on what you have said above. Are you saying that the ONLY people allowed to remarry are those that are widowed?
That is not particularly true. Many women make it hard to be the provider in most situations by their insistence on being "free independent women". Yet they also want the perks of a provider while offering little in return. I have a biblical view on marriage and consider it beautiful. However getting married to a woman that is of the same view in this generation is difficult as I had to take my time to find one. I'd say 90% of supposedly Christian women these days are not marriage material due to both their penchant for being both promiscuous before marriage and strong rebellious spirit and desire for "independence". I am blessed to not be in such a marriage but some of the horror stories I hear are tragic.
@@danielvodo1 You are very lucky and blessed Daniel. I’m sure every story is different but yes I agree in today’s world it’s very difficult. By the time I opened my eyes to seek the Lord like I have now I feel more like Gomer to be honest. I’ve been in a wilderness. I have been seeking the one but God has destroyed every effort and relationship. I have thought about my first husband that it was my best relationship even. But he was a Muslim and has remarried. I’m okay with being alone if that’s what God wants. I thought God was going to give me a husband but maybe I’m wrong. I thought I heard his voice but maybe it wasn’t. Anyway you are blessed my brother. Finding a good wife is a treasure.
@@greeksalad4783 I agree, why not? But why didn't you offer any scripture with your statement? Mark 10:9 "What God puts together let no man separate." We see here Jesus says all marriage is enforced by God, do not separate it, ever. The people committed great sin by divorcing over varying reasons. The marriage union is established by God. Then in Matthew 5:32 Jesus gives the hardest word. "But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery." So if you marry a divorced person you commit adultery. And many of the churches across this Country have members of divorced and remarried people. Then in Matthew 19:9 "Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery.” His disciples said to Him, “If this is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.” Yes, many should probably not have married in the first place, but they shouldn't compound sin on sin by re-marrying and living in adultery.
Simple answer yes, assuming they've repented and accepted Jesus as their savior. We are all hopeless and hellbound without Jesus no matter who. The only hope IS Jesus, he who has covered all our sin, great and small.
You are making marriage a civil contract by claiming that the sin of adultery dissolves the covenant of marriage. The exception being porneia, and not moichea, means the exception is inmorality but not marital infidelity because if it were marital infidelity, then it would have said moichea is the exception.
KJV and others define the former πορνείᾳ as fornication or sexual immorality. Others as prostitution or whoredom but whoredom defined as voluntary extramarital sexual activity. Obviously a married person having sex outside of marriage is committing marital infidelity. You have to really split hairs to see it otherwise.
Also the difference between violating a covenant vs a civil contract was the punishment. Violation of a covenant is supposed to be worthy of capital punishment with anything less being an act of mercy on behalf of the wronged party to the offender.
So my mom's abusive ex husband left us . They tried to get back together but she said she could tell he was going to repeat the same behavior . Shortly after he remarried. She got remarried but that man cheated on her again and again (sex addict) she they divorced. Now she's remarried and he is nice , but it was complicated as his ex wife didn't sign the papers until after the wedding . ... It's complicated . But how should I handle this ? I already went to wedding but I feel conflicted in my spirit . I tried to talking to her before the wedding but he paster gave her the okay
If your mom gets married for the first time to a man who was never married before, then that is her covenant or real marriage in the eyes of God. If she is divorced from this man and she married anyone else and her first husband is still alive, then your mom is committing adultery. Please read Mark 10:11-12 and Romans 7:2-3. According to the Bible, your mom or anyone else who is in the same situation cannot get married again unless their covenant (real) spouse is dead because death is the only thing that ends a marriage. Please read Romans 7:2-3 and 1 Corinthians 7:39. I hope this helps you to understand what the Bible says about divorce and remarriage.
@@godgavemeeyestosee didn't Jesus also say expect for fornication ? Death or fornication are the reasons for divorce . All other divorce you can't be remarried ? At least that's my understanding
@@ondreatorrence4322 You will find "fornication" as an allowable reason to get a divorce only in the Book of Matthew (Matthew 19:9), however, you have to be able to understand what "except for fornication" means in the context of Matthew 19:9. The Books of Mark (Mark 10:11-12) and Luke (Luke 16:18) do not include fornication as an allowable reason to divorce. You must understand that Matthew is a book that was written to a Jewish audience, while Mark and Luke were books written to Gentile audiences. Next, you must understand the Jewish marriage customs and the context in which the word fornication was used in Matthew 19:9. Fornication can be used as a broad term that refers to any type of sexual immorality, such as adultery, premarital sexual relations, homosexuality, bestiality, etc., but in the context of Matthew 19:9, fornication refers to premarital sexual relations. That is why context matters. In the Jewish culture during biblical times, the Jews practiced betrothal as part of their marriage customs. Betrothal is similar to what we would call "an engagement to be married", but it was legally binding because it involved a legal contract to get married. When the Jewish couple became betrothed or espoused (which is another name for betrothed), they were considered as husband and wife until they actually entered the marriage covenant by getting married. So the couple were a betrothed husband and a betrothed wife. Once they got married, they became a married husband and a married wife. The betrothed wife was expected to remain a virgin until her wedding. The betrothal could only be broken by a “divorce” from the betrothal if the betrothed wife was found to be guilty of fornication (premarital sexual relations). This means that the Jewish culture had two different types of divorce; one from a betrothal and one from a covenant marriage. Read Matthew 1:18-25 where Joseph was betrothed (espoused) to Mary. In Matthew 1:19, Joseph was called Mary’s husband. In Matthew 1:20, Mary was called Joseph’s wife although they were not married, but were only betrothed. Joseph was thinking about divorcing Mary when he found out she was pregnant with Jesus. Joseph believed that Mary had engaged in fornication (premarital sexual relations) because she was pregnant and he knew that the baby was not his. Therefore, the divorce for fornication in Matthew 19:9 refers to divorce from a betrothal. Matthew 1:18-25 bears this out. We also know that the divorce in Matthew 19:9 refers to divorce from a betrothal because in Matthew 19:5-6, Jesus spoke of the one flesh union of a husband and wife (Genesis 2:24) and said that what God has joined together let not man put asunder (or separate). When God joins a husband and wife, they are joined in a covenant marriage for life. Jesus commanded His Jewish audience not to divorce from a covenant marriage - What God has joined together let not man put asunder (or separate). In contrast, Joseph and Mary were only betrothed when Joseph was thinking about divorcing her. Jesus later continued to allow this practice of a betrothed husband and betrothed wife to divorce from the betrothal if fornication (premarital sexual relations) was involved because the couple were not yet in the covenant of marriage and would not be guilty of breaking Jesus’s commandment that forbade a couple in a covenant marriage from divorcing. Because scripture does not contradict scripture, this is the only way that Matthew 19:9, Mark 10:11-12 and Luke 16:18 do not contradict. Matthew 19:9 was only allowing a divorce from a betrothal and not from a covenant marriage. Also, because the Gentiles did not practice betrothal in which is would be necessary to get a divorce to break the betrothal, it was not necessary to include “except for fornication” in Mark 10:11-12 and Luke 16:18. In conclusion, anyone who divorces from a covenant marriage and marries another person while the covenant spouse is still alive is committing adultery and whoever marries a divorced person who has a living covenant spouse is committing adultery (Mark 10:11-12 and Luke 16:18). The death of a covenant spouse is the only thing that allows a person who was in a covenant marriage to be able to get married again (Romans 7:2-3 and 1 Corinthians 7:39).
@@godgavemeeyestosee wow thank you for that response . That makes alot of sense knowing that the gospels are written to different audiences . So in God's eyes people who are remarried and their spouse is still alive are in adultery? .... That's ... Alot of people.
@@godgavemeeyestosee should those types of marriages even be acknowledged then ? Like if know a couple in adultery should you not acknowledge Their marriage m
But....if one is divorced and remarried is it a issue of salvation? Is it unforgivable to remain in the remarriage? That's the thing I can not figure out or understand.
If you have divorced from a covenant marriage and then married someone else while your covenant spouse is still alive, then you are committing adultery (Mark 10:11-12 and Luke 16:18). Adultery is a sin that leads to hell if you don’t get out of that sin (1 Corinthians 6:9-10 and Galatians 5:19-21). You cannot stay in a marriage that Jesus calls adultery and expect to go to heaven. You must ask God for forgiveness for your sin of adultery and forsake the sin by getting out of your adulterous marriage in order to be forgiven (Proverbs 28:13). Please seek the Lord with your whole heart and He will let you know that this is the truth.
Real example. A Hindu woman marries a Sikh man (though not legally by the state, an unregistered marriage). They have children. The man repeatedly commits unrepentant adultery, physically abuses the woman, and abandons her and her children. She later becomes a Christian. Is she free to divorce him? Is a Christian man free to marry her? I'm asking in sincerity, not a spirit of legalism. The verse says to marry a divorced woman is adultery. But back then a man had to initiate the divorce. Not clear on how that would be applied today.
it does raise an issue of marriage....but assuming that the marriage was valid....the issues you mentioned are not supported, by the Bible, for a remarriage...
She is eligible under the scripture here in Matthew eligible for divorce and remarriage because Our Lord said “except in the case of fornication” Adultry is fornication. Yes she can
What's your opinion on adulteress remmariage? I would bet it's stay in it. I'm not going to divorce my wife for cheating. So if she divorces me does she get off?
The following scriptures associated with marriage and divorce apply to both believers and unbelievers: Marriage is honorable among all ( Hebrews 13:4). Marriage is a covenant between a never-married man and never-married woman for life (Genesis 1:14). Only death and nothing else breaks the marriage covenant (Romans 7:2-3 and 1 Corinthians 7:39). If a man or woman divorces the covenant spouse and marries another while the covenant spouse is still alive or if anyone marries a divorced person whose covenant spouse is still alive , they commit adultery (Mark 10:11-12, Luke 16:18). Adultery is a sin that will take you to hell (1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Galatians 5:19-21). If someone is in an adulterous remarriage and want God to forgive them, they must ask God for forgiveness and leave the adulterous remarriage (Proverbs 28:13). I hope this helps.
My wife was married in the past and divorced. Not for adultery. We have been married for 5 years with 2 kids and are new Christians. Are some of you saying that to actually repent, we have to split up? So we aren't living in adultery? It's not enough to ask for forgiveness and I have to split my family up?
No. Don't split up your family. Remain married. For the love of all that is good ... There is forgiveness. And then it is washed from east to west for those in Christ.
A second divorce won't cancel out any sin of the past. When you come to faith, remain as you are, and grow in your commitment to one another and to the God that has saved!
Does not apply in your case! Your past life doesn't count. You just came to Life and it is now, from this point on, you are responsible for what you now know. God is calling you to be a loving and amazing spiritual leader for this precious family of yours!
The following scriptures associated with marriage and divorce apply to both believers and unbelievers: Marriage is honorable among all ( Hebrews 13:4). Marriage is a covenant between a never-married man and never-married woman for life (Genesis 1:14). Only death and nothing else breaks the marriage covenant, so marriage is for life (Romans 7:2-3 and 1 Corinthians 7:39). If a man or woman divorces the covenant spouse and marries another while the covenant spouse is still alive or if anyone marries a divorced person whose covenant spouse is still alive , they commit adultery (Mark 10:11-12, Luke 16:18). Adultery is a sin that will take you to hell (1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Galatians 5:19-21). If someone is in an adulterous remarriage and wants God to forgive them, they must ask God for forgiveness and leave the adulterous remarriage (Proverbs 28:13). I hope this helps because I have great empathy for you because I was divorced and remarried with kids when I found out the truth about divorce and remarriage. The truth is a hard truth, but it is the truth nonetheless. Jesus said that if you love Him you will keep His commandments ( John 14:15, 21 & 23). I obeyed Jesus and left my adulterous remarriage. It was an extremely hard thing to do, but I love the Lord and want to be His. I pray that you too love the Lord enough to trust and obey His word. He is worth it. He offers us eternal life and we will receive it if we take up our cross and follow Him.
The following scriptures associated with marriage and divorce apply to both believers and unbelievers: Marriage is honorable among all ( Hebrews 13:4). Marriage is a covenant between a never-married man and never-married woman for life (Genesis 2:24). Only death and nothing else breaks the marriage covenant, so marriage is for life (Romans 7:2-3 and 1 Corinthians 7:39). If a man or woman divorces the covenant spouse and marries another while the covenant spouse is still alive or if anyone marries a divorced person whose covenant spouse is still alive , they commit adultery (Mark 10:11-12, Luke 16:18). Adultery is a sin that will take you to hell (1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Galatians 5:19-21). If someone is in an adulterous remarriage and wants God to forgive them, they must ask God for forgiveness and leave the adulterous remarriage (Proverbs 28:13). I hope this helps.
Does the fornication exception work both ways? I've never found any bible verses about a woman being allowed to divorce her husband if he is unfaithful. And having a bill of divorcement from her husband if she'd been unfaithful wouldn't have done much with to protect a woman in OT times. No one in that era would want to marry an adulteress.
Look at the wording of the scripture. It doesn't say whoever divorces his wife who committed adultery... It says whoever divorces his wives because of adultery... It doesn't automatically imply the woman committed adultery
@@carissahinex6550 it doesn´t say adultery is the exception because the word for adultery is moicheao and the word for fornication is porneia. So, if the union is actually porneia, then they can marry another after their divorce, because, being porneia, they weren´t in a marriage to begin with.
This was great. I always click on Tim..... Can anyone tell me where I would land. I was lost...... married (both lost), sexual immorality was committed, her adultery and me pornography with adultery (retaliation adultery but adultery nonetheless). Then she divorced me, I didn't want it so I never signed any paperwork and the judge gave her what she was seeking. Then as I moved forward I became involved with another woman who was divorced and lost herself..... we had a couple kids together. THEN I was saved, and the word of God convicted my sinful life and I got married both to get right with God and stop fornicating among other things and because I really love this woman, she saved my physical life. I know that in Christ I am forgiven of my sins, however, for the longest time I was mixed up about this topic. Even though I didn't know Christ's position on adultery before I was saved, in my heart I knew adultery was wrong..... So here is the question: Did I commit adultery allowing my first marriage to expire? Did I commit adultery again when I married another woman? Did I cause my second wife to commit adultery? I hope this reads the right way. Or am I freely forgiven because it was all done before I was saved and knew the teachings and now that I am focused on bringing my current relationships into good standing with the Lord, I am ok? Thanks
I belive you are forgiven in all honesty, DiD you know that scripture shows that the first person we are intimate with is the person we MUST marry. Exodus 22:16 If a man seduces a virgin who I'd not pledge to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride price, and she shall be his wife. Deuteronomy 22:28-29 If a man happens to meet a virgin who he has not been pledge to marry and fornicate with her and they are discovered, that man must pay fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the young woman for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as she lives. Now by these standards at least 99.9 percent of the world is married to the wrong person and in adultry, but for these scriputre to make sense we have to ignore that and throw out the window verses like "I am made a new creation the old is done away with" And also how God forgives us of our sins throws at bottom of the sea NEVER TO REMEMBER AGAINST ME AGAIN" BE AT PEACE BROTHER
th-cam.com/video/h-uqbJqnVpg/w-d-xo.html Watch this video and consider the scriptures it presents and pray and allow the Holy Spirit to lead you. To truthfully answer your question, your first marriage was/is a life time commitment to endure through better and worst until one of you is out of their fleshly body. I'm single too because of this and truly I can say that I am content in obeying the scriptures and not lonely at all. Knowing that this was true in 2016 ultimately lead me to true contentment. The peace of God is its own reward. May Jesus lead you by His Spirit always brother. Watch the video. Don't rely on the opinions of other when you can search the mind of Yahweh in the scriptures for yourself. Your comment sounds like you truly do have the best interests of these two women in mind and that you don't want to cause them to stumble or lead them to hell. We must chose to either live for this life which is so brief, or if we are going to step back and invest in eternity. Bless you friend!
@@joshgonzales2285 Those verses refer to being intimate with a virgin. During those times, if a husband finds out on wedding night his wife is not a virgin, she can be stoned to death for being a fraud. So marrying her after taking her virginity is God's way of protecting her from being stoned to death. But in today's rotten society, a man's first is likely not her first (vice versa).
Has Pastor Tim Conway changed to a more "non permissive" view on divorce and remarriage? I'm referring to the video, 3 Positions on Divorce and Remarriage th-cam.com/video/8SZQphcBVOE/w-d-xo.html where he seems to accept divorce and remarriage as acceptable and, as he states in that video, he takes a "permissive" view on divorce and remarriage. Based on the comments on this video, it appears some may be thinking Pastor Tim does not believe divorce and remarriage is ever allowed, except some making comments might be understanding him to allow an exception for fornication on the part of a spouse.
Tim has not changed his view. I would have to re-hear the previously study but I think the question and topic matter there was different than this question here.
I wish he spoke on this more. When the verse says “makes her commit adultery” it sounds like there’s an assumption the innocent party will still remarry although it’s adultery? I don’t know. My heart goes out to you. Keep researching.
@@The.Ace.Crew.4Jesus What does God's word say? Look: A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord.( 1 Cor 7:39) 9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, 10nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.…(1 Cor 6:9)
@@senderoestrecho9142 Thank you brother. I feeling you pulled me out of the fire recently. God is good. He will never leave me nor forsake me. Bless you!
Interesting teaching... it's solid, biblically, but in a way leave more questions than it answers - it's interesting that you cite John MacArthur's commentary on perceived ambiguity on remarriage after divorce. full disclosure, I've studied under John MacArthur, another solid bible teachers known for their exposition of scripture such as himself who have had solid teaching on the topic whom I trust like, Dr. Tony Evans, D. James Kennedy [late], David Pawson [late], Bayless Conley, Alistair Begg and contemporary apologist such as Greg Koukl who have spoke on the subject, have solid theologically correct, biblio-centric, Christologically correct worldview perspectives on the topic; but yet this one question can't seem to be clearly answered. So it's hard to get a clear picture, because no one dedicated to upholding the word wants to go insert their own on the topic - so I have to stick with what the word says, and a man such as myself who is been through divorces, my first when I was not living for the Lord and my ex-spouse at the time was catholic but not living her faith as well. Which kinda makes that moot, in a way - but she filed for divorce, my second wife filed for divorce as well... one divorce not living for the Lord, the second living for the Lord but done out of ignorance to the topic - so the question is, am I [out of respect for the law against what Jesus said Mark 10, Matthew 19] out of consequence for the act of divorce, relegated to the world of no remarriage? Though my concern is earthly habitation while living out my walk, in priority, the thought is Kingdom rewards over earthly facilitation... if according the Apostle Paul tells us adulterers, fornicators and homosexuals [I Cor. 6:9], etc. will not inherit the Kingdom of Heaven, there has to be some concern about this, that's the whole purpose Jesus leaving the parable of the bridegroom supper, there's going to be those that are going to be told hang on a minute you guys wait out here while we go ahead and have this supper and in the process there's going to be weeping and gnashing of teeth until the Bema seat judgement. He clearly wasn't implying they didn't receive their salvation… it’s just when it comes to Kingdom benefits which should have been accrued while we were living, I don't want living in sin if, remarriage after divorce, not remarriage after the death of a spouse, that is clear... but remarriage after divorce, initiated by the spouse - is there a path to marriage? Teachings [though respected] have not been clear here... In searching the scriptures earnestly, with a Berean mindset, the closest thing I have come across which seems to advocate for the position of the “unmarried” to find a spouse, according to the Apostle Paul in I Corinthians 7:8-9 all the topic rather than “burn” and the specific Greek word for married [agamois] has the connotation those who have been both previously married or never been married, because in the same passage of scripture they are enumerated separately with those who are widowed who fall under the same temptation. This passage by Paul in I Corinthians 7:8-9 the only light I see you at the end of the tunnel potentially without trying to interpret scripture but [rather] come to a solid understanding of what the word it instructing by those guided by the holy Spirit to deliver [as a precept and doctrine] to the church… without trying to ‘interpret’... we're not supposed to interpret scripture… we are called to understand scripture, this is where [according to James] we pray for wisdom and the Spirit will give to us liberally, only act of interpretation is when it comes to prophecy, so then, the question begs... Is the citation in I Corinthians 7 [8-9] appropriate on the topic of remarriage after divorce?
Hi. This man's teaching is not clear. If you come to my channel, I have been divorced for fourteen years, and seventeen years born again and a bride of Christ. I have done many videos on this subject and interviewed divorced and remarried believers who repented. I also have a playlist of over 400 videos from all over on divorce and remarriage, and it does not include John McArthur, Todd Friel and many others. It does include David Pawson. 1 Corinthians 7:10-11 & 39 for instance is the truth, and occasionally there is reconciliation, but we are to have the fruit of the Spirit as we watch for our Lord's return. Revelation 3:10-11, Titus 2:11-13, John 14:1-4, 1 Thessalonians 4, 1 Corinthians 15. Maranatha.
@@philipbuckley759 It doesn't matter who filed for divorce, there is no remarriage allowed in the Bible unless God ends the marriage covenant by the death of one of the spouses. When a never married man marries a never married woman it is a covenant marriage only ended by death (or rapture since there is no marriage in heaven).
What does the Bible say? Jesus's sheep don't live in adultery or fornication. Acts 15 abstain from sexual immorality. Hebrews 13:4 God will surely judge the fornicator and adulterer. If you divorce for repetitive adultery, you cannot remarry according to JESUS CHRIST the Lord. Jesus says repent or perish in Luke 13. God never lies. The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man LEAVE father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but ONE FLESH. What therefore God hath joined together, LET NOT MAN PUT ASUNDER. They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. And I SAY (JESUS) unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for FORNICATION, and shall marry another, committeth ADULTERY: and WHOSOEVER marrieth her which is put away doth commit ADULTERY. His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is NOT GOOD TO MARRY. But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it. Matthew 19:3-12 KJV Can you see that fornication (premarital sex) is not adultery? The only reason it is in Matthew for FORNICATION is that the Jews were married legally at the espousal and were to remain virgins until the consummation of the wedding at a later date. Joseph was going to put away Mary for FORNICATION. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was ESPOUSED to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph HER HUSBAND, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to PUT HER AWAY privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary THY WIFE: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. Matthew 1:18-21 KJV And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand. Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment? Malachi 2:13-17 KJV Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery. Luke 16:18 KJV And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you? And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; and they twain shall be ONE FLESH: so then they are no more twain, but ONE FLESH. What therefore God hath joined together, let NOT man put asunder. And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter. And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her husband, AND be married to another, she committeth adultery. Mark 10:2-12 KJV Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Genesis 2:24 KJV Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. So then if, while her husband LIVETH, she be married to another man, she shall be called an ADULTERESS: but if her husband be DEAD, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man. Romans 7:1-3 KJV 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. Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be DEAD, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. 1 Corinthians 7:10-11, 19, 39 KJV When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: GO, AND SIN NO MORE. Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of FORNICATION; we have one Father, even God. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. John 8:10-11, 34, 40-41, 44-47 KJV Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. John 7:24 KJV Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY: but I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into HELL. It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: but I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of FORNICATION (Premarital sex during the Jewish betrothal), causeth her to commit adultery: AND WHOSOEVER SHALL MARRY HER THAT IS DIVORCED COMMITTETH ADULTERY. Matthew 5:11-12, 20, 27-32 KJV Blessings and Maranatha.
This is another video about divorce and remarriage that doesn't put all situations on the table. It's probably the clearest I've heard. Clearly you shouldn't divorce. I understand that. However a lot of us have already divorced for other reasons than sexual immorality. For instance I left my husband for sexual immorality wasn't going to divorce until he began to do crazy things. Then he filed before me. So you can say he divorced me. Now we're both remarried my new husband was previously married and divorced as well but not for sexual immorality. So now what. I don't understand....
According to the Bible, if a man or woman divorce their covenant spouse and remarry while the spouse is still alive or if someone marries a divorced person whose covenant spouse is still alive, they are all committing adultery, without exception (Mark 10:11-2 and Luke 16:18). Adultery is a sin that will take you to hell (1 Corinthians 6:9-10 and Galatians 5:19-21). I was divorced because of my spouse’s sexual immorality and I later remarried. Then one day the Lord directed me to Mark 10:2-12. That’s the day that I discovered that I was in adultery. I had remarried out of ignorance about what the word of God says regarding divorce and remarriage. Only death breaks the marriage covenant; not adultery, abuse, abandonment, or anything else (Romans 7:2-3 and 1 Corinthians 7:39).
@@kimberlyc.3179 No, I left my adulterous second marriage in obedience to the scriptures. It was not an easy thing to do, but God gave me grace and the strength to obey His Word. I love the Lord and I mean to make it into His kingdom to spend an eternity with Him. He is coming soon.
@@kimberlyc.3179 You must remember that God is the one who sets the rules for marriage. Jesus said that to divorce and remarry or to marry a divorced person is to commit adultery . Adultery is a sin that will lead you to hell. To repent for any sins (including adultery), you must confess it and forsake it. “He who covers his sins will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will have mercy (Proverbs 28:13).” Anyone who truly loves Jesus will obey Him (John 14:15, 21 & 23). Jesus does not want lip service. He wants obedience to His Word. Obeying Him is not always easy. That’s why Jesus said we must deny ourselves and take up our cross and follow Him. I pray that you obey Jesus because if you don’t, the only thing that is ahead of you is an eternity in hell because no adulterers will inherit eternal life. “…Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor isolators, nor ADULTERERS…will inherit the kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 6;9-10).”
but if the husband left his wife, for no reason, can she remarried or not? do not understand, should a woman suffer to be abandoned? then I wonder, does it count as divorce if the man no longer has sexual intercourse, or if the woman does not want sexual intercourse ????,
@@madeleinehuhtalo the wife is bound (tied) to the husband as long as he lives by a universal law made by God called the law of the husband or the law of marriage. If the unbelieving spouse departs the other partner is not bound (enslaved) to chase after them and try to be with them because God has called them to live in peace, meaning to not be in conflict about serving the Lord while living with someone who hates them doing that, BUT they can´t remarry till the other person dies. That´s in 1 Cor 7. (the 'bound' is two different Greek words)
@@senderoestrecho9142 I read about it yesterday, but God is always right, but if both are believers, it's hard to live alone if you are abandoned, can the man return to the woman?
@@madeleinehuhtalo Yes, they can reconcile. After a divorce, one can pray for their spouse even if they don´t wish to get back together (eg: pray for their lives, salvation, etc) but not marry another person. However, if that broken up couple were not even in a real marriage to begin with (in God's opinion) then that´s different. So, the question has to be twofold: a) can I remarry while I have a living spouse I divorced? (the answer is no) ---but also.... b) was I in a marriage in God's eyes in the first place? If you married a divorcee, or you were a divorcee, then that wasn´t even a marriage but sin, so then NO, you should not get back together. When pastors and other deceived christians say "Deuteronmy 24 says that God doesn´t allow you to get back with your first spouse..." they are not telling people that this is the law of Moses and just in the two chapters before that you will see how people were stoned to death for fornicating. So if you want to follow the OT and not the New Covenant, you must follow ALL of the law of Moses which means stoning people too. The bible says remarriage after death of spouse is fine. Jesus said remarriage after divorce is adultery. The exception He gave is: when a divorce is of a union deemed to be PORNEIA (sexual inmorality, fornication...) as in, it´s not even a marriage in God's opinion, then IT WOULD NOT BE CALLED ADULTERY for either of the spouses to marry another person, because in THAT case, the second time around it actually WOULD be a marriage finally.
Brother Tim, don't this do 's and do nots come under the bigger command that if you don't forgive somebody from the heart, christ won't forgive you and since unforgiven people dont make it to eternity, you are part of the group standing outside the shut door.its just black and white.
Amen. Forgive others and you will be forgiven. Divorce in the case of another's sin is not in keeping with Jesus's command to forgive others, and this should apply to husbands and wives.
There is only one reason to divorce which can release the wife from her husband and that is if she has committed fornication before the marriage. That's the only reason given in the bible to divorce there is no desertion in the bible. Becoming one flesh is marriage so if you become one flesh with anyone you commit adultery as long as your husband is alive, and even though she is bound to the husband until his death (1COR.7:39) can't return to her husband once she has become defiled (Deut.24:4)
✨✨36:50. Does Jesus really permit divorce, tho. Moses did. We r told why. You are saying let no man separate does not mean let no man sever⁸? You have confused adultery with fornication just after this timestamp. I refer you to testimonials, one an old school pastor. These people were shown by God, no remarriage permissable except death I encourage you to see truthtriumphs on this subject who has such testimonials. to study it further as it's a very convincing look at scripture.
Bob said to one man "I have a large dog". Then Bob walks down the street and talks to a another man and tells him "I have a big dog". Bob used two different words to describe his dog. So according to the way you interpret Jesus, that means Bob must have two dogs, right? According to your logic Bob couldn't have been talking about the same dog. Might you see that presupposition to be false?
My wife left our 16 year marriage, she's living with her boyfriend, she wants to divorce me for unbiblical reasons, I'm born again, she backslidden, I should have a right to remarry to a born again woman right
@@HermannTheGreat You realise that she now lives with her boyfriend. Which means that she is committing adultery. If it is too hard to handle, he can divorce her. God allows for divorce in the case of sexual immorality
@@HermannTheGreat Thank God i'm not God. God told Hosea what even the Godliest human being could not say. Pursuing your wife now turned prostitute?? I'm grateful i'm not Hosea's friend, or God. Hosea's case was a mirror of God's love. If it was to be done in all marriages, Paul would not have said to let unbelievers leave if they want to. You can pray for their salvation, but Paul said that a believer is not bound in such circumstances, for God has called us to live in peace.
@@HermannTheGreat He is not the one who's walked away, the wife has. She is an unbeliever who wants to divorce him. "But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God has called us to peace. For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?" (I Corinthians 7:15-16) Paul's words, not mine.
What Tim is sharing is from God's Word, the One who has created you and made you and has a standard. So it is not the words of a man that matter, but the truth of the Scriptures.
@@illbehonest The Scriptures are not the truth, they are lies designed by men in order to make other men wealthy, Guess what? A new species of dinosaur has been discovered in the deserts of Australia, the skeletons are intact and Scientists have carbon dated the bones to approximately 20 million years of age, this is amazing because according to biblical experts who have gone back through the bible to Genesis the whole universe is only 6000 years old, this means that dinosaurs were roaming around Australia millions of years before God created the Heavens and the Earth, likewise for the indiginous natives of that continent who have a history going back 60 000 years, they were also here before God created the universe. This is confusing because it means that God really created the world billions of years ago and if the bible was written in the beginning of everything then there is a very large time gap that hasn't been accounted for, each of the characters in the bible must have lived for hundreds of thousands of years, or perhaps millions of years to make up for this discrepancy, if so then we are not getting a full account of their lives and deeds during their lifetimes, Oh but we can ignore the scientific facts and instead have faith in the authors of the bible to be telling the truth, but who were the authors, nobody is sure, and how do we know that they were honest in their scribblings? it seems there are a lot of different versions of this book and some have been rewritten to express the ideas and politics of former monarchs who were more than a little biased, but anyway all of this doesn't matter, just be sure that you pay your fair share of whatever you own to the agents of God here on Earth, do whatever they tell you and you will be assured of living forever and owning a big mansion in the sky after your death. The big problem you will encounter in Heaven is that you will have to lead a pure and chaste life up there for eternity or you will have to face the consequences, in the words of Richard Dawkins, " After the first 1000 years it would tend to become a little tedious" AMEN
@@illbehonest I have just given you absolute proof that your God doesn't exist and you respond with a plea that I might listen to another Jesus sermon ........No thank you.
@@Lili-Benovent Well if that message is some harmless thing, then go listen to it. But I don't think you will, because you don't want to be confronted with the truth. I'm not going to rehash out different arguments here, that Ray deals with in that video. So please listen. We care about your soul.
lol, you have poked a bear with this comment, they say KJV believers are "cult-like" but always forget to look in the mirror, the anti-KJV only believers have even more of a "cult-like" response to what you just said lol.
@@G_Smooth beware of teachers that use many different "bibles" or books to accommodate the imaginations of there hearts desire..I stand on 1 holy bible the king james bible. . . Look up gail riplinger for more information bro.
I use to attend a church in Portsmouth, Virginia that preached that the KJV was the only Bible that was the Word of God. I too bought into that way of thinking, but always found the KJV to be somewhat difficult to comprehend (Old English). The KJV is undoubtedly the Word of God and the old English translation is very poetic. I recently bought the NIV and I enjoy it very much for the ease of reading. To be honest I enjoy reading scriptures in various translations. If I could read the Torah, I would read that too!
I would encourage you to hear Tim's video on, "The Myth of the King James Only" th-cam.com/video/M1cDU6_-mJ8/w-d-xo.html - he used to be an elder in a church that was King James (preferably, not only).
One of the best sermons I've heard preached on this topic. People divorce so easily these days, they discard spouses and move on to the next. It's adultery
It's true...many people divorce so easily.
But it's also true...many people commit adultery so easily.
We're told "God hates divorce".
But some seem to think he hates fornication but not adultery.
@@DouglasNicholson-ff6ephe mentioned adultery in the ten commandments. It matters a lot to God
May the Lord our God bless our hearts and open our spiritual eyes of this whole truth. Thank you Pastor Tim for that compelling sermon. To God be the glory, our ever faithful bridegroom.
I am thankful to God for this solid biblical teaching.
BEST TEACHING EVER I HEARD THANK YOU GOD BLESS
What wonderful truth, listening to this message these verses came to mind: 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NASB
[4] Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, [5] does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, [6] does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; [7] bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
There are groups out there, who claim that if a woman is divorced and married to another, that due to what Jesus said she is to again divorce, this time the new husband, and to remarry the previous husband if he will have her; they apply this even if decades have gone by and children are born of the new marriage etc. Jesus was saying to not divorce, he was not sayin that if divorce occurs to ignore what the Law tells us in such a case. I really appreciate brother Tim noting that those are "if" statements, which will help me to clarify the matter to these false teachers.
They even have examples of men and women who instead repenting and sinning no more (not divorcing again) they instead repent and sin again (divorce after many years to return to their previous spouse). They tout these tragic examples as if they have persevered, but they have rather failed to hear the Shepherd's voice and have followed the voice of a stranger. The Church need to do better at fully addressing this matter, better at speaking the Master's voice on this, so that those who will hear have something clear to hear.
This was a huge question to me, because my mother left her previous husband and married my father, and I was left asking "is her adultery new every day because she should divorce my father and remarry her previous husband?" and I waited on the spirit for probably well over a year before I reached the maturity to more easily read the Bible as God intends. So, I understand it seems like a difficult question, but that is satan's deception, because it's actually very plainly taught in Scripture such that the question is easy to answer.
What a burden to put on people, to chain their past mistakes to them, and to do so in the name of the master of forgiveness Jesus Christ. I'm not a guy who always looks for the middle way, but rather I tend to be very suspicious of middle way propositions. This is not a middle way, but rather God has offered mercy for human wrongs, and Jesus called for greater mercy (non-divorce) to prevent the wrong, but He did not intend any cancellation of mercy in case that we fail to offer that greater mercy.
Amen I am a firm beliver that jesus forgive all of our sins. And that there are some verses in the bible that mean more than what they are showing. How can a God who forgives and erases our past wich is shown in scripture still hold someone in their sin such as divorce. Many who belive that type of thinking have a religous spirit and dont know how to decern the word.
Becuse if we are going to say divorce and remarriage is a unforgivable sin then at least 99.9 of the world is screwed up because the word says that first person we are intimate with we have to marry that individual.
Exodus 22:16
If a man seduces a virgin who I'd not pledge to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride price, and she shall be his wife.
Deuteronomy 22:28-29
If a man happens to meet a virgin who he has not been pledge to marry and fornicate with her and they are discovered, that man must pay fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the young woman for he has violated her.
He can never divorce her as long as she lives.
But for those scripture to make sense we have to ignore bible verse on Gods forgiveness and Him erasing our past transgression. God is good 🙏
@@joshgonzales2285 Peace.
Aside from some knit picking at some wording, I do agree. Speaking of knit picking at wording, "religious" literally means "worshipful" and I think when you said "religious spirit" it may be more clear to instead say "legalistic spirit". In Jesus Christ religion is a very good thing, as is lawfulness, but legalism is specifically to esteem the Law above God's forgiveness which is never good.
For example, it's wrong to have sex with a woman and not marry her, but forgiveness overcome that wrong. To obey is lawfulness, but to downplay forgiveness is legalism.
@@NicholasproclaimerofMessiah amen!! Agreed what I mean on religious spirit is having like a pharasie mindset, the pharasi came at jesus with the word but jesus showed them how wrong they where in miss using it. They would read the word with out studying it or understanding it.
So you’re saying that if my husband cheats, forcibly divorces me, and “marries” the other woman, then remembers that he’s made a covenant with me and decides to make it right, he’d be sinning to come back to me?
Sounds unfair.
@@erenjinchuriki I just see it as if you divorce and remarry dont divorce again.
To say we must make the wrong things right would mean the thief at the cross would of not been forgiven becuse he had no more chance to make anything right. Yet the Lord forgave him and took him to paradise.
Pastor Tim you gave another stellar message by way of the Holy Spirit. All Glory to GOD thanking Him for the great gift of teaching he gave you that allows you to cut through to the heart of a matter...what I call getting to the crux of the Biscuit. Great message that should convict hearts to realize Love is not a feeling it is a decision and that marriage is a covenant in the eyes of GOD every bit as important as our Covenant with Christ for our Salvation and that we have to persevere and endure through trials and not be self centered in our approach to marriage anymore than we can be full of self in our relationship with Christ. We must be emptied of self and put God first and then our Spouse before ourselves. Sadly I was not walking with Christ when I was married and did not know all this but I loved the message it was affirmation for me. GOD knows I have repented for my sins and stayed single for almost 30 years...I truly consider the LORD my husband and I am perfectly content with that. Blessings to ALL, Grace and Peace to you.
Powerful message, thank you pastor. I will be praying on this.
Thank you for this sermon. It has made me think a lot.
How do you interpret Mark 10:2-12, especially Mark 10:11-12 where there is no "except for fornication" clause?
A married couple can't commit fornication but adultery. He was talking about a espouse (fiance) they are considered husband and wife even before getting actual married. Read Mathew 1:18 on down if one of them commits fornication they have the right to divorce from each other because the man or woman found that person to be unclean but once u married there is no way out until one dies Roman 7:1-3
@@blankblank5367 I agree with you that a married couple can only commit adultery when it comes to sexual immorality. I also agree with you regarding an espoused couple being able to divorce because of fornication. Finally, I agree with you that the husband and wife who are in a covenant marriage are married until death parts them. The husband or wife cannot remarry unless the other spouse is dead.
Thank you for the teaching . Praise to the God
Amen 🙏 this is so true thanks for the preaching
Law facilitates parting from the relationship of husband and wife, on the basis of divorce certificates. Whereas, God's justice demands a fair trial.
I always felt Hosea speaks to me
The divorce and remarriage for adultery doctrine is based solely on the supposed guilt of the wife in Matthew 5:32 and 19:9. However, the wife, in the above scriptures, is clearly not guilty of fornication because the Jews (that Jesus was speaking to) were still living under the law, and if fornication was discovered, there was a moral obligation to report the offender according to Deuteronomy 22:13-24. The wife, who would have been found guilty of fornication, was subsequently stoned to death, according to the law, which had still governed the Jews up until Christ's death on the cross. The same for a woman caught in adultery, according to Leviticus 20:10. How could a wife, guilty of fornication, or adultery, under the law of Moses, be given a writing of divorcement and be caused to commit adultery with whosoever marries her, that is divorced? Jesus is clear, in these examples, that the wife is not guilty of fornication, but is still caused to commit adultery if she marries another man now that she is divorced. This is the only way that Matthew 5:31-32, and Matthew 19:9 keep harmony with Romans 7:2-3, and 1 Corinthians 7:39.
Unlike the synoptic gospels of Mark and Luke, which were written to evangelize the Gentiles, Matthew was written to the Jews, and has of 24 characteristics that identify it as intended for the house of Israel.
The ancient Jews called the betrothed (engaged) "husband" and "wife" according to Deuteronomy 22:23-24, Matthew 1:18-25, and Luke 2:5-7.
Deuteronomy 24:1-4 (Moses's precept of divorce and remarriage) was never for fornication or adultery. Allowing those guilty of fornication and adultery to remain living and become a prospect for remarriage was against the law of Moses in Deuteronomy 22:13-24 and Leviticus 20:10, which commanded that those who were found guilty of fornication and adultery be put away from Israel, and stoned to death.
The law of Moses was not given to the world, only to the Jews. From the exodus, to Christ's death on the cross, the law of Moses governed the Jewish people. Christ's death on the cross caused the Jews to become dead to the law of Moses, so they could be joined to Christ under a New Covenant. This is what Jesus's fulfillment of the law of Moses, including Deuteronomy 24:1-4 (Moses's precept of divorce and remarriage), means. Paul gave several warnings to Christian believers against keeping the ordinances of law of Moses as justification, over following Christ and his commands under the New Covenant with Christ. Keeping the ordinances of the law is no longer possible, for Israel, and that is why Christ prophesied that the temple would be destroyed. These scriptures make it clear that if you choose the law over Christ, that you must keep the whole law: Romans 7:4, Galatians 3:1-9, Galatians 3:10-29, Galatians 4:1-7, Galatians 4:21-31, and Galatians 5:1-15.
Being unequally yoked to unbelievers is not a cause for divorce, once two become one-flesh in a covenant of marriage, according to 1 Corinthians 7:12-14. Many one-flesh covenant marriages between unbelievers are recognized by God in the scriptures, most notably the marriage covenants between Herodias and King Herod's brother Philip, Potiphar and his wife, Ahab and Jezebel, and Ruth to her deceased husband Mahlon by Boaz when he took her to be his wife.
Some are teaching that 1 Corinthians 7:15 implies that those who are abandoned, by an unbelieving spouse, are "no longer bound" in a one-flesh covenant of marriage. The reason this is in conflict is due to the way some translations word it, which gives it an entirely different meaning, and context. 1 Corinthians 7:15, says, "But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace." As you can see, the actual scripture says "not enslaved" which means that the husband or wife is not enslaved to sin with the unbelieving spouse, and is free to worship Christ in peace. Subsequent translations have changed the words to imply that they nullify the marriage covenant, which is not at all the case. The issue that this creates is with 1 Corinthians 7:10-11, which says, "10To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. 11But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife." As you can see, those who claim 1 Corinthians 7:15 shows the Apostle Paul giving those who are abandoned permission to remarry, do not understand the command that Christ gives is to an abandoned husband, in 1 Corinthians 7:11, and that he "must not divorce" his wife, and his wife is commanded to "remain unmarried or else be reconciled" to her husband. The theory that 1 Corinthians 7:15 nullifies two as being one-flesh, due to one's unbelief, puts the Apostle Paul directly at odds with Christ, and himself, by implying that Paul has issued an opposing command to verses 10-14 in verse 15.
Some also teach that 1 Corinthians 7:27-28 is referring to both divorced men and virgin women, and not exclusively to men and women (virgins) who have never been married. This has been falsely taught for some time in churches as referring to anyone who is not currently in a marriage, which, for them, also includes those who are divorced. This is a very false assumption, and puts these verses in a different context, that is at odds with both the teachings of Christ and the apostle Paul. We see Paul refer to virgins, which signifies the unmarried who have never before been wed, which is the proper context here. We see Paul saying clearly that it is good for virgins, which is also speaking to never before wed men here, "that it is good for a man so to be." He goes on to say, "Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife." Who is he referring to here? Men who, like himself, have never married. The word "bound", in these verses, is a clear reference to betrothal (engagement) and not to a one-flesh covenant of marriage. The ancient Jews were considered bound as husband and wife during the betrothal (espousal/engagement) before becoming one-flesh in a covenant of marriage, through consummation. This is affirmed by the context of the term "bound" seen in Numbers 30:14-16.
The Jewish couples in ancient Israel, who were betrothed (engaged) were also bound together until death, either by execution for fornication, or by other causes. Then Paul says, "But and if thou marry, thou has not sinned", which is who? The men who had never married in the congregation at Corinth. So he begins with verses 25-26 speaking exclusively to men that have never married. Paul then says, "and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned", which is speaking directly in regard to virgin women who have never been married, within the congregation, not divorced women. Notice that verse 34 says, "There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband." Paul speaks plainly when he says "there is a difference between a wife and a virgin." Paul goes on to say, "But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry." This is speaking of a virgin who has become of age to bear children when it says, "let them marry." This is a clear command, to a single man, who has taken a virgin to be his wife. Paul then says, "Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well." This is referring again to the single man who decides it is better not to marry, but to stay betrothed (engaged), under the present distress, by saying that he "hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin." Paul then says, "So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better", which again means single men, in the congregation, who have betrothed a wife, do well if they marry, and those who choose not to marry their virgin brides do better, under the current climate. For more proper context of the word "bound", let's look further down in this chapter to verse 39, which says, "39The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord" (1 Corinthians 7:39). For so long, these scriptures, between verses 25-38, have been twisted and used to enable divorce and remarriage, by wayward churches and teachers, and have caused many to stumble and to be trapped in unscriptural unions.
The use of the woman at the well, in regard to marriage, falsely implies that Christ was endorsing remarriage after a divorce. This teaching is in defiance of Matthew 22:23-28, which shows a woman who had been widowed seven times, and entered into each subsequent marriage without any scriptural conflicts with God's law of marriage (one-flesh covenant) seen in Genesis 2:23-24.
Mark 10:1-12 and Matthew 19:1-12 both record Christ's teaching that day beyond the Jordan. There is no mention of the words "fornication", "writing of divorcement", or "divorced" in Mark's Gospel because Mark was not written to the Jews (as Matthew's Gospel was), but to evangelize the Romans, and likewise Luke to evangelize the Greeks, who had no knowledge of the law of Moses in Deuteronomy 22 or Deuteronomy 24. All of these facts draw a clear understanding that remarriage after a divorce, under the New Covenant with Christ, is a scripturally false and baseless teaching. Please use wisdom when living in any situation against what the scriptures command.
Very insightful explanation. I just want to clarify based on what you have said above. Are you saying that the ONLY people allowed to remarry are those that are widowed?
@@lindsaypodhajsky1032 I'm not saying, but Paul in Romans 7:2-3 and 1 Corinthians 7:39.
It’s so interesting the way things are. Guys don’t seem to want to be the provider anymore.
That is not particularly true. Many women make it hard to be the provider in most situations by their insistence on being "free independent women". Yet they also want the perks of a provider while offering little in return.
I have a biblical view on marriage and consider it beautiful. However getting married to a woman that is of the same view in this generation is difficult as I had to take my time to find one. I'd say 90% of supposedly Christian women these days are not marriage material due to both their penchant for being both promiscuous before marriage and strong rebellious spirit and desire for "independence". I am blessed to not be in such a marriage but some of the horror stories I hear are tragic.
@@danielvodo1 You are very lucky and blessed Daniel. I’m sure every story is different but yes I agree in today’s world it’s very difficult. By the time I opened my eyes to seek the Lord like I have now I feel more like Gomer to be honest. I’ve been in a wilderness. I have been seeking the one but God has destroyed every effort and relationship. I have thought about my first husband that it was my best relationship even. But he was a Muslim and has remarried. I’m okay with being alone if that’s what God wants. I thought God was going to give me a husband but maybe I’m wrong. I thought I heard his voice but maybe it wasn’t. Anyway you are blessed my brother. Finding a good wife is a treasure.
@@The.Ace.Crew.4Jesus I wish you all the best with your walk with God. God bless you. That is a very hard lot in life.
No and they are mostly big permiscuous babies
My parents divorced and my mom remarried. Is there any hope for them?
I know divorce and remarriage isn't unpardonable, but...I still worry.
I could give you an easy answer but I'm not sure if you can handle it. You should check out the book Contra Mundum Swagger by Jack Shannon
@@HermannTheGreat Why not go to the Word of God (Bible)?
@@greeksalad4783 I agree, why not? But why didn't you offer any scripture with your statement? Mark 10:9 "What God puts together let no man separate." We see here Jesus says all marriage is enforced by God, do not separate it, ever. The people committed great sin by divorcing over varying reasons. The marriage union is established by God. Then in Matthew 5:32 Jesus gives the hardest word. "But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery." So if you marry a divorced person you commit adultery. And many of the churches across this Country have members of divorced and remarried people. Then in Matthew 19:9 "Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery.” His disciples said to Him, “If this is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.” Yes, many should probably not have married in the first place, but they shouldn't compound sin on sin by re-marrying and living in adultery.
@@HermannTheGreat Please forgive me for being arrogant with my statement and not providing scripture to substantiate my comment.
I meant no harm. 😕
Simple answer yes, assuming they've repented and accepted Jesus as their savior. We are all hopeless and hellbound without Jesus no matter who. The only hope IS Jesus, he who has covered all our sin, great and small.
Wonderful Sermon :)
You are making marriage a civil contract by claiming that the sin of adultery dissolves the covenant of marriage. The exception being porneia, and not moichea, means the exception is inmorality but not marital infidelity because if it were marital infidelity, then it would have said moichea is the exception.
amen...
KJV and others define the former πορνείᾳ as fornication or sexual immorality. Others as prostitution or whoredom but whoredom defined as voluntary extramarital sexual activity.
Obviously a married person having sex outside of marriage is committing marital infidelity. You have to really split hairs to see it otherwise.
Also the difference between violating a covenant vs a civil contract was the punishment. Violation of a covenant is supposed to be worthy of capital punishment with anything less being an act of mercy on behalf of the wronged party to the offender.
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So my mom's abusive ex husband left us . They tried to get back together but she said she could tell he was going to repeat the same behavior . Shortly after he remarried.
She got remarried but that man cheated on her again and again (sex addict) she they divorced. Now she's remarried and he is nice , but it was complicated as his ex wife didn't sign the papers until after the wedding .
... It's complicated . But how should I handle this ? I already went to wedding but I feel conflicted in my spirit . I tried to talking to her before the wedding but he paster gave her the okay
If your mom gets married for the first time to a man who was never married before, then that is her covenant or real marriage in the eyes of God. If she is divorced from this man and she married anyone else and her first husband is still alive, then your mom is committing adultery. Please read Mark 10:11-12 and Romans 7:2-3. According to the Bible, your mom or anyone else who is in the same situation cannot get married again unless their covenant (real) spouse is dead because death is the only thing that ends a marriage. Please read Romans 7:2-3 and 1 Corinthians 7:39. I hope this helps you to understand what the Bible says about divorce and remarriage.
@@godgavemeeyestosee didn't Jesus also say expect for fornication ? Death or fornication are the reasons for divorce . All other divorce you can't be remarried ? At least that's my understanding
@@ondreatorrence4322 You will find "fornication" as an allowable reason to get a divorce only in the Book of Matthew (Matthew 19:9), however, you have to be able to understand what "except for fornication" means in the context of Matthew 19:9. The Books of Mark (Mark 10:11-12) and Luke (Luke 16:18) do not include fornication as an allowable reason to divorce. You must understand that Matthew is a book that was written to a Jewish audience, while Mark and Luke were books written to Gentile audiences.
Next, you must understand the Jewish marriage customs and the context in which the word fornication was used in Matthew 19:9. Fornication can be used as a broad term that refers to any type of sexual immorality, such as adultery, premarital sexual relations, homosexuality, bestiality, etc., but in the context of Matthew 19:9, fornication refers to premarital sexual relations. That is why context matters.
In the Jewish culture during biblical times, the Jews practiced betrothal as part of their marriage customs. Betrothal is similar to what we would call "an engagement to be married", but it was legally binding because it involved a legal contract to get married. When the Jewish couple became betrothed or espoused (which is another name for betrothed), they were considered as husband and wife until they actually entered the marriage covenant by getting married. So the couple were a betrothed husband and a betrothed wife. Once they got married, they became a married husband and a married wife. The betrothed wife was expected to remain a virgin until her wedding. The betrothal could only be broken by a “divorce” from the betrothal if the betrothed wife was found to be guilty of fornication (premarital sexual relations). This means that the Jewish culture had two different types of divorce; one from a betrothal and one from a covenant marriage.
Read Matthew 1:18-25 where Joseph was betrothed (espoused) to Mary. In Matthew 1:19, Joseph was called Mary’s husband. In Matthew 1:20, Mary was called Joseph’s wife although they were not married, but were only betrothed. Joseph was thinking about divorcing Mary when he found out she was pregnant with Jesus. Joseph believed that Mary had engaged in fornication (premarital sexual relations) because she was pregnant and he knew that the baby was not his. Therefore, the divorce for fornication in Matthew 19:9 refers to divorce from a betrothal. Matthew 1:18-25 bears this out.
We also know that the divorce in Matthew 19:9 refers to divorce from a betrothal because in Matthew 19:5-6, Jesus spoke of the one flesh union of a husband and wife (Genesis 2:24) and said that what God has joined together let not man put asunder (or separate). When God joins a husband and wife, they are joined in a covenant marriage for life. Jesus commanded His Jewish audience not to divorce from a covenant marriage - What God has joined together let not man put asunder (or separate). In contrast, Joseph and Mary were only betrothed when Joseph was thinking about divorcing her. Jesus later continued to allow this practice of a betrothed husband and betrothed wife to divorce from the betrothal if fornication (premarital sexual relations) was involved because the couple were not yet in the covenant of marriage and would not be guilty of breaking Jesus’s commandment that forbade a couple in a covenant marriage from divorcing.
Because scripture does not contradict scripture, this is the only way that Matthew 19:9, Mark 10:11-12 and Luke 16:18 do not contradict. Matthew 19:9 was only allowing a divorce from a betrothal and not from a covenant marriage. Also, because the Gentiles did not practice betrothal in which is would be necessary to get a divorce to break the betrothal, it was not necessary to include “except for fornication” in Mark 10:11-12 and Luke 16:18.
In conclusion, anyone who divorces from a covenant marriage and marries another person while the covenant spouse is still alive is committing adultery and whoever marries a divorced person who has a living covenant spouse is committing adultery (Mark 10:11-12 and Luke 16:18). The death of a covenant spouse is the only thing that allows a person who was in a covenant marriage to be able to get married again (Romans 7:2-3 and 1 Corinthians 7:39).
@@godgavemeeyestosee wow thank you for that response . That makes alot of sense knowing that the gospels are written to different audiences .
So in God's eyes people who are remarried and their spouse is still alive are in adultery? .... That's ... Alot of people.
@@godgavemeeyestosee should those types of marriages even be acknowledged then ? Like if know a couple in adultery should you not acknowledge Their marriage m
But....if one is divorced and remarried is it a issue of salvation? Is it unforgivable to remain in the remarriage? That's the thing I can not figure out or understand.
If you have divorced from a covenant marriage and then married someone else while your covenant spouse is still alive, then you are committing adultery (Mark 10:11-12 and Luke 16:18).
Adultery is a sin that leads to hell if you don’t get out of that sin (1 Corinthians 6:9-10 and Galatians 5:19-21).
You cannot stay in a marriage that Jesus calls adultery and expect to go to heaven. You must ask God for forgiveness for your sin of adultery and forsake the sin by getting out of your adulterous marriage in order to be forgiven (Proverbs 28:13).
Please seek the Lord with your whole heart and He will let you know that this is the truth.
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You missed the video.
Real example. A Hindu woman marries a Sikh man (though not legally by the state, an unregistered marriage). They have children. The man repeatedly commits unrepentant adultery, physically abuses the woman, and abandons her and her children. She later becomes a Christian. Is she free to divorce him? Is a Christian man free to marry her? I'm asking in sincerity, not a spirit of legalism. The verse says to marry a divorced woman is adultery. But back then a man had to initiate the divorce. Not clear on how that would be applied today.
1 Corinthians 7 is a great chapter and is about marriage.
it does raise an issue of marriage....but assuming that the marriage was valid....the issues you mentioned are not supported, by the Bible, for a remarriage...
She is eligible under the scripture here in Matthew eligible for divorce and remarriage because Our Lord said “except in the case of fornication” Adultry is fornication. Yes she can
What's your opinion on adulteress remmariage? I would bet it's stay in it. I'm not going to divorce my wife for cheating. So if she divorces me does she get off?
this one should allow for comments on the video....Remain as you are....as well...
Does this apply to un believer can any one answer?
The following scriptures associated with marriage and divorce apply to both believers and unbelievers:
Marriage is honorable among all ( Hebrews 13:4).
Marriage is a covenant between a never-married man and never-married woman for life (Genesis 1:14).
Only death and nothing else breaks the marriage covenant (Romans 7:2-3 and 1 Corinthians 7:39).
If a man or woman divorces the covenant spouse and marries another while the covenant spouse is still alive or if anyone marries a divorced person whose covenant spouse is still alive , they commit adultery (Mark 10:11-12, Luke 16:18).
Adultery is a sin that will take you to hell (1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Galatians 5:19-21).
If someone is in an adulterous remarriage and want God to forgive them, they must ask God for forgiveness and leave the adulterous remarriage (Proverbs 28:13).
I hope this helps.
yes
My wife was married in the past and divorced. Not for adultery. We have been married for 5 years with 2 kids and are new Christians. Are some of you saying that to actually repent, we have to split up? So we aren't living in adultery? It's not enough to ask for forgiveness and I have to split my family up?
No. Don't split up your family. Remain married. For the love of all that is good ... There is forgiveness. And then it is washed from east to west for those in Christ.
A second divorce won't cancel out any sin of the past. When you come to faith, remain as you are, and grow in your commitment to one another and to the God that has saved!
Does not apply in your case! Your past life doesn't count. You just came to Life and it is now, from this point on, you are responsible for what you now know. God is calling you to be a loving and amazing spiritual leader for this precious family of yours!
The following scriptures associated with marriage and divorce apply to both believers and unbelievers:
Marriage is honorable among all ( Hebrews 13:4).
Marriage is a covenant between a never-married man and never-married woman for life (Genesis 1:14).
Only death and nothing else breaks the marriage covenant, so marriage is for life (Romans 7:2-3 and 1 Corinthians 7:39).
If a man or woman divorces the covenant spouse and marries another while the covenant spouse is still alive or if anyone marries a divorced person whose covenant spouse is still alive , they commit adultery (Mark 10:11-12, Luke 16:18).
Adultery is a sin that will take you to hell (1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Galatians 5:19-21).
If someone is in an adulterous remarriage and wants God to forgive them, they must ask God for forgiveness and leave the adulterous remarriage (Proverbs 28:13).
I hope this helps because I have great empathy for you because I was divorced and remarried with kids when I found out the truth about divorce and remarriage. The truth is a hard truth, but it is the truth nonetheless. Jesus said that if you love Him you will keep His commandments ( John 14:15, 21 & 23). I obeyed Jesus and left my adulterous remarriage. It was an extremely hard thing to do, but I love the Lord and want to be His. I pray that you too love the Lord enough to trust and obey His word. He is worth it. He offers us eternal life and we will receive it if we take up our cross and follow Him.
the Bible is clear....this is adultery....so unless you want to be condemned at the judgement....you have some adjustments to make, in your life...
If a woman divorces her husband and remarried another man and she divorced him can she remarry the first husband?
What about a woman that her husband cheated on her ,can she file for divorce and remarry ?
The following scriptures associated with marriage and divorce apply to both believers and unbelievers:
Marriage is honorable among all ( Hebrews 13:4).
Marriage is a covenant between a never-married man and never-married woman for life (Genesis 2:24).
Only death and nothing else breaks the marriage covenant, so marriage is for life (Romans 7:2-3 and 1 Corinthians 7:39).
If a man or woman divorces the covenant spouse and marries another while the covenant spouse is still alive or if anyone marries a divorced person whose covenant spouse is still alive , they commit adultery (Mark 10:11-12, Luke 16:18).
Adultery is a sin that will take you to hell (1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Galatians 5:19-21).
If someone is in an adulterous remarriage and wants God to forgive them, they must ask God for forgiveness and leave the adulterous remarriage (Proverbs 28:13).
I hope this helps.
Does the fornication exception work both ways? I've never found any bible verses about a woman being allowed to divorce her husband if he is unfaithful. And having a bill of divorcement from her husband if she'd been unfaithful wouldn't have done much with to protect a woman in OT times. No one in that era would want to marry an adulteress.
Look at the wording of the scripture. It doesn't say whoever divorces his wife who committed adultery... It says whoever divorces his wives because of adultery... It doesn't automatically imply the woman committed adultery
@@carissahinex6550 it doesn´t say adultery is the exception because the word for adultery is moicheao and the word for fornication is porneia.
So, if the union is actually porneia, then they can marry another after their divorce, because, being porneia, they weren´t in a marriage to begin with.
@@carissahinex6550 fornication...
This was great. I always click on Tim..... Can anyone tell me where I would land. I was lost...... married (both lost), sexual immorality was committed, her adultery and me pornography with adultery (retaliation adultery but adultery nonetheless). Then she divorced me, I didn't want it so I never signed any paperwork and the judge gave her what she was seeking. Then as I moved forward I became involved with another woman who was divorced and lost herself..... we had a couple kids together. THEN I was saved, and the word of God convicted my sinful life and I got married both to get right with God and stop fornicating among other things and because I really love this woman, she saved my physical life. I know that in Christ I am forgiven of my sins, however, for the longest time I was mixed up about this topic. Even though I didn't know Christ's position on adultery before I was saved, in my heart I knew adultery was wrong..... So here is the question: Did I commit adultery allowing my first marriage to expire? Did I commit adultery again when I married another woman? Did I cause my second wife to commit adultery? I hope this reads the right way. Or am I freely forgiven because it was all done before I was saved and knew the teachings and now that I am focused on bringing my current relationships into good standing with the Lord, I am ok? Thanks
Tim has another video from years ago on this topic.
I think it's called, "Remain as you are". I would also suggest that you go and speak with the elders of the local church that you are members of.
I belive you are forgiven in all honesty, DiD you know that scripture shows that the first person we are intimate with is the person we MUST marry.
Exodus 22:16
If a man seduces a virgin who I'd not pledge to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride price, and she shall be his wife.
Deuteronomy 22:28-29
If a man happens to meet a virgin who he has not been pledge to marry and fornicate with her and they are discovered, that man must pay fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the young woman for he has violated her.
He can never divorce her as long as she lives.
Now by these standards at least 99.9 percent of the world is married to the wrong person and in adultry,
but for these scriputre to make sense we have to ignore that and throw out the window verses like "I am made a new creation the old is done away with"
And also how God forgives us of our sins throws at bottom of the sea NEVER TO REMEMBER AGAINST ME AGAIN"
BE AT PEACE BROTHER
th-cam.com/video/h-uqbJqnVpg/w-d-xo.html Watch this video and consider the scriptures it presents and pray and allow the Holy Spirit to lead you. To truthfully answer your question, your first marriage was/is a life time commitment to endure through better and worst until one of you is out of their fleshly body. I'm single too because of this and truly I can say that I am content in obeying the scriptures and not lonely at all. Knowing that this was true in 2016 ultimately lead me to true contentment. The peace of God is its own reward. May Jesus lead you by His Spirit always brother. Watch the video. Don't rely on the opinions of other when you can search the mind of Yahweh in the scriptures for yourself. Your comment sounds like you truly do have the best interests of these two women in mind and that you don't want to cause them to stumble or lead them to hell. We must chose to either live for this life which is so brief, or if we are going to step back and invest in eternity. Bless you friend!
@@joshgonzales2285 Those verses refer to being intimate with a virgin. During those times, if a husband finds out on wedding night his wife is not a virgin, she can be stoned to death for being a fraud. So marrying her after taking her virginity is God's way of protecting her from being stoned to death. But in today's rotten society, a man's first is likely not her first (vice versa).
if the wife has been unfaithful....once again, that is adultery...
Has Pastor Tim Conway changed to a more "non permissive" view on divorce and remarriage? I'm referring to the video, 3 Positions on Divorce and Remarriage th-cam.com/video/8SZQphcBVOE/w-d-xo.html where he seems to accept divorce and remarriage as acceptable and, as he states in that video, he takes a "permissive" view on divorce and remarriage. Based on the comments on this video, it appears some may be thinking Pastor Tim does not believe divorce and remarriage is ever allowed, except some making comments might be understanding him to allow an exception for fornication on the part of a spouse.
Tim has not changed his view. I would have to re-hear the previously study but I think the question and topic matter there was different than this question here.
Yeah....well my wife put me away, I didn't put her away.
that, sadly, does not give you a ...pass....for remarriage...
I guess that means I can’t remarry
I wish he spoke on this more. When the verse says “makes her commit adultery” it sounds like there’s an assumption the innocent party will still remarry although it’s adultery? I don’t know. My heart goes out to you. Keep researching.
not while the first spouse is alive. No adulterers (chrisitian or non christian) will inherit the kingdom of God.
@@senderoestrecho9142 So I have to stay single until my x husband dies or I’m going to hell?
@@The.Ace.Crew.4Jesus What does God's word say? Look:
A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord.( 1 Cor 7:39)
9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, 10nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.…(1 Cor 6:9)
@@senderoestrecho9142 Thank you brother. I feeling you pulled me out of the fire recently. God is good. He will never leave me nor forsake me. Bless you!
Interesting teaching... it's solid, biblically, but in a way leave more questions than it answers - it's interesting that you cite John MacArthur's commentary on perceived ambiguity on remarriage after divorce. full disclosure, I've studied under John MacArthur, another solid bible teachers known for their exposition of scripture such as himself who have had solid teaching on the topic whom I trust like, Dr. Tony Evans, D. James Kennedy [late], David Pawson [late], Bayless Conley, Alistair Begg and contemporary apologist such as Greg Koukl who have spoke on the subject, have solid theologically correct, biblio-centric, Christologically correct worldview perspectives on the topic; but yet this one question can't seem to be clearly answered. So it's hard to get a clear picture, because no one dedicated to upholding the word wants to go insert their own on the topic - so I have to stick with what the word says, and a man such as myself who is been through divorces, my first when I was not living for the Lord and my ex-spouse at the time was catholic but not living her faith as well.
Which kinda makes that moot, in a way - but she filed for divorce, my second wife filed for divorce as well... one divorce not living for the Lord, the second living for the Lord but done out of ignorance to the topic - so the question is, am I [out of respect for the law against what Jesus said Mark 10, Matthew 19] out of consequence for the act of divorce, relegated to the world of no remarriage?
Though my concern is earthly habitation while living out my walk, in priority, the thought is Kingdom rewards over earthly facilitation... if according the Apostle Paul tells us adulterers, fornicators and homosexuals [I Cor. 6:9], etc. will not inherit the Kingdom of Heaven, there has to be some concern about this, that's the whole purpose Jesus leaving the parable of the bridegroom supper, there's going to be those that are going to be told hang on a minute you guys wait out here while we go ahead and have this supper and in the process there's going to be weeping and gnashing of teeth until the Bema seat judgement.
He clearly wasn't implying they didn't receive their salvation… it’s just when it comes to Kingdom benefits which should have been accrued while we were living, I don't want living in sin if, remarriage after divorce, not remarriage after the death of a spouse, that is clear... but remarriage after divorce, initiated by the spouse - is there a path to marriage?
Teachings [though respected] have not been clear here...
In searching the scriptures earnestly, with a Berean mindset, the closest thing I have come across which seems to advocate for the position of the “unmarried” to find a spouse, according to the Apostle Paul in I Corinthians 7:8-9 all the topic rather than “burn” and the specific Greek word for married [agamois] has the connotation those who have been both previously married or never been married, because in the same passage of scripture they are enumerated separately with those who are widowed who fall under the same temptation.
This passage by Paul in I Corinthians 7:8-9 the only light I see you at the end of the tunnel potentially without trying to interpret scripture but [rather] come to a solid understanding of what the word it instructing by those guided by the holy Spirit to deliver [as a precept and doctrine] to the church… without trying to ‘interpret’... we're not supposed to interpret scripture… we are called to understand scripture, this is where [according to James] we pray for wisdom and the Spirit will give to us liberally, only act of interpretation is when it comes to prophecy, so then, the question begs...
Is the citation in I Corinthians 7 [8-9] appropriate on the topic of remarriage after divorce?
Hi. This man's teaching is not clear. If you come to my channel, I have been divorced for fourteen years, and seventeen years born again and a bride of Christ. I have done many videos on this subject and interviewed divorced and remarried believers who repented. I also have a playlist of over 400 videos from all over on divorce and remarriage, and it does not include John McArthur, Todd Friel and many others. It does include David Pawson. 1 Corinthians 7:10-11 & 39 for instance is the truth, and occasionally there is reconciliation, but we are to have the fruit of the Spirit as we watch for our Lord's return. Revelation 3:10-11, Titus 2:11-13, John 14:1-4, 1 Thessalonians 4, 1 Corinthians 15. Maranatha.
if you filed for divorce....then you are not...Biblically....allowed to remarry....
@@philipbuckley759 It doesn't matter who filed for divorce, there is no remarriage allowed in the Bible unless God ends the marriage covenant by the death of one of the spouses. When a never married man marries a never married woman it is a covenant marriage only ended by death (or rapture since there is no marriage in heaven).
What does the Bible say? Jesus's sheep don't live in adultery or fornication. Acts 15 abstain from sexual immorality. Hebrews 13:4 God will surely judge the fornicator and adulterer. If you divorce for repetitive adultery, you cannot remarry according to JESUS CHRIST the Lord. Jesus says repent or perish in Luke 13. God never lies.
The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man LEAVE father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but ONE FLESH. What therefore God hath joined together, LET NOT MAN PUT ASUNDER. They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. And I SAY (JESUS) unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for FORNICATION, and shall marry another, committeth ADULTERY: and WHOSOEVER marrieth her which is put away doth commit ADULTERY. His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is NOT GOOD TO MARRY. But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
Matthew 19:3-12 KJV
Can you see that fornication (premarital sex) is not adultery? The only reason it is in Matthew for FORNICATION is that the Jews were married legally at the espousal and were to remain virgins until the consummation of the wedding at a later date. Joseph was going to put away Mary for FORNICATION.
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was ESPOUSED to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph HER HUSBAND, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to PUT HER AWAY privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary THY WIFE: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
Matthew 1:18-21 KJV
And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand. Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
Malachi 2:13-17 KJV
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
Luke 16:18 KJV
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you? And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; and they twain shall be ONE FLESH: so then they are no more twain, but ONE FLESH. What therefore God hath joined together, let NOT man put asunder. And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter. And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her husband, AND be married to another, she committeth adultery.
Mark 10:2-12 KJV
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Genesis 2:24 KJV
Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. So then if, while her husband LIVETH, she be married to another man, she shall be called an ADULTERESS: but if her husband be DEAD, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
Romans 7:1-3 KJV
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. Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be DEAD, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 7:10-11, 19, 39 KJV
When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: GO, AND SIN NO MORE.
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of FORNICATION; we have one Father, even God. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
John 8:10-11, 34, 40-41, 44-47 KJV
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
John 7:24 KJV
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY: but I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into HELL. It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: but I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of FORNICATION (Premarital sex during the Jewish betrothal), causeth her to commit adultery: AND WHOSOEVER SHALL MARRY HER THAT IS DIVORCED COMMITTETH ADULTERY.
Matthew 5:11-12, 20, 27-32 KJV
Blessings and Maranatha.
This is another video about divorce and remarriage that doesn't put all situations on the table. It's probably the clearest I've heard. Clearly you shouldn't divorce. I understand that. However a lot of us have already divorced for other reasons than sexual immorality. For instance I left my husband for sexual immorality wasn't going to divorce until he began to do crazy things. Then he filed before me. So you can say he divorced me. Now we're both remarried my new husband was previously married and divorced as well but not for sexual immorality. So now what. I don't understand....
According to the Bible, if a man or woman divorce their covenant spouse and remarry while the spouse is still alive or if someone marries a divorced person whose covenant spouse is still alive, they are all committing adultery, without exception (Mark 10:11-2 and Luke 16:18). Adultery is a sin that will take you to hell (1 Corinthians 6:9-10 and Galatians 5:19-21). I was divorced because of my spouse’s sexual immorality and I later remarried. Then one day the Lord directed me to Mark 10:2-12. That’s the day that I discovered that I was in adultery. I had remarried out of ignorance about what the word of God says regarding divorce and remarriage. Only death breaks the marriage covenant; not adultery, abuse, abandonment, or anything else (Romans 7:2-3 and 1 Corinthians 7:39).
@@godgavemeeyestosee so are you still in the second marriage?
@@kimberlyc.3179 No, I left my adulterous second marriage in obedience to the scriptures. It was not an easy thing to do, but God gave me grace and the strength to obey His Word. I love the Lord and I mean to make it into His kingdom to spend an eternity with Him. He is coming soon.
@@godgavemeeyestosee I don't know if I agree with that. But I pray that you made the right choice
@@kimberlyc.3179 You must remember that God is the one who sets the rules for marriage. Jesus said that to divorce and remarry or to marry a divorced person is to commit adultery . Adultery is a sin that will lead you to hell. To repent for any sins (including adultery), you must confess it and forsake it. “He who covers his sins will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will have mercy (Proverbs 28:13).”
Anyone who truly loves Jesus will obey Him (John 14:15, 21 & 23). Jesus does not want lip service. He wants obedience to His Word. Obeying Him is not always easy. That’s why Jesus said we must deny ourselves and take up our cross and follow Him.
I pray that you obey Jesus because if you don’t, the only thing that is ahead of you is an eternity in hell because no adulterers will inherit eternal life.
“…Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor isolators, nor ADULTERERS…will inherit the kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 6;9-10).”
but if the husband left his wife, for no reason, can she remarried or not? do not understand, should a woman suffer to be abandoned? then I wonder, does it count as divorce if the man no longer has sexual intercourse, or if the woman does not want sexual intercourse ????,
everything sounds so complicated
@@madeleinehuhtalo the wife is bound (tied) to the husband as long as he lives by a universal law made by God called the law of the husband or the law of marriage.
If the unbelieving spouse departs the other partner is not bound (enslaved) to chase after them and try to be with them because God has called them to live in peace, meaning to not be in conflict about serving the Lord while living with someone who hates them doing that, BUT they can´t remarry till the other person dies.
That´s in 1 Cor 7. (the 'bound' is two different Greek words)
@@senderoestrecho9142 I read about it yesterday, but God is always right, but if both are believers, it's hard to live alone if you are abandoned, can the man return to the woman?
@@madeleinehuhtalo Yes, they can reconcile. After a divorce, one can pray for their spouse even if they don´t wish to get back together (eg: pray for their lives, salvation, etc) but not marry another person. However, if that broken up couple were not even in a real marriage to begin with (in God's opinion) then that´s different. So, the question has to be twofold:
a) can I remarry while I have a living spouse I divorced? (the answer is no)
---but also....
b) was I in a marriage in God's eyes in the first place?
If you married a divorcee, or you were a divorcee, then that wasn´t even a marriage but sin, so then NO, you should not get back together.
When pastors and other deceived christians say "Deuteronmy 24 says that God doesn´t allow you to get back with your first spouse..." they are not telling people that this is the law of Moses and just in the two chapters before that you will see how people were stoned to death for fornicating. So if you want to follow the OT and not the New Covenant, you must follow ALL of the law of Moses which means stoning people too.
The bible says remarriage after death of spouse is fine. Jesus said remarriage after divorce is adultery. The exception He gave is: when a divorce is of a union deemed to be PORNEIA (sexual inmorality, fornication...) as in, it´s not even a marriage in God's opinion, then IT WOULD NOT BE CALLED ADULTERY for either of the spouses to marry another person, because in THAT case, the second time around it actually WOULD be a marriage finally.
@@senderoestrecho9142 I think it is so difficult to understand everything you write when I am Swedish, the translation can be strange
Brother Tim, don't this do 's and do nots come under the bigger command that if you don't forgive somebody from the heart, christ won't forgive you and since unforgiven people dont make it to eternity, you are part of the group standing outside the shut door.its just black and white.
Amen. Forgive others and you will be forgiven. Divorce in the case of another's sin is not in keeping with Jesus's command to forgive others, and this should apply to husbands and wives.
There is only one reason to divorce which can release the wife from her husband and that is if she has committed fornication before the marriage. That's the only reason given in the bible to divorce there is no desertion in the bible.
Becoming one flesh is marriage so if you become one flesh with anyone you commit adultery as long as your husband is alive, and even though she is bound to the husband until his death (1COR.7:39) can't return to her husband once she has become defiled (Deut.24:4)
✨✨36:50. Does Jesus really permit divorce, tho. Moses did. We r told why.
You are saying let no man separate does not mean let no man sever⁸?
You have confused adultery with fornication just after this timestamp.
I refer you to testimonials, one an old school pastor. These people were shown by God, no remarriage permissable except death
I encourage you to see truthtriumphs on this subject who has such testimonials.
to study it further as it's a very convincing look at scripture.
the exception is fornication......sexual immorality is adultery, and that is a different term, which would contradict Mark and Luke...
Bob said to one man "I have a large dog". Then Bob walks down the street and talks to a another man and tells him "I have a big dog". Bob used two different words to describe his dog. So according to the way you interpret Jesus, that means Bob must have two dogs, right?
According to your logic Bob couldn't have been talking about the same dog.
Might you see that presupposition to be false?
My wife left our 16 year marriage, she's living with her boyfriend, she wants to divorce me for unbiblical reasons, I'm born again, she backslidden,
I should have a right to remarry to a born again woman right
@@HermannTheGreat have you ever been in my situation
1 cor 7 : 15. “If the unbeliever leaves let him go.”
@@HermannTheGreat You realise that she now lives with her boyfriend. Which means that she is committing adultery. If it is too hard to handle, he can divorce her. God allows for divorce in the case of sexual immorality
@@HermannTheGreat Thank God i'm not God. God told Hosea what even the Godliest human being could not say.
Pursuing your wife now turned prostitute?? I'm grateful i'm not Hosea's friend, or God. Hosea's case was a mirror of God's love. If it was to be done in all marriages, Paul would not have said to let unbelievers leave if they want to.
You can pray for their salvation, but Paul said that a believer is not bound in such circumstances, for God has called us to live in peace.
@@HermannTheGreat He is not the one who's walked away, the wife has. She is an unbeliever who wants to divorce him.
"But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God has called us to peace. For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?"
(I Corinthians 7:15-16)
Paul's words, not mine.
Learn your Bible,
Please read Exodus 22:16. Fornication is when a woman marries a man who didn't take her virginity. Thank you!
What makes this goose think that he's an authority on any aspect of peoples relationships?
What Tim is sharing is from God's Word, the One who has created you and made you and has a standard. So it is not the words of a man that matter, but the truth of the Scriptures.
@@illbehonest The Scriptures are not the truth, they are lies designed by men in order to make other men wealthy, Guess what? A new species of dinosaur has been discovered in the deserts of Australia, the skeletons are intact and Scientists have carbon dated the bones to approximately 20 million years of age, this is amazing because according to biblical experts who have gone back through the bible to Genesis the whole universe is only 6000 years old, this means that dinosaurs were roaming around Australia millions of years before God created the Heavens and the Earth, likewise for the indiginous natives of that continent who have a history going back 60 000 years, they were also here before God created the universe. This is confusing because it means that God really created the world billions of years ago and if the bible was written in the beginning of everything then there is a very large time gap that hasn't been accounted for, each of the characters in the bible must have lived for hundreds of thousands of years, or perhaps millions of years to make up for this discrepancy, if so then we are not getting a full account of their lives and deeds during their lifetimes, Oh but we can ignore the scientific facts and instead have faith in the authors of the bible to be telling the truth, but who were the authors, nobody is sure, and how do we know that they were honest in their scribblings? it seems there are a lot of different versions of this book and some have been rewritten to express the ideas and politics of former monarchs who were more than a little biased, but anyway all of this doesn't matter, just be sure that you pay your fair share of whatever you own to the agents of God here on Earth, do whatever they tell you and you will be assured of living forever and owning a big mansion in the sky after your death. The big problem you will encounter in Heaven is that you will have to lead a pure and chaste life up there for eternity or you will have to face the consequences, in the words of Richard Dawkins, " After the first 1000 years it would tend to become a little tedious" AMEN
@@Lili-Benovent a lot could be said, but I encourage you to hear this th-cam.com/video/ChWiZ3iXWwM/w-d-xo.html
@@illbehonest I have just given you absolute proof that your God doesn't exist and you respond with a plea that I might listen to another Jesus sermon ........No thank you.
@@Lili-Benovent Well if that message is some harmless thing, then go listen to it. But I don't think you will, because you don't want to be confronted with the truth. I'm not going to rehash out different arguments here, that Ray deals with in that video. So please listen. We care about your soul.
This guy doesn't use the king james bible, I'm unsubing
lol, you have poked a bear with this comment, they say KJV believers are "cult-like" but always forget to look in the mirror, the anti-KJV only believers have even more of a "cult-like" response to what you just said lol.
@@G_Smooth beware of teachers that use many different "bibles" or books to accommodate the imaginations of there hearts desire..I stand on 1 holy bible the king james bible.
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Look up gail riplinger for more information bro.
I use to attend a church in Portsmouth, Virginia that preached that the KJV was the only Bible that was the Word of God.
I too bought into that way of thinking, but always found the KJV to be somewhat difficult to comprehend (Old English).
The KJV is undoubtedly the Word of God and the old English translation is very poetic. I recently bought the NIV and I enjoy it very much for the ease of reading. To be honest I enjoy reading scriptures in various translations. If I could read the Torah, I would read that too!
@@AV_1611joint-heir_Timotheus wait you're actually serious? I thought you were joking lol, either way it's laughable.
I would encourage you to hear Tim's video on, "The Myth of the King James Only" th-cam.com/video/M1cDU6_-mJ8/w-d-xo.html - he used to be an elder in a church that was King James (preferably, not only).