Good morning Cedar Grove! |
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You know it's a time of growth when multiple families are not able to be at church, yet we have a strong number in attendance. Oh, and for those who take the "numbers don't matter" approach, it is impossible to preach the Gospel to a person in an empty pew! We want people to be here. God is sending them. We ought to be thankful for that. |
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Yesterday we looked at a difficult passage in chapter 7. Sometimes, it is difficult to reconcile God's Word with what has already happened or what is currently happening in our lives. I understand this. The issue of marriage, divorce, and remarriage is a real one. It is an issue that has touched the lives of countless individuals, families, and church families. I want to emphasize that getting a divorce is not unforgivable. God's grace is more than enough to cover the multitude of our sins. However, this doesn't minimize the responsibility we have as believers to handle such situations according to God's Word. Let's look at the text. |
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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? 2 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. 3 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. |
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The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), Ro 7:1–3. |
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This brings up the question, what IF someone had a divorce not permitted by scripture and got remarried. Are they in what some call "perpetual adultery?" In other words is getting remarried outside of biblical parameters an "act" of adultery or a "state" of adultery. Allow me to share with you an article on this that I appreciate. I never try to reinvent the wheel, so I often suggest this website and resource gotquestions.org. Here is a link specifically talking about this topic: |
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To answer simply, no, I do not believe that getting remarried unbiblically puts someone in the state of adultery. The act in that moment is, and ought to be confessed. How does this affect your present marriage? Remain faithful and true to who you are married to. Starting there would cover a multitude of trouble! This email is also not an exhaustive exposition of marriage, divorce, and remarriage. I'll leave some studying for you to do! |
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I love you Cedar Grove and I am glad to be back! Happy in the Lord, amen. Buh-Bye. |
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Pastor Jacob |