Marriage Divorce and Remarriage

Looking at what the Bible has to say on the subject of marriage, divorce, and remarriage.
Isaac Bourne at the Chapel Hill church of Christ.
Nov. 11, 2018

[@bessiepierre4550]

It doesn’t say the innocent party can remarry, l…. That is till a way to go to hell. No where it says the innocent party can remarry!

[@John_811KJV]

*Remarriage after Divorce while 1st Spouse Lives = Adultery* Romans 7:2-3 Adulterers Do Not Inherit the Kingdom of God: 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Unless they Confess and Forsake: Proverbs 28:13; Luke 13:3

[@bessiepierre4550]

@@John_811KJV Right in Agreement if the 1st Spouse dies you can remarry but not if they are living you can not . So I am in agreement we are saying the same thing which is the true word of God….. I am living it and understanding why God designed it to be that way. Thanks and God Bless you!

[@John_811KJV]

Amen! Praise the LORD!!@@bessiepierre4550

[@grant2149]

​@@bessiepierre4550Excatly 💯

[@truthhurts6145]

The exception in Matthew is not if a spouse commits adultery. It is fornication. Premarital. The custom of the Jewish culture. King James gives the true translation because in Greek it is pornia which is fornication. Death of a spouse is the only biblical ground for remarriage. Peace.

[@johnygoodwin3441]

Absolute rubbish

[@stophatin1354]

@ChapelHillchurchofChrist A wife cannot divorce her husband for any reason or circumstance. A wife can only separate from her husband, while he is alive. 1 Corinthians 7: 10-11 KJV Bible

[@John_811KJV]

*Remarriage after Divorce while 1st Spouse Lives = Adultery* Romans 7:2-3 Adulterers Do Not Inherit the Kingdom of God: 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Unless they Confess and Forsake: Proverbs 28:13; Luke 13:3

[@philipbuckley759]

@@John_811KJV amen...

[@tarsheenawiggins9780]

Greeting Pastor, I came across your Message regarding Marriage and divorce...I've been studying on this subject for quite some time now my question is my spouse committed adultery on me am I allow to remarry? Luke 16 :18 whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery I understand that when adultery is committed you are allowed to get a divorce... how ever I'm not seeing in the scripture where it says you are allowed to remarry after adultery has been committed.. just wanted to know are you able to point me to the exact scripture that says you are allowed to remarry after adultery has been committed? Like you mentioned in your message there was only two places in the Bible where remarriage is allowed and that's for the widower and a widow? The scripture also supports in 1cor7:10-11 if you are divorced you are to remain single or be reconciled with your spouse... I just have not came across the scripture that supports you are allowed to remarry once adultery has been committed in the marriage? If possible are you able to share the scripture that supports that question? I've been searching for quite some time and that is a big question for many.. I know you put this message up 4 years ago... please if possible if you come across my comment regarding your message, can you please help me find a supporting scripture for that question? Thanks again and I've truly been encouraged by the word of God.... God bless you man of god..🌈🌝🙏

[@Jericho-xs3ju]

It sais in Luke and the other accounts. Whoever puts away a woman and marries another or whoever marries one that has been put away commits adultery because they are still marrried they are not divorced. Divorce and putting away are two different things. The Pharisees tested Jesus about putting away not divorce. I encourage you study the original text or sending away. And loook where sending away is used in the other places in the Bible. It’s not divorce.

[@toddkerestes594]

Hello friend if your not finding permission to remarry in scripture then there is your answer...while it's not wrong to seek advice from pastors/Christians, make sure they are telling you the truth...if you got a Bible then the answer will be there....praying 4 ya

[@berylhew6478]

Amen my brother, God said it and that settled it. Not everyone can bite on the hard rock, but we will have to if we desire to make it heaven for those believe there is such a place.

[@kenw772]

There is no reason God gave for a person to divorce. A Greek word was added by Erasmus which caused all this confusion about Matthew 19:9. Divorce does not break the marriage vows. Dr McFall said divorce papers is nothing but toilet papers in God’s eyes.

[@grant2149]

Facts.💯

[@ajlouviere202]

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.

[@jdesroches68]

Amen 🙏🏾

[@derrickhahn3469]

Agreed.

[@mauricedelbe6894]

Get back to the word Jesus first used in the Greek language porneia which covers a wide range of sexual sins. Why did the king James version changed the word from sexual immorality to fornication? Go figure...

[@philipbuckley759]

@@mauricedelbe6894 sex, out of the marriage covenant is ...adultery....

[@johnygoodwin3441]

Oh dear, this is terrible, what about Joseph? He didn't drag Mary in front of the leaders, he was going to put her away privately.

[@John_811KJV]

*Remarriage after Divorce while 1st Spouse Lives = Adultery* Romans 7:2-3; Luke 16:18 Mark 10:6-12 Adulterers Do Not Inherit the Kingdom of God: 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Unless they Confess and Forsake their Sin: Proverbs 28:13; Luke 13:3

[@clydeholiday5907]

Show me in the Bible where Jesus said go out and make Christians oh you can't can you so if it ain't from Jesus Christ then who's it from oh Satan oh okay but you call yourself a Christian I remember Jesus said call us to be disciples interesting

[@allinajereb6765]

The bible says that the marriage is for life...the exception allows divorce if there is adultery....what scripture says the innocent party can remarry?

[@odess4sd4d]

Matt 19:9? Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery. If Jesus meant to say "Whosoever shall put away his wife and shall marry another, committeth adultery" he surely could have.

[@grant2149]

Excatly Allina

[@John_811KJV]

*Remarriage after Divorce while 1st Spouse Lives = Adultery* Romans 7:2-3 Adulterers Do Not Inherit the Kingdom of God: 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Unless they Confess and Forsake: Proverbs 28:13; Luke 13:3

[@shelaine1000]

John 4:18 Jesus said the woman had 5 husband's and the one she is with is not her husband. So Jesus said she had 5 husbands not 5 men's she had been with. God forgives for every sin but blasphemy. Adultery is it not a sin and he gives grace and mercy. Just asking

[@Tobesetfree777]

No that's the excuse people use to remarry the excuse that only blasphemy is the only sin that God doesn't forgive, if you believe that you a fool also he don't forgive continue sin such as incest, gay unions correct so is adultery while you stay in it. So therefore why you continue to be on this sin the sin will reign over you until you turn away😊

[@philipbuckley759]

appeal to silence, or ignorance, as nothing is stated, for the reason on so many husbands....