Thank you Pastor John for standing for scripture, though unpopular even among Christians, that God does NOT allow for remarriage of anyone who still has a living spouse, divorce only was permitted in the case of a cheating spouse, NOT remarriage. Once the spouse dies, then they are free to remarry, only a Christian. THAT’S what God’s Word teaches! Romans 7:2-3; 1 Corinthians 7:10-11, 39; Mark 10:11-12; Luke 16:18.
Truthfully GOD hates sin but loves the sinner, hates divorce but loves the divorcee. In the beginning when GOD created humanity GOD said "What GOD has joined together let no man put asunder nor seperate. Adam and Eve were the only two people GOD actually joined. Flesh joins most people. Many don't know the LORD so how could a HOLY GOD join them? In the Old Testament in the Book of Deuteronomy chapter 24 the men were able to give a letter of divorcement to the wife and she was permitted to remarry. GOD always makes a way of escape. HE'S so wonderful and marvelous is HIS NAME. Yes when we come to the knowledge of the WORD of TRUTH, The BIBLE we are to change from sin to righteousness GOD forgives our sins and remembers them no more, we humans don't do that. GOD has the final say.
Well what about if the adulterer is STILL committing adultery, pretends to repent in front of other people, continues to lie to your face and tries to make you look crazy but still chases other women? what if he doesn't treat you like his wife, but as someone to ridicule and torture emotionally? how can you love someone like this?
@@Kevin-jc1fx You can not remarry another. Matthew 19-9 The term Christ Jesus used was "fornication." He was referring to the Jewish custom of the betrothal or engagement period. He didn't use the term adultery because He was not speaking about marriage. There's no justification for divorce. You can not remarry another. Be reconciled or stay single praying for your ex spouse salvation if they divorced or walked out.
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.
No, it is a sin that can be repented from... just like idolatry if you repent of it and turn towards God you end your relationship with those idols... or if you are a thief(either of things or another persons spouse) if you are repentant you return what is stolen... it amazes me that when the bible says [be ye not deceived neither idolaters, nor adulterers, nor fornicator, nor thieves, ect. will inherit the Kingdom of heaven] the only one people appear to have a problem repenting[ending that sinful behavior] of is adultery.
Thank you Pastor John for standing for Holy scripture and God’s will, though unpopular even among Christians, that God does NOT allow for remarriage of anyone who still has a living spouse, divorce only was permitted in the case of a cheating spouse, NOT remarriage. Once the spouse dies, then that person is free to remarry, only a Christian. THAT’S what God’s Word teaches! Romans 7:2-3; 1 Corinthians 7:10-11, 39; Mark 10:11-12; Luke 16:18.
Matthew 19-9 The term Christ Jesus used was "fornication." He was referring to the Jewish custom of the betrothal or engagement period. He didn't use the term adultery because He was not speaking about marriage. There's no justification for divorce. You can not remarry another. Be reconciled or stay single praying for your ex spouse salvation if they divorced or walked out.
So I was married but got divorced for her reasons that I'm still unclear of, and 10yrs later I get remarried. Your telling me I'm now committing adultery and need to get divorced again or I need to stop having sex with my current wife which will end in divorce in order to turn from my adulteress sin so I can have eternal life?
I wouldn't say any person is telling you that. Only that the Bible clearly says that if you read the verses provided in these comments. Matthew 19:5-6 Mark 10:2-12 Luke 16:18 1 Corinthians 7:10-11 Romans 7:2-3 1 Corinthians 7:39 AND.... Galatians 5:19-21 1 Corinthians 6:9-10
Randy- This is the ridiculousness of Piper's position. Jesus also said that many do not have the gift of singleness. Paul wrote in 1 Cor 7 and said it is better to marry, than to burn. For innocent spouses of adultery where there is no repentance or remarriage in a first spouse, they have a right to remarry a Christian second spouse. If reconciliation is possible with a first spouse after divorce, attempts should be tried. But if that first spouse remarries or refuses reconciliation, shake the dust off your feet. Move on and carefully seek a God-fearing second spouse.
The Lord Christ's message is plain and clear for the those who "Tremble" at the "Word of God". "Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. 5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept 6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. 7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; 8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh 9 What therefore God hath joined together,**let not man put asunder**. 10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter. 11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. 12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery." Mark 10:4-12 (KJV) "Saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word" Isaiah 66:2 (KJV)
So not being sarcastic, I divorced my first wife after three years and remarried. I have been married for 20 years, had two children and got saved. I should divorce so as to not go to hell? I’m really asking, not being argumentative. This is a very important topic, and specially now that I think we are in the end times. Another thing-who do you believe? The answer is never the same! There are Christians interpreting the Bible both ways. Do I have itching ears? Do I destroy my current marriage and my children? My ex-wife remarried. I am at my wits end. Is suicide a forgivable sin? What are my options?
Keyser Soze you werent saved during your first marriage. I would say it sounds like you have a heart that wants to obey God. ive been in an abusive marriage for 30 years, I went to the elders and even other Christian counselors, even focus on the family, they all told me I had the grounds to separate, but I was afraid, now im paying the consequences and so are more children. I love pipers teaching, but he is admittedly very against divorce. There is others like marcurthur and a few that I believe explains divorce better. We are all sinful, but when sin destroys your family where is God's intervention.
You encourage people to stay in an adulterous marriage, you tell those in second marriages to stay in it and not return to their 1st true covenant spouse ., how can you tell someone to do that ? My husband left me after 40 years of marriage. He married his affair partner .. I did all I could to save our marriage. I continue to love and forgive my husband and i continue to honor our vows to each other . I live my life alone , remaining faithful to my husband. How can you encourage anyone to stay in a second marriage when a 1st spouse is honoring their vows to them ? Why is the 1st spouse so disrespected by you ? Why is it ok with you that a 1st spouse is to live their life alone ? Second marriages need to end . no where in scripture does it say God honors an adulterous marriage. Repentance is to turn away from sin not embrace the sin and continue in it .
Does all marriages are God has joined them? Does God joined His child to an abusive person? He is a good Father in heaven! Does God do that? How do we know that marriage is God joined them and not because of the people chose each other?
Because God was talking too Israel in deuteronomy and now gentiles find their selfs putting their own thoughts on God's word leave and cleave is plan and clear! It's a covenant!
What Moses commanded was Jewish law command. Before you married your betrothed and she was with a man before with her betrothed ...then the man can put her away before he marries her. The way Joseph wanted to do to marry. So the angel came to inform Joseph the baby was God send. This makes sense to me. There is no such teaching as "you can divorce if one cheats" there's no such teaching to DIVORCE. I wonder though. If a man is a child molester murderer etc. How are women to not divorce that man or vice versa??
I really cannot put agreement to any position that sexual sin is committed if one who is divorced remarries. Strong's Concordance references that a Scripture in Matthew is misquoted. Accordingly, Jesus is saying in the Greek, whoever marries that which is put way commits adultery, not whoever marries that which is divorced. My ex wife divorced me, and I have every intention of getting remarried. God can redeem any marriage. I do agree with John Piper on that matter.
+Billy Capps In 1 Corinthians 7 it says that a woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. Not until there's a divorce. God didn't "redeem" Herodias' adulterous remarriage to Herod. John the Baptist told Herodias that it was UNLAWFUL for him to have her.
So i really don't give a rip about all that. Besides, that was before Jesus atonement for sin. Giving and receiving love is way too important to be so freaking narrow. I live in the age of grace. Besides, read the book by Guy Duty. He discusses the original Greek. Any dude who wants to be so goody goody and stay single....have at it.
Not sure what you are saying but want to mention-Women are allowed to divorce if her husband cheats or is a pervert. Man in the Bible often refers to mankind. Men and women.
Thank you Pastor John for standing for scripture, though unpopular even among Christians, that God does NOT allow for remarriage of anyone who still has a living spouse, divorce only was permitted in the case of a cheating spouse, NOT remarriage. Once the spouse dies, then they are free to remarry, only a Christian.
THAT’S what God’s Word teaches!
Romans 7:2-3; 1 Corinthians 7:10-11, 39; Mark 10:11-12; Luke 16:18.
Yvette Sterling As someone who has experienced the horror of adultery I can inform you that this is nonsense
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Romans 7:1-3
Luke 16:17-18
Mark 10:2-12
Matthew 19:10-12
1 Corinthians 7:39
Malachi 2:16
Genesis 20:3
Hebrews 13:3-5
Matthew 19:4-8
Ephesians 5:22-33
1 Corinthians 7:1-2
Matthew 5:33
Matthew 19:9
Matthew 5:31-32
Truthfully GOD hates sin but loves the sinner, hates divorce but loves the divorcee. In the beginning when GOD created humanity GOD said "What GOD has joined together let no man put asunder nor seperate. Adam and Eve were the only two people GOD actually joined. Flesh joins most people. Many don't know the LORD so how could a HOLY GOD join them? In the Old Testament in the Book of Deuteronomy chapter 24 the men were able to give a letter of divorcement to the wife and she was permitted to remarry. GOD always makes a way of escape. HE'S so wonderful and marvelous is HIS NAME. Yes when we come to the knowledge of the WORD of TRUTH, The BIBLE we are to change from sin to righteousness GOD forgives our sins and remembers them no more, we humans don't do that. GOD has the final say.
Well what about if the adulterer is STILL committing adultery, pretends to repent in front of other people, continues to lie to your face and tries to make you look crazy but still chases other women? what if he doesn't treat you like his wife, but as someone to ridicule and torture emotionally? how can you love someone like this?
Jesus loves people like that every day. He's faithful to us when we are constantly unfaithful.
shinycat01 the scriptures say you can seperate... with the hope for reconciliation or otherwise stay seperated but not divorce.
Separate until the Repentance is real.
1 Corinthians 7:10-15
If you have proof of their adultery, you can divorce and even freely remarry.
However, you should do everything you can to fix your union first.
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You can not remarry another.
Matthew 19-9
The term Christ Jesus used was "fornication."
He was referring to the Jewish custom of the betrothal or engagement period.
He didn't use the term adultery because He was not speaking about marriage.
There's no justification for divorce.
You can not remarry another.
Be reconciled or stay single praying for your ex spouse salvation if they divorced or walked out.
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.
Malachi 2:16 FOR THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL SAYS THAT HE HATES DIVORCE, FOR IT COVERS ONES GARMENT WITH VIOLENCE SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS!
So remarrying after a divorce is another of the unpardonable sins? I thought blasphemy against the Holy Spirit was the only unpardonable sin
No, it is a sin that can be repented from... just like idolatry if you repent of it and turn towards God you end your relationship with those idols... or if you are a thief(either of things or another persons spouse) if you are repentant you return what is stolen... it amazes me that when the bible says [be ye not deceived neither idolaters, nor adulterers, nor fornicator, nor thieves, ect. will inherit the Kingdom of heaven] the only one people appear to have a problem repenting[ending that sinful behavior] of is adultery.
1 Corinthians 7:10
Thank you Pastor John for standing for Holy scripture and God’s will, though unpopular even among Christians, that God does NOT allow for remarriage of anyone who still has a living spouse, divorce only was permitted in the case of a cheating spouse, NOT remarriage. Once the spouse dies, then that person is free to remarry, only a Christian.
THAT’S what God’s Word teaches!
Romans 7:2-3; 1 Corinthians 7:10-11, 39; Mark 10:11-12; Luke 16:18.
Matthew 19-9
The term Christ Jesus used was "fornication."
He was referring to the Jewish custom of the betrothal or engagement period.
He didn't use the term adultery because He was not speaking about marriage.
There's no justification for divorce.
You can not remarry another.
Be reconciled or stay single praying for your ex spouse salvation if they divorced or walked out.
1 Corinthians 7:10 and God is forgiven God he hates divorce.
So I was married but got divorced for her reasons that I'm still unclear of, and 10yrs later I get remarried. Your telling me I'm now committing adultery and need to get divorced again or I need to stop having sex with my current wife which will end in divorce in order to turn from my adulteress sin so I can have eternal life?
I wouldn't say any person is telling you that. Only that the Bible clearly says that if you read the verses provided in these comments.
Matthew 19:5-6
Mark 10:2-12
Luke 16:18
1 Corinthians 7:10-11
Romans 7:2-3
1 Corinthians 7:39
AND....
Galatians 5:19-21
1 Corinthians 6:9-10
Randy- This is the ridiculousness of Piper's position. Jesus also said that many do not have the gift of singleness. Paul wrote in 1 Cor 7 and said it is better to marry, than to burn. For innocent spouses of adultery where there is no repentance or remarriage in a first spouse, they have a right to remarry a Christian second spouse. If reconciliation is possible with a first spouse after divorce, attempts should be tried. But if that first spouse remarries or refuses reconciliation, shake the dust off your feet. Move on and carefully seek a God-fearing second spouse.
The Lord Christ's message is plain and clear for the those who "Tremble" at the "Word of God".
"Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. 5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept
6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; 8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh
9 What therefore God hath joined together,**let not man put asunder**.
10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter. 11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. 12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery."
Mark 10:4-12 (KJV)
"Saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word"
Isaiah 66:2 (KJV)
So not being sarcastic, I divorced my first wife after three years and remarried. I have been married for 20 years, had two children and got saved. I should divorce so as to not go to hell? I’m really asking, not being argumentative. This is a very important topic, and specially now that I think we are in the end times. Another thing-who do you believe? The answer is never the same! There are Christians interpreting the Bible both ways. Do I have itching ears? Do I destroy my current marriage and my children? My ex-wife remarried. I am at my wits end. Is suicide a forgivable sin? What are my options?
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Keyser Soze you werent saved during your first marriage. I would say it sounds like you have a heart that wants to obey God. ive been in an abusive marriage for 30 years, I went to the elders and even other Christian counselors, even focus on the family, they all told me I had the grounds to separate, but I was afraid, now im paying the consequences and so are more children. I love pipers teaching, but he is admittedly very against divorce. There is others like marcurthur and a few that I believe explains divorce better. We are all sinful, but when sin destroys your family where is God's intervention.
You encourage people to stay in an adulterous marriage, you tell those in second marriages to stay in it and not return to their 1st true covenant spouse ., how can you tell someone to do that ?
My husband left me after 40 years of marriage. He married his affair partner .. I did all I could to save our marriage. I continue to love and forgive my husband and i continue to honor our vows to each other . I live my life alone , remaining faithful to my husband. How can you encourage anyone to stay in a second marriage when a 1st spouse is honoring their vows to them ? Why is the 1st spouse so disrespected by you ? Why is it ok with you that a 1st spouse is to live their life alone ? Second marriages need to end . no where in scripture does it say God honors an adulterous marriage. Repentance is to turn away from sin not embrace the sin and continue in it .
Does all marriages are God has joined them? Does God joined His child to an abusive person? He is a good Father in heaven! Does God do that? How do we know that marriage is God joined them and not because of the people chose each other?
Two single people coming under the law of marriage, save or unsaved
Because God was talking too Israel in deuteronomy and now gentiles find their selfs putting their own thoughts on God's word leave and cleave is plan and clear! It's a covenant!
What Moses commanded was Jewish law command. Before you married your betrothed and she was with a man before with her betrothed ...then the man can put her away before he marries her. The way Joseph wanted to do to marry. So the angel came to inform Joseph the baby was God send. This makes sense to me. There is no such teaching as "you can divorce if one cheats" there's no such teaching to DIVORCE. I wonder though. If a man is a child molester murderer etc. How are women to not divorce that man or vice versa??
I really cannot put agreement to any position that sexual sin is committed if one who is divorced remarries. Strong's Concordance references that a Scripture in Matthew is misquoted. Accordingly, Jesus is saying in the Greek, whoever marries that which is put way commits adultery, not whoever marries that which is divorced. My ex wife divorced me, and I have every intention of getting remarried.
God can redeem any marriage. I do agree with John Piper on that matter.
+Billy Capps
In 1 Corinthians 7 it says that a woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. Not until there's a divorce.
God didn't "redeem" Herodias' adulterous remarriage to Herod. John the Baptist told Herodias that it was UNLAWFUL for him to have her.
So i really don't give a rip about all that. Besides, that was before Jesus atonement for sin. Giving and receiving love is way too important to be so freaking narrow. I live in the age of grace. Besides, read the book by Guy Duty. He discusses the original Greek. Any dude who wants to be so goody goody and stay single....have at it.
I would read Matthew 7:18-22. Would you want to chance that happening to you??🤔
situations where divorce is allowed
sexual deviancy for men
death for women
Not sure what you are saying but want to mention-Women are allowed to divorce if her husband cheats or is a pervert. Man in the Bible often refers to mankind. Men and women.