Wow. You have my upmost respect ma'am. After years of illegal marriage, you heed to Elohim's voice and obeyed despite what the pastor was telling you. You are a rare jewel, believe me.
@@kinaxixe yes but its scares me That they dont Even want to investigate the matter , when u talk about it to them, I would never choose too take that "chance" and risk too burn in hell in agony for eternity, I think its beautiful when People can discern whats unrighteousness in their heart and obey God even if it hurts Their flesh 💔
God gave me a similar revelation recently. I was in a long distant relationship with my childhood boyfriend who is a divorcee. God revealed to us after a challenge we took to read the new testament as a way of bonding in Christ together. Then i came across Matthew 19, dear that’s how I ended my relationship with this man. Its been a month now and its completely over. I can't miss heaven over an adulterous marriage.
It’s very beautiful how truthful and faithful you are to Gods word. Especially when pastors were telling you God forgives you BUT you stood your ground and said God forgives when we REPENT and FORSAKE the sin. I pray that your faithfulness brought the upmost GLORY and HONOR to God. Peace and blessings. Amen!
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This was a simple but awesome testimony. I was married for 20 years and my ex-wife was unfaithful in our marriage. We went to professional Christian counseling. My ex-wife did not do her part to work on the restoration of the marriage and asked for a divorce. I gave in and signed the divorce papers. I've been divorced for over 6 years. The 3rd year of being divorced I started to date. No relationship ever worked out nor was I ever engaged. I know now why they never worked out. God didn't want me to enter into an Adulteress marriage and lose my soul to an eternal hell, where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth, where the worm dieth not. My ex-wife got married 2 years ago (this is an adulteress marriage). I have chosen to remain unmarried unless my ex-wife dies and believe me I am praying that she lives long and repents before it is too late. I am praying that the Lord will give the "gift" that the Apostle Paul said he received from the Lord in order to live a holy single life.
moonlite09 Two great sites for people who are standing for their covenant marriage is Rejoice Ministries and BTG movement. Check them out. They have helped me.
NtheNow Pray the prayer of Oseia : Father God put a crown of thorns around my wife that she will not fall for other man and other man lose interest in her that she will have a true new heart for You and knowledge of what you have for her that she will come to You and nothing of this world that doesn’t belong to you will come to her in Jesus Mighty Name Amen
Brother be strong you are on the righteous path its not easy . Look at it this way NO one can come back and change things in there life when they die .An adulter will not enter into the kingdom of heaven. The 5 foolish had to go and get oil for there lamp when they came back the door to the marriage was shut they couldn't enter .Think about this if adultery was dealt with in the old testament by god and moses then it would have been the end of it ,but no Jesus in the new testament addressed it and we are still dealing with it in this present time .stay strong brother again in Jesus christ our strength our redeemer our god forever more
@@stephenjurawan1537, Amen 10x my Brother. I have learned that I must hate what Jesus hates and I must love what He loves. My Christian walk is full of obedience. Not my will but the Lord's will be done. So, when you Divorce and Remarry while your original spouse is still alive it is called adultery. Adulters and Adulteress cannot enter into the Kingdom of God!
God recently brought this to my spirit. After talking to family & friends who are supposedly believers, and being told that "God just forgives all that" or that I'm being stupid and causing pain to others, I went to God in prayer, telling him my sadness. This video popped right up on my youtube choices. After listening, I knew it was His answer and brought me much comfort. Thank you for your testimony.
J H, may God strengthen you. In the first 300 years after Christ, the early church leaders taught against remarriage and withheld communion to the remarried. For 1900 years this was the majority view. But today we are mocked, hated, disassociated, avoided by "christians." I am so glad that you found this. I could not do it without the word which was my strength.
@@sharonhenry5479 a letter from St. Basil the Great a bishop and other early sources show you are wrong, in the case of asultery remarriage was allowed. Custom that he said was unbiblical prohibited this for women granting only men this freedom but he said it was ot biblical.
@@infowolf1 Basil the Great called remarriage "Adultery." Please read: Basil Taught: 1. A man that deserts his wife and she remarries another makes his wife commit adultery. 2. The woman who a divorced man marries is guilty of adultery. 3. The second woman is guilty of taking another woman’s husband. 4. An adulterous relationship is continuous adultery, not a onetime sin. 5. An abandoned wife is to remain as she is and not remarry. 6. an abandoned woman that takes another man and has sexual intercourse with him is committing adultery. 7. If a man is guilty of adultery, so is a woman. 8. It is a serious offence for a woman to take another woman’s husband and will be charged with adultery. 9. It is a serious offence for a man to take another man’s wife and will be charged with adultery.
Moral of the story is be careful who you’re marrying because once you’re married, it doesn’t matter if your spouse is unfaithful, abusive, or even turned into the devil themselves, you’re stuck until death.
The blessing you will incur in eternity to come cannot compare with anything this world can offer you. You have chosen the way of the Lord at a great sacrifice, God will not forget that beloved sister in Christ.
God hates divorce. I agree with you sister 100%. After countless hours of studying God's Word I have come to the same conclusions. I know it took a lot of courage to make this video. God gave us His Word, read it and heed it.
That still doesn’t justify a remarriage. God doesn’t recognize it as a valid marriage. It is not impossible to live alone. Everyone can do it, if they have to.
so many pastor are not preaching about it, that's why remarried is considered normal....but words is clear and powerful. Some wordly Christians will not believe the truth but the lie. salvation is personal. I am divorced, young and I heard Christian woman in my church telling me to remarried it is ok... i said noooo it is adultery, but they dont believe it.
Star Denise Luna I pray that you will be reconciled to your husband. There is nothing too hard for Our God of all flesh. If you say with your mouth “my marriage is restored”, it shall be because death and life are in the power of our tongue. I am a marriage restoration minister and you can subscribe if you feel led. I would also like to encourage you to subscribe to Meltoria Woodside. If you are not already familiar with Rejoice Marriage Ministries, look into it. And finally, subscribe to BTG (Better Together Ministries). The last two ministries are married couples who divorced and remarried and went forth ministering together. Be encouraged woman of God.
I TYPE CAPS DUE TO VISION NOT RUDENESS OR SHOUTING. I SOOOO APPLAUD U ALL FOR STANDING ON THE TRUTH REGARDING MARRIAGE. I'M ALSO STANDING FOR MY MARRIAGE. GOD LEAD ME TO A WEBSITE REGARDING MARRIAGE RESTORATION AND IT HAS HELPED ME ON MY JOURNEY THUS FAR ALSO. IT'S CALLED REJOICEMARRIAGEMINISTRIES.ORG. THERE'S VARIOUS SUPPORT OPTIONS EVEN FOR CHILDREN. THERE'S A DAILY DEVOTIONAL ON THE SITE CALLED CHARLYNE CARES, TESTIMONIES EVERYDAY OF RESTORED MARRIAGES, AND VICTORIES ALONG THE WAY TO RESTORATION.
word of faith heresy power of the tongue in context is about effects of what you say to people slander or discouragement or lies or truth. not near magic.
I am not under the law anymore bc Jesus set me free from the law of sin and death. I am free. There is now NO condemnation for those in Christ!. Christ would never tell me to go back to hell and darkness and bind me to the devil bc He set me free. Christ is my Husband now.
Thank you David. I need blessings.. So few are willing to be a doer if it carries a cost, and the cost is great, but not as great as what our Lord and Savior paid.
Wow I feel the same. Recently many people from my church have been getting remarried. All this time I have this feeling in my heart that They arw wrong. I have been divorced for 6 years now. I'm only 36 and will not get remarried. I will stay single taking care of my son and mother and serving the Lord.
I will stay single even tho I have had 3 different Words of Knowledge given to me by a Pastor and 2 Christians. These Words of Knowledge they gave were very detailed. They told me what she looked like, the life she lived, her name etc... But, I will remain single/un-remarried.
Great story in learning the truth and removing yourself from an adulterous marriage. The problem is that Pastor’s, Bishops, preachers are scared, terrified, and afraid to teach on this topic. They don’t want to suffer persecution for righteous sake. I also removed myself from that same kind of marriage in December 2008. It was her 3rd marriage and my 1st marriage and I felt free from the adulterous despite being hurt and mistreated throughout. The Bible says in 1st Corinthians 7:2> [To avoid fornication, Let every man have his own wife and let Every woman have her own husband.] In other words, not somebody else’s covenant spouse. That also cancels same-sex marriage from being a union.
@@pastorshandonellis4682 no. I was also truly blinded in love and thought we can make it. We didn't. I was at peace after the divorce was final after learning scripture on this topic during separation. I will only marry a woman who is eligible to be married to. Be careful of the ones that say that their spouse committed adultery. This topic start major fights in the church or may I stay in Ministry.
I am divorced because this is what my ex husband wanted, but i believed these say scriptures and do not date or look for another person to fulfill his duties. God knows what is best
I’m happy people are listening to the Word of God and not allowing pastors to mislead them. The cost is too great...eternal life. Shame on you ministers for not searching the scriptures and standing up for the truth and bowing to the popular divorce culture of today.
Wow what a testimony !! And what obedience to the Lord dear sister. Believers must understand that God honours His Word which never returns to Him void. What a miracle and a blessing from Him that you are walking again ! Our God does reward obedience.
My husband and I been married for 15yrs I can truly say her story is my IDENNNTICAL STORY!!!!! FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END! WHEN I FIRST DISCOVERD IT COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.. I WAS SHOCK AND IN DENIAL... WE ENDED UP SLEEPING IN DIFFERENT ROOMS, AND WE STOP HAVING SEX. 2YRS LATER I FILED FOR A DIVORCE..
I'm truly shocked. I did not know anyone besides Catholics felt (or taught) this. I've never met a Protestant who thought remarriage was wrong. My husband left me 20 years ago and I have stayed single and celebate. It is not an easy life, but there are definitely some perks in being single and I see most couples struggle so much.
Wonderful testimony,I too was in a 4 yrs relationship with a divorced man , twice he plan engagement and God stop it and we kept praying for God to open the door he kept telling everyone he will marry me .I was him in ministry,he was pastor on training,but he began to ill treat my son .I started to pray for Gods interventions and he started to show me who im dealing eith ,he began a next relationship with another woman in the same church my friend.I told him about it he denied.I pack and keft him the next day .Turns out he is a Narcissist and manipulated me n my family he destroyed us ,he found a vibrant person like i was ,im on the outside looking in ,she cut me off ,im not her enemy he is because i know exactly what he will do to her . He text me saying God said no to me and him and he is praying for another wife .his wife divorce him he was a cheater,i really believe he was born again .But he is not doing his evil in the world he comes in the church, because we women is not running around.God you saved ne from adultery abd frim a life of torment.So one day i will share my testimony too.
Praise God that He protected you! To marry a divorced man with a living covenant wife is Adultery. Whosoever divorces his wife and marries another, commiteth ADULTERY. Please share your testimony. It was so hurtful to me that I could not, until I decided to wrap it in the Word of God. That is the only way I could go forward in sharing. God bless you.
@@sharonhenry5479 this is the spirit of antichrist,against Jesus teach .I am the Father are one and therefore if we disobey Jesus we are doing it to our Father,who created marriage .I know because God brought me out of the miry clay ,I'm made fun of ,but Im now leaning on Jesus and pray for the people who were part of my story 🙏🙏
God bless you Sharon. I too have walked this path for the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. I pray for my first husband every day to come to Christ. It is a full rich and peaceful life to be in the center of God's will. Ish 54!
Follow the spirit of the lord don’t trust man. He would have put it in the word if it was okay to remarry but he didn’t. It’s your soul. Think about it!!
@@Inayahking You must go through the proper channels,to be truly married.Which mean,if you live in America,you must get a marriage license and have it signed by a Pastor or Justice of the peace.So, if you all didn't go through one of these channels,I don't believe you are truly married..But still fast and pray and ask GOD.GOD BLESS.
Those of you who made this mistake, never victimize another person, stay celebrate for the rest of your days and be a good example to the children. Make illegitimate marriage a thing of the past in the Church! God help you Pastors and elders who teach that it is OK to remarry in adultery!
One of the very best Biblical examinations and testimonies on this topic, and from someone with a LOT more at stake in it than most. Amazing account of healing at the end as well. James 5:16 principle seems related here re. repentance and healing.
I'm Catholic. I divorced a very wayward spouse after 33 years of marriage. My holy priest strongly advised me not to seek annulment and to remain faithful to the marital bond. I am so thankful to my priest for this advice. I still pray for my husband. God Bless you all.
Jesus gave adultery as an exemption subcategory of "fornication" which is NOT illicit marriages but whoring around. you can see this from the word's usage in the NT. RC lies about this.
@@infowolf1 your wrong and misinterpreted that so called “exemption” that your referring to in Matthew has been taken out of context The original Greek text is Porniea meaning fornication the book of Matthew was written to the Jews in those days it was something called the betrothed period where a man and woman was betrothed to be married. And if a person found out there betrothed spouse committed FORNICATION before marriage a divorce was allowed
@@brandonspencer8155 blah blah blah WRONG. from betrothal on she was his wife and this was not6hing unique to the Jews, the wedding was a party and public transfer finish not the time the marriage began, it was consummated by the sex act, which might occur before then. The fact is, "fornication" is an umbrella term incl. all manner of sexual evil, though since usual you think of heterosexual when you hear it other subcategories are often addressed. the sex act itself creates the one flesh I Cor. 6:16 or nearby verse. the point is, this being applicable only to Jews is a modern invention to get around all this. Divorce and remarriage was allowed, but not considered total purity except when there was sexual cheating. polygamy and divorce and remarriage were tolerated levels of adultery as opposed to the sneak around casual or open marriage whatever kind of thing. There was no reason to include something written for the Jews to be promulgated among all converts and whoever was curious. This whole argument of limitation is ludicrous.
@@infowolf1 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 are you saying that sex it self creates “Marriage” Wow if that’s the case EVERYONE would be married and FORNICATION wouldn’t exist... why does the Bible clearly say no fornicator will inherit the kingdom of GOD. You’ve taken the scripture out of context. also if you read the scripture before verse 16 it says “Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of an harlot? GOD FORBID. God is clearly saying do not sleep with an harlot he is NOT saying if you do you are married. Also reads verses 17 and 18 Paul is clear on the subject The verse you are pertaining to is talking about soul ties and being stuck in sexual sin that’s why the very next verse says BUT he that is joined to the lord is one Spirit. 18 FLEE FORNICATION Also back up your argument by providing scripture and I can do the same
@@brandonspencer8155 no every sexual incident doesn't create a marriag. If there is no commitment, no public claiming of exclusivity no promise to each other, then no, espeially if the intent is "let's see how it all works out" and they distinguish their relationship from marriage. then it is whordom. Adam and Eve were whensex wasn't separated from love and bonding (which still happens) and was the last step in growing intimacy he shall cleave to his woman and the two shall become one flesh.
Thank you for this study dear sister, very precious truth you have shared, a lot of Christians will hammer you for this stand, But Jesus stands wit h you because you are speaking the words of Christ. tremendous little study, and great encouragement , thank you very much for sharing the precious doctrine of marriage, and sharing the Father's heart concerning this vital issue, God bless, thank you, Dafydd.
Bless you my dear sister in Christ 😘 I left my adulterous remarriage in June of 2021. Our divorce was final on Dec. 30, 2021. We were celibate for a while before I left but I could not live in the same house anymore because I felt so much conviction about living with another wife’s husband (he was divorced also) and me still being another’s man’s wife in God’s eyes even though we had been divorced since the beginning of 2018. I have been living on my own for almost 2 years. Everything you said is almost verbatim to what I went through. I have never been in so much peace than I am now. To truly follow the LORD is so freeing that I can’t explain it. To God be the glory!
@Time Allen trouble is, things are often flexible. Jesus didn't end the mosaic exemption He just explained it wasn't total purity like people kidded themselves it was. He didn't deny the woman at the well had had five marriages not affairs. I Cpor. 6:1,2 addresses EVERYONE which incl. the unmarried which term incl. the divorced., ideally you do without, but if you can't then go ahead and mrry not sleep around or sneak to a prostitute. sex makes the two one flesh I Cor. 6:16
Thank you for sharing your story. Thank you for standing up for Jesus, the truth! I've been so depressed after leaving a divorced married I was dating and planning to marry. I knew it was the right thing but I can't help but feel sorrow for leaving him. Lord give me strength 🙏!
It was the most difficult road of obedience that I have been on. He needs to study the Word to know that this was the right path to take. We are giving up comfort and security, for a life alone, but not alone because the Lord Jesus will be walking with you. Be careful to ASK in prayer for your needs. God will answer.
Good job sister I'll pray that God will give you courage to live as a single woman. And I'm happy that you chose to suffer in the flesh for God in order to please him. God bless you.
Sharon Henry Is this your testimony or a re-upload? I have this video in my playlist on divorce and remarriage adultery of 70+ videos. Yes, if you were fornicating by "marrying" a husband who was married before, you never were married.
Your are a living testimony. I can imagine how tough it is but you still decided to follow God's word. May the grace to run this race to the finish remain with you always. Amen!
Hi Sharon, First, thank you so much for sharing your story! I believe you are really inspired of God and that He has used your example to reconfirm the truth to those who are really seeking to reject this world and walk the narrow path of life. As you have put it, Jesus Christ is quite clear on this issue according to the scriptures. However, due to the increase of moral decadence over the ages and the subtle invasion of secularism into Christian faith and doctrine, much of what was initially sound truth has been altered to make practices like divorce and remarriage acceptable in modern churches. In fact it has become so prevalent that many cannot imagine that all the nice people they know who are remarried could actually be living in sin. However, the Bible says let EVERY man be a liar and God alone be true. In other words, truth is absolute and does not depend on the majority in order to be so. Fire burns and water drenches whether the majority believe it or not. In fact in His parables, Christ taught that the path of life would be found by the minority. May God bless you for reminding us of this critical truth in our generation. For the only true disciple is the one who has accepted the call to embrace the cross and die to themselves, as you have so rightly done. Your story and the price you have paid to follow Christ inspires and challenges me, my sister, and reminds me that it is truly possible to walk the path of life, even in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation.
Thank you Michael for your comments and love of God's Word and obedience, no matter the cost. I am still paying the cost, but God is using me, answers my prayers as never before, and teaches me along this path. He has increased my discernment. I didn't know before that I was walking in darkness. I found this to be true: 1 John 1 7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Dear Sharon! May God bless you. The word of God is clear. If you divorce your wife/husband and remarriage you are on you way to hell. You are bound to your first wife/husband until death. The Bible calls it adultery to marriage a new wife/husband when the first wife/husband still lives, and those who die in adultery will end up in hell. Please read Exodus 20:14,17, Matt. 5:31-32, 19:3-9, Luke 16:18, Rom. 7:2-3, 1 Cor. 7:10-11,39, 1 Cor. 6:9-11, Hebr. 13:4
Wow... That is what I call living under God's loving authority. This is one of the most difficult thing to do... I cried all the time listening... God bless you for your testimony of true faith and obbidience to God.
Praise God sister. God dealt with me in the same way. Seek God, pray for the wisdom of those doubters. I pray for your strength and wisdom. God bless your faithfulness to Him.
It is truly al blessing as I have been asking the Lord to continue to grow me into His holiness. I have been settled in my heart that I would not remarry after my divorce from my husband. I now know why our marriage was without foundation from the beginning although I could have pointed to many other reasons. But, I believe this has to be the bottom line reason...I married a divorcee. Wow! This whole thing has been such a revelation I'm sorry to say. I was really just a child when I met him at 19 years old. But, he was 28 and had come out of a five-year marriage. What did I know?? I have been a Christian all my life! My mom remarried after my dad cheated on her and he divorced her. But, then found out much later that he, my dad, was married briefly to a Mexican woman before her. She has been married to my step-dad for 42 years! And my dad is still alive. My stepdad has been a devoted Christian husband and she devoted to him. I can't just go up to them and say...hey, your marriage has been a sham this whole time! Nope, not going to do that. I have to work out my own salvation. It is definitely one of the terrible deceptions that Satan has put on the church in these last days. May God open many more eyes in Jesus Name before the door is shut on the age of Grace!
Great testimony sister, I am too walking out of an adultress marriage of 24 years. It's painful but God is very faithful and his word is clear. Thank you for sharing, I pray many will be set free from their adultress relationships too. I hope to meet you soon, are you going to the retreat north of Spokane Don is hosting early Feb 2020? 🙏🏻♥️☺️
This is the love of God's Word to know how marriage is like Christ loving the church. I watched this again today, and know that one day sometime soon, the Lord Jesus is coming back for His Bride. If you don't know about this read 1 Thessalonians 4- where God requires His people to be sexually pure and then at the end of the chapter-the dead are going to rise up out of their graves and then, we who are alive IN Christ, will be caught up to meet Jesus in the clouds. Then read the book of Revelation to know more about who will be disappearing and what will happen next. Then you know the true story of the Bible from beginning to end- Genesis-man and woman created and joined in marriage and the end-Revelation in heaven. God bless.
Thank you for your testimony. May God bless you for being truthful to God’s word. I would like to share with you my testimony. In year 2007 I married a divorced man, but back then I didn’t know Jesus. I was Catholic like the rest of my family. When the Covid started in 2020 and after my father passed away in May 2020, I met Jesus. The Holy Spirit told me right away to leave my husband after 13 years together because I was living in sin. And his first wife was still alive. It was very hard for me to do that, but I did it. I put God in first place before anyone. I remained single until now. Praise God for the truth and strength He gave me, without it I will be lost. ❤
Thanks for sharing such a blessing and a confirmation to my own heart for my own circumstance. May God use your life and testimony of obedience to lead others closer to Him
Sis. as far as I heard your testimony, you are the real child of God. why? because you are truth and honestly repentant. you are safe, May God bless you .
But to repent doesn't mean to divorce. It means to feel remorse for the sin and in her case to NOT divorce OR remarry again AND to Honor her current marriage in the name of the Lord.
Thank you for this sharing. Praise Yah!! I too married a divorcee. During a time of healing/counselling, I was given Revelation 2 v5, John and me just drifted apart, after 30 years together, having 3 children and 2 grandchildren at that time. Its 5 years now, I've now 5 grandchildren. Blessings from Isaiah 62 v4. Only last week, following David Pawson''s "Divorce and Remarriage" did I actually really understood it all. And today, this testimony .. HalleluYah!
What a beautiful testimony. I have never been married but a appreciate when people like you share your experiences and the truth of Gods word. These testimonies help confirm that Gods ways our not our ways. Stay blessed.
Hi Sharon. Your testimony will help others understand our Fathers great commandment (2 John 1:6). Your obedience will be rewarded. May our Father bless you and all concerned💜
Gods word is as clear as it can be and too many of us "refuse" to "hear" it. So many churches and ministers and preachers marry divorced people daily like a never ending industry. I believe you may be able to leave only if "adultery" has taken place because your partner has betrayed you to the fullest however, your not to remarry until your original spouse has passed on. I believe this is a grace period for you and your prior spouse to "hopefully" rejoin. With the power of God and God only, you can break the spells of the lord of this world off your wayward spouse. Give God a chance, He will prove it to you if you are faithful!
Thank you for your encouragement to those who are walking this narrow path but with the power of God on their side. Yes, there is no remarriage after divorce from a one flesh spouse. To remarry would be adultery according to our Lord's teaching. However, in 1 Cor. 7:11, the command of the Lord is let not the husband put away his wife period. That is a command. The exception clause is not for adultery, but for fornication by the bride discovered on the wedding night. But I agree with your conclusion. Remain unmarried or be reconciled with your husband (or wife). As you pointed out so well, Faster, wayward spouses are lured by the lord of this world, but God can break those chains. .
Always call upon the Holy Spirit, for the spirit is all truth!! I had been married for over 26 years and have been divorced since 2011. The spirit had come to me and let me know not to get remarried! I had listened! Before I became married the spirit told me not to get married and I did and I see now what a fool I was. I’ve learned to listen to what is being said for there is a reason for it!! There’s no such thing as getting remarried in my life time. She did remarry and is in adultery!!!
Paul said, if one be married to an unbeliever , and the unbeliever wants to leave then you are not bound! In your case, if the two were Christian's and divorces then you were never married to the man because he still married to his believing wife: you're not married because you couldn't be married to a married man!
Thank you Stefany and Terry. That is my prayer too. I want to see the family unit restored with the children, grandchildren, joyful reunions, and holidays together.
It amaze me when pastors gives themselves authority over God's Word and lead their people to do the wrong against God Commandments . Many have fallen in to that Adultery only because the pastor said it's okay.Don't worry God will forgive you . How simple they make it to be ..................
I appreciate this video but some couples have no desire to get back together. I am divorced with a living ex-spouse and he has lived with his girlfriend for a long time. If they broke up tomorrow I have no desire to be with him again. I would rather live in celibacy. Sometimes you can’t go “home” again. I chose to remain single to keep my covenant with God.
Mitzi, God created you for fellowship, not with a husband, or a child, or a friend, but with Him. When a spouse leaves, then we have the God of this universe to know better and more deeply. I am so glad that you chose to remain single to keep your covenant with God. Psalm 16:11 King James Version (KJV) 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
I totally agree. God showed me as a new Christian my first husband not my second was truly my covenant spouse. Repentance is confess it and quit it. If we honour God He will honour us. Luke 14v26. Count the cost. Matthew 19v10 to 12. If you love me, you will obey my commandments.
@@pastorshandonevangkimlaellis Why are you trying to send people to hell through adultery? If the Lord showed someone the truth of what is written in the Bible, they are best served to follow the Lord Jesus and His words, not yours. May God have mercy.
Hi Sharon, thanks for sharing this testimony with us. Would you be willing to tell us how your husband responded througout the whole situation, and what happened to him? (Did he accept your decision to divorce? Did he get remarried to his first wife? ...)
Thank you Sharon for putting this video out there. I went through the same ordeal in 2005 and 2006. I read books, I talked pastors, read much online and read all of the pertinent versus dealing with the subject over and over again along with much prayer. Even though this decision was extremely difficult I had to come down on the issue the same way you did by divorcing my wife who is not in agreement with me. Thankfully, we are still friends today.
I believe you are correct. My husband was a serial adulterer and divorced me. I've been divorced 5 1/2 years and I pondered all these passages over and over and feel that I am not able to date or remarry because my ex-husband is still alive. (It is doubtful there could ever be a reconciliation as my ex-husband is a sociopath and is highly abusive ). Matthew 19:9 states "except it be for fornication". Fornication is different from adultery. A married person cannot commit fornication only adultery. I do believe that Jesus used the word pornia in Matthew 19 because he was referring to the betrothal period for pious Jews at the time - he was not speaking of actual marriage. If he meant it to be about adultery - he would have used the word mocheia. Also, Matthew doesn't fit with the rest of scripture - which does not allow for remarriage when the covenant spouse is still living. I'd rather be right and live this life alone then be wrong, decide to remarry and live eternity in hell. The bible is clear - adulterers do NOT inherit the kingdom of God.
You can't commit adultrey unless you commit fornication.I use to think thr same thing that only single people could commit fornication.But adultrey just means to,"BREAK WEDLOCK".You can't break wedlock unless you commit fornication.Fornication or Porneia means,Adultrey,homosexuality,bestality,prostitution,pornagraphy,sexual,etc.So if you just look the word fornication or sexual immorality up.You will see it still mean adultrey.You can't commit adultrey unless your married so your right but you can't commit adultrey unless you commit fornication.GOD BLESS.
@@pastorshandonevangkimlaellis adultery is when a married person has sex with someone other than their spouse. Fornication is committed by 2 unmarried individuals, if one is married it is adultery. Problem with your theory is that adultery and fornication are listed separately in the list of sins in Galatians and other listings in the NT. Why? Because it is two different sins. If it was the same meaning, why list it separately? Jesus used Mocheia twice in Matthew 19 in that sentence and then used the word pornia. Why?… because He was referring to something different. I recommend a book by Daniel Jennings called “except it be for fornication”. Other preachers who share this teaching are Joseph Webb, Raymond MacMahon, D.A. Waite, David Pawson, John Keller. This is an ignored serious topic that will send people to hell. I implore you to pray, research and study. We aren’t on this earth to become happy and content we are called to be holy. We are called to deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow Him.
I did not know this truth until my 2nd husband died Dec 2014. Then the Holy Spirit drew me. I have never heard a church service talk on this most crucial subject.
I also was considering marrying a divorced person as even my church said it was ok. The Lord showed me around that time those verses in Matthew that says this is adultery so I didn't do it - that's my story so thanks for your video.
It depends on why they're divorced. If their previous spouse committed adultery against them or if their previous spouse was an unbeliever and abandoned them, then marriage would have been permissible.
Whosoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. It is so very clear. There are no exceptions. There are no excuses before God. Marriage is a covenant with God. Only death ends it.
Nope! Abandonment by a non-believer and adultery by the other spouse can end a marriage. What do you think divorce means? You're stating that God allowed thousands of years of adultery (see Deuteronomy) and then changes the "law" in Matthew. Sorry that this doesn't fit your legalist (salvation by works) narrative.
Hello everybody peace love and greetings in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and savior I am a believer and follower in Christ Jesus our lord and savior by faith through grace alone lest any man boast it is a gift from God, salvation is and I also seek to please and be obedient to our father through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ so ..... What I'm wondering is.... what truly is a marriage covenant in God's eyes?????????? Because I've been up and down every one of these roads holding myself to the fire because I know I have been born again and yet my first wife passed away in 2011 after about 18 years of marriage and I remarried a woman that got divorced from her first husband because of very unspeakable cruel acts and abuse, not to mention they got married in a ABC Liquor Store and I just wonder if that constitutes as actually being in a valid bona fide Covenant marriage in the eyes of God??? this is the question!!! because in order to be teaching what we're teaching here we need to define a marriage covenant before God and him alone. We got to understand the practicalness of today and just how many people would be non eligible for salvation because of this works mentality of having to do something before they got saved which would be to leave and divorce their so-called adulterous marriage and be celibate before they got saved. I mean look at all of the different scenarios that comes into play I mean what if a child that was forced into the one of these forced marriages as a little girl and she escaped that marriage you're telling me that she is not eligible to marry legitimately and that God considered that forced marriage a covenant between him and the pedophile man??? There are so many issues and variables that this teaching does not consider today so many and the Fallout and the repercussions of such a black and white teaching causes so much more damage in the lives of others and children and Families then the grace that God offers for a new start in life and to pursue him going forward. It also says in the Bible that we are to remain in the calling in which we were called when he called us. I mean this would mean that me and my blended family of six children and my wife after 7 years of marriage is come to find out according to this if I listened to this that I would have to divorce my wife and leave her and look at the Fallout and the lives that are getting severely damaged bye that and look at the consequences of the teaching as a domino effect into the lives of others If This Were to be true look at the implications of such a black and white teaching are you telling me that Jesus has no Grace and has no mercy and forgiveness and before anybody in these relationships get saved they have to do in order to be saved or to stay saved they have to do a work, just doesn't make any sense and that's NOT the GOSPEL! So that being said I am still holding myself to the fire and asking God to lead me in my situation and in my circumstance but I will not tell somebody else that this is what they must do. I pray for God's Enlightenment and all things to be obedient to his word in Jesus name God bless you all!
If you are repenting, you wouldn't stay with that person. If you continue staying with a divorced person with a living spouse then what would you be repenting from? Some people refuse to remarry if their spouse is living and they aren't even saved.
It was a totally refreshing thing to hear that someone else, who is a born again Christian, has taken the narrow (and extremely unpopular) path of living strictly in accordance with God's word with regard to marriage, divorce, and remarriage. My first marriage of 18 years to an agnostic ended in divorce after years of mental, physical, and emotional abuse. Seven years later, I met and fell in love with a fellow Christian man. When we decided to get married, I read the scriptures and believed in my mind that the marriage would be acceptable and blessed by God. We married shortly thereafter. Then, my sister, also a Christian, enlightened me with additional scripture as you have shown here, and I realized that this second marriage would never be blessed by God, and in fact, would make both me AND my new husband adulterers. The Bible specifically states that except for the death of a spouse OR infidelity (adultery) on their part, a second marriage is not permissible or condoned. One must remain UNMARRIED until the death of the husband or wife of the first marriage if there has been no death or infidelity. This is one of the most challenging things a Christian will face if he or she is determined to walk their Christian life according to His word and principles. Not only does this mean that you must not remarry, it also means one must remain celibate, otherwise one commits fornication. Having said this truth, you can see why so many people CHOOSE to disobey God's word and proceed with a remarriage. They CHOOSE the convenient, broad path that leads to destruction, rather than the straight and narrow way that leads to life . . . AND FEW THERE BE THAT FIND IT. Nine years ago, I filed for a divorce from my second husband. He, also being a Christian and having studied the additional scriptures, agreed and understood why this was the road to take IF we were to be welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven by our Heavenly Father when He comes again. This decision I made to be totally unwavering from God's word as to the issue of remarriage has been one of, if not the most, challenging life situations for me, yet, I will not falter. I pray for strength from the Lord every day to overcome any and all temptations that are set before me. At the same time, I realize how the Lord is shaping me into the form of what He wills for me. In Christian Love . . .
My 2nd marriage is almost dissolved. Thank you for your testimony, and for that of Dr. Joseph Webb and other pastors. (Romans 7:3, Matthew 5:32, Matthew 19:9.)
this truly blessed me sister. The Lord showed me the truth about this last September and Ive been studying it ever since God has delivered me from remarriage as well Praise God for His word.
***** why are you so upset at someone for be thankful to God saving them from a certain sin you should be rejoicing. Wait have you been remarried? Are you being convicted?
Deuteronomy 24:1-4 says a wife may not go back to her first husband after a second husband dies, a lot of very respected bible teachers use this as well as the recognition of remarriages in the bible to say that whilst remarriage is wrong, it's also wrong to end that marriage. A marriage is formed by making vows to one another, regardless of what you think God thinks about that, it's woven through the entire bible that you keep your word. By divorcing you have broken that. Whenever you try and isolate what the bible says on one specific topic you cannot ignore the other things the bible says. The movement encouraging divorces of remarriages is very dangerous.
Anne Harrison I agree with you!! A VERY dangerous movement! What if those that remarried didn’t even know god at the time and have kids and a family are you saying god wants them to be a broken family? I very much doubt it Sharon your teaching is very dangerous and can cause more harm ESPECIALLY to those who didn’t know Christ before
My husband divorced me. He was unfaithful and our marriage ended on January 2 2019. My heart is broken. I didn't want to be divorced. We were married for 29 years. He thought he was going to marry the woman, who I have forgiven, and start a new family. My ex has some things in his past that would make most women run and she did! Now he is divorced from me and lost the other woman too. I believe that was God showing him that he could never marry another woman and it be ok. The sad thing is is I am destined to be alone for the rest of my life. I am heartbroken over this. I am sick with Lyme Disease and other autoimmune diseases I'm disabled and I'm living back home with my parents helping them as much as possible because they are elderly and my mom is in a wheelchair and my dad is hard of hearing and has diabetes and heart problems. I love them so much and am forever grateful to them for giving me a place to live. Me and my two children. We all help each other. I guess I could be in worse situations. I feel sorry for myself because I was a good wife and never unfaithful to him. All I ever wanted was to be happy and have a husband who loved me. I wonder what the Lord is thinking sometimes. I guess I shouldn't be questioning him because he in all his wisdom knows what he's doing. Even though I'm terrified of being alone, I will be if that's what his will is for me. 🕊❤️🙏🏻✌️🏻 Thanks for listening.
I am so very sorry. You are blessed to have a loving family to return to. But your husband who chose to leave wanted more and ended up with nothing. It is when he has nothing that he is broken and might seek the Lord with all of his heart. Keep the door open for him. He is the prodigal and God is definitely working in him. Yes, God knows what he is doing. You are not alone. He is with you.
Sharon Henry Thank you for replying. You are right. I'm never alone. God is with me always. I will always have a place in my heart for my ex-husband. I hate writing that. ”ex-husband” sounds so bad. I will love him until the day I die. I have forgiven him as well. God has something wonderful in store for me in heaven. I just have a feeling about that. Thank you, Sharon, for sharing your story and being a good example of a Godly woman. You have the courage to do what the Lord wants of you regardless of what anyone says. That gives me hope and courage myself. ❤️🙏🏻🕊
@@Texasgrrl77 I know you wrote this over a year ago. I just want to say, I have Lyme disease, too. Also in Texas! Just came to the realization that I am in an adulterous remarriage. My first husband is now married with a new family. I doubt if I ever get reconciliation. This is very difficult to realize that we will be alone. I hope your marriage can be restored. God bless.
Hi Sharon -Your video was the first of many that Adonia showed me that I was committing adultrey. After a year of trying to find a loophole, we severed our 20+ legalized adultreous marriage on Aug 13, 2020. Thank you for sharing your testimony.
Thank you for sharing, Sonia. There are a few who love the Lord enough to want to walk with Him, not as an adulterer, but in purity of heart, mind, and life. Did your partner of 20 + also recognize that he was in an adulterous marriage?
Yes, I read Luke 16:18 and he said, “I always thought I was not suppose to marry again. After months of crying we and the kids dropped off the divorce petition at the court house. I texted many of my colleagues to make our announcement. I did it because 90% of them are also in legalized adulterous remarriage.
@@madisonmichelle5182 You may save them from their adulterrous remarriage. Your kids have learned from you how serious a marriage covenant is before God and how to live it for HIs glory and honor.
@Yvonne Dalton In Jeremiah 3 God is directly referring to Deuteronomy 24 - it is referring to God putting Israel, His wife, away. And he goes AGAINST Deut. 24 and tells her to come back to Him - even after she then "becomes another man's": 'They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord .' Jeremiah 3:1 KJV In the SAME chapter, God gives her a bill of DIVORCE: "And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also." Jeremiah 3:8 KJV Still in the same chapter, AFTER God has given her a bill of divorce, He states that he is STILL married to her - the bill of divorce therefore did not nullify their marriage: "Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord ; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:" Jeremiah 3:14 KJV Jeremiah 3 shows that God is not following Deuteronomy 24's divorce law - because He does not have a hard heart. That law applied to the Israelites, who had hard hearts, under Moses' leadership. Jesus also says that this law in Deuteronomy 24 was given for those under Moses due to their hard hearts. He clearly says that He does not give us that permission - we are not to have hard hearts, but we are to forgive our husbands/wives and wait for them to repent and reconcile with them when they sin against us. "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 unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery." Matthew 19:8-9 KJV "Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven. Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. But as he was not able to pay, his master commanded that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and that payment be made. The servant therefore fell down before him, saying, ‘Master, have patience with me, and I will pay you all.’ Then the master of that servant was moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt. “But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’ So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you all.’ And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt. So when his fellow servants saw what had been done, they were very grieved, and came and told their master all that had been done. Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?’ And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him. “So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.” Matthew 18:21-35 NKJV (note that this chapter is the chapter directly before Jesus' teaching of divorce due to hardness of heart) Praise God that He does not divorce us and marry another. When He puts us away or divorces us, He waits for us to repent and reconcile with Him. Praise God that His heart is not hard. Beg God to give you a heart of flesh to forgive your covenant husband/wife, 490 times (seventy times seven times), lest He not forgive you on Judgment Day for your trespasses against Him, which I assure you are much, much greater than 490. Divorce with adulterous remarriage is for the hard hearted. Woe to you if you are counted amongst the hard hearted on Judgment Day: "But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;" Romans 2:5 KJV A hard heart is evidence that the Spirit of God is not in that person: "A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh." Ezekiel 36:26 KJV
Sharon, I resonate with your testimony and I thank you for sharing your true testimony, faith and obedience to God! So many people contort and overlook Yahweh’s words and I praise God that you turned away from sin to follow God’s will for God really does hate divorce. People keep obliterating that fact justifying marriages by saying that God forgives... God does forgive and He is also just and regardless of Grace, no one can’t be fooled into thinking you can just treat God’s Grace and forgiveness as common and meaningless as to continue sinning. God is a Holy God as He is just so regardless of God forgiving your sin out of His love and mercy, you are to Honor that gift and mercy of forgiveness by taking this second chance He has wiped your slate clean to turn away from your sin and start anew. Abide in God and God will abide in you! I am going thru this right now! I forgot why I never entertained divorcees in my youth but I was so taken by one recently. We got along great and I tell u, making the same discoveries last week about what God had to say about Divorce and Marriage shocked me! It was no wonder, I always called his ex wife of 15 yrs, his wife and I always felt like I had to take the back seat to her like in JOY LUCK CLUB... wife #2. This man is amazing and I was so enamoured when I was with him but my senses would go into overdrive when I was apart from him. I didn’t like fornicating and felt we had to be married but I’m so terrified of marriage! So I was fine with how things were but thru time it was eating up inside of me. I love this man and would do anything for him... I had to come to terms with idolatry and fornication when on Easter, he asked me if I would do anything for him. “Of course baby” (in my head except kill, steal and things breaking God’s laws), then he asked if I would submit my will to his and this didn’t sound right to me. This line bothered me for about a month until he went away on a trip for the weekend and I sought God. It was my crisis moment for Christ. That whole weekend I sought out God’s words and cried all weekend! To my discovery of the truth... he is still bound to his marriage covenant oath in heaven. I would be an adulterer. His wife is free and can marry whoever she wants but if he wants to please God, he needs to pluck out his wandering eyes from other women and either spend the rest of his and her life trying to win his wife back or remain single focusing on Jesus. This broke my heart. We were awesome together. I told him I didn’t want to fornicate with him any more and he agreed suggesting we don’t have to have sex. Yeah right! Who is he fooling?!? That’s going to drive me nuts wondering who he IS fornicating with if it’s not me! He also said that God forgives what kind of sins? ALL SINS arguing past present and future. But that doesn’t mean you don’t repent... there’s a lot of references about the vine and branches and working on your salvation. Anyway, the issue of idolatry also came up as I only want to bend my will to God’s will. I can only submit to him if he submitted to God cuz then I would know he was under God’s laws and obedient to God. I could trust that. Anyway... stay strong! I’m exactly in your shoes and walking that narrow path with u so thank you for being a wonderful example obeying God at all costs! Your sister in Christ! ~Merwin
Hi Sharon, You're one of the very few who are choosing to honour your marriage covenant. God bless you dearly for doing so. In these Last Days of the Church Age it's so easy to find churches that will feed you lies as truths with regards to the marriage covenant. Only corrupt and perverted churches teach that it's perfectly fine to remarry after divorce, especially if you're not the one who cheated. Churches that make up the Bride of Christ do not teach this lie that originated in the pit of hell. They teach the Truth of the Lord Jesus Christ. "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.” [Mark 10:11,12] When a man and a woman make a covenant before God to marry until death, it means exactly that. Only the death of one of them can dissolve the marriage covenant. The covenant they both make before God is inscribed on their very souls. If the man commits adultery against his wife or visa versa the marriage covenant will be defiled but not dissolved. Men and women don't enter into a marriage covenant on the understanding that they'll dissolved it if one or both of them commit adultery. Christian Couples really need to pay more attention to the vows they're making before God on their wedding Day. Because the sin of adultery cannot break the marriage covenant, but can only defile it, the Lord told the married woman, who was caught in the act of adultery to: "...go and sin no more.” [John 8:11] In other words, the Lord told her to stop defiling her marriage covenant but instead to remain faithful to her own husband. The "fornication clause" many are using as an excuse to remarry only applied to betrothed wives in Jewish times! A betrothed couple waited for about a Year before they consummated their marriage. If within that Year the betrothed wife commited fornication, the betrothed husband could "divorce" her to marry someone else. This is what Joseph wanted to do when he thought Mary had committed fornication not adultery. "Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery..." [Matt.19:9] After a marriage has been consummated, if a spouse then commits adultery, a separation, not divorce, is permitted. If the spouse repents, however, a reconciliation must be sought. If he or she doesn't repent and goes off to marry someone else, the innocent spouse must remain unmarried and continue to pray for a reconciliation. This may or may not happen. "Now to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from her husband. But even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to divorce his wife." [1 Cor.7:10,11] "But if the unbelieving spouse separates himself, let him be separated. In circumstances like these, the brother or sister is not enslaved - God has called you to a life of peace." [1Cor.7:15] This is another verse many Christians use to support remarriages. They're reading into the text something that is not there. The brother or sister not being enslaved simply means that the brother or sister are no longer able to function in the capacity as a husband or a wife any longer, because their respective spouses have chosen to leave. For we get married to be enslaved, in a good sense, to our spouses! "And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness...present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness...But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God" [Rom.6:18,19,22] Being enslaved to our spouses means being a slave of righteousness for holiness. It means being a slave of God. You really have to twist the Scriptures to conclude that not being enslaved means you're free to remarry if your spouse leaves. This is confirmed to not be the case. For in the very next verse Paul places the responsibility of saving the spouse who has left in the hands of the husband or wife, who are to remain unmarried. "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?" [1 Cor.7:16] A husband or a wife cannot pray with a pure heart before God, for the salvation of a spouse who has left, if they're committing adultery, in an unlawful marriage, with someone else. What so many Christians don't realize is that the Lord Jesus Christ is using the marriage covenant to separate the wheat from the chaff in the Church before the Rapture. This is why it's so important for Christians to choose their spouses very very carefully. Because, unlike the World, we have only one chance to get it right. And if we blow it we may have to spend the rest of our lives alone in order to remain within God's perfect will.
Excellent explanation of the covenant of marriage and that adultery defiles but does not dissolve the marriage covenant. How did you find the truth? It is no longer taught in the "church."
@@sharonhenry5479 I found it in the only place where it can be found, in the Word of God. We can only see the truth with guidance from the Holy Spirit.
World Video BIble School (WVBS) has a very well done teaching on the subject of divorce and remarriage. It's one of the most scripturally balanced teachings i have come across with examples and different scenarios.
Bless the Lord! You have an amazing testimony and beautiful response to conviction from the Holy Spirit. I pray you stay encouraged and thank you for sharing your story.
Truth Watch. I hope you know that you were never joined by God to someone else' husband and that you can have your own one flesh blessed marriage should you so desire.
Tobore Denedo I almost remarried but he was divorced twice which at that time I wasn't awake like I am now and just broke up with someone in church that divorced first wife and second wife died. It's hard to find someone who's never been married or is a true widower
The death penalty for an unfaithful betrothed woman and a fully married woman was the same because both belonged to the man who purchased her to be his wife. The more important event was not the wedding, but the purchase which takes place a year or so before the wedding. The stoning was the penalty for taking another man's possession, his betrothed wife (Gune, woman) or his married wife (gune, woman). Once the man and woman are married, there is no divorce permission. To divorce and remarry would be adultery.
Neal Doster When you say "this" I can only guess what you are referring to. But generally I studied the Bible for over a year. I memorized 1 Cor. 7:1-40. I prayed over the verses and God led me to godly men who believed in the permanency of marriage. I used logic with all the arguments of those who taught that one can divorce and remarry. I saw through their twists and turns. I was willing to follow no matter the personal cost to me.
Neal Doster I just saw your specific question. I researched including the Greek and Hebrew, and wrote a book with 3 and 1/2 pages of references to back up the betrothal position.
Sharon Henry I have a question that bugs me about this. So since your marriage was basically adultery, is it still considered a marriage by God and if not, would that imply that you could remarry?
My marriage is called adultery by the Lord Jesus, so it is not "considered a marriage by God." If I civilly marry a widower or never before married man, it would be a marriage that God would recognize as lawful and God then joins two into one flesh for life.
In Genesis, the formula for what constitutes a valid marriage is given: One man and One woman are joined by God into One flesh. God does not join a married man and his adulteress or mistress into one flesh. If the adulterer divorces his one flesh wife, and marries the adulteress, their relationship is still adultery. It is the first marriage that God joins and recognizes as one flesh for live.
This video is the best I have seen on this topic. God bless you for your testimony. That's not easy to break up with someone you really love. I'm so sorry for all the pain both of you must of suffered. But both your love for God is so much bigger, and you both have shown him that. Your rewards will be so great. You are such good examples of forsaken all for Christ. I love to find true christians are left in the world. God bless you both.
Thank you for your good words and understanding heart Zarasha1. It is the most difficult thing ever. I still suffer rejection by family and churches because they believe remarriage is adultery, but "God forgives." Or "Grace covers it."
@@sharonhenry5479 They should be rewarding and praising you both, for making right decisions. The churches today are not on fire for God. They are extremely luke warm. They follow only the parts of the bible that are easy for the flesh, but the difficult once like what you did they ignore. You make them look at themselves, and they feel ashamed. Their flesh won't allow them to give up their sins. You are walking in glory, and the devil is angry and jealous of that. He will use those closest to you to get to you. Don't listen to anyone in this world, not even to your own heart. Go by the Bible as you have been doing, and you will continue to walk in righteousness. I pray that your video gets to many people who are living with someone else's spouse, so they can repent before it's too late. I recently told a women I recently met she needs to stop dating and sleeping with a divorce men. I told her in the eyes of the world he is divorced, but not in God eyes. Once married always married until one spouse pass away. She didn't know and I told her well God led me to you to give you this message. I told her to repent before it's too late. Forget about everyone in this world. Over 2000 years ago, our savior warned us we live in a dying world. He is talking about the people who surrounds us. Anyone who will condemn you or forsake you for loving God and forsaken a man who was still married in God's eyes is not worth your time. People like you are so precious to God. Those people that don't want nothing to do with you, it's not them but God is separating you from them. They don't deserve someone like you in their life. I pray that God showers you with friends that will love you more than those family members who rejects you. The world rejects you but God will never reject you. God bless you and continue to heal you and use you. You are my motivation to push and not follow the world, no matter how lonely it may feel on the way. At the end it will be all worth it.
Thanks for sharing this testimony, it helps me a little. I was myself married to a divorced woman 15 years ago and divorced her 2½ years later, but because we have a son I will always have the situation around me. I do agree on all your points except I do not see how Genesis 2:23-25 can be interpreted clearly to say that God only joins those who are not previously married. On the other side I have taken note of the examplary situations in the gospels. John the Baptiser finalised his ministry by going against a remarriage, and paid with his life. If he had not been of the point that the remarriage with Herodias was invalid and had to be severed why would it be so offensive to Herod? If Herod needed only to ecknowledge the sin to be forgiven and restored, what would that had been to him? Therefore I believe by the example of John the Baptiser, that sinful remarriages must be severed. p.s. I live celibate, not sure if I have the option to marry, and I will not take a chance here. Salvation is too expensive.
If you were not married before you married the divorced woman,then in God's eyes you were committing adultery with her.You are able to remarry but only with someone who was never married before.
God bless you and this comment. Referring to the mention of Genesis, man may join together and create union with anything he wants, whether it be a harlot, another man, or his German Shepherd; but that sinful union will never be joined by God. The original covenant marriage of a man and woman can never be severed, regardless of whether or not they have sexual relations with other people.
J B McThree amen, that's part of counting the cost. I am now divorced - my unsaved wife cheated on me, and I let her pursue the divorce. According to the Christians of the world, I can remarry. But, God is not mocked. He never makes an exception for remarriage, but only for divorce.
Bottom line is marriage is a choice and from all indications a choice that comes with zero tolerance for error,if you make the wrong choice you will live with that choice until death,either living with someone who makes you and perhaps you make them miserable or a lifetime of lonliness,best to just stay single and enjoy solitude it is almost the only way to peace in this life,not just inner peace but outer peace as well,God can give you inner peace but outer peace of circumstances comes with good choices.
does not this woman realize that although her first marriage was an adulterous marriage she is free to marry again biblically. the first one wasn't valid if she hasn't been married before she can marry a previously unmarried person....what a shame she doesn't realize this
Sharon Henry , thank you for following the scriptures in obedience. The lie about remarriage using Matthew 19:9 is a Greek word was added by Erasmus, he changed the meaning which people don't realize. He added the word "el". This remarriage and divorce issue is one of the most destructive heresies in church history. The scripture is clear, no divorce period. Paul talked about about a separation. You can't reason with people who have hard hearts.
People follow deceiving spirits... This is a new teaching toted and shrouded with so called righteousness but it is a leading from the put of hell. Just like "pray Jesus in your heart." So many families and hearts will be torn apart because of this very misunderstood teaching its sad. May God have mercy in leaders who teach this.
NiGel Burnett UK Business Developer yes I married a divorced woman I had to end it and divorce her to do the correction I’m Free to marry a widow or one never married I think she knows this ? But can’t let him go ?
Thank you for sharing your journey. Of honoring GODS WORD im on the journey as well don't know weather to be amazed or sad that church leaders won't stand up for the clear teaching of the word. I pray that GOD will grant me the miracle of reconciliation with the wife of my youth and the mother of our three sons
great message. the Bible says that there will come a time when right will be wrong and wrong will be right. Not many people can understand the remarriage is adultery biblical concept because their hearts are filled with lust. we must forsake the world and live according to the word of God no matter how much we appear to be going against culture. Christ warned us that this would actually be the case for the true Christian. Amen.
Wow. You have my upmost respect ma'am. After years of illegal marriage, you heed to Elohim's voice and obeyed despite what the pastor was telling you. You are a rare jewel, believe me.
I also respect People like her and other that obey Jesus , I try to warn People they dont listen
@@Yeshua222love indeed. Marriage is a serious matter for The Father and people have made it "normal".
@@kinaxixe yes but its scares me That they dont Even want to investigate the matter , when u talk about it to them, I would never choose too take that "chance" and risk too burn in hell in agony for eternity, I think its beautiful when People can discern whats unrighteousness in their heart and obey God even if it hurts Their flesh 💔
God gave me a similar revelation recently. I was in a long distant relationship with my childhood boyfriend who is a divorcee. God revealed to us after a challenge we took to read the new testament as a way of bonding in Christ together. Then i came across Matthew 19, dear that’s how I ended my relationship with this man. Its been a month now and its completely over. I can't miss heaven over an adulterous marriage.
May God bless you Sis
Praise God! His Word is powerful and gives life and strength when we read it. Thank you for sharing.
God will bring you a single man.
It’s very beautiful how truthful and faithful you are to Gods word. Especially when pastors were telling you God forgives you BUT you stood your ground and said God forgives when we REPENT and FORSAKE the sin. I pray that your faithfulness brought the upmost GLORY and HONOR to God. Peace and blessings. Amen!
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Way too many pastors are WRONG. Too cowardly to tell their congregations the TRUTH
Rivka a lot of pastors are dangerous, twisting the scriptures like the serpent in the garden.
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This was a simple but awesome testimony. I was married for 20 years and my ex-wife was unfaithful in our marriage. We went to professional Christian counseling. My ex-wife did not do her part to work on the restoration of the marriage and asked for a divorce. I gave in and signed the divorce papers. I've been divorced for over 6 years. The 3rd year of being divorced I started to date. No relationship ever worked out nor was I ever engaged. I know now why they never worked out. God didn't want me to enter into an Adulteress marriage and lose my soul to an eternal hell, where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth, where the worm dieth not. My ex-wife got married 2 years ago (this is an adulteress marriage). I have chosen to remain unmarried unless my ex-wife dies and believe me I am praying that she lives long and repents before it is too late. I am praying that the Lord will give the "gift" that the Apostle Paul said he received from the Lord in order to live a holy single life.
moonlite09 Two great sites for people who are standing for their covenant marriage is Rejoice Ministries and BTG movement. Check them out. They have helped me.
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Pray the prayer of Oseia :
Father God put a crown of thorns around my wife that she will not fall for other man and other man lose interest in her that she will have a true new heart for You and knowledge of what you have for her that she will come to You and nothing of this world that doesn’t belong to you will come to her in Jesus Mighty Name Amen
Brother, stand strong. You are a testimony of God's grace. You've been broken but God is restoring you and you will be used to bring God glory.
Brother be strong you are on the righteous path its not easy . Look at it this way NO one can come back and change things in there life when they die .An adulter will not enter into the kingdom of heaven. The 5 foolish had to go and get oil for there lamp when they came back the door to the marriage was shut they couldn't enter .Think about this if adultery was dealt with in the old testament by god and moses then it would have been the end of it ,but no Jesus in the new testament addressed it and we are still dealing with it in this present time .stay strong brother again in Jesus christ our strength our redeemer our god forever more
@@stephenjurawan1537, Amen 10x my Brother. I have learned that I must hate what Jesus hates and I must love what He loves. My Christian walk is full of obedience. Not my will but the Lord's will be done. So, when you Divorce and Remarry while your original spouse is still alive it is called adultery. Adulters and Adulteress cannot enter into the Kingdom of God!
God recently brought this to my spirit. After talking to family & friends who are supposedly believers, and being told that "God just forgives all that" or that I'm being stupid and causing pain to others, I went to God in prayer, telling him my sadness. This video popped right up on my youtube choices. After listening, I knew it was His answer and brought me much comfort. Thank you for your testimony.
J H, may God strengthen you. In the first 300 years after Christ, the early church leaders taught against remarriage and withheld communion to the remarried. For 1900 years this was the majority view. But today we are mocked, hated, disassociated, avoided by "christians." I am so glad that you found this. I could not do it without the word which was my strength.
@@sharonhenry5479 uh not exactly, remrriage penitential themed ceremonies were developed after a few hundred years
@@sharonhenry5479 Are you able to have a proper marriage now with someone who hasn’t been married?
@@sharonhenry5479 a letter from St. Basil the Great a bishop and other early sources show you are wrong, in the case of asultery remarriage was allowed. Custom that he said was unbiblical prohibited this for women granting only men this freedom but he said it was ot biblical.
@@infowolf1 Basil the Great called remarriage "Adultery." Please read: Basil Taught:
1. A man that deserts his wife and she remarries another makes his wife commit adultery.
2. The woman who a divorced man marries is guilty of adultery.
3. The second woman is guilty of taking another woman’s husband.
4. An adulterous relationship is continuous adultery, not a onetime sin.
5. An abandoned wife is to remain as she is and not remarry.
6. an abandoned woman that takes another man and has sexual intercourse with him is committing adultery.
7. If a man is guilty of adultery, so is a woman.
8. It is a serious offence for a woman to take another woman’s husband and will be charged with adultery.
9. It is a serious offence for a man to take another man’s wife and will be charged with adultery.
Moral of the story is be careful who you’re marrying because once you’re married, it doesn’t matter if your spouse is unfaithful, abusive, or even turned into the devil themselves, you’re stuck until death.
The blessing you will incur in eternity to come cannot compare with anything this world can offer you. You have chosen the way of the Lord at a great sacrifice, God will not forget that beloved sister in Christ.
I read this again after 2 years. I needed to hear these words of encouragement today.
@@sharonhenry5479 yes God Will bless you for your obedience and faithfulness
God hates divorce. I agree with you sister 100%. After countless hours of studying God's Word I have come to the same conclusions. I know it took a lot of courage to make this video. God gave us His Word, read it and heed it.
How about you survive a narcissistic marriage and then tell me whether God hates divorce.... it was financial abuse and emotional abuse
That still doesn’t justify a remarriage. God doesn’t recognize it as a valid marriage.
It is not impossible to live alone. Everyone can do it, if they have to.
so many pastor are not preaching about it, that's why remarried is considered normal....but words is clear and powerful. Some wordly Christians will not believe the truth but the lie. salvation is personal. I am divorced, young and I heard Christian woman in my church telling me to remarried it is ok... i said noooo it is adultery, but they dont believe it.
Star Denise Luna I pray that you will be reconciled to your husband. There is nothing too hard for Our God of all flesh. If you say with your mouth “my marriage is restored”, it shall be because death and life are in the power of our tongue. I am a marriage restoration minister and you can subscribe if you feel led. I would also like to encourage you to subscribe to Meltoria Woodside. If you are not already familiar with Rejoice Marriage Ministries, look into it. And finally, subscribe to BTG (Better Together Ministries). The last two ministries are married couples who divorced and remarried and went forth ministering together. Be encouraged woman of God.
If they are worldly they not Christians.
I TYPE CAPS DUE TO VISION NOT RUDENESS OR SHOUTING. I SOOOO APPLAUD U ALL FOR STANDING ON THE TRUTH REGARDING MARRIAGE. I'M ALSO STANDING FOR MY MARRIAGE. GOD LEAD ME TO A WEBSITE REGARDING MARRIAGE RESTORATION AND IT HAS HELPED ME ON MY JOURNEY THUS FAR ALSO. IT'S CALLED REJOICEMARRIAGEMINISTRIES.ORG. THERE'S VARIOUS SUPPORT OPTIONS EVEN FOR CHILDREN. THERE'S A DAILY DEVOTIONAL ON THE SITE CALLED CHARLYNE CARES, TESTIMONIES EVERYDAY OF RESTORED MARRIAGES, AND VICTORIES ALONG THE WAY TO RESTORATION.
word of faith heresy power of the tongue in context is about effects of what you say to people slander or discouragement or lies or truth. not near magic.
You are very brave, it is correct remarriage for any reason is adultery, keep your covenant, may the Lord give you strength and joy being single
I am not under the law anymore bc Jesus set me free from the law of sin and death. I am free. There is now NO condemnation for those in Christ!. Christ would never tell me to go back to hell and darkness and bind me to the devil bc He set me free. Christ is my Husband now.
Very good and rare to see someone who admits the truth of God's word. I'm sure it was hard for you but you did the right thing.
God bless you for being a doer, not just a hearer of God's Word. 🙏✝️🙏
Thank you David. I need blessings.. So few are willing to be a doer if it carries a cost, and the cost is great, but not as great as what our Lord and Savior paid.
Wow I feel the same. Recently many people from my church have been getting remarried. All this time I have this feeling in my heart that They arw wrong. I have been divorced for 6 years now. I'm only 36 and will not get remarried. I will stay single taking care of my son and mother and serving the Lord.
I will stay single even tho I have had 3 different Words of Knowledge given to me by a Pastor and 2 Christians. These Words of Knowledge they gave were very detailed. They told me what she looked like, the life she lived, her name etc... But, I will remain single/un-remarried.
And these stupid pastors keep remarrying couples.
@@darryldanzinger9996 Smart, to test the spirits...The Holy Spirit of God will never go against the written word already given.
Great story in learning the truth and removing yourself from an adulterous marriage. The problem is that Pastor’s, Bishops, preachers are scared, terrified, and afraid to teach on this topic. They don’t want to suffer persecution for righteous sake. I also removed myself from that same kind of marriage in December 2008. It was her 3rd marriage and my 1st marriage and I felt free from the adulterous despite being hurt and mistreated throughout. The Bible says in 1st Corinthians 7:2>
[To avoid fornication, Let every man have his own wife and let Every woman have her own husband.]
In other words, not somebody else’s covenant spouse. That also cancels same-sex marriage from being a union.
Derek Robinson Yep. It also cancels polygamous “spiritual marriage” unions or even those in places where polygamy is legal.
Did you feel any peace while you was married to her?
@@pastorshandonellis4682 no. I was also truly blinded in love and thought we can make it. We didn't. I was at peace after the divorce was final after learning scripture on this topic during separation. I will only marry a woman who is eligible to be married to. Be careful of the ones that say that their spouse committed adultery. This topic start major fights in the church or may I stay in Ministry.
@@dharmony07 So while married to her, you never felt peace?Did you always feel like their were a separation between you to?Thanks for responding.
I am divorced because this is what my ex husband wanted, but i believed these say scriptures and do not date or look for another person to fulfill his duties. God knows what is best
I’m happy people are listening to the Word of God and not allowing pastors to mislead them. The cost is too great...eternal life. Shame on you ministers for not searching the scriptures and standing up for the truth and bowing to the popular divorce culture of today.
Wow what a testimony !! And what obedience to the Lord dear sister. Believers must understand that God honours His Word which never returns to Him void. What a miracle and a blessing from Him that you are walking again ! Our God does reward obedience.
My husband and I been married for 15yrs
I can truly say her story is my IDENNNTICAL STORY!!!!!
FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END!
WHEN I FIRST DISCOVERD IT COUPLE OF YEARS AGO..
I WAS SHOCK AND IN DENIAL...
WE ENDED UP SLEEPING IN DIFFERENT ROOMS, AND WE STOP HAVING SEX.
2YRS LATER
I FILED FOR A DIVORCE..
Yes, God led us in the same path. Thank you for sharing. What a blessing you are to me and to others as well.
God’s mercy on you… praise the Lord. I hope you leap with joy knowing how He showed you so faithfully how you needed to live
I'm truly shocked. I did not know anyone besides Catholics felt (or taught) this. I've never met a Protestant who thought remarriage was wrong. My husband left me 20 years ago and I have stayed single and celebate. It is not an easy life, but there are definitely some perks in being single and I see most couples struggle so much.
Pray For God to bring him back sis
The Early Pentacostal Leaders all taught it. Starting with William Seymour.
Wonderful testimony,I too was in a 4 yrs relationship with a divorced man , twice he plan engagement and God stop it and we kept praying for God to open the door he kept telling everyone he will marry me .I was him in ministry,he was pastor on training,but he began to ill treat my son .I started to pray for Gods interventions and he started to show me who im dealing eith ,he began a next relationship with another woman in the same church my friend.I told him about it he denied.I pack and keft him the next day .Turns out he is a Narcissist and manipulated me n my family he destroyed us ,he found a vibrant person like i was ,im on the outside looking in ,she cut me off ,im not her enemy he is because i know exactly what he will do to her . He text me saying God said no to me and him and he is praying for another wife .his wife divorce him he was a cheater,i really believe he was born again .But he is not doing his evil in the world he comes in the church, because we women is not running around.God you saved ne from adultery abd frim a life of torment.So one day i will share my testimony too.
Praise God that He protected you! To marry a divorced man with a living covenant wife is Adultery. Whosoever divorces his wife and marries another, commiteth ADULTERY. Please share your testimony. It was so hurtful to me that I could not, until I decided to wrap it in the Word of God. That is the only way I could go forward in sharing. God bless you.
@@sharonhenry5479 this is the spirit of antichrist,against Jesus teach .I am the Father are one and therefore if we disobey Jesus we are doing it to our Father,who created marriage .I know because God brought me out of the miry clay ,I'm made fun of ,but Im now leaning on Jesus and pray for the people who were part of my story 🙏🙏
Very brave to follow God's commands in regards to divorce and remarriage.
God bless you Sharon. I too have walked this path for the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. I pray for my first husband every day to come to Christ. It is a full rich and peaceful life to be in the center of God's will. Ish 54!
Follow the spirit of the lord don’t trust man. He would have put it in the word if it was okay to remarry but he didn’t. It’s your soul. Think about it!!
Am I considered married if I have taken vowels with my partner in the privacy of our home with no witness or are we living in forniaction ?
@@Inayahking You must go through the proper channels,to be truly married.Which mean,if you live in America,you must get a marriage license and have it signed by a Pastor or Justice of the peace.So, if you all didn't go through one of these channels,I don't believe you are truly married..But still fast and pray and ask GOD.GOD BLESS.
@@pastorshandonevangkimlaellis Thank you so much. Pastor. God bless you
Amen!!
Those of you who made this mistake, never victimize another person, stay celebrate for the rest of your days and be a good example to the children. Make illegitimate marriage a thing of the past in the Church! God help you Pastors and elders who teach that it is OK to remarry in adultery!
One of the very best Biblical examinations and testimonies on this topic, and from someone with a LOT more at stake in it than most. Amazing account of healing at the end as well. James 5:16 principle seems related here re. repentance and healing.
I'm Catholic. I divorced a very wayward spouse after 33 years of marriage. My holy priest strongly advised me not to seek annulment and to remain faithful to the marital bond. I am so thankful to my priest for this advice. I still pray for my husband. God Bless you all.
Jesus gave adultery as an exemption subcategory of "fornication" which is NOT illicit marriages but whoring around. you can see this from the word's usage in the NT. RC lies about this.
@@infowolf1 your wrong and misinterpreted that so called “exemption” that your referring to in Matthew has been taken out of context
The original Greek text is Porniea meaning fornication the book of Matthew was written to the Jews in those days it was something called the betrothed period where a man and woman was betrothed to be married.
And if a person found out there betrothed spouse committed FORNICATION before marriage a divorce was allowed
@@brandonspencer8155 blah blah blah WRONG. from betrothal on she was his wife and this was not6hing unique to the Jews, the wedding was a party and public transfer finish not the time the marriage began, it was consummated by the sex act, which might occur before then. The fact is, "fornication" is an umbrella term incl. all manner of sexual evil, though since usual you think of heterosexual when you hear it other subcategories are often addressed.
the sex act itself creates the one flesh I Cor. 6:16 or nearby verse. the point is, this being applicable only to Jews is a modern invention to get around all this. Divorce and remarriage was allowed, but not considered total purity except when there was sexual cheating.
polygamy and divorce and remarriage were tolerated levels of adultery as opposed to the sneak around casual or open marriage whatever kind of thing.
There was no reason to include something written for the Jews to be promulgated among all converts and whoever was curious. This whole argument of limitation is ludicrous.
@@infowolf1 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 are you saying that sex it self creates “Marriage” Wow if that’s the case EVERYONE would be married and FORNICATION wouldn’t exist... why does the Bible clearly say no fornicator will inherit the kingdom of GOD.
You’ve taken the scripture out of context. also if you read the scripture before verse 16 it says “Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of an harlot? GOD FORBID. God is clearly saying do not sleep with an harlot he is NOT saying if you do you are married. Also reads verses 17 and 18 Paul is clear on the subject
The verse you are pertaining to is talking about soul ties and being stuck in sexual sin that’s why the very next verse says BUT he that is joined to the lord is one Spirit. 18 FLEE FORNICATION
Also back up your argument by providing scripture and I can do the same
@@brandonspencer8155 no every sexual incident doesn't create a marriag. If there is no commitment, no public claiming of exclusivity no promise to each other, then no, espeially if the intent is "let's see how it all works out" and they distinguish their relationship from marriage. then it is whordom.
Adam and Eve were whensex wasn't separated from love and bonding (which still happens) and was the last step in growing intimacy he shall cleave to his woman and the two shall become one flesh.
Thank you for this study dear sister, very precious truth you have shared, a lot of Christians will hammer you for this stand, But Jesus stands wit h you because you are speaking the words of Christ. tremendous little study, and great encouragement , thank you very much for sharing the precious doctrine of marriage, and sharing the Father's heart concerning this vital issue, God bless, thank you, Dafydd.
Bless you my dear sister in Christ 😘
I left my adulterous remarriage in June of 2021. Our divorce was final on Dec. 30, 2021. We were celibate for a while before I left but I could not live in the same house anymore because I felt so much conviction about living with another wife’s husband (he was divorced also) and me still being another’s man’s wife in God’s eyes even though we had been divorced since the beginning of 2018.
I have been living on my own for almost 2 years. Everything you said is almost verbatim to what I went through.
I have never been in so much peace than I am now. To truly follow the LORD is so freeing that I can’t explain it. To God be the glory!
And thanks to this testimony I came to know the truth about divorce and remarriage.
Thank you sharon for your testimony
That is amazing!
straight forward, transparent, and without drama.....praying that the Lord will continue to bless you.....thanx, for your testamony....
That's very brave and courageous. And very counter culture. Even the culture of the church today. The Lord bless you.
@Time Allen trouble is, things are often flexible. Jesus didn't end the mosaic exemption He just explained it wasn't total purity like people kidded themselves it was. He didn't deny the woman at the well had had five marriages not affairs. I Cpor. 6:1,2 addresses EVERYONE which incl. the unmarried which term incl. the divorced., ideally you do without, but if you can't then go ahead and mrry not sleep around or sneak to a prostitute. sex makes the two one flesh I Cor. 6:16
The ‘cult’ure of the modern church today is evil, and many of those large churches are filled with adulterers.
Thank you for sharing your story. Thank you for standing up for Jesus, the truth! I've been so depressed after leaving a divorced married I was dating and planning to marry. I knew it was the right thing but I can't help but feel sorrow for leaving him. Lord give me strength 🙏!
It was the most difficult road of obedience that I have been on. He needs to study the Word to know that this was the right path to take. We are giving up comfort and security, for a life alone, but not alone because the Lord Jesus will be walking with you. Be careful to ASK in prayer for your needs. God will answer.
Good job sister I'll pray that God will give you courage to live as a single woman. And I'm happy that you chose to suffer in the flesh for God in order to please him. God bless you.
Jhen A smh ? That was her first marriage his second she is free to remarry a widow or one never married
Jhen A she isn’t bound to him she is free to remarry her marriage was never valid
Thank you. That is truth.
antonio gutierrez jr amen
Sharon Henry Is this your testimony or a re-upload? I have this video in my playlist on divorce and remarriage adultery of 70+ videos. Yes, if you were fornicating by "marrying" a husband who was married before, you never were married.
Your are a living testimony. I can imagine how tough it is but you still decided to follow God's word.
May the grace to run this race to the finish remain with you always. Amen!
Hi Sharon, First, thank you so much for sharing your story! I believe you are really inspired of God and that He has used your example to reconfirm the truth to those who are really seeking to reject this world and walk the narrow path of life. As you have put it, Jesus Christ is quite clear on this issue according to the scriptures. However, due to the increase of moral decadence over the ages and the subtle invasion of secularism into Christian faith and doctrine, much of what was initially sound truth has been altered to make practices like divorce and remarriage acceptable in modern churches.
In fact it has become so prevalent that many cannot imagine that all the nice people they know who are remarried could actually be living in sin. However, the Bible says let EVERY man be a liar and God alone be true. In other words, truth is absolute and does not depend on the majority in order to be so. Fire burns and water drenches whether the majority believe it or not. In fact in His parables, Christ taught that the path of life would be found by the minority.
May God bless you for reminding us of this critical truth in our generation. For the only true disciple is the one who has accepted the call to embrace the cross and die to themselves, as you have so rightly done. Your story and the price you have paid to follow Christ inspires and challenges me, my sister, and reminds me that it is truly possible to walk the path of life, even in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation.
AMEN
Thank you Michael for your comments and love of God's Word and obedience, no matter the cost. I am still paying the cost, but God is using me, answers my prayers as never before, and teaches me along this path. He has increased my discernment. I didn't know before that I was walking in darkness. I found this to be true: 1 John 1 7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Dear Sharon! May God bless you. The word of God is clear. If you divorce your wife/husband and remarriage you are on you way to hell. You are bound to your first wife/husband until death. The Bible calls it adultery to marriage a new wife/husband when the first wife/husband still lives, and those who die in adultery will end up in hell. Please read Exodus 20:14,17, Matt. 5:31-32, 19:3-9, Luke 16:18, Rom. 7:2-3, 1 Cor. 7:10-11,39, 1 Cor. 6:9-11, Hebr. 13:4
Wow... That is what I call living under God's loving authority. This is one of the most difficult thing to do... I cried all the time listening... God bless you for your testimony of true faith and obbidience to God.
God bless you Delia.
Praise God sister. God dealt with me in the same way. Seek God, pray for the wisdom of those doubters. I pray for your strength and wisdom. God bless your faithfulness to Him.
This sets me free from any guilt at all from divorcing my ex husband because he had been married before me.
Hi Dixie. Was his first marriage a covenant marriage meaning the woman he married had a 1 flesh living husband when you married him?
@@sharonhenry5479 I believe so. I'm so glad you shared this, but I feel like I'm also grieving for Christians who have been deceived
It is truly al blessing as I have been asking the Lord to continue to grow me into His holiness. I have been settled in my heart that I would not remarry after my divorce from my husband. I now know why our marriage was without foundation from the beginning although I could have pointed to many other reasons. But, I believe this has to be the bottom line reason...I married a divorcee. Wow! This whole thing has been such a revelation I'm sorry to say. I was really just a child when I met him at 19 years old. But, he was 28 and had come out of a five-year marriage. What did I know?? I have been a Christian all my life! My mom remarried after my dad cheated on her and he divorced her. But, then found out much later that he, my dad, was married briefly to a Mexican woman before her. She has been married to my step-dad for 42 years! And my dad is still alive. My stepdad has been a devoted Christian husband and she devoted to him. I can't just go up to them and say...hey, your marriage has been a sham this whole time! Nope, not going to do that. I have to work out my own salvation. It is definitely one of the terrible deceptions that Satan has put on the church in these last days. May God open many more eyes in Jesus Name before the door is shut on the age of Grace!
Great testimony sister, I am too walking out of an adultress marriage of 24 years. It's painful but God is very faithful and his word is clear. Thank you for sharing, I pray many will be set free from their adultress relationships too. I hope to meet you soon, are you going to the retreat north of Spokane Don is hosting early Feb 2020?
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wow what a blessed Testimony and great example for other woman who divorce and remarrige . May God raise God fearing daughters more and more .
This is the love of God's Word to know how marriage is like Christ loving the church. I watched this again today, and know that one day sometime soon, the Lord Jesus is coming back for His Bride. If you don't know about this read 1 Thessalonians 4- where God requires His people to be sexually pure and then at the end of the chapter-the dead are going to rise up out of their graves and then, we who are alive IN Christ, will be caught up to meet Jesus in the clouds. Then read the book of Revelation to know more about who will be disappearing and what will happen next. Then you know the true story of the Bible from beginning to end- Genesis-man and woman created and joined in marriage and the end-Revelation in heaven. God bless.
Thank you for your testimony. May God bless you for being truthful to God’s word.
I would like to share with you my testimony.
In year 2007 I married a divorced man, but back then I didn’t know Jesus. I was Catholic like the rest of my family. When the Covid started in 2020 and after my father passed away in May 2020, I met Jesus. The Holy Spirit told me right away to leave my husband after 13 years together because I was living in sin. And his first wife was still alive. It was very hard for me to do that, but I did it. I put God in first place before anyone. I remained single until now. Praise God for the truth and strength He gave me, without it I will be lost. ❤
That is an amazing testimony! Thank you for sharing.
Do you mind sharing how GOD told you that you were in adultrey? Thanks, for responding back.
Thanks for sharing such a blessing and a confirmation to my own heart for my own circumstance. May God use your life and testimony of obedience to lead others closer to Him
Sis. as far as I heard your testimony, you are the real child of God. why? because you are truth and honestly repentant. you are safe, May God bless you .
But to repent doesn't mean to divorce. It means to feel remorse for the sin and in her case to NOT divorce OR remarry again AND to Honor her current marriage in the name of the Lord.
Thank you for this sharing. Praise Yah!! I too married a divorcee. During a time of healing/counselling, I was given Revelation 2 v5, John and me just drifted apart, after 30 years together, having 3 children and 2 grandchildren at that time. Its 5 years now, I've now 5 grandchildren. Blessings from Isaiah 62 v4. Only last week, following David Pawson''s "Divorce and Remarriage" did I actually really understood it all. And today, this testimony .. HalleluYah!
God bless you for the truth!
If I perish I perish. Awesome!!!!
He who looses his life will find it.
What a beautiful testimony. I have never been married but a appreciate when people like you share your experiences and the truth of Gods word. These testimonies help confirm that Gods ways our not our ways. Stay blessed.
I also discovered I was an adulterer when it was too late. I'm going to remain alone for the rest of my life. It's not my choice, but God's will.
Hi Sharon. Your testimony will help others understand our Fathers great commandment (2 John 1:6). Your obedience will be rewarded. May our Father bless you and all concerned💜
God bless those who obey God on this issue and repent and take action! the call to follow Christ is a call to give up everything!
Thank you for your obedience to the Lord and living alone as a consequence. May God bless you forever and ever precious Sister in Christ Jesus.
Gods word is as clear as it can be and too many of us "refuse" to "hear" it. So many churches and ministers and preachers marry divorced people daily like a never ending industry. I believe you may be able to leave only if "adultery" has taken place because your partner has betrayed you to the fullest however, your not to remarry until your original spouse has passed on. I believe this is a grace period for you and your prior spouse to "hopefully" rejoin. With the power of God and God only, you can break the spells of the lord of this world off your wayward spouse. Give God a chance, He will prove it to you if you are faithful!
Thank you for your encouragement to those who are walking this narrow path but with the power of God on their side. Yes, there is no remarriage after divorce from a one flesh spouse. To remarry would be adultery according to our Lord's teaching. However, in 1 Cor. 7:11, the command of the Lord is let not the husband put away his wife period. That is a command. The exception clause is not for adultery, but for fornication by the bride discovered on the wedding night. But I agree with your conclusion. Remain unmarried or be reconciled with your husband (or wife). As you pointed out so well, Faster, wayward spouses are lured by the lord of this world, but God can break those chains. .
Always call upon the Holy Spirit, for the spirit is all truth!! I had been married for over 26 years and have been divorced since 2011. The spirit had come to me and let me know not to get remarried! I had listened! Before I became married the spirit told me not to get married and I did and I see now what a fool I was. I’ve learned to listen to what is being said for there is a reason for it!! There’s no such thing as getting remarried in my life time. She did remarry and is in adultery!!!
When you are a child of God, truly born again, God will speak to your heart.
Paul said, if one be married to an unbeliever , and the unbeliever wants to leave then you are not bound! In your case, if the two were Christian's and divorces then you were never married to the man because he still married to his believing wife: you're not married because you couldn't be married to a married man!
God honours you for being obedient to His word. I hope and pray your ex-husband will return to his covenant marriage. God bless you.
Thank you Stefany and Terry. That is my prayer too. I want to see the family unit restored with the children, grandchildren, joyful reunions, and holidays together.
Sharon, I'm standing for my marriage, over two years now...
It amaze me when pastors gives themselves authority over God's Word and lead their people to do the wrong against God Commandments . Many have fallen in to that Adultery only because the pastor said it's okay.Don't worry God will forgive you . How simple they make it to be ..................
I appreciate this video but some couples have no desire to get back together. I am divorced with a living ex-spouse and he has lived with his girlfriend for a long time. If they broke up tomorrow I have no desire to be with him again. I would rather live in celibacy. Sometimes you can’t go “home” again. I chose to remain single to keep my covenant with God.
Mitzi, God created you for fellowship, not with a husband, or a child, or a friend, but with Him. When a spouse leaves, then we have the God of this universe to know better and more deeply. I am so glad that you chose to remain single to keep your covenant with God.
Psalm 16:11 King James Version (KJV)
11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Sharon Henry Thank you ❤️
I totally agree. God showed me as a new Christian my first husband not my second was truly my covenant spouse. Repentance is confess it and quit it. If we honour God He will honour us. Luke 14v26. Count the cost. Matthew 19v10 to 12. If you love me, you will obey my commandments.
@@pastorshandonevangkimlaellis it doesn't matter if she was a christian or not she can't be with the second spouse.
@@pastorshandonevangkimlaellis Why are you trying to send people to hell through adultery? If the Lord showed someone the truth of what is written in the Bible, they are best served to follow the Lord Jesus and His words, not yours. May God have mercy.
Thank you so much for making this video!
Hi Sharon, thanks for sharing this testimony with us.
Would you be willing to tell us how your husband responded througout the whole situation, and what happened to him? (Did he accept your decision to divorce? Did he get remarried to his first wife? ...)
Thank you Sharon for putting this video out there. I went through the same ordeal in 2005 and 2006. I read books, I talked pastors, read much online and read all of the pertinent versus dealing with the subject over and over again along with much prayer. Even though this decision was extremely difficult I had to come down on the issue the same way you did by divorcing my wife who is not in agreement with me. Thankfully, we are still friends today.
A lot of churches don’t preach this and they don’t want to which shows that most churches are being deceived.
Wow! What a testimony of true repentance! Bless you for sharing!
i want to praise you! you are a woman who fears the lord and a great example for others
I believe you are correct. My husband was a serial adulterer and divorced me. I've been divorced 5 1/2 years and I pondered all these passages over and over and feel that I am not able to date or remarry because my ex-husband is still alive. (It is doubtful there could ever be a reconciliation as my ex-husband is a sociopath and is highly abusive ). Matthew 19:9 states "except it be for fornication". Fornication is different from adultery. A married person cannot commit fornication only adultery. I do believe that Jesus used the word pornia in Matthew 19 because he was referring to the betrothal period for pious Jews at the time - he was not speaking of actual marriage. If he meant it to be about adultery - he would have used the word mocheia. Also, Matthew doesn't fit with the rest of scripture - which does not allow for remarriage when the covenant spouse is still living. I'd rather be right and live this life alone then be wrong, decide to remarry and live eternity in hell. The bible is clear - adulterers do NOT inherit the kingdom of God.
You can't commit adultrey unless you commit fornication.I use to think thr same thing that only single people could commit fornication.But adultrey just means to,"BREAK WEDLOCK".You can't break wedlock unless you commit fornication.Fornication or Porneia means,Adultrey,homosexuality,bestality,prostitution,pornagraphy,sexual,etc.So if you just look the word fornication or sexual immorality up.You will see it still mean adultrey.You can't commit adultrey unless your married so your right but you can't commit adultrey unless you commit fornication.GOD BLESS.
Excellent comment Helen. Been looking for this, so Thank you! God bless you and keep you
@@pastorshandonevangkimlaellis adultery is when a married person has sex with someone other than their spouse. Fornication is committed by 2 unmarried individuals, if one is married it is adultery. Problem with your theory is that adultery and fornication are listed separately in the list of sins in Galatians and other listings in the NT. Why? Because it is two different sins. If it was the same meaning, why list it separately? Jesus used Mocheia twice in Matthew 19 in that sentence and then used the word pornia. Why?… because He was referring to something different. I recommend a book by Daniel Jennings called “except it be for fornication”. Other preachers who share this teaching are Joseph Webb, Raymond MacMahon, D.A. Waite, David Pawson, John Keller. This is an ignored serious topic that will send people to hell. I implore you to pray, research and study. We aren’t on this earth to become happy and content we are called to be holy. We are called to deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow Him.
Very well done Sharon! And I like the video you put together! God bless you.
I did not know this truth until my 2nd husband died Dec 2014. Then the Holy Spirit drew me. I have never heard a church service talk on this most crucial subject.
I also was considering marrying a divorced person as even my church said it was ok. The Lord showed me around that time those verses in Matthew that says this is adultery so I didn't do it - that's my story so thanks for your video.
It depends on why they're divorced. If their previous spouse committed adultery against them or if their previous spouse was an unbeliever and abandoned them, then marriage would have been permissible.
I am glad you followed Jesus and not man.
Whosoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. It is so very clear. There are no exceptions. There are no excuses before God. Marriage is a covenant with God. Only death ends it.
Nope! Abandonment by a non-believer and adultery by the other spouse can end a marriage. What do you think divorce means? You're stating that God allowed thousands of years of adultery (see Deuteronomy) and then changes the "law" in Matthew. Sorry that this doesn't fit your legalist (salvation by works) narrative.
Hello everybody peace love and greetings in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and savior I am a believer and follower in Christ Jesus our lord and savior by faith through grace alone lest any man boast it is a gift from God, salvation is and I also seek to please and be obedient to our father through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ so .....
What I'm wondering is.... what truly is a marriage covenant in God's eyes??????????
Because I've been up and down every one of these roads holding myself to the fire because I know I have been born again and yet my first wife passed away in 2011 after about 18 years of marriage and I remarried a woman that got divorced from her first husband because of very unspeakable cruel acts and abuse, not to mention they got married in a ABC Liquor Store and I just wonder if that constitutes as actually being in a valid bona fide Covenant marriage in the eyes of God??? this is the question!!! because in order to be teaching what we're teaching here we need to define a marriage covenant before God and him alone.
We got to understand the practicalness of today and just how many people would be non eligible for salvation because of this works mentality of having to do something before they got saved which would be to leave and divorce their so-called adulterous marriage and be celibate before they got saved. I mean look at all of the different scenarios that comes into play I mean what if a child that was forced into the one of these forced marriages as a little girl and she escaped that marriage you're telling me that she is not eligible to marry legitimately and that God considered that forced marriage a covenant between him and the pedophile man???
There are so many issues and variables that this teaching does not consider today so many and the Fallout and the repercussions of such a black and white teaching causes so much more damage in the lives of others and children and Families then the grace that God offers for a new start in life and to pursue him going forward.
It also says in the Bible that we are to remain in the calling in which we were called when he called us.
I mean this would mean that me and my blended family of six children and my wife after 7 years of marriage is come to find out according to this if I listened to this that I would have to divorce my wife and leave her and look at the Fallout and the lives that are getting severely damaged bye that and look at the consequences of the teaching as a domino effect into the lives of others If This Were to be true look at the implications of such a black and white teaching are you telling me that Jesus has no Grace and has no mercy and forgiveness and before anybody in these relationships get saved they have to do in order to be saved or to stay saved they have to do a work, just doesn't make any sense and that's NOT the GOSPEL!
So that being said I am still holding myself to the fire and asking God to lead me in my situation and in my circumstance but I will not tell somebody else that this is what they must do.
I pray for God's Enlightenment and all things to be obedient to his word in Jesus name God bless you all!
If you are repenting, you wouldn't stay with that person. If you continue staying with a divorced person with a living spouse then what would you be repenting from? Some people refuse to remarry if their spouse is living and they aren't even saved.
It was a totally refreshing thing to hear that someone else, who is a born again Christian, has taken the narrow (and extremely unpopular) path of living strictly in accordance with God's word with regard to marriage, divorce, and remarriage. My first marriage of 18 years to an agnostic ended in divorce after years of mental, physical, and emotional abuse. Seven years later, I met and fell in love with a fellow Christian man. When we decided to get married, I read the scriptures and believed in my mind that the marriage would be acceptable and blessed by God. We married shortly thereafter. Then, my sister, also a Christian, enlightened me with additional scripture as you have shown here, and I realized that this second marriage would never be blessed by God, and in fact, would make both me AND my new husband adulterers. The Bible specifically states that except for the death of a spouse OR infidelity (adultery) on their part, a second marriage is not permissible or condoned. One must remain UNMARRIED until the death of the husband or wife of the first marriage if there has been no death or infidelity. This is one of the most challenging things a Christian will face if he or she is determined to walk their Christian life according to His word and principles. Not only does this mean that you must not remarry, it also means one must remain celibate, otherwise one commits fornication. Having said this truth, you can see why so many people CHOOSE to disobey God's word and proceed with a remarriage. They CHOOSE the convenient, broad path that leads to destruction, rather than the straight and narrow way that leads to life . . . AND FEW THERE BE THAT FIND IT. Nine years ago, I filed for a divorce from my second husband. He, also being a Christian and having studied the additional scriptures, agreed and understood why this was the road to take IF we were to be welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven by our Heavenly Father when He comes again. This decision I made to be totally unwavering from God's word as to the issue of remarriage has been one of, if not the most, challenging life situations for me, yet, I will not falter. I pray for strength from the Lord every day to overcome any and all temptations that are set before me. At the same time, I realize how the Lord is shaping me into the form of what He wills for me. In Christian Love . . .
My 2nd marriage is almost dissolved. Thank you for your testimony, and for that of Dr. Joseph Webb and other pastors. (Romans 7:3, Matthew 5:32, Matthew 19:9.)
this truly blessed me sister. The Lord showed me the truth about this last September and Ive been studying it ever since God has delivered me from remarriage as well Praise God for His word.
Thank you, Servant Arphaxad. The truth is in God's Word. I am delighted that God opened your eyes to His truth. And that you obeyed Him.
***** why are you so upset at someone for be thankful to God saving them from a certain sin you should be rejoicing.
Wait have you been remarried?
Are you being convicted?
Jeffrey H do you still love sin?
Jeffrey H you are so angry and for what? This woman is speaking truth and lets be honest the truth is never easy to swallow.
Stef blanchard amen obedience is better than sacrifice
Deuteronomy 24:1-4 says a wife may not go back to her first husband after a second husband dies, a lot of very respected bible teachers use this as well as the recognition of remarriages in the bible to say that whilst remarriage is wrong, it's also wrong to end that marriage. A marriage is formed by making vows to one another, regardless of what you think God thinks about that, it's woven through the entire bible that you keep your word. By divorcing you have broken that. Whenever you try and isolate what the bible says on one specific topic you cannot ignore the other things the bible says. The movement encouraging divorces of remarriages is very dangerous.
Anne Harrison I agree with you!! A VERY dangerous movement! What if those that remarried didn’t even know god at the time and have kids and a family are you saying god wants them to be a broken family? I very much doubt it Sharon your teaching is very dangerous and can cause more harm ESPECIALLY to those who didn’t know Christ before
We r not under the old testement. God said in the New Testement that remarriage is Adultery. Stop cherry picking bible versus to justify Adultery.
My husband divorced me. He was unfaithful and our marriage ended on January 2 2019. My heart is broken. I didn't want to be divorced. We were married for 29 years. He thought he was going to marry the woman, who I have forgiven, and start a new family. My ex has some things in his past that would make most women run and she did! Now he is divorced from me and lost the other woman too. I believe that was God showing him that he could never marry another woman and it be ok. The sad thing is is I am destined to be alone for the rest of my life. I am heartbroken over this. I am sick with Lyme Disease and other autoimmune diseases I'm disabled and I'm living back home with my parents helping them as much as possible because they are elderly and my mom is in a wheelchair and my dad is hard of hearing and has diabetes and heart problems. I love them so much and am forever grateful to them for giving me a place to live. Me and my two children. We all help each other. I guess I could be in worse situations. I feel sorry for myself because I was a good wife and never unfaithful to him. All I ever wanted was to be happy and have a husband who loved me. I wonder what the Lord is thinking sometimes. I guess I shouldn't be questioning him because he in all his wisdom knows what he's doing. Even though I'm terrified of being alone, I will be if that's what his will is for me. 🕊❤️🙏🏻✌️🏻
Thanks for listening.
I am so very sorry. You are blessed to have a loving family to return to. But your husband who chose to leave wanted more and ended up with nothing. It is when he has nothing that he is broken and might seek the Lord with all of his heart. Keep the door open for him. He is the prodigal and God is definitely working in him. Yes, God knows what he is doing. You are not alone. He is with you.
Sharon Henry Thank you for replying. You are right. I'm never alone. God is with me always. I will always have a place in my heart for my ex-husband. I hate writing that. ”ex-husband” sounds so bad. I will love him until the day I die. I have forgiven him as well. God has something wonderful in store for me in heaven. I just have a feeling about that. Thank you, Sharon, for sharing your story and being a good example of a Godly woman. You have the courage to do what the Lord wants of you regardless of what anyone says. That gives me hope and courage myself. ❤️🙏🏻🕊
@@Texasgrrl77 I know you wrote this over a year ago. I just want to say, I have Lyme disease, too. Also in Texas! Just came to the realization that I am in an adulterous remarriage. My first husband is now married with a new family. I doubt if I ever get reconciliation. This is very difficult to realize that we will be alone. I hope your marriage can be restored. God bless.
Hi Sharon -Your video was the first of many that Adonia showed me that I was committing adultrey. After a year of trying to find a loophole, we severed our 20+ legalized adultreous marriage on Aug 13, 2020. Thank you for sharing your testimony.
Thank you for sharing, Sonia. There are a few who love the Lord enough to want to walk with Him, not as an adulterer, but in purity of heart, mind, and life. Did your partner of 20 + also recognize that he was in an adulterous marriage?
Yes, I read Luke 16:18 and he said, “I always thought I was not suppose to marry again. After months of crying we and the kids dropped off the divorce petition at the court house. I texted many of my colleagues to make our announcement. I did it because 90% of them are also in legalized adulterous remarriage.
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@@madisonmichelle5182 You may save them from their adulterrous remarriage. Your kids have learned from you how serious a marriage covenant is before God and how to live it for HIs glory and honor.
@Yvonne Dalton In Jeremiah 3 God is directly referring to Deuteronomy 24 - it is referring to God putting Israel, His wife, away. And he goes AGAINST Deut. 24 and tells her to come back to Him - even after she then "becomes another man's":
'They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord .'
Jeremiah 3:1 KJV
In the SAME chapter, God gives her a bill of DIVORCE:
"And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also."
Jeremiah 3:8 KJV
Still in the same chapter, AFTER God has given her a bill of divorce, He states that he is STILL married to her - the bill of divorce therefore did not nullify their marriage:
"Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord ; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:"
Jeremiah 3:14 KJV
Jeremiah 3 shows that God is not following Deuteronomy 24's divorce law - because He does not have a hard heart. That law applied to the Israelites, who had hard hearts, under Moses' leadership.
Jesus also says that this law in Deuteronomy 24 was given for those under Moses due to their hard hearts. He clearly says that He does not give us that permission - we are not to have hard hearts, but we are to forgive our husbands/wives and wait for them to repent and reconcile with them when they sin against us.
"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 unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery."
Matthew 19:8-9 KJV
"Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven. Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. But as he was not able to pay, his master commanded that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and that payment be made. The servant therefore fell down before him, saying, ‘Master, have patience with me, and I will pay you all.’ Then the master of that servant was moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt. “But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’ So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you all.’ And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt. So when his fellow servants saw what had been done, they were very grieved, and came and told their master all that had been done. Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?’ And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him. “So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.”
Matthew 18:21-35 NKJV (note that this chapter is the chapter directly before Jesus' teaching of divorce due to hardness of heart)
Praise God that He does not divorce us and marry another. When He puts us away or divorces us, He waits for us to repent and reconcile with Him. Praise God that His heart is not hard. Beg God to give you a heart of flesh to forgive your covenant husband/wife, 490 times (seventy times seven times), lest He not forgive you on Judgment Day for your trespasses against Him, which I assure you are much, much greater than 490.
Divorce with adulterous remarriage is for the hard hearted. Woe to you if you are counted amongst the hard hearted on Judgment Day:
"But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;"
Romans 2:5 KJV
A hard heart is evidence that the Spirit of God is not in that person:
"A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh."
Ezekiel 36:26 KJV
Christmas is a pagan holiday that the Bible tells us not to celebrate. Jeremiah 10:2-4
A beautiful testimony! I pray the Lord strengthens and encourages you.
Sharon, I resonate with your testimony and I thank you for sharing your true testimony, faith and obedience to God! So many people contort and overlook Yahweh’s words and I praise God that you turned away from sin to follow God’s will for God really does hate divorce. People keep obliterating that fact justifying marriages by saying that God forgives... God does forgive and He is also just and regardless of Grace, no one can’t be fooled into thinking you can just treat God’s Grace and forgiveness as common and meaningless as to continue sinning. God is a Holy God as He is just so regardless of God forgiving your sin out of His love and mercy, you are to Honor that gift and mercy of forgiveness by taking this second chance He has wiped your slate clean to turn away from your sin and start anew. Abide in God and God will abide in you! I am going thru this right now! I forgot why I never entertained divorcees in my youth but I was so taken by one recently. We got along great and I tell u, making the same discoveries last week about what God had to say about Divorce and Marriage shocked me! It was no wonder, I always called his ex wife of 15 yrs, his wife and I always felt like I had to take the back seat to her like in JOY LUCK CLUB... wife #2. This man is amazing and I was so enamoured when I was with him but my senses would go into overdrive when I was apart from him. I didn’t like fornicating and felt we had to be married but I’m so terrified of marriage! So I was fine with how things were but thru time it was eating up inside of me. I love this man and would do anything for him... I had to come to terms with idolatry and fornication when on Easter, he asked me if I would do anything for him. “Of course baby” (in my head except kill, steal and things breaking God’s laws), then he asked if I would submit my will to his and this didn’t sound right to me. This line bothered me for about a month until he went away on a trip for the weekend and I sought God. It was my crisis moment for Christ. That whole weekend I sought out God’s words and cried all weekend! To my discovery of the truth... he is still bound to his marriage covenant oath in heaven. I would be an adulterer. His wife is free and can marry whoever she wants but if he wants to please God, he needs to pluck out his wandering eyes from other women and either spend the rest of his and her life trying to win his wife back or remain single focusing on Jesus. This broke my heart. We were awesome together. I told him I didn’t want to fornicate with him any more and he agreed suggesting we don’t have to have sex. Yeah right! Who is he fooling?!? That’s going to drive me nuts wondering who he IS fornicating with if it’s not me! He also said that God forgives what kind of sins? ALL SINS arguing past present and future. But that doesn’t mean you don’t repent... there’s a lot of references about the vine and branches and working on your salvation. Anyway, the issue of idolatry also came up as I only want to bend my will to God’s will. I can only submit to him if he submitted to God cuz then I would know he was under God’s laws and obedient to God. I could trust that. Anyway... stay strong! I’m exactly in your shoes and walking that narrow path with u so thank you for being a wonderful example obeying God at all costs! Your sister in Christ! ~Merwin
Hi Sharon, You're one of the very few who are choosing to honour your marriage covenant. God bless you dearly for doing so. In these Last Days of the Church Age it's so easy to find churches that will feed you lies as truths with regards to the marriage covenant. Only corrupt and perverted churches teach that it's perfectly fine to remarry after divorce, especially if you're not the one who cheated. Churches that make up the Bride of Christ do not teach this lie that originated in the pit of hell. They teach the Truth of the Lord Jesus Christ. "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.” [Mark 10:11,12]
When a man and a woman make a covenant before God to marry until death, it means exactly that. Only the death of one of them can dissolve the marriage covenant. The covenant they both make before God is inscribed on their very souls. If the man commits adultery against his wife or visa versa the marriage covenant will be defiled but not dissolved. Men and women don't enter into a marriage covenant on the understanding that they'll dissolved it if one or both of them commit adultery. Christian Couples really need to pay more attention to the vows they're making before God on their wedding Day.
Because the sin of adultery cannot break the marriage covenant, but can only defile it, the Lord told the married woman, who was caught in the act of adultery to: "...go and sin no more.” [John 8:11] In other words, the Lord told her to stop defiling her marriage covenant but instead to remain faithful to her own husband. The "fornication clause" many are using as an excuse to remarry only applied to betrothed wives in Jewish times! A betrothed couple waited for about a Year before they consummated their marriage. If within that Year the betrothed wife commited fornication, the betrothed husband could "divorce" her to marry someone else. This is what Joseph wanted to do when he thought Mary had committed fornication not adultery. "Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery..." [Matt.19:9]
After a marriage has been consummated, if a spouse then commits adultery, a separation, not divorce, is permitted. If the spouse repents, however, a reconciliation must be sought. If he or she doesn't repent and goes off to marry someone else, the innocent spouse must remain unmarried and continue to pray for a reconciliation. This may or may not happen. "Now to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from her husband. But even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to divorce his wife." [1 Cor.7:10,11]
"But if the unbelieving spouse separates himself, let him be separated. In circumstances like these, the brother or sister is not enslaved - God has called you to a life of peace." [1Cor.7:15] This is another verse many Christians use to support remarriages. They're reading into the text something that is not there. The brother or sister not being enslaved simply means that the brother or sister are no longer able to function in the capacity as a husband or a wife any longer, because their respective spouses have chosen to leave. For we get married to be enslaved, in a good sense, to our spouses! "And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness...present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness...But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God" [Rom.6:18,19,22] Being enslaved to our spouses means being a slave of righteousness for holiness. It means being a slave of God. You really have to twist the Scriptures to conclude that not being enslaved means you're free to remarry if your spouse leaves. This is confirmed to not be the case. For in the very next verse Paul places the responsibility of saving the spouse who has left in the hands of the husband or wife, who are to remain unmarried. "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?" [1 Cor.7:16] A husband or a wife cannot pray with a pure heart before God, for the salvation of a spouse who has left, if they're committing adultery, in an unlawful marriage, with someone else.
What so many Christians don't realize is that the Lord Jesus Christ is using the marriage covenant to separate the wheat from the chaff in the Church before the Rapture. This is why it's so important for Christians to choose their spouses very very carefully. Because, unlike the World, we have only one chance to get it right. And if we blow it we may have to spend the rest of our lives alone in order to remain within God's perfect will.
Excellent explanation of the covenant of marriage and that adultery defiles but does not dissolve the marriage covenant. How did you find the truth? It is no longer taught in the "church."
@@sharonhenry5479 I found it in the only place where it can be found, in the Word of God. We can only see the truth with guidance from the Holy Spirit.
@@robertomontanez1163 God bless you too, brother!
World Video BIble School (WVBS) has a very well done teaching on the subject of divorce and remarriage. It's one of the most scripturally balanced teachings i have come across with examples and different scenarios.
Good to hear some Biblical truth on this subject. Very rare.
Thank you for sharing your wonderful testimony. It's touched and humbled so many. God bless you richly.
Thank you for your transparency! You are chosen by the Lord
Bless the Lord! You have an amazing testimony and beautiful response to conviction from the Holy Spirit. I pray you stay encouraged and thank you for sharing your story.
This sounds like me I married a divorced man and I left him too for adultry and physical abuse he's now on his 5th wife and I never remarried
Truth Watch. I hope you know that you were never joined by God to someone else' husband and that you can have your own one flesh blessed marriage should you so desire.
Sharon Henry thank you Sharon
*Truth Watch* Sorry I don't get why you didn't remarry
Tobore Denedo I almost remarried but he was divorced twice which at that time I wasn't awake like I am now and just broke up with someone in church that divorced first wife and second wife died. It's hard to find someone who's never been married or is a true widower
I haven't remarried because I want to focus on serving the Lord. I can marry a widower or a never before married man.
The death penalty for an unfaithful betrothed woman and a fully married woman was the same because both belonged to the man who purchased her to be his wife. The more important event was not the wedding, but the purchase which takes place a year or so before the wedding. The stoning was the penalty for taking another man's possession, his betrothed wife (Gune, woman) or his married wife (gune, woman). Once the man and woman are married, there is no divorce permission. To divorce and remarry would be adultery.
Neal Doster When you say "this" I can only guess what you are referring to. But generally I studied the Bible for over a year. I memorized 1 Cor. 7:1-40. I prayed over the verses and God led me to godly men who believed in the permanency of marriage. I used logic with all the arguments of those who taught that one can divorce and remarry. I saw through their twists and turns. I was willing to follow no matter the personal cost to me.
Neal Doster I just saw your specific question. I researched including the Greek and Hebrew, and wrote a book with 3 and 1/2 pages of references to back up the betrothal position.
Sharon Henry I have a question that bugs me about this. So since your marriage was basically adultery, is it still considered a marriage by God and if not, would that imply that you could remarry?
My marriage is called adultery by the Lord Jesus, so it is not "considered a marriage by God." If I civilly marry a widower or never before married man, it would be a marriage that God would recognize as lawful and God then joins two into one flesh for life.
In Genesis, the formula for what constitutes a valid marriage is given: One man and One woman are joined by God into One flesh. God does not join a married man and his adulteress or mistress into one flesh. If the adulterer divorces his one flesh wife, and marries the adulteress, their relationship is still adultery. It is the first marriage that God joins and recognizes as one flesh for live.
This video is the best I have seen on this topic. God bless you for your testimony. That's not easy to break up with someone you really love. I'm so sorry for all the pain both of you must of suffered. But both your love for God is so much bigger, and you both have shown him that. Your rewards will be so great. You are such good examples of forsaken all for Christ. I love to find true christians are left in the world. God bless you both.
Thank you for your good words and understanding heart Zarasha1. It is the most difficult thing ever. I still suffer rejection by family and churches because they believe remarriage is adultery, but "God forgives." Or "Grace covers it."
@@sharonhenry5479 They should be rewarding and praising you both, for making right decisions. The churches today are not on fire for God. They are extremely luke warm. They follow only the parts of the bible that are easy for the flesh, but the difficult once like what you did they ignore. You make them look at themselves, and they feel ashamed. Their flesh won't allow them to give up their sins. You are walking in glory, and the devil is angry and jealous of that. He will use those closest to you to get to you. Don't listen to anyone in this world, not even to your own heart. Go by the Bible as you have been doing, and you will continue to walk in righteousness. I pray that your video gets to many people who are living with someone else's spouse, so they can repent before it's too late. I recently told a women I recently met she needs to stop dating and sleeping with a divorce men. I told her in the eyes of the world he is divorced, but not in God eyes. Once married always married until one spouse pass away. She didn't know and I told her well God led me to you to give you this message. I told her to repent before it's too late. Forget about everyone in this world. Over 2000 years ago, our savior warned us we live in a dying world. He is talking about the people who surrounds us. Anyone who will condemn you or forsake you for loving God and forsaken a man who was still married in God's eyes is not worth your time. People like you are so precious to God. Those people that don't want nothing to do with you, it's not them but God is separating you from them. They don't deserve someone like you in their life. I pray that God showers you with friends that will love you more than those family members who rejects you. The world rejects you but God will never reject you. God bless you and continue to heal you and use you. You are my motivation to push and not follow the world, no matter how lonely it may feel on the way. At the end it will be all worth it.
Thanks for sharing this testimony, it helps me a little. I was myself married to a divorced woman 15 years ago and divorced her 2½ years later, but because we have a son I will always have the situation around me. I do agree on all your points except I do not see how Genesis 2:23-25 can be interpreted clearly to say that God only joins those who are not previously married.
On the other side I have taken note of the examplary situations in the gospels. John the Baptiser finalised his ministry by going against a remarriage, and paid with his life. If he had not been of the point that the remarriage with Herodias was invalid and had to be severed why would it be so offensive to Herod? If Herod needed only to ecknowledge the sin to be forgiven and restored, what would that had been to him? Therefore I believe by the example of John the Baptiser, that sinful remarriages must be severed.
p.s. I live celibate, not sure if I have the option to marry, and I will not take a chance here. Salvation is too expensive.
If you were not married before you married the divorced woman,then in God's eyes you were committing adultery with her.You are able to remarry but only with someone who was never married before.
God bless you and this comment. Referring to the mention of Genesis, man may join together and create union with anything he wants, whether it be a harlot, another man, or his German Shepherd; but that sinful union will never be joined by God. The original covenant marriage of a man and woman can never be severed, regardless of whether or not they have sexual relations with other people.
J B McThree amen, that's part of counting the cost.
I am now divorced - my unsaved wife cheated on me, and I let her pursue the divorce. According to the Christians of the world, I can remarry. But, God is not mocked. He never makes an exception for remarriage, but only for divorce.
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Wonderful testimony, Sharon. Thank you for saying the truth.
Bottom line is marriage is a choice and from all indications a choice that comes with zero tolerance for error,if you make the wrong choice you will live with that choice until death,either living with someone who makes you and perhaps you make them miserable or a lifetime of lonliness,best to just stay single and enjoy solitude it is almost the only way to peace in this life,not just inner peace but outer peace as well,God can give you inner peace but outer peace of circumstances comes with good choices.
Indeed a choice with zero tolerance for error. Well said
Thank you sister Sharon for this beautiful testimony. I needed this! All glory to God. God bless you sister.
does not this woman realize that although her first marriage was an adulterous marriage she is free to marry again biblically. the first one wasn't valid if she hasn't been married before she can marry a previously unmarried person....what a shame she doesn't realize this
NiGel, I can marry my own husband, a preciously unmarried man, or a widower I do know this. Thank you for loving God's truth.
Sharon Henry that's ok my sister. You take good care. God bless and thank you. :)
Sharon Henry , thank you for following the scriptures in obedience. The lie about remarriage using Matthew 19:9 is a Greek word was added by Erasmus, he changed the meaning which people don't realize. He added the word "el". This remarriage and divorce issue is one of the most destructive heresies in church history. The scripture is clear, no divorce period. Paul talked about about a separation. You can't reason with people who have hard hearts.
People follow deceiving spirits... This is a new teaching toted and shrouded with so called righteousness but it is a leading from the put of hell. Just like "pray Jesus in your heart."
So many families and hearts will be torn apart because of this very misunderstood teaching its sad. May God have mercy in leaders who teach this.
NiGel Burnett UK Business Developer yes I married a divorced woman I had to end it and divorce her to do the correction I’m Free to marry a widow or one never married I think she knows this ? But can’t let him go ?
Wow....I pray God blesses you for your courage!💖💖💖
Thank you for sharing your journey.
Of honoring GODS WORD im on the journey as well don't know weather to be amazed or sad that church leaders won't stand up for the clear teaching of the word. I pray that GOD will grant me the miracle of reconciliation with the wife of my youth and the mother of our three sons
Thank you Sharon, I wanted to hear this. God Bless You.
Thank you Anna for telling me and for choosing God's Word. No one told me in the church for 15 years. I wanted to know like you do. God bless you.
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great message. the Bible says that there will come a time when right will be wrong and wrong will be right. Not many people can understand the remarriage is adultery biblical concept because their hearts are filled with lust. we must forsake the world and live according to the word of God no matter how much we appear to be going against culture. Christ warned us that this would actually be the case for the true Christian. Amen.