As some of you know, a few of us are divorced. After my recent testimony post somebody said to me my divorce was a sin, and implied that I left the faith. The person does not know me and I totally lost it over the hog wash response. I will post it shortly.
However, is divorce a sin for both parties or the one in the wrong. As my X did say when I got layed off No Job No marriage. She left me with all the debt and bills. That I resolved on my own.
getting divorced does not mean a person loses their salvation.
Do you also think that protestant churches support this thinking? I do not. Every church I have attended supports marriage for life.
NB, Moses allowed divorce "because their hearts were hard" So would you consider a hard heart towards God a sin? And yes 'exceptions' are given, however we are to live by the Spirit not by the Law; what the Law may grant the Spirit may not. After all God did ask Hosea to marry a prostitute.
Jesus Christ (God in the flesh) Died on that cross in agony, with the weight of all man's sins upon him(He who had not known sin) To save us from the judgement in Hell which we all deserved.
Is there anything you can do more powerful than God?
I guess the simple retorical question to ask yourself Dennis, is "Is my divorce, more powerful an act, than what God did for me?".
Of course the answer is no.
I know it can be tough to have people throwing their opinions at yah every chance they get Dennis, but hang in there. God's got your back, and I am pretty sure He couldn't care less about people's opinions.
Sorry to hear about the divorce though Dennis. May you find God to be your "Mighty and Strong Tower".
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. (Ephesians 4:32) ~~~~ Dennis, the only real forgiveness that we need has already been given. ~~ God Bless You!
Christian beliefs do not allow for divorce for it is tantamount to apostasy; thus, whether we have pledged our hearts, lives and souls to each other and tear them asunder through divorce or whether we have pledged our hearts, lives and souls to The, Our, Lord and tear them asunder through apostasy there truly is no difference for if we cannot walk the talk in our actions and examples then our talk is nothing more than vanity ie, puffed up empty pride making our lives lies of the most hypocritical sort assuredly proving our faith is dead deserving of what judgment He may so mete out whether through His ministers of wrath in the here and now or, later, by His own hand in the age to come.
Exceptions do apply: if the two are unequally yoked, which can be either marriage with an unbeliever or, in the extreme, marriage of two Christians where the spiritual maturity is too far apart; the Christian is exhorted to stay in the marriage but and only if the other party decides to leave then the Christian is free. The other circumstance, also, is optional in the case of unfaithfulness, the big question being can forgiveness and reconciliation occur? This requires both parties to place their own prides beneath that of the other and both beneath and at the feet of Jesus.
Hardness of the heart. A hard heart no one can get through, not even God (else a violation of the free will concept). It puts self above all others. In a nutshell, pride. The Original Sin saw this and from this virtually all other sin follows.
Ancient Hebraic thought blamed the future husband, even if he was unknown at the time, as the cause for the divorce. The thinking is very simple, somewhere along the line the wife said in her heart or aloud, �there must be something better than this�. From that moment onward there were two choices, remain or leave for greener pastures and the more attention, the more watering the new grass was given the more the idea matured until it was all that the minds eye could see.
What is sin? If we believe in our hearts something is evil and we do that thing then we have committed sin. We have the law to show us a dividing line but for those of us in Christ we are above the law (though not beyond its reach). The example used is food offered unto idols; if we are invited to eat then let's eat not saying anything about what the pagans are blessing the food to for God has provided the food and if we as believers thank Him then there is no problem. If, on the other hand, we have someone that is weaker in the faith with us who complains about the food being sacrificed as it were to idols then for conscience sake to the weaker one's faith we should not eat.
All things are lawful for us but not all things are expedient.
