davidwlowe wrote:
1. A man who marries a woman who has been divorced has committed adultery, if that woman's divorce was based on unbiblical grounds (i.e. she left a previous legitimate marriage because she didn't love the first husband anymore).
Yes. Committed against her former spouse upon remarriage.
This is based on the same context that Jesus was dealing with concerning the Jews.
This also is modified by whether her ex remarried or not, but honestly, I think Jesus was dealing more the the 'spirit' of the law rather than the leter.
We may feel we can play what some call the 'waiting' game where we walk out on a marriage for no just cause and wait for them to screw up first, then we think WE are in the clear because they remarried first.
God isnt a fool, He knows the guilty party...check out Numbers 30 for a very clear teaching on that matter)
2. That man is continuously committing adultery by staying married to a woman who was divorced on unbiblical grounds, regardless of whether he repents, is sorry for what he has done, and has asked for forgiveness a million times.
Wrong.
There is no actual evidence that this adultery is perpetual.
http://studies.assembly-ministries.org/ ... p?f=5&t=30
Jesus is simply showing something moses didnt...that sin is committed in these frivolous divorces. His intent was not to declare any 'state' of sin.
Otherwise, we should see a mass exodus from subsequent marriages in the NT as we see in Ezra....seeing that Paul and Christ BOTH hit on the marriage topic so much
3. Even if her first husband gets remarried and releases her from an obligation to go back to him, this does not legitamize the second marriage because the first marriage was left on unbiblical grounds. (THIS IS A KEY QUESTION IN MY SITUATION.)
Second marriages are legitimate regardless.
The only ones in the NT that are shown as not being are those that are incesuous (ie 'unlawful').
There isnt a single marriage commanded to be ended in the NT simply because it is a REmarriage.
These who are divorced and remarried do, however, have restrictions placed upon them.
http://studies.assembly-ministries.org/ ... p?f=3&t=11
4. If that man is continuously committing adultery by staying married to a woman who was divorced, the only solution for him is to leave the marriage and file for divorce. He cannot stay married and expect to be considered a disciple of Jesus Christ because he is in an adulterous relationship. Staying in this adulterous "marriage", in other words, is not something that God can forgive (Heb. 13:4).
Since I do not believe in an 'adulterous' marraige, only an 'unlawful' one (ie incestous, etc), I cant answer this question.
5. God did not view this relationship as a true marriage in the first place, but rather as adultery, no matter how long the man and the divorced woman were married, no matter if they have children, a house, cars, home furnishings, and an extended family.
same as above.
6. The man leaving this "marriage" would not be considered the sin of divorce since it was not a legitimate, Biblical marriage in the first place.
In my viewpoint it was legitimate marriage and therefore it is sinful to divorce.
7. The woman in this case is not free to remarry under any circumstance for the rest of her life because she left her first husband and forced a divorce on unbiblical grounds. She can be forgiven, but cannot re-enter another marriage because it would be adulterous.
In the latter times...doctrines of devils....that forbid marriage.
Much scripture is misunderstood and subsequently twisted to create something that the bible doesnt actually show.
All those divorced and subsequently remarried Jews and not a single word about them putting away those marriages....odd