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In the case of divorce the Scriptures allow you to remarry. The whole purpose of divorce is to end the marriage--not to prohibit a future marriage....

I didn't equate divorce with pagan behavior. I justify divorce in the case of pagan behavior, unrepented of, in the home or marriage.

Yes, but your "belief" is not reality. You can believe in the Man in the Moon, but that doesn't make it true. I totally reject Faith Doctrine, the...

My wife was married twice before me. I would be very angry if she chose now, after 30 years, to go back to her original spouse, who has now had...

Same thing. Adultery/murder = pagnism = immorality = sin = bad.

I do not believe that is what Scripture teaches.

There’s a lot of rolling stops in this thread...

I am trying to keep my feeling out of this. The point is that according to Christ you should not divorce. If you do you are against His will and...

I did gave the grounds. The only difference their could be is what was meant with fornication. If it is according to the Jewish custom of being...

Pagan behavior? I don’t equate divorce as a pagan behavior. Otherwise Moses would have prohibited divorce.

You can believe you are "free". I believe God is in control, I can trust Him. Yes I do live by this. Fully.

Let’s say a man is divorced. He becomes a Christian and marries a woman who has never been married. When his ex-wife comes back, he’s supposed to...

Yes, but my point is very important here. In dealing with those under the Law Jesus did *not* have to specify pagan behavior as things that might...

I see it. Being holy unto the Lord and being moral are two different axioms. Morality is the responsiblity of all of us. Being in covenant with God...

I totally agree with patience and long-suffering. But in the marriage we are told that distance does not make the heart grow fonder. On the contrary,...

Yes, and that's why we don't eat meat with milk, because pagan influence. But adultery and murder aren't wrong because they're pagan, they're wrong...

Well we know He was. There were no gentiles in His audience.

It's not the abused spouse that generally needs change, unfortunately.

I know that the millions who would end their current marriage under this rule would hurt, abandon and subject millions of children into poverty. I...

So your standards are stricter than Jesus’ and Paul’s? Both of them gave exceptions.

Okay, we do see the Law differently. You interpret the Jewish Bible. I interpret the OT Bible. I do in fact see the mix with paganism to be the major...

I’m sorry, I don’t have the answer. I just know the answer isn’t one that leads into contradictions.

Are you saying Jesus disagrees with the Father?

I don't believe so. God has created free will for a reason. He wants *us* to make the choice. He doesn't want to make the choice *for us.* God...

and sin Trusting God, believe in Him, following Him, forgive and change yourself.

Do we as Christians not have to give to a lost spouse the opportunity to return as the lost son? Why if they get lost do we not keep faithful as the...

Hello, Markmilleru2. Welcome to the forums.

Because free will. How? Fill in the blanks.

I believe Jesus was talking to those under the Law.

Ummm no that doesn't really follow. Adultery isn't wrong because it's pagan. It's wrong because it violates the foundation of marriage.

Let me clarify. I do believe that divorce is never an option for a Christian and therefore should it never be an option. If one lives according to...

Peace to you. I'm not upset though. I'm just catching up on the conversation, having been away for awhile.

I've already inferred the answer to this in one of my posts. I treat a Christian spouse who acts like a pagan to be the equivalent of a pagan. The...

how is missing the mark not a sin?

Well you are an adulterer as long as you are married to someone else while your spouse is still alive. So you have IMO two options. You can end your...

Nonsense. Jesus said so. BTW, he came first and was indeed talking only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Believers.

Oh sweet sister...I totally get Where you're at right now. Hang onto that coin...as a promise. It might not happen how or when you think it should,...