Divorce

dapoppy · 08-06-2006, 04:00 PM

Here are some more of my Brothers teachings.......

: Adultery and fornication are not grounds for divorce. That is commonly taught today but it is not true. It was true in the Old Testament that if a man found his wife in an adulterous situation, he could write her a bill of divorcement (but a woman could not divorce her husband for adultery).
That was a temporary law and God used that law to divorce national Israel; God was married spiritually to national Israel which was living very adulterously. Whereas God should have destroyed national Israel because of their adultery (an adulterous wife was to be stoned to death), He could not do that because Christ had to come out of that nation.
God put Israel away because of adultery, and it became final at the cross. Christ rescinded that law; He said that from the beginning it was not so, and what God has joined together, let not man put asunder. In I Corinthians 7:39, we read:

The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

There is to be no divorce. The alternative is forgiveness. How often do we forgive? Seven times seventy which is a figure of speech to indicate that there is no end of forgiveness. That is the law of God. If anyone divorces his spouse, he is in rebellion against God. If he files for divorce, she is to continue to love him and try to be reconciled. It might appear to be that one spouse is at fault, but if you look more closely, you will see that both are at fault at least to some degree. If one spouse is truly a child of God and tries to do things God"™s way, then it is difficult for the other one to have cause for anger and hatred.
God has established these laws for the protection of the wife, husband, and children. Today, in some countries, approximately 50% of marriages end in divorce, and this is a great tragedy; children do not know who their parents are, and they are shuttled back and forth between strange parents and step-parents. The family unit is a mess; it has been fatally fractured because the church has revised God"™s rules. The church has its own rules and has just about destroyed the family.

Rebel Hog · 08-06-2006, 04:22 PM

Wife having adultery in her and husbands bed. Husband comes home early,

Husband: What are you doing?
Wife: That's right, stand there and believe your lying eyes.

Husband: How many times have you done this?
Wife: 56 times!
Husband: I forgive you 56 times, cause dapoppy has a friend that says I should forgive you.

dapoppy · 08-06-2006, 05:12 PM

Reb, I totally understand that you have a problem with keeping a covenant made in the presence of the Lord. Most people do.

Rebel Hog · 08-06-2006, 05:33 PM

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ORIGINAL: dapoppy

Reb, I totally understand that you have a problem with keeping a covenant made in the presence of the Lord. Most people do.

Sexual intercourse is to be confined to marriage.
Genesis 34:1-7, 31

Matthew 5:31,32 - "It has been said, 'Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.' But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery.

dapoppy · 08-06-2006, 05:43 PM

However, the Church was an adulterous Church. Eve was an adulterer, The House of Israel was an adulterous. The Adulterous woman was a picture of God's Beloved Church. If Jesus Forgave His Adulterous Bride, should not those who call themselves His Children?

Leafrivermac · 08-06-2006, 05:55 PM

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Sexual intercourse is to be confined to marriage.
Genesis 34:1-7, 31

Matthew 5:31,32 - "It has been said, 'Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.' But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery.

Your exactly right Reb, and one has only to open their eyes to see the wisdom in divorcing an unfaithful spouse in todays world especially. With AIDS and all the other STDs that is widespread today one can't risk infection to themselves and their future children while retaining an unfaithful spouse. These folk should be forgiven, but I would'nt remain as one with this woman and Tom, Dick, and Harry.

dapoppy · 08-06-2006, 05:57 PM

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ORIGINAL: Leafrivermac

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Sexual intercourse is to be confined to marriage.
Genesis 34:1-7, 31

Matthew 5:31,32 - "It has been said, 'Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.' But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery.

Your exactly right Reb, and one has only to open their eyes to see the wisdom in divorcing an unfaithful spouse in todays world especially. With AIDS and all the other STDs that is widespread today one can't risk infection to themselves and their future children while retaining an unfaithful spouse. These folk should be forgiven, but I would'nt remain as one with this woman and Tom, Dick, and Harry.

and just imagine, Jesus and the Bros touched Lepers....Go figure.

Rebel Hog · 08-06-2006, 06:05 PM

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ORIGINAL: dapoppy

However, the Church was an adulterous Church. Eve was an adulterer, The House of Israel was an adulterous. The Adulterous woman was a picture of God's Beloved Church. If Jesus Forgave His Adulterous Bride, should not those who call themselves His Children?

When Jesus had lifted up Himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, "Woman, where are those thine accusers? Hath no man condemned thee? She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, "Neither do I condemn thee, GO AND SIN NO MORE."

I believe I can forgive my wife "One" time" for being unfaithful, but it's like Jesus told the adultress, GO AND SIN NO MORE! HEdidn'ttell her it's ok, I'll forgive youeverytime.

dapoppy · 08-06-2006, 06:10 PM

Silly Reb, do you not know that the woman was the Church, and the Pharisees who brought her to be killed under old testament law were Satan?. Jesus destroyed the accuser of the Brethren, hence no one stood to condemn His Beloved Church. Since the woman was the picture of the Church, surely she could sin no more in the Spirit.

You see flesh, while the Spirit escapes you.

Rebel Hog · 08-06-2006, 06:36 PM

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ORIGINAL: dapoppy

Silly Reb, do you not know that the woman was the Church, and the Pharisees who brought her to be killed under old testament law were Satan?. Jesus destroyed the accuser of the Brethren, hence no one stood to condemn His Beloved Church. Since the woman was the picture of the Church, surely she could sin no more in the Spirit.

You see flesh, while the Spirit escapes you.

Read it again, the woman answered Him! You see what you want to see![8D]

When Jesus had lifted up Himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, "Woman, where are those thine accusers? Hath no man condemned thee? She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, "Neither do I condemn thee, GO AND SIN NO MORE."