The Bible says:
“Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery."
--Luke 16:18
So we are talking about this verse. We're not trying to judge someone FYI. Just the exact Word from the Lord. So we know this Christian woman, who's previously married to a Japanese guy in Japan way back the time she's not yet a Christian. It was a fixed marriage. But the fact that it's a "marriage" we can't ignore the fact that the person got married to someone. Although she claimed that there was never a time they had some sexual contact. Then the woman divorced the man and went back to the country. And here she got to know the Lord and got into a relationship with a man who also happens to be a Christian. The pastor of that Church acknowledge them as a "couple" and even though that the papers of the woman are still not validated in the country (since the country doesn't support divorce) and the pastor doesn't have the "license" yet to marry this couple, she still did it. The pastor's stand is that the license is not important and the "marriage papers" are not important what matters most is that they are loving each other. That church acknowledges them as "married couple" because of that. Fast forward years later they had a son, (even though they aren't married via papers until this time).
Question:
Are these people committing adultery?
Can we bend the word of the Lord just because we see them in-love w/ each other?
Does the pastor make a good decision in claiming that the "license" and "marriage papers" are not important?
Should the church acknowledge them as "married couple"?
And even if they really got married with proper procedures would that erase the fact that they are committing "adultery" as stated in the Word?
Really curious about your answers.
