Is Remarriage allowed by the Bible

[Guest LadyC]

actually, scripture says it is a sin to remarry your original spouse if she/he was divorced by their second spouse. divorce is wrong. scripture is clear about that. but remarriage is not forbidden, and scripture is clear on that too. i think you'll find the appropriate verses pertaining to that in one of my previous posts in this thread, or in one of the articles i linked to.

[Guest LadyC]

"Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God. Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord; yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say that it is good for a man so to be. Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosened. Art thou loosed from a wife (divorced)? Seek not a wife. But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned"

from one of the articles i linked to previously..

[RGR]

Well, the fact that Jesus was a descendant of the relationship between Bathsheba and David should be of some thought on this matter. Even after David had Uriah the Hittite murdered, God still pronounced His blessing upon the union via the birth of Solomon-who would, of course, later become king of Israel.

The woman at the well. Jesus did not tell her to go back to her original husband. No. He simply pointed out the sin she was in at that time-living with a man. I think that sheds some thought on the matter.

[Guest FoC]

From my site....

Points concerning divorce and remarriage.

Rightly dividing the word of truth.

This site is a work in progress. I will be adding more to it over time, so please check back from time to time.

If you have questions or suggestions for adding any refutations to arguments you've heard from the anti-remarriage groups that you know are wrong, please email me at the address later... State the argument that was presented to you, the scripture that was distorted, and what you feel the refutation is.

I will add anything that fits scripture as a whole.

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The divorce/remarriage issue is one of the most argued topics today among christians.

Among the remarkably varied beliefs there are a great many variances even within a given doctrine.

An example would be the ''fornication'' (greek "porneia" (strongs g4202) issue.

Some of the anti-remarriage doctrines teach that this ONLY applies to Jews, even today, and that divorce was never permitted among the gentiles.

Some state the same, that it was for the Jews alone, but now has evolved into a matter of unlawful PREmarital sex for all people, Jew or gentile.

Other believe it only applies to a person who is either divorced and remarried themselves or married to a divorced person, that they are in ''fornication'' by Jesus' words and putting away is permitted under these conditions.

Even others admit that ''fornication'' in Matthew 5 an 19 is adultery, as we believe, but that Jesus isnt permitting remarriage under ANY circumstances..

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Edited November 14, 2005 by FoC

[Guest FoC]

Hmm I seem to remember the marriage pronnouncement of "What God has joined together let no man pull asunder" To me its pretty clear that divorce is a no no and there are verses (I have to look up where exactly) that speak on this issue too. It concerns someone who is divorced marrying another and causing that person to commit adultry.

I don't think God has a problem if the mate of one dies and that one remarries because the vows are till "death do you part" but that would be the only exception that I can think of at this time.

Of course there is always the old standby. Murder maybe, Divorce , never LOL

"whoever puts away a wife and remarries, EXCEPT for whoredom, commits adultery"

Matthew 5:32 and 19:9

Very simple......."Except"

[JesseB.]

Whether or not remarriage is allowed in Scripture is beyond my judgement. However I do know this one thing:

If the marriage is abusive in anyway, shape, or form, God will want you out of it. If you fall in love again with someone else and marry them, I do not think God will disapprove.

[Guest mark l malone]

as long as our actions are consistent with the ultimate Wedding Covenant(bible), and we present our

invitiation at the door(gospel), than our actions testify to Jesus.

Jesus, never leaves his bride, despite adultery, fornication, drug addiction, spitballin the 7th grade teacher from behind, goin 40 in a 35.

however, HE NEVER SAYS THOSE ARE OK.

we lose FELLOWSHIP, when we disobey HIM and HIS WAYS.

Edited November 15, 2005 by mark l malone

[Gerioke]

Jesus, never leaves his bride, despite adultery, fornication, drug addiction, spitballin the 7th grade teacher from behind, goin 40 in a 35.

As much as I'd like to agree wih his , It does conflict with this

1 Corinthians 6:9 have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? Be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, the reign of God shall inherit.

Without true repentance, it would appear that we are doomed. Would this not mean that if we continue in the same sins repeatedly, we would not have truely repented?

[Smalcald]

We have relatively clear scriptural guidance for some circumstances.

Divorce is allowed if your partner commits adultery and I think that includes abandonment and physical abuse (both are really part of an adultery). Under these circumstances remarriage is totally allowable and within scripture. However if YOU cause the divorce by either leaving your marriage or by committing adultery with another man or women, you cannot be remarried within scripture without committing ongoing adultery with that second person who is not actually your husband or wife. Your calling would be to seek reconciliation with your wife or husband. I think these two cases are clear. The problem is the gray areas, which I don't think are clear.

From a Christian perspective in our Churches, I think we can do more. Look at Barna research for data on Christian divorce, the data is not encouraging. The divorce rates for people who have made public professions of faith in evangelical churches is as high as the rate for those who have not made that profession, so something is wrong, very wrong.

I don't think we can know enough about a previous relationship to know if the divorce was biblical or not, so I don

[Guest WhySoBlind]

We could also stop marrying people who are not members of the congregation, even if they grew up there. Both parties should join and belong to the congregation, and then take part in the pre-marital counseling. If they don't want to do that, why would the Church be involved in the marriage?

We could also look at how we accept divorce among our pastors; I don't know the answer for that one.

Where is there a rule in the Bible that says a man and woman must wait 6 months before getting married? Or at all seek the oppinion of the rest of the congregation? If I'm not sinning in doing so, its none of anyone else's business who I marry or how long we've known each other.

The reason the ratios of divorce are about the same, actually worse for the church, as they are in the world is because theres just as many lost "churchians" as there are lost people who never set foot in a church. If preachers would preach the truth instead of the money gospel, then their congregations might be convicted and actually try to live godly lives.