For anyone who is interested in understanding the truth of marriage, divorce, and remarriage from the scripture: there is a pastor named Gino Jennings that explains all of it in details. Go to YouTube and search " Pastor Gino Jennings Marriage Divorce Remarriage" I pray that the Lord God opens up your understanding to the truth in the Scriptures.
First, there are very few grounds for divorce. The modern "evangelical" 501c3 posing as a church has made divorce too easy. When you marry in the Lord, your spouse won't be perfect but they will be someone seeking Christ first. If you married in the flesh, then you have reaped the fruit of the flesh.
Secondly, Jesus gives permission for someone to remarry when adultery has taken place. “And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.” Jesus states that divorcing a spouce on the grounds of immorality frees the offended spouce to remarry without committing adultery. Hope that helps
I agree with the last comment, I had to divorce my husband due to adultery and I did a lot of reading around it. I understand that Jesus provided a way to be able to do this due to man's heard heart- Deut 4v1 Even though God hates divorce the Bible gives two clear grounds for divorce: sexual immorality (Matthew 5:32; 19:9) and abandonment by an unbeliever (1 Corinthians 7:15)..
@Jazmin First of, I am sorry to hear that your husband committed adultery. But God did not give the permission to divorce due to adultery. For Matthew 5:32 new version of the Bible has altered the manuscript of the original KJV. If you read Matthew 5:32, 19:9 in KJV you will find that sexual immortality refers to fornication, not adultery. To understand what Jesus means in these Scriptures you first have to define fornication vs adultery; they are not the same thing.
@Jazmin A married man or woman cannot commit fornication. Neither can a unmarried man or woman commit adultery. Now to understand Matthew 5:32;19:9, we first have to define what a wife is. There are two kinds of wife's that which a man is engaged to and that which a man is married to. Proverbs 18:22 says a man who finds (not have) a wife finds a good thing. This means a woman is found as a wife before she gets married to a man that finds her.
@Jazmin Now going back to Matthew 5:32;19:9 Jesus when he says except it be for fornication he is referring to the unmarried or the engaged/espoused couple because it is impossible for a married man or woman to commit fornication. Now for 1 Corinthians 7:15, the unbelieving may depart by divorce but you as the believer who knows the truth cannot divorce, but you can separate from your spouse as God gave permission for that as written in 1 Corinthians 7:10.
@Jazmin Romans 7:2 clearly states for a spouse to marry another when their spouse is still living, commits adultery. 1 Corinthians 7:10 also states if the spouse departs leaves or separates from their partner, let them remain unmarried or reconciled back together. This truth hurts. I wish this was not the truth of the matter in this subject. But I hope this was helpful to you. And I pray the Lord God opens thy understanding to the Scriptures.
Great question. To be clear, reconciliation should not be attempted if there is any form of abuse. I suggest praying and seeking God. Seek wise counsel (which isn’t always who one would think it is!), and trust your gut. I’m a single mother of girls. I firmly believe that my daughters need a strong father in their life (aside from God). I believe God gives me the desires of my heart (which is to have a partner) and I believe that as humans we weren’t created to walk alone. Find your comfort
Now if you read the book of Malachi 2:16 God says he hated putting away, which means divorcement. I hope these Scriptures enlightened your understanding of divorce and remarriage. For your first question I do not know why Mathew 5:31 says woman divorced and the man. In this same scripture it has be misinterpreted that it is permissible to divorce your spouse if it is from a cause of fornication. This is not true as fornication happens between two who are unmarried.
@Chiluru but back then, could men put away their husband, or was it just men who could put away their wives? And whenever they felt like it? There’s a lot to hate it that. It’s very different to divorce where one party has committed adultery. Even then, I’m sure he hates it, as humans hate it, no one likes divorce, but it’s necessary sometimes. He hates divorce, but He doesn’t hate those getting divorced.
I meant could women put away their husbands
Putting away smacks of abandonment.
@Jacki Yes it goes both ways. Please read Mark 10:11-12(kjv). God also gives permission for separation not divorce in 1 Corinthians 7:10-15
Now for the topic of divorce, God does not give permission at all for that to happen. In Mark 10:2 Jesus speaks of how Moses in the old testament gave permission for a man to divorce his wife due to the hardness of the heart of the people of Israel. In Matthew 19:7Jesus told the people from the beginning it was not so, meaning that was not God's will. And in these verses you will find that the phrase "put her away" is used which means divorcement.
Hi Jennifer - the truth of the matter is divorce and remarriage is not acceptable to God; I can prove it with Scripture. In Roman 7:2 it says for remarriage to be permissible by God your spouse must NOT be living, but if you spouse is living and you remarry you sin.
I wouldn’t much stock into the gender of the example given, but more the context and content of why the divorce is taking place. It’s hotly debated and everyone who studies eventually lands on a stance either way. If an unbelieving spouse abandons a believing spouse, the Christian is free to remarry. If adultery is committed it’s also grounds for divorce. A good pastor walking through it with some1 would hope for reconciliation. Many of my favourite pastors agree with this stance Some don’t.
