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Jan 18, 2010 · Recently my wife and I were studying Matthew 19 where Jesus is speaking about divorce. The way we read it (we have both been married before) we are in adultery. And according to Scripture (I Cor. 6:19) adulterers cannot inherit the kingdom of Heaven.
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Jul 15, 2024 · While Jesus makes it plain that divorce and remarriage without biblical grounds is sinfully adulterous (Matt. 19:9; cf. 1 Cor. 7:10–11), he also acknowledges that those who are divorced are truly divorced (not still married in God’s eyes) and those who have remarried are truly married.
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May 12, 2023 · In Matthew 5:32, the assumption is that the woman who is divorced will remarry, and Jesus seems to say that, unless her first marriage was dissolved by adultery (on her husband’s part), her second marriage will make her an adulteress. Jesus also has remarriage in mind in Matthew 19:9.
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Despite the fact that the Mosaic law included provisions regulating divorce, the Old Testament makes it clear that divorce falls short of God’s ideal (Mal. 2:16). It is not surprising, then, that when asked about divorce and remarriage, Jesus took his listeners all the way back to the beginning, reminding them that God created humanity as male and ...
Recognizing the high standard set by Jesus, his original followers respond, finding his view unduly restrictive, “If such is the case . . . it is better not to marry” (Matt. 19:10). Jesus, brushing aside their objection, replies that while a few may indeed have the gift of celibacy (Matt. 19:11–12), God’s original ideal for marriage still stands. S...
Much discussion has centered on the one ostensible exception made by Jesus in which case divorce may be permissible. This exception, mentioned in both Matthew 5:32 and Matthew 19:9, stipulates that divorce is illegitimate “except for marital unfaithfulness” (NIV1984) or “sexual immorality” (ESV; ISV; NKJV; HCSB; TNIV; NIV). The parallels in Mark 10...
In light of the above discussion, it becomes evident that the key issue in understanding Jesus’s teaching on divorce and remarriage is the meaning of the term porneia, for this is the pivotal term in the “exception clause” uttered by Jesus. There is no universal agreement among Bible-believing Christians as to the exact meaning of porneia, yet the ...
Rather than championing a particular position in response to the above views, we would like to suggest several parameters for shaping one’s view of Jesus’s teaching on divorce and remarriage. First, it is important to affirm that the word porneia is a general term for sexual sin. The exact meaning of porneia is always informed by the context in whi...
Apr 29, 2024 · The religious experts pressed Jesus for an answer (Matt. 19:3 ), and his response has fueled hot debate ever since. While his teaching seems to clearly prohibit almost all divorce and cast post-divorce remarriage as an act of adultery, there is good reason to look deeper into the larger biblical narrative.
Apr 3, 2024 · Someone who divorces for a valid reason could remarry, but not someone who divorced for an invalid reason. These scholars argue that Jesus taught strict lifelong monogamy, but not that people should stay in loveless or abusive marriages.
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Mar 20, 2023 · The good news is that the Bible talks about remarriage even after divorce, so we have some guidelines to go by. The first thing I want to say is that if you are divorced, you are not an outcast, you are not lesser than, and nobody should make you feel this way, especially in the church.
