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🚨‼️ There is something fascinating about watching religious people argue over divorce and remarriage. The moment you mention Matthew 19:9, somebody announces that Jesus Christ condemned divorce. Absolutely! But when you point out that the same verse contains the words “except it be for fornication,” suddenly the conversation becomes considerably less enthusiastic. Then you mention First Corinthians 7:15, where Paul declares that an abandoned believer is “not under bondage in such cases,” and the theological furniture starts shaking. Finally, you read First Corinthians 7:28, “But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned,” and somebody is ready to organize an emergency denominational meeting. Apparently, the Bible is perfectly authoritative until one of its verses interferes with a religious conclusion that was decided before the Bible was opened. But I have news for you: the words “except,” “not under bondage,” and “thou hast not sinned” are not printing errors. They belong to the Book!
Here’s what amazes me. Some folks will insist that a man whose wife committed adultery, abandoned him, and established another household must remain bound to her until she dies, regardless of the circumstances. They will pronounce that sentence with tremendous confidence, call it holiness, and then inform everybody that questioning their interpretation amounts to questioning Almighty God. But when did a preacher’s interpretation become equal in authority to the Scriptures he is supposed to be explaining? Matthew 19:9 contains an exception. First Corinthians 7:15 addresses desertion. First Corinthians 7:27–28 distinguishes between being bound and being loosed. Those passages require careful examination, and their application must not be stretched beyond what they establish. Nobody is defending adultery or suggesting that every divorce produces biblical freedom. But neither does a man possess authority to erase distinctions the Holy Ghost deliberately placed in the text. You cannot make the Bible more holy by removing words God put there.
And consider something else. First Corinthians 6:11 declares, “And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.” Some of those Corinthians had been adulterers, fornicators, idolaters, thieves, and drunkards. Yet God saved them! Now, salvation does not automatically make every present marriage lawful, remove legitimate obligations, or transform continuing sin into righteousness. But it certainly establishes that the blood of Jesus Christ can forgive actual wickedness. First John 1:9 promises cleansing from “all unrighteousness.” Not merely the sins that are easy to forgive. Not merely the sins that never became public. Some religious people preach a Savior powerful enough to forgive their entire past but apparently too weak to forgive somebody else’s. What a strange arrangement! Their own history becomes a testimony of grace, while another Christian’s history becomes a permanent monument to condemnation. That is not a greater appreciation for holiness. It is a remarkably selective appreciation for mercy.
@kokhzy2@TosinOlugbenga Now hope you know everything you said here is totally unscriptural
Marriage under Islam ( nikkah) which permits polygamy is not under God's covenant
Marriage under paganism is not under God's covenant
I asked a question about God's covenant and you are deviating
@kokhzy2@TosinOlugbenga That's it !!!
you need to research about marriage in Nigeria
There are only three legal marriages in Nigeria
Nikkah
Customary ( traditional)
Statuary
Non of them is church marriage
Hence your entire premise about legal marriages ( as a Convenant) is totally faulty
@kokhzy2@TosinOlugbenga That's my point
You are clearly deviating from
Nikkah ( Islamic marriages), pagan cultures exist, carnal ( marriage for carnal pleasures exist)
So you believe nikkah etc is from Christ?
Those traditions came from pagan cultures
Are they from Christ
@kokhzy2@writerNedit@Drwhales_ This is exactly the context of the conversation and this is exactly what you said
I spoke about nikkah
Traditional marriages ( which are PURELY bound by traditional beliefs and not the scriptures)
Etc and you are saying God still recognizes those covenants
I don’t care what anyone says or the insults i receive on this topic, i believe GOD restores and i’ve seen HIM do it for people.
I don’t know the idea you guys have of GOD. GOD is not a wicked father. That you had a bad experience the first time doesn’t mean marriage cannot happen for you again.
Shut your ears to all the noise from judgmental people and embrace that love when you find it.
@kokhzy2@writerNedit@Drwhales_ So let's look into the "Convenant" aspect
What about those willingly married under the nikkah law
Those that willingly married under customs and traditions that are ungodly or paganistic
Those that married under carnal purposes willingly
Is it still God's Convenant?
@writerNedit@kokhzy2@Drwhales_ What would you say as a believer concerning forced marriages and child marriages
Where the child later grows up to be an adult in the marriage he or she was forced to
@ken_Pbutler Matthew 5:22
But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, ‘Raca,’ shall be in danger of the council; but whosoever shall say, ‘Thou fool,’ shall be in danger of hell fire.
@ken_Pbutler@_Firstson@lollypeezle Calm down and exercise the fruit of the spirit called patience
There is a context to this scriptures that you claim Jesus quoted, and that was with respect to the mosaic law.
Jesus didn't factor in pagan marriages ( gentiles were not saved yet)
Are you open minded for this?