Is it o.K. to remarry if you have been divorced but rededicated your life? Is the old covenant forgotten?

Answer 1

Yes it is ok to remarry. Since you have rededicated your life, let the Lord guide you, let him show you the way. He will never lead you astray. The Lord has plans for everyone, but not everyone believes in him and they don't believe that he is powerful and can do all things. God will let you know if that guy or girl is the right one for you. And, no the covenant is not forgotten.

Answer 2

What if a person was an unbeliever when he got divorced and it was for an unbiblical reason and later became a Christian? What should he do?
If reconciliation is an option, seek it.
However,
If the ex-spouse is not a Christian, he should not remarry the spouse because a believer is not to marry an unbeliever (2 Cor. 6:14).
If either spouse has gotten married, remarriage is not an option either (Deut. 24:3-4; Mark 10:11-12).
If the ex spouse will have nothing to do with any reconciliation or you are not able to contact this person, you are free to remarry.
If the spouse has died, you are free to remarry.
What if a person was a believer when he got divorced, but the reason was not adultery or abandonment, and wants to remarry someone different now what should he do?
If you initiated the divorce, then you should not remarry (Matt. 5:31), However....
Reconciliation with the initial spouse should be sought with confession of sin and the request for forgiveness.
If it was the spouse that left without a biblical reason, then you are free to remarry.
Reconciliation should be sought with a confession of sin.
What if a couple was divorced, married others, got divorced, and wants to become remarried to again?
The Bible says that you cannot return to your first spouse after you remarried (Deut. 24:3-4; Jer. 3:1).
If you have, nevertheless, already gotten married, continue in your marriage and seek the Lord's forgiveness. He will give it.
What if a person was a believer when he got divorced, but the reason was not adultery or abandonment, and has already gotten married. Is he in sin?
Depending on the circumstances, he may be. But he should confess his sin to the lord and spouse and seek forgiveness from the original spouse and then he should stay married and be the best husband (or wife) he can be.

The only legitimate reason for divorce is because of adultery, and abandonment.
I hope these brief answers help you understand some aspects of divorce and remarriage.

Answer 3

This is a question that is most often asked after remarrying.

Divorce was allowed in very few instances and as such the divorcing person still was not allowed to remarry.

Now, when I read about a non believer leaving a believer, it states that that is ok and cannot and will not be held against the believer. So, this leads me to believe that in this instance, remarriage to a believer would be allowed according to Gods written word.

The bible does not speak of marriage or divorce between two non belevers. So, grey area. If you were both non believers and you did not marry in the site of God and witnessess, seems that God never saw it as marriage, only the laws of your state.

Follow your heart on this one. Seems that you are aware of the word of God on this matter and with that said, your heart is already telling you the answer. Keep praying and asking for the answer to become crystal clear to you.

One thing for sure, if you go ahead and remarry, you would certainly now be aware that you can never divorce and remarry again.

Answer 4

Was it ok to marry the first time you did, yes. Well reguardless of what a church may demand as part of it rules know in your heart that if you choose to share your life with someone it should be done with pure intention. So as to your question only you choose to suffer the guilt brought on by ego through mans influences . A covenant is meant to guide those who would follow it and is not just for perfect people.Nothing is forgotten but all things can be forgiven in the presents of a pure intention. D

Answer 5

If you have rededicated your life then that must mean at some point you dedicated your life and know that divorce is not something you should do except for very specific reasons. If your reason for divorce is biblical then yes you can remarry otherwise I would think not.

Answer 6

You have broken the old covenant (old marriage) so it is no longer valid. Pray and ask God to forgive and make your life new.

God makes all things new in His shed blood.

If you are thinking of getting remarried, please consider a pre-married class. They are usually 8 or 10 weeks long, meeting once a week. The couple attends together. Usually in a group. If your church does not have one, find one! A good example is Church on the Way, Sherman Oaks, California. A GREAT pre-married class.

Answer 7

There is no such thing as the “Old Covenant”. There is an Old Testament and a New Testament. These are just artificial literary devices just as are the chapters and versus. The testaments are merely away to distinguish between books within a given canon, such as the apocryphal books, the apostolic writings, and the patrician writings. There are really only two covenants (between GOD and men) in the Bible. The Adamic Covenant, which was made between GOD and the entire human race, and the Abrahamic Covenant. The latter covenant was NOT, as most suppose, between GOD and the nation of Israel, but between GOD and the “spiritual” descendants of Isaac. Rom 9:1-13 states:

I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit,
2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart.
3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed, separated from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh,
4 who are Israelites, to whom belongs the adoption as sons, and the glory and the covenants and the giving of the Law and the temple service and the promises,
5 whose are the fathers, and from whom is the Christ according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.
6 But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel;
7 nor are they all children because they are Abraham's descendants, but: "THROUGH ISAAC YOUR DESCENDANTS WILL BE NAMED."
8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants.
9 For this is the word of promise: "AT THIS TIME I WILL COME, AND SARAH SHALL HAVE A SON."
10 And not only this, but there was Rebekah also, when she had conceived twins by one man, our father Isaac;
11 for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that God's purpose according to His choice would stand, not because of works but because of Him who calls,
12 it was said to her, "THE OLDER WILL SERVE THE YOUNGER."
13 Just as it is written, "JACOB I LOVED, BUT ESAU I HATED."
NASU

So if you are truly Christian the entire Abrahamic Covenant applies to you. That being said I will try to answer your question in as simple terms as possible.

1)Divorce is NEVER justified in GOD’s eyes for any reason (Matt 19:8; Rom 13:9; I Cor 7; Eph 5; Col 3; I Pet 3)

2)If you were divorced BEFORE you were reborn you are free to remarry (a believer only).

3)If you were a believer but your spouse was not, AND your spouse ASKED for a divorce, you are also free to remarry a Christian. 1 Cor 7:15
15 Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us to peace.

4)Under every other circumstance you are still bound to your (living) husband and NOT free to remarry, only to be reconciled to your spouse. To remarry is to commit adultery. (Rom. 3:9, I Cor 7; I Pet 3)

5)If you have, however, remarried, even under the wrong circumstances, you are NOT to seek to be released from that vow but are to remain as you are.

That sums it up in a nut shell. You must now chose whether or not you will obey GOD or follow your lusts. Should you choose to be disobedient there may or may not be temporal consequences (who can fathom the mercies of GOD). There will, however, be NO eternal consequences for you are saved by grace and no of works, lest any man should boast!

Answer 8

Just remember that God permits divorce and remarriage. Also Christ Blood shed on the cross forgives our sins, whatever they may be. We, being human, though tend to beat ourselves over and over by remembering all our sins and shortcomings and we have a hard time forgiving ourselves. I don't know why you divorced but you obtained a legal divorce. You should have peace with yourself and God in your re-dedication but your salvation puts all your sins under Christ blood which is sufficient.

Answer 9

Only if your ex-husband or wife has committed adultry or has passed away. Those are the only scriptural grounds for divorce. In Mark 10:11, 12 Jesus’ statement on divorce reads: “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her, and if ever a woman, after divorcing her husband, marries another, she commits adultery.” Luke 16:18 reads similarly: “Everyone that divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he that marries a woman divorced from a husband commits adultery.”
Those verses do not forbid divorce. But, taken by themselves, they would say that no divorcee would be entitled to remarry, except after the death of the divorced mate; and that to remarry during the lifetime of the divorced mate would mean to break God’s law against adultery. However, those two versions of Jesus’ words on divorce are to be explained in the light of the fuller statement recorded by the apostle Matthew, who shows that what Mark and Luke wrote on divorce is true if the ground for procuring the divorce is anything else but adultery on the part of the unfaithful mate. The single person who commits fornication with a harlotrous woman makes himself “one body” with a woman not his wife. Likewise the adulterer makes himself one body, not with his legal wife, but with the immoral person with whom he illegally lies. The adulterer thus sins against his own flesh. Yes, not only against his own personal flesh but also against his legal wife who till then has been “one flesh” with him. (1 Cor. 6:16, 17) For that reason, adultery really breaks the marriage union. This is why divorce on the basis of adultery formally and finally dissolves the legal marriage union. It frees the innocent partner to remarry with honor and with no stain on good morality during the lifetime of the guilty divorced mate.

Answer 10

It is very clear in the Bible that remarriage is ok because we are forgiven our sin. We are also given a choice when in a marriage that has problems; if the spouse is cheating, we can leave. This is not the unforgivable sin. If anyone tells you that, they are not quoting the Bible correctly.