Chrsitians and divorce. How many of you got remarried and are living in sin?

Question

Jesus said, "and I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, uxcept for unchasity, and marries another, commits adultery."

How many of you are living in sin, and defying what Jesus said?

I'm asking a question, not judging.

I have NEVER seen so many defiant answers that oppose what Jesus said!

Answer 1

That's a nice question my friend. I like that. Keep giving them the gospel exactly as it is in the bible. Many divorced and remarried, and it's completely against GOD.
you may find many informal answers, but keep saying what's true.

Answer 2

You don't understand the verses regarding divorce if you are saying someone is living in sin because they have remarried. I suggest you join a good Bible study to get the truth, obviously someone has given you false information.

Divorce is not the unforgivable sin. God divorced Israel so He fully understands divorce. The Bible was addressing Jewish men who would throw their wives out on the streets for no reason or write them a divorce decree because they wanted to sleep with someone else. You need to understand the historic, literal and properly translated/transliterated verses of the Bible to understand the meaning.

God gave us the right to divorce a spouse if that person has committed adultry and to remarry. God is a loving God and would never expect us to carry our spouses burden throughout our lives. That would not be right. We have the Biblical right to remarry. Just like any sin, we ask forgiveness if we have sinned and are forgiven. If you don't believe that, then you will have a problem with other verses in the Bible.

Answer 3

First of all, you have a strange translation. From Hebrew to English, a better translation is marital unfaithfulness. What constitutes being unfaithful? Adultery? Physical abuse? Drug use and/or alcoholism? Psychological abuse? I would say yes to all. Jesus doesn't say that we can't remarry if it is justified. He says if you divorce for no good reason and remarry it is adultery.
Why do you have it out for Christians? Do you have anything constructive that you can do? Besides, no matter how much you point out a person's faults, that doesn't make God and Jesus any less. It just points out that none are perfect and we all sin and need Christ Jesus as our Savior.

Answer 4

I believe if someone is truly unhappy in a marriage or someone is cheated on then it is not a sin to divorce. Now, like some of these celebrities getting married for 2 days ex. Britney Spears I believe that is a sin.

Answer 5

anthonyinkc,
hello, i have a question that I would like to ask you. i'm not married and i'm not devoutly christian. . . there are still many things i question. unless it's aggressive and self-righteous, the fact that many people have great faith in their religion (whatever it may be) does not threaten me. it's admirable. i try to live my life in kindness and love. . . there is just no sect that titles the way i live at this point. i have read and continue to read the bible and other religious writings for answers and comparisons.

sorry for the long intro, now for my question. what does the bible say about divorce for reasons other than adultery? what about abuse? i have a friend who is catholic; she divorced her husband because he got into serious drugs and beat her. they had a son who was a baby and she described a horrific scene of her holding her baby in her arms locked in the bathroom while her (now ex) husband raged outside with a knife. he never cheated. is God so inflexible that she would be labeled a sinner?

i'm not asking as a challenge to you or your faith, i'm asking as someone who wants to learn and you seem like someone very secure in your faith and religion.

thanks ahead for answering (if you do) and it's okay if you don't. maybe i'll post the question, but i hesitated to because people get jumpy on this topic and i get attacked as a jerk trying to rile people of faith.

Answer 6

Jesus also said: "Do not judge others, so that God will not judge you, for God will judge you in the same way you judge others, and he will apply to you the same rules you apply to others." Matthew 7:1-2. So, what do you think of that? Is your question a contradiction of those two verses?

Answer 7

Marriage is farce. A covenant of love that is founded upon morbid, delusional dogmas of religions, or, upon primitive social norms and customs, is no true covenant. The real sinners are those feeble-minded and poisoned souls who live such a spiritual lie, perform such a perverse farce of true covenant as is marriage. . . and THEN self-righteously, slyly, with mealy-mouths and bibles and hatred burning in their hearts where no true covenant could ever take root anyway, they turn around and try to harm homosexual couples. And, how could anyone in his right mind . . .and spirit . . . consider a straight couple in love after divorce to be "sin"? How do people become so dark of spirit as to want to darken the whole world moreover with awfulness such as concepts of sin. And, the very notion of juxtapositioning such a sacred concept as love with such a spiritually and socially obnoxious concept as "sin" is just plain obscene. Love . . . and true covenant . . . wherever it is found . . . is always, always good. Now, as to your question related to "living in sin" after divorce, sir, I keep so many boys on my shelf for midnight snacks that the only concept I have about "sin", related to my sensuality, is how I especially like having melted chocolate licked off my breasts.

Answer 8

I never re-married. Am I sinless? Are you the Christ? Are you sinless? Why this judgmental question? What is the chip on your shoulder??? Hmmm? What is your "hidden" sin? Are you evil? Are you a stalker? Are you??? Who are you? Hmmm? What's wrong with you!!!??? You need a counselor. You don't sound like you do well with women. Did she leave you? Did she marry another? What's the real question sicko?

Answer 9

the bible tells us that divorce is a sin, but just like any other, you have to ask for forgiveness my friend ,and the devil is out to destroy famlies because that is the closes thing to being god like we have ,and when you get married it says till death do you part but to many people miss understand this there is more than one death (physical) there is spiritual death for if both you and your spouse are in church living right for god there would be no reason for divorce but if not one or the other is spiritually dead... (till death do us part) god bless you and your family.

Answer 10

Well considering that the christian divorce rate's something like 26% probably a good number.... sinners