from the womans part and is adultrey by the husband, grounds.
2006-10-12 10:18:47 · 10 answers · asked by joyce12848 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
Adultry by either party is grounds for divorce....
Mal 2:16 -
"For I hate divorce!" says the LORD, the God of Israel. "It is as cruel as putting on a victim's bloodstained coat," says the LORD Almighty. "So guard yourself; always remain loyal to your wife."
2006-10-12 10:27:30 · answer #1 · answered by easinclair 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The all knowing wonderful book the "bible" is not a marrage counselor. The grounds for divorce comes from your soul and the soul of your spouse and the mental capacity to comunicate each others needs desires and the ability to forgive, forget and then trust .
You have a free will . The bible is a good book and may help teach the difference between right and wrong. But you need to think out side of the book.
follow your heart and soul
2006-10-12 10:38:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
WAY back in Leviticus... Divorce was allowed if the spouse was committing adultery...
A writ of divorce... Most churches don't stick with it... Reformed churches say, Divorce for adultery OR abandonment.
Physical and/or Emotional Abandonment. and Adultery... Adultery being the only one that is truly 100% Biblical...
If your spouse is committing adultery, then that is Biblical grounds for divorce. If YOU were not committing adultery, ie not sinning. You are in free to remarry if you so choose.
They derive the abandonment (physical/emotion) in that while no sexual sin has transpired for all intents and purposes the spouse has denied their responsibility for you and family... They are as a dead person to you. Sever the knot and go on.
Hope that helps. By the way, God is twice divorced if anyone gives you grief about being in sin because you are divorced.
2006-10-12 10:33:30 · answer #3 · answered by James B 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no grounds for divorce... Old Test-- because of the hardness of their hearts they were allowed to divorce but from the begining if was not so.. New Test- separation but not divorce and look for ways to reconcile.. one wife for life.. one husband for life.. UNTIL DEATH DO U PART... u may have to separate but u can't and he can't get another not in God's eye.. would take a lot to go into now.. but read the bible and understand the times in which the statements were made and what they meant and this will become clear.. pray ask God to show u the right way and ask him to help u to be willing to see it... seek reconciliation
2006-10-12 11:15:10 · answer #4 · answered by program ideas 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"They Must Become One Flesh”
When the first human couple were wed, God stated that a man “must stick to his wife and they must become one flesh.” (Genesis 2:24) Hence, marriage was to be a permanent bond. That is why Jesus later stated that “the ground of fornication” is the only basis for Scriptural divorce with the possibility of entering a new marriage.—Matthew 19:3-9 DEATH WOULD ALSO END THE MARRIAGE
Jesus made clear that marriage was to be permanent when he answered a question put to him about the propriety of divorce. He stated: “Did you not read that [God] who created them from the beginning made them male and female and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and his mother and will stick to his wife, and the two will be one flesh’? So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has yoked together let no man put apart.”—Matthew 19:4-6.
DIVORCE AND SEPARATION
God, the Originator of marriage, designed it to be a permanent union. But is there any Scriptural reason for a person to divorce his or her mate—and one that would allow for the possibility of remarrying? Jesus addressed this matter by declaring: “I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except on the ground of fornication, and marries another commits adultery.” (Matthew 19:9) Sexual infidelity by a mate is the only ground for a divorce that will allow the innocent mate to remarry.
In addition, the Bible’s words at 1 Corinthians 7:10-16, while encouraging marriage mates to stay together, allow for separation. Some, after trying very hard to preserve their marriage, feel they have no choice but to separate. What can be acceptable Scriptural grounds for such a step?
One is willful nonsupport. When getting married, a husband assumes the responsibility of providing for his wife and children. The man who willfully fails to provide the material necessities of life “has disowned the faith and is worse than a person without faith.” (1 Timothy 5:8) So separation is possible.
Another is extreme physical abuse. So then, if a mate physically abuses his wife, the victim may separate. (Galatians 5:19-21; Titus 1:7) “Anyone loving violence [God’s] soul certainly hates.”—Psalm 11:5.
Another ground for separation is the absolute endangerment of a believer’s spirituality—one’s relationship with God. When a mate’s opposition, perhaps including physical restraint, has made it impossible to pursue true worship and has imperiled the believer’s spirituality, then some believers have found it necessary to separate.—Matthew 22:37; Acts 5:27-32.
However, if divorce is pursued under such circumstances, one would not be free to enter a new marriage. According to the Bible, the only legitimate ground for divorce that permits remarriage is adultery or “fornication.”—Matthew 5:32.
NEXT IS A ??? THAT WAS ASKED BY SOMEONE:
No Divorce?
I disagree with your view that the Bible allows the innocent mate to remarry. (January 8, 1986, page 12, footnote) Whoever separates from the other should remain single or else be reconciled. (1 Corinthians 7:10, 11) One should be prepared to forgive the mate.
O. A. F., Nigeria
Forgiveness is proper when the guilty party truly repents. However, at Matthew 19:9 Jesus stated: “I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except on the ground of fornication, and marries another commits adultery.” This indicates that if the innocent party gains a divorce on the grounds of fornication, he is free to marry another without that being considered adultery. At 1 Corinthians 7, Paul is referring to a separation rather than a Scriptural divorce.
To what extent need a faithful Christian wife resist a divorce action brought by her mate?
When human marriage began, God said that a husband and wife should “stick” together. (Genesis 2:18-24) Humans became imperfect, with resulting problems in many marriages, but God’s desire is that mates should still stick together. The apostle Paul wrote: “To the married people I give instructions, yet not I but the Lord, that a wife should not depart from her husband; but if she should actually depart, let her remain unmarried or else make up again with her husband; and a husband should not leave his wife.”—1 Corinthians 7:10, 11.
Those words acknowledge that among imperfect humans a mate sometimes decides to leave. For example, Paul said that if a mate departed, both parties were to “remain unmarried.” Why? Well, the mate departed, but the two continued bound to each other in God’s eyes. Paul could say this because Jesus had set out the standard for Christian marriage: “Whoever divorces his wife, except on the ground of fornication [Greek, por·nei´a], and marries another commits adultery.” (Matthew 19:9) Yes, the only basis for divorce that Scripturally ends a marriage is “fornication,” that is, sexual immorality. Evidently, in the case Paul referred to, neither mate had been immoral, so when the husband or wife departed, the marriage did
Nothing is said in the Scriptures that would permit a Christian to divorce a marriage partner because that one was physically unable to perform the marital act, or had gone insane or contracted an incurable or loathsome disease. The love that Christians are to show would call, not for divorce, but for merciful treatment of such a mate. (Eph 5:28-31) Nor does the Bible grant Christians the right to divorce their marriage mates because of difference in religion.
2006-10-12 10:29:15 · answer #5 · answered by WhyNotMe 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OT - husband may divorce on grounds of adultery.
If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, Dt. 24
NT - Paul indicates the believing spouse may allow the unbelieving spouse to leave.
By the way, KJV only has 11 usages of "divorce" - all OT
2006-10-12 10:51:08 · answer #6 · answered by Joe Cool 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they bible says adultry, thats what the courts used to base the resolution of divorces for that but now they do it just because and that is why people are not taking marriage as a biblical union and they through away marriages like toilet paper
2006-10-12 10:27:52 · answer #7 · answered by PAULINA S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The scriptures say that adultry (sex outside of marriage) is the only grounds for divorce only because we are weak as humans. God would like for nothing to separate the marriage...
2006-10-12 10:23:32 · answer #8 · answered by mac5doc 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
1) A spouse who is abusive and strays.
2) If you and your spouse are "unequally yoked", or not a good spiritual match. In other words if your spouse is dragging you away from the church because he/she is a nonbeliever.
2006-10-12 10:28:19 · answer #9 · answered by physandchemteach 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
desertion (an unbeliever leaves a believer), adultery, and abuse.
2006-10-12 12:51:18 · answer #10 · answered by jenlovely01 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋