i was wondering if it is a sin to get married to someone that is divorced. I read in the book of Matthew ........Jesus said it was adultery........any comments on that?
2006-12-24 09:51:28 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Matthew 5:32
But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery.
2006-12-24 09:56:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus taught that the only ground for divorce which would allow a person to remarry is fornication, which includes adultery. So, basically, if the person you wish to marry got a divorce on grounds other than adultery, that marriage - although dissolved according to the law of the land - is still valid in the eyes of God. If you marry that person, both you and that person will be committing adultery. Basically . . .
Other scenarios can come into play and make a difference...
Hannah
2006-12-24 17:56:44 · answer #2 · answered by Hannah J Paul 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try asking at your local church. Then go ask at another one, and so on and so on. Then when you're tired and think you've had enough answers, go with the majority. The simple answer is that if you believe in what the bible says and if Jesus actually said it is a sin, then it must be a sin. But as none of us live a truly blameless life without some sort of sinful activity then I'd say in your example......so what if it is! It is allowable in law and I doubt if many churches would refuse to marry you either.
2006-12-24 23:53:40 · answer #3 · answered by Spud 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are two reasons to divorce, 1) adultery, and 2) abondonment of the marriage. But divorce is not the point, forgiveness is. One time adultery is workable, but continuous adultery is not. Abandonment could also mean absence, from physical to spirirtual.
2006-12-24 17:56:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the reason for divorce. I think adultery, or abuse (physical or mental) are the only reasons for divorce and then it is OK to remarry. I'm divorced from an abusive (mental) relationship and am remarried and do not consider that I am committing adultery.
2006-12-24 18:10:33 · answer #5 · answered by anita s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless they have had an annulment they are still considered married as far as God is concerned.
Exceptions to this are marriages which were recognized ONLY by the state...like if you got married by a justice of the peace or some place in Las Vegas...then you were never married in a real church, so never really considered "married" in the first place before God.
2006-12-24 17:57:48 · answer #6 · answered by brittany 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they are already divorced than it is not a sin. If you did something to break up the marriage and then get together it's a sin.
2006-12-24 17:53:17 · answer #7 · answered by M N 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually it says that if a man divorces his wife and takes another, he commits adultery (she doesn't).
And if a woman divorces her husband and remarries, she committs adultery (he doesn't).
So it depends, did the other person divorce their spouse or did their spouse divorce them?
2006-12-24 17:54:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it was the one that initiated the divorce that sinned. I have questioned this myself. But it is better to marry than burn with passion.
2006-12-24 17:55:20 · answer #9 · answered by RB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you actually base your whole life on a 2,000 year old book? Never heard of mistakes? I'm divorced, my wife wasn't. Are you saying my son had no right to be born?
Get a life.
Merry Christmas.
2006-12-24 17:54:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋