CHRISTIANS: Question about ADULTERY....?

Question

What do you think about what Jesus said at Mark 10:11

"Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her."

....and why is it very few Christian Churches today teach divorce and remarriage as adultery?

How do you interpret Mark 10:11??

Answer 1

I interpret it as meaing that anyone who divorces and remarries is committing adultery. The reason so few churches bother to teach this or enforce it is because they would lose too many members and money if they did due to the fact that so many heterosexuals are guilty of adultery.

It raises much more money to promote homophobia and ignore the teachings on adultery. So gay people are reviled and denigrated while adulterous heterosexuals are given the special right to commit sin.

Answer 2

Let suggest you read the entire chapter of Mark chapter ten and also read the entire chapter of Matthew chapter 19 and focus on the following:

8Jesus replied, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. 9I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery."

As you see Matthew records the exception but Mark does not.

You should also read First Corinthians chapter 7 which covers the situation when an unbelieving spouse departs:

15But if the unbeliever leaves, let him do so. A believing man or woman is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace.

Most Bible believing churches do teach that divorce is sin and that re-marriage compounds that sin.

However there are lots of denominations which stopped following the Bible a long time ago.

Why? I don't know.

Yet the Bible said it would happen.

2 Timothy 4:3
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

Pastor Art

Answer 3

This is a good example of why the bible isn't as chauvinistic as some people claim it to be. It's got two parts. First, Jesus is showing his disgust with divorce, and second he's showing that men have a responsibility to their wives, and if they fail, they fail their God. It does go on in other books to explain when divorce is acceptable- there are appropriate times. But in all cases it comes from great sadness and loss, and should never be taken lightly.

I think churches over the years have weakened on this. As a kid, they use to preach about it all the time, but with so many divorces, what are you going to do. It's a problem because you have a couple in your church that is already divorced and remarried.. it's a little late for them to be hearing this message.. so often the message is dropped or motified to fit just those who aren't divorced.

Answer 4

I wasn't aware of that until just now. But I have to think of the
fact that the New Testament was not formulated until many
years after the books that would become the New Testament
or some of it, were in the hands of the Roman Catholics. There were additions and subtractions, and different interpre-
tations, until they finally decided it was worthy of distribution
to the masses. Since Catholic priests in the Vatican have
been known to have been instrumental in what the traditional
bible has to say, I would venture a strong guess, that that
quote came from the beliefs of the Catholic church and not
actually from an apostle. Only those early Catholic holy men
knew what was being added by the head of the church and
which were original. Or not at all.

Answer 5

It is His Word and it is true, I know that God will judge according to the Word , not the world. The world has twisted just about everything, that God says and made it all right.
My husband has done that very same thing, he just divorced me after 29 years of marriage, I had been faithful to him. He was not, he had affairs all along. After we were divorced he married his last affair three weeks later, it made all of us sick. Now he has found a new wife, a new house , a new daughter and "a new church". He has the nerve to go to church and make an open mockery of God.
I interpret Mark 10:11 the same way that God interprets it. It is sin and anyone who stays in it without repentance, will be judged by God, trust me,,,,,,,

Answer 6

It's amazing, in the Bible God only says that he "hates" a few things. One of those things is divorce. He said straight - " I hate divorce."

We have to look at why that is. The family is God's real-life image of himself and his relationship to himself in the Trinity. That is, God is the Father, Christ submits to the Father, and the Holy Spirit comes forth from the Father and the Son. Real life - The husband is the Father, the wife submits to the husband, and then children come forth from that relationship. When someone pointed out this relationship to me, it blew my mind, not just because it's obvious that we bear the image of God (literally), but because that is exactly what Satan has been trying to destroy since forever. He wants to tear apart the very basic image of God that's shown in the family. How is the best way? To get the husband and wife to form a rift in the intimacy, and cause a divorce.

When a child rebels, that rift doesn't usually destroy the family, because the roots of the tree haven't been dug up, just the branches cut off. Frequently the child rebels for a while, and then returns after his season. Not so with divorce.

Although reconciliation is a BEAUTIFUL thing, it is rare. It's also a fact that over 50% of divorced people today say they wish they had stayed and worked things out. How sad is it that they only realise this AFTER the fact, and yet they STILL don't act upon it?

There are only two situations where divorce is tolerated (but not endorsed). One is unfaithfulness, the other is abandonment. Unfaithfulness means what it is, but abandonment can mean literal abandonment, and it can also mean abandonment of intimacy, which happens in cases of abuse.

In cases of unfaithfulness and abandonment, that spouse becomes as dead to the other. Although it is best for the remaining spouse to remain single, in the old times it was a complete trajedy for a man to divorce his wife because that meant she had no one to take care of her and her family. Women were not allowed to work and own property as men were, and so they would be stripped of their belongings and effectively tossed on the roadside. In the times of the Bible (and still today), men were treating the women like property and once they were no longer pleased with their wives, they would divorce them and marry some younger woman. This would devastate the wife in every way possible, especially if she no longer had family to return to.

Anyways, once a spouse has become dead to the abandoned spouse, God can, and has blessed subsequent unions that I have seen. It's the same tough call that Paul talks about when he says that it's best if people stay single so they can serve the Lord, but if they have to, it's better to get married than to "be distracted by it" (to paraphrase).

In closing, I will say that if in a divorce situation it is apparent that the abandoned spouse really wanted to work it out, but they were technically abandoned, that person then becomes dead to them, and then they are released of their oath. If they can, it would be best for them to stay single, but if God brings another along, I think that can be blessed as a God-glorifying union.

Answer 7

I interpret Mark 10:11 in light of what other authors said about marriage and divorce. In Matthew (5:32) Jesus again warns about adultery but suggests that marital infidelity is a legitimate reason for divorce. Paul suggested that if an unbelieving spouse left a believing spouse, the believer is "free"...this would also suggest a biblical justification for divorce...he also repeated the marital infidelity justification.

Personally I think "churches" are so tolerant of divorce because so many people are divorced. Furthermore, I'm not convinced that the rules apply to non-believers in the same way. If an unbeliever gets a divorce and then becomes a believer, it seems at least possible that the cleansing of Holy Spirit would wipe out their past mistake giving them a new life that could include marriage without being guilty of adultery.

I don't believe that two Christians should divorce...getting a divorce is a way of discounting the power of God in your life. If two people make a committment before God to become "one flesh", they need to get the heck out of God's way and allow him to guide their marriage. Too many people get divorced for, well, frankly, stupid reasons. ...because they are "incompatible", please, two people committed to each other can, with God's help, become completely compatible. Because one needs to find him/herself...what...why lose part of yourself to find others...keep the marriage and find yourself within it.

I believe God acknowledges marital infidelity because it is a clear indication that one person is NOT committed to the marriage and has no interest in working to make it fit God's idea of how marriage should work. ...and I don't think "infidelity" is limited to having sex with another person...you can be unfaithful to your marriage vows in many other ways including physically or mentally abusing your spouse. I believe God releases us from marriage in cases of infidelity because he knows that the marriage isn't "real"...the two have NOT become "one flesh" and can't possibly become so unless BOTH are committed to that goal.

Answer 8

Remarriage isn't Adultery ! Homosexuality is! area of the reason we are here in the international is to marry and have an eternal companion (eternal Marriage). No, you shouldn't bypass around willy nilly get married, divorced, an remarried yet purely via fact a marriage did no longer paintings out does no longer recommend which you shouldn't in any respect get remarried. A gay relationship is against the guidelines of god. it extremely is area of what's happening to interrupt down the family participants unit. If after a divorce you come across somebody of the different intercourse who you desire to spend something of your life with then, sure, get re-married. i'm hoping this facilitates.

Answer 9

Divorce is not acceptable in Biblical terms. A marriage is a representation of Christ and his church. Our culture has made marriage as disposable as a vcr. I believe people marry for lust (mistaken for love) and not love. More and more Christian churches accept the change in cultural values instead of keeping Biblical values in order to keep people coming to church. My church, Orthodox, disaproves of divorce. It does happen. The church would rather see you remarry then live in sin or sleep around. The only acceptable reason for divorce in the Bible is adultery.

Answer 10

I'm not trying to sound snarky, but they teach EXACTLY that at the church I attend.

Most churches will not teach on that, however. Mostly because they know that there are divorced people in the church, and it would hurt their attendance.

I am blessed to have the ability to go to a church that has a pastor who cares more about teaching the truth, than some church attendance records.