Since their Bible states that divorced and remarried Christians can't go to heaven, will they all be reuinted with their former spouses in hell?
Mat 5:32 whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Mar 10:11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
Luk 18:20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
1Cr 6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
2007-11-26 10:15:06 · 14 answers · asked by t_rex_is_mad 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I bet you will have the same people who bash homosexuality defending divorce here.... ironic, isn't it?
And to those who say God offers forgiveness to everyone who repents, repenting would mean leaving your second spouse (unless your first spouse is either dead or cheated on you before you divorced), because otherwise everytime you are with your second spouse you are commiting adultery again.
Personally this is not my logic, but it is a logic many Christians use against gay people. Just makes me sad really.
Personally i believe that if you truly love someone in your heart it cannot be a sin, love comes from God.
2007-11-26 10:33:03 · answer #1 · answered by . 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Just a clarification:
Divorce is not a sin per se. God got divorced. "I gave faithless Israel her certificate of divorce and sent her away because of all her adulteries." Jer 3:8
But marriage endures for the life of the spouse. Thus it's till death do you part, not till divorce do you part. Thus divorce is no different than a separation. Remarriage to someone else would constitute an adultery.
2007-11-26 18:36:31 · answer #2 · answered by Steve Amato 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Please don't take verses out of context...
Matthew 5:32 the entire verse says But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, EXCEPT for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an audultress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits audultry.
As for verse Luke 18:20 you must read more from that chapter before and after that verse to understand what is really being said. I challenge you to read the entire 18th chapter of Luke.
Same thing with your next verse 1 Cor 6:9 continue reading ...
Verse 10....nor thieves nor greedy nor drunkards, nor slanders, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God...now for Verse 11 and that is what some of you were, BUT you were WASHED, you were SANCTIFIED, you were JUSTIFIED in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
2007-11-26 18:27:37 · answer #3 · answered by army_sister71 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
For a sin to be mortal to the human soul 3 things must together be met.
1. The sin must be grave...Adultery is grave
ie violates 10 commandments
2. Must be committed with Full Knowledge of its sinfulness.
ie personal choice
3. Must be deliberately committed with the will to sin.
No one is deemed to be ignorant of the principles of the moral laws, which are written within the conscience of every human person.
2007-11-26 18:26:19 · answer #4 · answered by Lives7 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sorry, dear one, God's Word doesn't say that if a Christian divorces and remarries he/she will go to hell.
Please try not to study the Bible in single verses. Read the entire chapter. Then speak to someone who understands it because you clearly do not.
God bless!
2007-11-26 18:26:06 · answer #5 · answered by Devoted1 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I strongly believe that marriage without love is adultery.
Hell and heaven all are here, on earth.Don't search anywhere
You should follow your own countries law.Not Bible.
Christ was a reformer who lived in the country.
2007-11-27 02:49:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Quran(024.003 )
Let no man guilty of adultery or fornication marry and but a woman similarly guilty, or an Unbeliever: nor let any but such a man or an Unbeliever marry such a woman: to the Believers such a thing is forbidden.
but still GOD is great he forgives too
Quran( 002.058 )
And remember We said: "Enter this town, and eat of the plenty therein as ye wish; but enter the gate with humility, in posture and in words, and We shall forgive you your faults and increase (the portion of) those who do good."
2007-11-26 18:29:35 · answer #7 · answered by abdul aziz 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Of course they can go to heaven. Any one can go to heaven, whatever they have done - save for blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. Repentance, and belief in Christ as God, receives the promise of eternal life with God.
2007-11-26 18:22:17 · answer #8 · answered by cheir 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
it's not to the letter you shall obey law and bible, it's the idea...
the spirit that counts, so short said;
both books are overdo, since 1498 not a lot of people got in...
probably... no hell
depends on your consious "e"
2007-11-28 16:45:34 · answer #9 · answered by Jenny 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God offers forgiveness to those repentant ones asking for it. You are wrong about what the bible says.
2007-11-26 18:28:38 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋