christian advice on scripture please?

Question

romans 5;20 basically says grace abounds all sin whats your interpritation on this predicament


a born again christian has an affair to a non christian divorces his wife and marries in to sin by marrying the women he was having an affair with is he on set free from sin by divorce or does grace abound all sin? because true repentance is turning away from sin and never doing it again whats the correct answer?

Answer 1

This is not that complicated, as Paul speaks to this issue directly.

First, by divorcing his wife and marrying another woman, the Christian (no longer a Christian) is committing adultery. Scripture also says that he is pushing his wife into committing adultery by divorcing her without due cause.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=47&chapter=5&verse=31&end_verse=33&version=31&context=context
As long as this "Christian" is "married" to the 2nd woman, he is committing adultery. As long as this "Christian" is divorced from his 1st wife without due cause, he is "prompting" her to commit adultery.

To restore his salvation, this Christian must be obedient to scripture. He must repent of his adultery, return to his first, true wife (or remain celibate), and end the adulterous relationship with the 2nd woman.

Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/

Answer 2

I think you are taking the meaning out of context. As sin increased, grace increased all the more so that grace would reign through righteousness just as sin reigned through death.If a born again Christian has an affair and divorces his wife he has stepped out of God's will because God hates divorce. He commits adultery in marrying the woman he had the affair with. Until that is repented of and that may involve coming out of the adulterous relationship, it is a living sin and will not be blessed by God or covered by His grace:)

Answer 3

Firstly repentance is done once at conversion, ie you turned your back on your old life style by dying with Jesus. Grace does abound all sin, it swallows up sin. However if we are born again this can only be varified by the fruits in our life. A lot of people say they are born again to sound convincing but when you take a look at their lives, it tells a different story.
There are a lot of gaps in this story, ie was his first wife having an affair, was she a Christian. If his original wife was a Christian and not having any extra marital affairs then I would doubt the person was truely born again.

Answer 4

First, considering the victim's situation, the situation of the abandoned wife. The passage in the sermon on the mount in Matthew about severing a hand or an eye rather than going to hell concerns the deliberate severing of close family or close-friend relationships in order to avoid the fate of the perpetrator. The idiomatic terminology used in these two sayings is uniquely Aramaic and means nothing when translated literally into Greek or English. In the circumstances you describe, I would interpret these sayings to be a recommendation for the wife to divorce her unfaithful husband and to keep her honour.
The perpetrator's situation is quite bad, but as others have already pointed out, we all need the forgiveness of God anyway. As far as the perpetrator is concerned, the rebellious action needs to be forgiven. This is a matter between the perpetrator and God, I cannot say whether, or how it can be resolved.

Answer 5

The full quote of Rom 5:20 is: “Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, 21 so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

The question really is when does grace apply? The bible also says in Rom 6:1-2 “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?" It is grace through the righteousness of Christ which implies His Lordship.

Included in the definition of a born again Christian is someone who has made Jesus Christ Lord of their life (Rom 10:9-10). Jesus tells us not to commit adultery therefore you would have to doubt the person’s commitment to Christ if they commit adultery.

You can’t make Christ Lord and not do as he says.

Hope this helps.

Answer 6

No, they are still committing sin, under God the Father's law, divorce is not an option, for that matter neither is marriage.

Once you have chosen to Join with a mate, and they have chosen you, also, it is a relationship joined by God, you promised to forsake all others.

Under God the Father's laws, a promise can never be broken, the promise must be fulfilled.

God warned us against making promises, oaths, and vows.

Adultery and fornication have nothing to do with marriage, they are sins of "Lust". Jesus said to "LUST" after a woman, Jesus never said a married woman, but only a woman.

Adultery is forsaking the one you have chosen, for another.
Fornication is the act of worshiping another God after you have chosen one God.

When we were born of God the Father, millions upon millions of years ago, we chose our Father and He chose us as His children, Then when the devil deceived Moses, we now chose to worship the God of Moses, than the God our Father.

Repentance is based upon the fact that we know the truth, if you believe in your heart, that it is not a sin to divorce, than it is not, you will be judge by your teacher's standards, and by your good deeds.

Born again is the physical act of the body dying, and then the spirit being born again into a new body, that has no knowledge of what it had learn in the past life. Nicodemus had to be born again, to forget all he ever knew or thought he knew about God the Father, and learn it again, but this time from Jesus.

Answer 7

A born again Christian can fall from grace by sinning. What happened here is he sins buy committing adultery which is a big no no in God's commandments, he dishonored his vows and left his wife for the non Christian. He has committed sin against her, himself and the woman he married. This man will not see Heaven according to Jesus. For in Christ we are new creatures...transformed...yet to give into temptation willingly is to turn a back on God's gift of grace in the blood of Jesus' sacrifice to make it possible to come to Him without spot or flaw. The correct answer in this case that this man did great wrong and will only regain grace by asking for forgiveness and to REPENT! To repent means to stop doing the sin. Many people think just by asking for forgiveness and believing in Jesus will absolve them. This is not the case.

Answer 8

It's written that where sin abounds grace does much more abound, which in essence means grace is greater than all sin, one must repent therefore to receive grace
in the case you give it would seem the man has turned away from God, but only God knows the heart
he can still repent (God knows how to deal with him)
my prayer would be for the wife who is betrayed that she would stay faithful to God

Answer 9

I believe the scripture you quote means that there is no sin that is so horrible that God can not forgive it. As to the situation itself, the so called born again person gave in to the temptation....therefore he sinned (as did the woman). If he does not or has not confessed his actions (heartfelt) as sin, they will go unforgiven. Gods forgiveness of us is dependent on our regreting the sin and doing our best not to repeat it. This is indeed a touchy situation and it is unfortunately all to common in today's world. I myself was divorced and remarried before I was a true believer and once I became a true believer, I realized that I had sinned and asked forgiveness for it. It is said that all will be judged eventually, and I personally believe that will include those of us who are saved from eternal life without God because of our belief in the saving powers of Christ's resurrection. What the punishment for our sins will be, I do not know. But, as long as a person believes in the saving grace given to us by Jesus, we will not be lost.

Answer 10

From a Biblical standard, you answered your own question when you stated: "because true repentance is turning away from sin and never doing it again". You must repent AND ask for forgiveness. If you seek forgiveness only, and do not repent, they you have not followed the steps of the task.

Faith in Jesus means belief in Jesus. Belief in Jesus means doing what he said. Jesus said "Why do you call me Lord and do not what I say?"

But don't worry for this scenario because there are no Christians in this world, only those that claim to be.