NO DIVORCE FOR CHRISTIAN COUPLES

Madam,

It’s a friendly reminder to all Couples and everyone   I know very well that even on this month of July, a lot of ‘I do’ takes place. Marriage is not a human idea or institution, but it was instituted by God. ‘God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them’ (Genesis 1:27). Marriage relationship is social. Being social meaning activities in which people spend time talking to each other or doing enjoyable things with each other.

Thus God brought Eve for Adam to accomplish the purpose of marriage relationship. ‘The Lord God said, It is not Good /sufficient that a man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him (Genesis 2:18). Actually marriage is a covenant that God intent at creation and is still His intent today. The lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth… (Malachi 2:14). Therefore, marriage is an awesome responsibility as not only throngs of people witness but also the Most High is the witness of the covenant.

rules

In the event of divorce, surely He will call the responsible party into account. Marriage is governed by rules and regulations. Foremost among them is that it is to be the legal union of only two persons, a man and a woman for life. So when God created mankind, He began with only two humans, not three or four.When the institution of marriage is weakened by divorce, society as a whole is weakened and in trouble. Society meaning group of people in organised communities, with shared laws, traditions and values. God hates divorce. Divorce means to legal end your marriage with your husband or wife. According to Paul, no divorce for christian couples.

He vividly state that to the married, I give this command not I, but the Lord: A wife must not separate from her husband (1 Corinthians 7:10-11). Jesus on divorce he stated unequivocally that it is unlawful to divorce one’s spouse, except for fornication. However, Jesus does not command the Christian to divorce the unfaithful spouse (Matthew 5:32; 19:9).  The message of the gospel teaches that a person can be forgiven when truly repentant. Likewise, the spouse of the unfaithful partner should forgive the offending party. Nevertheless, repentance and forgiveness may not always result in restoration of the marriage. A spouse may feel unable to trust the offender again, that the two of them can never regain the commitment and intimacy they once knew.

Remarriage

Concerning remarriage, the Scripture state it clear that after one’s spouse has died (Roman 7:3). We must backtrack to Matthew 19:2-11. Jesus replied, ‘Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. The apostle Paul also give restrictions on remarriage. He state that a Christian couple is not to divorce. However, if they disobey this command, which he attribute to the Lord, then they are to remain single, not remarry. This leaves open the opportunity for their reconciliation (1 Corinthians 7:10-11). Sometimes Christian couples have a ‘mixed faith’ marriage. As a result they believe they have the apostle’s blessing to divorce so each of them can follow God’s calling as each of them perceive it. And since they feel that they have the blessing of Scripture to divorce, they would also have the same blessing to remarry.

However, when Paul speaks about the unbeliever leaving, he is not speaking about the difference of the calling God has placed on individuals, but the difference in being a born again believer and not being a born again believer. 1 Corinthians 7:12-16 in 12 -13 he speaks of the ‘unbelieving’ wife and husband. No differences in the calling of God is mentioned, only the difference between the ‘brother’ and ‘wife’ who is an unbeliever. It is forbidden by both Jesus and Paul (Mark 10:11-12;1 Corinthians 7:10), Paul  statement that married believers are not to divorce.

If then Christian couple does divorce, they are restricted from remarriage, unless of course they remarry each other.To sum up if a person divorces on Scriptural grounds and remarries, the new marriage is not an adulterous one. On the other hand, a person who gets a divorce and remarries but has no scriptural grounds for doing so is clearly committing an act of adultery (refer to; Matthew 5:32,19:9; Mark 10:11-12.0).

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