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Faithful Marriage Prohibits Divorce So, to the opposite of immorality, pure marriage, agreeing with the premarital bond of Ex. 22 and Dt. 22 would disallow divorce. This is demonstrated by the non-polygamous restriction of the deacons, who were required to be “husbands of one wife” (I Timothy 3:12). A marriage partner was strongly advised to reconcile his or her problems if possible in 1 Cor. 7: 10, 11: "And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife." Some heretics (Pat Robertson in this instance) claim if an unbelieving spouse leaves a believer, the believer is not bound to the marriage relationship, but is free to remarry. That is a falsehood! It simply is not true. What such a situation does induce is the freedom for the believer to 'remain unmarried' mene'tow a'gamos (I Cor 7:11, 15). The apostle Paul gave faithful judgment and made it clear that virgins could marry, but if they became divorced not to remarry: “Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.” (I Cor. 7:27). Jesus answered the divorce question by referring to Adam and Eve (a one-marriage status) in the beginning. Marriage was designed a unity that should not be broken. A biblical marriage is established by the virginity of the woman, the never-married and the non-obligated-to-a-former-virgin status of the male, and the consent of the father of the virgin woman. On the other hand, not all first marriages are really biblical marriages: They are relationships of fornication legalized through the state. They should be annulled. |
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