THE BIBLE PRAYER LINE – Bible Questions Answered
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Bible Questions Answered:
“I was married for two years, and divorced. I became a Christian, and remarried again and my husband and I have three wonderful children. Am I living in sin because I have been divorced and remarried?....”
Liz/ Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
The Word tells us our Lord's thoughts on marriage.
Matthew 19:1-11 NLT (Discussion about Divorce and Marriage)
1 When Jesus had finished saying these things, He left Galilee and went down to the region of Judea east of the Jordan River.
2 Large crowds followed Him there, and He healed their sick.
3 Some Pharisees came and tried to trap Him with this question: “Should a man be allowed to divorce his wife for just any reason?”
4 “Haven’t you read the Scriptures?” Jesus replied. “They record that from the beginning ‘God made them male and female.’”
5 And He said, “‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’
6 Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together.”
7 “Then why did Moses say in The Law that a man could give his wife a written notice of divorce and send her away?” they asked.
8 Jesus replied, “Moses permitted divorce only as a concession to your hard hearts, but it was not what God had originally intended.
9 And I tell you this, whoever divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery—unless his wife has been unfaithful.”
10 Jesus’ disciples then said to Him, “If this is the case, it is better not to marry!”
11 “Not everyone can accept this statement,” Jesus said. “Only those whom God helps.
Our world is under sin.....
Romans 3:10,23 KJV
10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
When a person desires to be a Christian they confess and forsake their sin, and receive Christ's forgiveness. They then are justified, looked upon by The Lord, just as if they had not sinned.
I John 1:9 KJV
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Psalm 103:12 KJV
As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us.
And then the apostle Paul reminds us.....
Galatians 5:1 KJV
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
John 14:21 KJV
He that hath My commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me: and he that loveth Me shall be loved of My Father, and I will love him, and will manifest Myself to him.
If you have confessed your sins and repented from them, God has forgiven you and you must now forgive yourself.
And as the Apostle says, live “ in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free”, keeping yourself pure and free of the entanglements of this sinful world.
Prayer;
I Peter 1:13-16 NLT (A Call to Holy Living)
13 So prepare your minds for action and exercise self-control. Put all your hope in the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world. 14 So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then.
15 But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy.
16 For The Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.”
