This small work is very practical. There are many false teachers concerning forgiveness. Many of these are well meaning pastors and teachers.
While this is not intended to be an exhaustive work on forgiveness, it should be a benefit to any reader who needs to have or give forgiveness. This is not intended to be a heavy theological treatise on forgiveness, but is based on biblical truths.
It is the purpose of this work to assist the readers to find full and complete forgiveness in their life. It is also to help people learn how to forgive others. Great freedom is to be found in forgiveness as a giver as well as a receiver.
Ephesians 4:32 – And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Matthew 6:14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
God Bless you,
Dr. Bill Haynes, PhD,
P.O. Box 55221, Tulsa Okla., 74155
918-252-7758
All Comments and Donations are greatly needed and appreciated.
In Part 1, we gave the scripture in Mathew 5:31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: 32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery. We described the conditional clause and defined the term “Pornea.”
Now we need to finish the scripture without the conditional clause. Without the conditional clause, or true grounds for divorce (sex outside the marital bond), divorce is nullified by God and they are still married in the eyes of God. Again, it doesn’t matter what anyone else says, God is our all knowing eternal judge. It doesn’t matter what earthly laws or changing morals of humanity may say. When two get married they not only promise one another, they promise God Almighty, “Till death do us part.”
This is why God says, to marry a divorced person without the conditional clause, “whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.” According to God’s law, she is still married and God doesn’t accept their man made divorce. Adultery is by definition a married person having sex with another person besides the God promised mate.
Note: The person who divorced their mate on God given grounds of sexual unfaithfulness, is free to remarry, without it becoming adultery.
Note: The person who was divorced for sexual unfaithfulness must remain single. 1 Cor. 7:11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
I’m thankful God does forgive sin, however, a new marriage will never receive God’s full blessings.
A Second possible Biblical Ground is desertion over the faith. 1 Cor. 7:15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
In first century and today also, quite often unbelievers desert or even divorce the mate, if they become a born again Christian. The Bible clearly states the believer is no longer under bondage (marital bond) in such cases.
However, it is important for the abandoned mate to give themselves time to heal and hopefully their mate will convert to Christianity and save the marriage. However, if their unbelieving mate becomes sexually involved with another or marries another, they are committing adultery. Then the believer is definitely free to remarry, but only to another believer. 1 Cor. 7:39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. If the believer has Biblical grounds for the divorce, then it is as if her former mate is dead.
God Bless you,
Pastor Bill Haynes, PhD, P.O. Box 55221, Tulsa Okla., 74155
918-252-7758
All Comments and Donations are greatly needed and appreciated.
