Is remarriage after divorce always adultery? | GotQuestion.org
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In this video, we answer the question: Is remarriage after divorce always adultery?
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- Is remarriage after divorce always adultery? We're going to answer that question.
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- You can also discover more on GotQuestions .org. Before we even begin to answer this question, let us reiterate.
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- God hates divorce. The pain, confusion, and frustration most people experience after a divorce are surely part of his reasoning.
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- Even more difficult, biblically, than the question of divorce is the question of remarriage.
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- The vast majority of people who divorce either remarry or consider getting remarried.
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- I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife except for marital unfaithfulness and marries another woman commits adultery.
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- This scripture clearly states that remarriage after a divorce is adultery except in the instance of marital unfaithfulness.
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- In regards to this exception clause and its implications, please read the articles linked in the description below.
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- It is our view that in certain instances a person is allowed to divorce and remarry without being guilty of adultery.
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- A person whose spouse commits adultery, for example, and a believer whose unbelieving spouse abandons the marriage.
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- We are not saying that a person under such circumstances should remarry. The Bible's instructions to divorced people is to be single or reconcile.
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- At the same time, it is our view that God offers his mercy and grace to the innocent party in a divorce and allows that person to remarry.
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- A person who gets a divorce for a reason other than the reasons listed and then gets remarried has committed adultery.
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- The question then becomes, is this remarriage an act of adultery or a state of adultery?
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- The present tense of the Greek can indicate a continuous state of adultery. At the same time, the present tense in the
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- Greek does not always indicate continuous action. Sometimes it simply means that something occurred.
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- For example, the word divorces in Matthew 5 .32 is present tense, but divorcing is not a continual action.
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- It is our view that remarriage, no matter the circumstances, is not a continual state of adultery.
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- Only the act of getting remarried itself is adultery. In the Old Testament law, the punishment for adultery was death.
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- At the same time, Deuteronomy mentions remarriage after a divorce, does not call it adultery, and does not demand the death penalty for the remarried spouse.
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- The Bible explicitly states that God hates divorce, but nowhere explicitly states that God hates remarriage.
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- The Bible nowhere commands a remarried couple to divorce, and does not describe the marriage as invalid.
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- Ending a remarriage through divorce would be just as sinful as ending the first marriage through a divorce.
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- Both would include the breaking of vows before God, between the couple, and in front of witnesses.
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- No matter the circumstances, a marriage is a marriage. God does not view the new marriage as invalid or adulterous.
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- A remarried couple should devote themselves to God and to each other, and honor Him by making their new marriage a lasting and Christ -centered one.
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- That answers the question, is remarriage after divorce always adultery? On our website,
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