Monday, November 8, 2010

Legalized adultery

“Look at the legalized adultery that we call divorce. Men marry one wife after another and are still admitted into good society; and women do likewise. There are thousands of supposedly respectable men in America living with other men’s wives, and thousands of supposedly respectable women living with other women’s husbands.”  - R. A. Torrey in How to Pray p. 94-95

“For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. . . .Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.” Mark 10:7-12

“Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.” Luke16:18

“For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.” Romans 7:2,3

“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.” 1 Corinthians 7:39

3 comments:

  1. I am a divorced wife. My husband beat me and our daughter and threatened to kill us. Must I feel guilty of being divorced? I don't think so. I am just relieved.

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  2. Ien,

    I’m sorry to hear of such sadness.

    “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 un-married, or be reconciled to her husband:” 1 Corinthians 7:10,11a

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