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What
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long does a marriage last? Does
sin and unforgiveness undo marriage? Does a marriage after divorce make a new family group? This
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DEAR BELOVED IN
CHRIST JESUS Grace, Peace, and Mercy be with you from GOD the
FATHER andfrom the Lord JESUS CHRIST. Walk in Truth as we have
received commandment from the FATHER. Love one another. And this
is love, that we walk, in his commandments 2 John.: 3, 4, 5, 6, 9.
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BIBLICAL CONCEPTS OF MARRIAGE |
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1. MARRIAGE IS HOLY (What GOD does is HOLY) |
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NO (living) HUSBAND |
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2. MARRIAGE IS ONLY FOR THIS EARTHLY LIFE |
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Herodias, Rahab, Bathsheba, Michal, Gomer |
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3. Is MARRIAGE LIFE LONG ? |
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(Is that as long as both live) ? |
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How are we to live? |
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9. GOD's PICTURE OF MARRIAGE is revealed |
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Marriage is HOLY. Adultery is SIN. |
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4. How do TWO BECOME ONE FLESH? |
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10. word study (Put Away:) (Commits Adultery) |
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5. Are NEVER MORE TWO, but one. DO NOT ALLOW |
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11.HOW DO WE APPLY THESE TRUTHS? |
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DO NOT ALLOW man to put apart. |
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WHO NOT TO MARRY |
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HOW Can we stop Allowing (or let not) ? |
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ONLY FOR BELIEVERS? |
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NOT UNDER BONDAGE? |
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6. JESUS' teaching on Marriage |
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ALL THINGS ARE NEW |
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(disciples are shocked) |
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VOWS |
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What Moses Said |
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...MARRIAGE IS Conclusion Page 1 of 8 |
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BIBLICAL CONCEPTS OF MARRIAGE |
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MARRIAGE IS ONLY FOR THIS EARTHLY LIFE (not
in heaven) |
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3.
Is MARRIAGE LIFE LONG? (Is
that as long as both
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What
do these BIBLICAL terms mean? {One
Flesh} is
something God does- that lasts a lifetime- in making a man and a
woman one flesh as husband and wife. For one to lie with another
(a human act) does not make two people "one flesh" (a
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{Hardness Of Heart}sklay-rok-ar-dee´-ah; is destitution of spiritual perception Strong's N.T. # 4541 |
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{Let Not \ Let None}
puts
the responsibility on others also, let
not man put
asunder (divorce), let
none deal treacherously
(divorce) against his wife, let
not the husband put
away (divorce) his wife. Please
read Ezekiel 3: 17-21: When a righteous man turns from his
righteousness, and commits iniquity, and I lay stumbling block
before him, he shall die: because you did not give him warning, he
shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done
shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at your
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{Mercy} is the grace of God freely given to all who turn
from wickedness, ask for forgiveness, and live righteously.
Isa.27: 11 says: ...for It is a people of no understanding:
therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them. And
Isaiah 55:6-8: Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him
while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts:
and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have
mercy upon him;
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are
not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways says the
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NEVER MORE TWO, but one. DO
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We know what Moses said and what Paul said, but we do not accept their words as superior or contradictory to what Jesus said.
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JESUS'
teaching on Marriage (disciples
are shocked) PLEASE NOTE that Jesus
is talking about people who think they are married.
Where OTHERS say "it's ok to divorce and marry another"
BUT JESUS says whoever does so is in adultery.
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What
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MARRIAGE IS FOR WOMEN WHO HAVE NO (living) HUSBAND Mt.5:32
whoever marries a divorced woman is committing adultery.
Mark 10:11,12 When a woman puts away her husband and marries
another, she commits adultery. Lu.16:18 whoever
marries a woman put away commits adultery.
Romans 7:2,3 husband lives - wife marries another - is
adultery. 1Corinthians 7:28,39 ...and if a
virgin marry she hath not sinned. (39) The wife is bound by the
law as long as her husband lives; but if husband is dead, she is
at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
Deuteronomy 22 :28,29 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin,
which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and
they be found; Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the
damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his
wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put
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Does
God forgive if you are already in a Divorced remarriage
relationship not Knowing it was sin? Turn,
O backsliding children, says the Lord; for
I am married
(is husband of [Strong's # o.t.1166]) unto
you:
and I will take you one from the city, and two of a family, and I
will bring you to Zion: And I will give you pastors according |
(marriage
is not dissolved by divorce).
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Its no wonder people do not know what to believe with the way the Alexandrian (Egyptian) translations change the context of scripture in this chapter of Jeremiah 3
Although Most of the Alexandrian translations do not go so far as to put “The Lord says” at the start of verse one, they infer that the Lord is commanding, because of “the Lord says” at the end of the verse. By removing “They say” from the first of the verse that would let someone know that part of what is said here is by someone other than God.
Also the Alexandrian translations add “you want to” to “return to me” in verse one. Then in verse 7 they change the word “I said” to “I thought” and added “she will” to “return to me”. But God repeats the command to RETURN 3 more times in verses 12, 14, & 20-22. In these 3 verses all the Alexandrian translations say return.
What
is the problem? Can’t God make up his mind?
Is
a Wife to return to her 1st
husband or not?
Then one more thing here the Alexandrian
translations change “married” meaning (husband), and
meaning something more in line with marriage that this passage is
talking about But, They change it to “master” A word
having a much wider meaning and less to do with marriage. And even
though he divorced Israel in verse 8 (Even in all the Alexandrian
translations) Then in verse 14 he says he is husband to Israel but
you can’t see that with the Alexandrian translations changing
“married” to “master”
Look
at these examples
of Alexandrian translations
Jeremiah
3 The
Lord
says,
“If a man divorces his wife, and she leaves him and becomes
another man’s wife, he cannot take her back again. This would
completely defile the land. But, Israel, you have had many lovers,
and now
you want to return to me!
(Good
News Bible)
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And
I thought,
after she has done all this she
will return to me.
But she did not return.
12
Go,
proclaim these words toward the north, and say: Return,
rebel Israel, says the LORD,
14
Return,
rebellious children, says the LORD, for I am your Master;
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But
like a woman faithless to her lover, even so have you been faithless
to me, O house of Israel, says the LORD. 21
A
cry is heard on the heights! the plaintive weeping of Israel’s
children,
Because they have perverted their ways and forgotten the LORD, their God. 22 Return, rebellious children, and I will cure you of your rebelling. Jeremiah 3 (New American Bible)
And they do the same thing with Malachi 2: 14-16. IS it any wonder people do not know what to believe?
Here is a small sampling of some
changes. Everything
underlined is not in
Alexandrian
based bibles. Do these verses say
the same things without the underlined
part?
NO! The words in red
are
words Jesus said. Did
he say them or not??? YES! YOU might check your bible for these
changes.
Luke
4:4 …It
is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, (and deleted is)
but
by every word of God
Mark
10:24 ...Children, how hard is it for
them that trust in riches
to enter into the kingdom of God!
Matthew
5:44
But I say unto you, Love your enemies,
bless
them that curse you, do good to them that hate you,
and
pray for them which despitefully
use you, and
persecute
you
LK 9:56
For
the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save
them.
And
they went to another village.
Acts
8:37
(this whole verse removed) And
Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And
he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
How are we to live? 9.
Is GOD's PICTURE OF MARRIAGE revealed in the New Testament?
Let
no man deceive you with Vain words: for because of these things comes
the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. (8) For you were
sometimes darkness, but now you are light in the Lord: walk as
children of light (17) Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding
what the will of the Lord is (21) Submitting yourselves one to
another in the fear of God.
22) Wives, submit yourselves unto
your own husbands, as unto the Lord. (23) For the husband is the head
of the Wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the
savior of the body. (24) Therefore as the church is subject unto
Christ, so let the wife be to her own husband in every thing.
25)
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and
gave himself for it (He died for an imperfect and sinful church so he
might wash it and make it perfect); that he might sanctify and
cleanse it (her) with the washing of water by the word, that he might
present it (her) to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or
wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it (she) should be holy and
without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their own
bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself. (29) For no man ever
hated his own flesh; But nourishes and cherishes his own flesh, even
as the Lord the church: (33) Nevertheless let every one of you in
particular so love his wife even as he loves himself; and the Wife
see that she reverence her husband. Ephesians 5: 6,8,17,21-29,33
Let
each wife be subject to her own husband...with a meek and quiet
spirit. Husbands...give honor unto your wife. . . that your prayers
be not hindered. 1Peter 3: 1-7 Page
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Husband
is the head of Wife (Eph.5:23) Husband
that loves his wife loves himself (Eph.5:28)
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Wife
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word study (Put
Away:
to Free fully, Relieve, Release, Set at liberty ? Strong's # n.t.
630) In the phrase, "Who ever shall put away Wife/husband"...?
a person would think, that this would mean that the marriage has been
dissolved, but Jesus says, whoever marries such a one commits
adultery. Matthew 5: 32 Matthew 19: 3,7,8,9,& Mark 10: 2,4,11,12.
& Luke 16: 18.
WORD
STUDY (Commits
Adultery)
Who ever shall put away, AND be married to another commits adultery.
(Strong's #s 3428, 3429, 3430, and 3431 commits adultery come from
#3432), (Strong's # n.t. 3432 paramour [male whore] -
adulterer)(Strong's # o.t. 5003 - adulterer [-ess] commit [-ting]
adultery). Places where the phrase commits adultery is used: Mark 10:
11,12,19, Luke 16: 18,20 Romans 7: 2,3 Rom.13: 9 Leviticus 18: 20;
Lev.20: 10; Proverbs 6: 32; Ezekiel 16: 32.
Marriage
is HOLY. Adultery is SIN.
That
which is SIN can NOT become that which is HOLY. Woe to them that call
Evil good, and GOOD evil; that put darkness for light, and light for
darkness Isaiah 5:20. In the passage Romans.6:16 it says, Don't you
know that you are the servant to whom you obey? Serve sin for death
or obey for life.
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HOW DO WE APPLY THESE TRUTHS?
WHO NOT TO MARRY
(Leviticus
18: 1-23) (:6) not near kin (:7) not parents (:9) not sister (: 10)
not niece (:12) not aunt (:15) not son's wife (:16) not
brother's
Wife
(:20) not
another's wife
(Leviticus.20:10) (1Corinthians 7: 11. Romans 7: 1-3.) (: 22) not man
with man (Leviticus.20: 13) (: 23) not to lie with any beast.
ONLY
FOR BELIEVERS?
NO!. GOD's law applies to everyone. Sin is why anyone will go to hell
(the soul that sins). Were Herod and Herodias believers? NO! Matthew
and Mark write of Herodias as Philip's wife (Matthew 14:3, MK 6:1),
and John is applying this law to unbelievers. How about Nineveh and
Sodom? These were cities of unbelievers, but God's law still applies
(Luke 11: 31-32 & Jonah 1-4). GOD forbids that we continue in
sin! Jesus said, one that does not know and does things worthy of
stripes will still be punished. Luke 12: 48.
NOT
UNDER BONDAGE?
Under bondage is to enslave; become [make] servant (Strong's #1402),
(See the service (bondage) in 1Corinthians.7: 3) render due
benevolence, (7:4) has not power over own body, (7:5) withhold not
from one the other, (7:33-35) need to please wife or husband. This
is the service (bondage)
that no longer is necessary if unbeliever leaves. BUT The marriage is
till death, living together or apart.
IF
ONE COMMITS ADULTERY
does that free the other of marriage? NO. Marriage is till death and
that is why it is committing adultery for a woman to marry another if
her husband is still alive. A husband is to die to self, for his
wife's sake. This is not only if she is perfect, but so he can help
her to be perfect. So he might present her glorious and perfect to
himself and also to God. And then we are given an example real close
to heart of how we are to love our wife. Like we love our own self.
Replace "I'm"
with "Is
she"
(I'm cold, I'm hungry, I'm thirsty, Is she in pain, does her heart
ache, are her feelings hurt, Is she lonely,...) see bible pictures of
marriage (Ephesians 5:23-29) (Jeremiah 3: 1-15) Do we love our wife
as we love our self??? Do we love as CHRIST loved the
Church?
WHEREIN
YOU ARE CALLED
therein be content. This only means lawful states, (uncircumcised/
circumcised [1Corinthians 7: 17-19], servant/ free [7: 20-22], lawful
marriage/ single [7: 24,27], soldier [Lu.3: 14], tax collector [3:
12,13]. We are to STOP being whores, paramours, adulters,
thieves, extortionists, drunkards,.. (1Corinthians 6: 9,10). It's not
who you are but how you do it. In all things we are to repent (STOP)
from what we know to be sin (Luke 3: 3,8).
Marriage is until
death. SO having the wife of someone who is not dead a countining sin
of adultery. And such were some of you But you are washed.
ALL
THINGS ARE NEW
We
now, with the help of the Holy Spirit, should desire those things
that are good and holy. And now we should hate those things that are
wicked and sinful. Wickedness never turns into holiness. If before I
was born again, I robbed a bank, or kidnapped a child, or took
someone's land by fraud, or married a woman whose husband was not
dead, do I keep these things now? No! Sin is sin and must be set
right. Return things back to the rightful owners. "All things
are new" does NOT mean that which was adultery (sin) is now
become that which is holy (marriage). BE ye reconciled, walk no
longer in sin, live no longer for self, but unto CHRIST who died for
you. 2Corinthians.5: 15,17,20 And that he died for all, that they
which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him
which died for them, and rose again.
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Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature:
old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (20)
Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you
by us, we pray you in Christ's stead, be reconciled to
God.
(1Corinthians
7: 3-5, 8-11, 17-24, 27, 28, 33-35, 39) Let
the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also
the wife unto the husband. The wife hath not power of her own body,
but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his
own body, but the wife. Defraud ye not one the other, except it be
with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and
prayer; and come together again that Satan tempt you not for your
incontinency. (8) I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is
good for them if they abide even as I. But if they cannot contain,
let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. 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. (17) But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath
called every one, so let him walk, and so ordain I in all churches.
Is any man called circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Is
any called in uncircumcision? Let him not be
circumcised.
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the
keeping of the commandments of God. Let every man abide in the same
calling wherein he was called. Art thou called being a servant? Care
not for it: but if thou may be made free, use it rather. For he that
is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman:
likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.
(24) Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide
with God. (27) Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art
thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife. (28) But and if thou marry,
thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry she hath not sinned.
Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
(33) But he that is married cares for the things that are of the
world, how he may please his wife. (34) There is a difference also
between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares for the things
of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she
that is married cares for the things of the world, how she may please
her husband. (35) And this I speak for your own profit; not that I
may cast a snare upon you, but for that, which is comely, and that ye
may attend upon the Lord without distraction. (39) The wife is bound
by the law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband be dead,
she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the
Lord.
VOWS
It
is by our words that we express our thoughts and intents, and pledge
ourselves to one another before God. When God talks of marriage he's
not talking about a temporary bedroom agreement. When God makes two
one-flesh it is until death, Vow or no vow, if
it is a marriage in God's sight, it is till death. The reason for a
vow is to state your intentions more strongly, binding yourself more
firmly.
Numbers 30:2 If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an
oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he
shall do according to all that proceeded out of his mouth.
(Vows
are different for daughters, wives, widows, and divorced women. See
Numbers 30:3-16) ...and her father/husband hold his peace at her then
all her vows shall stand... Have you ever thought about why the bride
is given away by her father?
Deuteronomy 23: 21-23. When you vow
a vow unto the Lord your God, you shall not slack to pay it: for the
Lord thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in
thee. But if you do not vow, it shall be no sin in thee. That which
is gone out of your lips you shall keep and perform; even a freewill
offering, according as you have vowed unto the Lord your God, which
you have promised with thy mouth
Ecclesiastes 5: 4-6 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that you not vow, than that you should vow and not pay. Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?
THIS
IS A CONSIDERATION about vows. Matthew 5:34 But I (Jesus) say
unto you, swear not at all, but let your communication be yes, yes:
or no, no: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Eli
did not do the right thing in 1Samuel 2:12-4:18 only
speaking to his sons but
not restraining them. Eli was their father
and therefore he was responsible for their actions. What
are we doing in instruction, training, and restraining our children?
MARRIAGE
IS an
until-death-of-the-other commitment between a man and a woman (with
no living husband) to be husband and wife. God
created marriage. Marriage is holy and righteous. God encourages
marriage. Marriage is not adultery.
Divorce
does NOT dissolve a Marriage. Divorce only calls off a marriage that
never came to be (like Joseph was thinking of with Mary), or
Divorce after marriage is only a separation between husband and wife
(like “whosoever
shall marry her that is divorced commits adultery”),
and
the reason it is adultery is because divorce does Not Dissolve a
marriage. Only death ends a marriage.
Adultery
is not marriage. Adultery is sin and is
forbidden by God. What God calls adultery can NOT somehow become
marriage.
This
is the love
of God, that we keep
his commandments. :
and his commandments are not grievous.
We can not save anyone by
going to hell for them or with them.
Hosea
4: 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because you have
rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you shall be no
priest to me: seeing you
have forgotten the law of God.
I will also forget your children.
Yes,
GOD does forgive All sin for which we STOP the sin and ask
forgiveness for and.return
that which does not belong to us.
Yes,
GOD does forgive adultery if we stop the adultery and ask for
forgiveness. God in his mercy gives us His words of life and light
that we might live and not die. He calls us to be his peculiar
(treasured) people.
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