Jesus said, “whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.” The person who is free to remarry here is the victim of the unfaithfulness not the culprit. The Bible does give three instances where separation, divorce and subsequent remarriage are acceptable, because all three break the covenant of marriage. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.” They said to Him, “Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?” He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.” God’s ideal is marriage to one person for life that is why marriage vows contain the words “till death we do part.” When questioned about divorce Jesus took his questioners right back to the Book of Genesis, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Divorce is not God’s ideal – but then we don’t live in an ideal world.
However this should not be used as an excuse to escape from a marriage covenant.
But she didn’t, so I divorced her and sent her away” (Jeremiah 3:8). Through the prophet Jeremiah God said, “ I knew that the kingdom of Israel had been unfaithful and committed many sins, yet I still hoped she might come back to me. God has been divorced and knows firsthand the amount of hurt it causes. God hates divorce (Malachi 2:16) – why? Because it breaks a covenant and causes much pain and hardship.If you are divorced or remarried you are most welcome in this church.The matter of divorce (and remarriage) is a controversial issue for which a number of statements need to be made: There can be a great deal of confusion and questions surrounding divorce particularly for Christians. Marriage Relationships Divorce and Remarriage
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