Megachurch Co-Pastors Announce Divorce

cjs07office »

Sun Nov 04, 2007 5:20 am Agree: 12   Disagree: 1

We are NOT under the Law but under grace. So what did Jesus, (grace) say about divorce?

Matt 5:31 - 32 (NKJV) 31“Furthermore it has been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except £sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.

Mark 10:2 - 9 (NKJV) 2The Pharisees came and asked Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” testing Him. 3And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?” 4They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to dismiss her.” 5And Jesus answered and said to them, “Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. 6But from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female.’£ 7‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, 8and the two shall become one flesh’;£ so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”
What does the New Testament (testament of grace) say.

1 Cor 7:10 - 11 (NKJV) 10Now to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from her husband. 11But even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to divorce his wife.
I am very concerned that when one in leadership justifies their actions which the Bible clearly states is wrong, many other Christians will do the same in their marriage. I had heard that the divorce rate among Christians was equal to non-Christians but until recently I did not believe it. How could Christians, who know what God has said on this issue, divorce without Biblical cause of infidelity or non-believing spouse?
It would seem we are taking a path that Israel took in justifying their sins and still claiming God's blessings. I do pray for her marriage but mainly that God will bring them out of spiritual deception. Anything that justifies what the Bible clearly says is wrong is deception.

Paula White: I'm Not Going to Draw Back

cjs07office »

Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:57 am Agree: 10   Disagree: 2

We are NOT under the Law but under grace. So what did Jesus, (grace) say about divorce?

Matt 5:31 - 32 (NKJV) 31“Furthermore it has been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except £sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.

Mark 10:2 - 9 (NKJV) 2The Pharisees came and asked Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” testing Him. 3And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?” 4They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to dismiss her.” 5And Jesus answered and said to them, “Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. 6But from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female.’£ 7‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, 8and the two shall become one flesh’;£ so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”
What does the New Testament (testament of grace) say.

1 Cor 7:10 - 11 (NKJV) 10Now to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from her husband. 11But even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to divorce his wife.
I am very concerned that when one in leadership justifies their actions which the Bible clearly states is wrong, many other Christians will do the same in their marriage. I had heard that the divorce rate among Christians was equal to non-Christians but until recently I did not believe it. How could Christians, who know what God has said on this issue, divorce without Biblical cause of infidelity or non-believing spouse?
It would seem we are taking a path that Israel took in justifying their sins and still claiming God's blessings. I do pray for her marriage but mainly that God will bring them out of spiritual deception. Anything that justifies what the Bible clearly says is wrong is deception.