“But I say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.”  (Matthew 5)

 

Marriage is forever.  A person who divorces from another person and remarries is guilty of adultery. How or why is that?  When God joins two (2) persons together, He does so forever, “Let no man put asunder.”  The person that divorces another may think they are not married any more but God says otherwise. In the Eyes of God, the divorcee is still married. Therefore, if a divorcee marries another, the charge and sin of adultery applies.

There are two (2) reasons a person may divorce a spouse.
*Adultery (Matthew 5)
*Abandonment (1 Corinthians 7:10-17)

What about spousal abuse? God does not allow divorce over abuse. BUT separation is an altogether different matter. If one is in an abusive marriage, separation is allowable and is encouraged (by me). In Scripture when the people of God did wrong did not God separate Himself from them? He put them into captivity. If there is spousal abuse in the house and I use the word house and not home. If there is abuse, it is not a home. Know that. If separation is made, the abused cannot marry.

Prayer can be weaponized as can the Name of our Lord. One who is wanting out of a bad marriage or an abusive marriage, or a mean marriage can and may ask God to lead the spouse into the temptation of fornication. One could pray and ask God to drive the bad spouse a way. If the spouse is an ongoing danger to the family, one could ask God to kill the spouse. I know this sounds bad and shocking but we are told to cast all our “cares upon [H]im; for [H]e careth for you.”

Paul tells us that we know not what to pray for. Paul continues in Romans 8 with the Spirit making intercession on our behalf. The Spirit only takes to the Father the prayers that are in accordance with God’s will. The Holy Ghost cleans up our prayers and gets to the root of our need or want. Therefore pray away…pray against, but Reader, be certain that you are of a pure heart.  OR!!! one might pray and ask God to do something in the life of a bad spouse that would give you an upper hand.

Having said all of that, I thank God and praise God for the “wife of my youth.”

If you are a Christ-ian and you have married a non-believer, thinking you will convert him in time; you have gone against God and anything that is not good in your marriage is your fault.

Again I’m so thankful to God for my wife.