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"Divorced people are a bad risk!"

 

Here's a dialogue begun by email.

Dear editor:

Most of the men this month, were either over 60 or under 40. At least 90% were divorced.It appears to me that you advocate divorce and remarriage. Is that Christian? Granted there are a few legitimate "mistakes", but remarriage after divorce to me is adultery. It takes two people to make a fight, and except in rare cases after a person makes one mistake, he'll make more. Divorced people are a bad risk.

C.L. (TN)


Editor's Response:

Thank you for your comments. No, we don't advocate divorce at all. The Bible says that God hates divorce. And we know He hates all sin.

However, the Bible also says that when we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive our sins and cleanse of all unrighteousness. (1John 1: 9)

Therefore, a divorced person who confesses his or her sin and asks God's forgiveness is cleansed of that sin by the blood of Jesus.

Just as a murderer, a gossip, a liar, a fornicator, is cleansed and forgiven when they confess their sin.

Apparently, God forgets about that sin and so should we. That does not give anyone an excuse to go and sin again. Remarriage after divorce should be between the individual and God. It's a matter of the individual conscience and his or her perception of what God's will is.

The blood of Jesus has redeemed us from the curse of the law. (Galatians 3:13)

 

C.L's response. - Nevertheless, a person who breaks his promise to God and spouse once, will probably do it to you too, and is a poor risk. If it happens more than once it makes you wonder whose fault it is. If a person will mess up one life, he/she will mess up others. Marriage is not mandatory.

If you can't stand yourself, how can you expect others to want to be with you?

God may not have patience (we don't know how long), until a just God takes over. There is always two sides to an argument. Is it just to the divorced person's spouse? Is it just to a married man's wife to seduce him? We should not tempt the Lord, our God. People do not take marriage seriously enough. Try it, if you don't like it, then get a divorce. A vow is the calling on God to witness the truth of what you say. Do you really mean what you vow?.

If you ask forgiveness for one sin,do you keep on doing the same sin over and over?

There IS a heaven, AND there is a hell. You must at least INTEND to stop sinning, given the fact that we ARE weak Some people are gluttons for punishment.

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There is a child rapist on Tennessee's death row who is scheduled to be executed and is a schizophrenic. Should he be punished by the state and executed, and denied the opportunity to repent??

 

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From the Editor: As I understand it, repentence is a turning from sin and going in the opposite direction. Once you see that you've sinned, repentence can be immediate.

Repentence does not require making amends, unless you are able to do that. Who could make amends for killing a child? Just like the rest of us the death row inmate, has an opportunity to repent, to ask God for forgiveness, up until the time of his death.

Also the Bible says God's mercies are new every morning.

We can always ask for and receive God's mercy and His forgiveness, provided we forgive those who have hurt us. If we do not forgive others, we cannot be forgiven by God.

For a person whose heart is hardened, a spirit of repentence must come and bring a softening and an awakening to the fact that, "Yes I did wrong. Yes I committed sin."

In cases where people won't acknowlege their wrong doing, we need to ask God to send a spirit of repentence to them so they can receive forgiveness.

 

 

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