_I certainly don't claim to know everything...as a matter of fact, if you consider all there is to know, I don't know much. Having said that, so know one thinks I think I know it all, I don't think God's Word says that I can divorce without having been a "victim". Recently, I heard someone say, "No, you don't have to be a victim to have freedom to divorce." The person also said that God hates divorce and that God hates divorce because divorce hurts people and that God doesn't want his people hurt. Okay, here are a couple of scripture... "I hate divorce," says the LORD God of Israel (Malachi 2:16).
"What God has joined together, let man not separate ... I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery" (Matthew 19:6, 9).
Am I being too literal if I simply say God "hates" divorce...period...and let what God said stand on its own without any additions?
Also, if the exception whereby God allows His people to divorce is "marital unfaithfulness" , how then does that give us freedom to divorce in other circumstances?
Like I said, I don't know it all, but it seems to me that if I read God's Word not adding to or taking away, these two scriptures simply say that God hates divorce and that unless our spouse has committed marital unfaithfulness we are not free to divorce and if we do divorce for any reason other than marital unfaithfulness we commit adultery.
Many a life has been ruined, changed, rearranged, or ended because someone was unfaithful to their spouse. Unfaithfulness should not be a way of life for a "Christ Follower"...the word unfaithfulness should not be in our vocabulary. If you are being unfaithful to your spouse and you are a Christ Follower, tell me how does that glorify God and what kind of a witness are you?
"What God has joined together, let man not separate ... I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery" (Matthew 19:6, 9).
Am I being too literal if I simply say God "hates" divorce...period...and let what God said stand on its own without any additions?
Also, if the exception whereby God allows His people to divorce is "marital unfaithfulness" , how then does that give us freedom to divorce in other circumstances?
Like I said, I don't know it all, but it seems to me that if I read God's Word not adding to or taking away, these two scriptures simply say that God hates divorce and that unless our spouse has committed marital unfaithfulness we are not free to divorce and if we do divorce for any reason other than marital unfaithfulness we commit adultery.
Many a life has been ruined, changed, rearranged, or ended because someone was unfaithful to their spouse. Unfaithfulness should not be a way of life for a "Christ Follower"...the word unfaithfulness should not be in our vocabulary. If you are being unfaithful to your spouse and you are a Christ Follower, tell me how does that glorify God and what kind of a witness are you?