by Carl Paulino

Created on: December 26, 2008

The enemy has been attacking marriage and the family since The Garden of Eden. While his attacks have not stopped, neither should one expect them to; of greater concern to me is the assault that the church has made on marriage...and the family.

Most Christians can agree that divorce is a sin. I should point out that it is a forgivable sin. The problem arises however, that Christians do not recognize "remarriage" as a sin (also forgivable!). In their defense, it's not something that is taught from the pulpit, but as Christ often said, "it is written".

While speaking on divorce, virtually every time Christ Jesus addressed the subject of a divorced person marrying again, He called it adultery.

MAT 5:32 But 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.

MAT 19:9 And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery."

MARK 10:11-12 He answered, "Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery."

LUKE 16:18 "Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery

Paul confirms this indirectly (contextually speaking) in

ROMANS 7:3 So then, if she marries another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress, even though she marries another man.

And directly in 1Cr 7:39 A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord.

Marrying again (or another) is also forgivable, but the trouble is we (as the church) refuse to recognize it as a sin. Moreover, the Church gives license and blessing to this sin. The typical argument is that God forgives Divorce. That's true! Praise God! But that doesn't give us license to commit adultery by marrying again.

Christ commands us to forgive when a brother or sister sins against us (seven times 70 times a day). How much more ought we to forgive our Covenant partner with whom we have been made one in Christ Jesus? Jesus Christ warns us Mark 11:26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive

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