NO DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE IN CHRISTIANITY

by Pst" Paul Rika

TEXT: GENESIS 2:21-24

Key verse: Luke 16:18 Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.

In Biblical perspective, when either Christian or non-Christian marriage is done according to the standard of God, it is reorganized by the initiator of marriage, which is God Himself.
Thus, Christian values should be taken seriously no matter what comes along in the marriage. God's initial plan for marriage is that the couple are to live together for the rest of their lives and nothing should ever bring separation between the two apart from death.
Genesis 2:24. Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
No sin is greater than the other. Sin is sin and no sin is too big to cause divorce; not even adultery as we see in John 8:10-12. "She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more”.
God requires us to forgive all those who have offended us because, in everything that God does, He has a divine purpose in it. For anyone to temper with what God started is to go against God, Who initiated it. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
We should know that God's plan does not end with the couple, but it expands to generations as we see in the marriage of Abraham and Sarah, from whence we got the Saviour of the whole world. So, it should be preached to the body of Christ (the Church) that after meeting all the parental demands, no man is allowed to disengage that marriage.
In the Bible, only fornication was talked about but that was for those who were in the process of getting married like Joseph and Mary; who were in the Betrothal affair. Divorce is applied to the married and not those in fornication.
Any man therefore; Pastor, Bishop, Reverend or anyone who divorces and remarries will not enter the kingdom of God because from the beginning, divorce was never permitted. Separation should only be temporary and after that, the couple should get back together.
Therefore, looking at marriage with this understanding, those who encourage divorce are against God's word and at the judgment day will stand to account for it.
Ezekiel 18:20-The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Thought for the day: Follow God's word to run your marriage, not traditions of men

Song for the day: Am married to Jesus, Satan leave me alone

Bible reading for the day: Numbers 5-6; Mark 4:1-20

People wey know Bible.
I was wondering why Pastors these days weds divorcees.

Absolutely on point sir.
Some deep truth of the Bible so many are afraid to preach.