¹⁰And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

   ¹¹But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

 

Mark 10
  ²And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

   ³And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

   ⁴And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

   ⁵And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.

   ⁶But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

   ⁷For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

   ⁸And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

   ⁹What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

   ¹⁰And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter.

   ¹¹And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.

   ¹²And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery

 

Mt 5
  ³¹It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

   ³²But 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.

 

I don't see anything specifically about your question, but maybe these verses will help.

:)

 

Hi Aalie,

 

I think they don't live in sin. The only reason for divorce in the Bible is adultery. The divorce was wrong, maybe not in this case to the USA-Law, but to the Law of Christ. They gave their marriage-promisses once and for all before God and the witnesses.

Maybe they are FOR THE USA-LAW no longer married. In order to give no reason for gossip they maybe can annouce to the community and/or church that they have renewed their marriage-promisses for God and the witnesses by means of a formal announcement.

 

I hope that this is an answer to your question.

 

Love and greetings,

Brother Elle

 

Thanks for all your comments , verses, and sharing.

 

I know that God says that He hates divorce. But he has allowed it to be so, because of the hardness of hearts. Maybe because it is so hard for some people to forgive a partner's wrong doing. Unforgiveness may be as bad as any other sin, I know no one that has unforgiveness will be forgiven by the Lord.

 

It would be better if a couple would just separate instead of divorcing each other, especially if there is no other person involved in the breaking up of the marriage.

 

1Cor. 7 has a lot of advice to married people, and the regulations there involved.In verses 10-15 it talks there that a marriage partner ( a believer) should not leave, but if they do they should not remarry. This is for the sake of the children. But if the unbelieving husband or wife does the leaving the believing spouse has a right to get remarried. I believe the Lord has established marriage and is willing that differences should be worked out, and that a partner should work on forgiving. Because the believing spouse may very well be the instrument that God uses for the salvation of their partner and their children.

 

Now, I do not see anywhere in Scripture that the couple who gets a divorce and then reconciles, that they must remarry. Yet it sure makes sense at least in the natural.

Also especially if they are Christians, should they have a desire to make things legal.

For one thing to protect themselves. The laws of the land were also given by God, that we need to follow. This is for our own good. Unless of course the laws of the land go against the Word of God. Then we follow God's laws instead.

 

I may have more on this later, and welcome any other comments or insights that you may have.

 

God bless you,

Aalie