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God Bless you,

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I will not personally say who should marry and who should not. It really isn't my place to judge or the pastor's place to judge. Whether one has lost a spouse due to a spiritual, or to a carnal death, would certainly be an issue of concern with respect to their salvation in Jesus name. We must all bear in mind that God is both merciful and just.

There are many factors to consider in determining just who should marry or even who should divorce. We will find that our guidance concerning this matter is in the scripture and in the Holy Spirit. So it follows then that the condition of the believer's heart before God is the main factor in making such a determination. For some, it may well be that the Lord has other plans for them. For others it may well be that the Lord intends for them to remarry in the Lord, to live a godly life, raise up godly seed and to keep the pews populated. Therefore I say, yet not I, but the Lord, whatsoever God has joined together let not pastor, judge, doctor, lawyer, bishop, pope, deacon, saint, apostle, or any other human put asunder.

For those repentant believers who would sincerely choose to engage in godly marriage, I would like to encourage them to consult the FULL BIBLE TRUTH rather than to make the grievous error of attaching themselves to only a few classic Bible verses and selectively "forget" about the rest of those scriptures touching marriage. Yet for all this talk on divorce and remarriage (and for all the doubtful disputation that it has obviously generated) I am persuaded to say that what is even more crucial is a full examination of our own hearts before God.

It is abundantly clear that for men to remain celibate and for women to remain virgin in the body of Christ is indeed preferable but not a command that a snare should be cast upon us. The Apostle Paul adequately stressed this fact saying, that it is good for a man not to touch a woman and many other things. Paul further defines the reason for this throughout 1 Corinthians 7. Both Paul and Christ also established that not all men could receive this saying. Therefore whoever is able to receive it, let him or her receive it. Jesus Christ and the apostle Paul established that it is better not to marry at all. Paul could receive it. Christ could receive it. Can you?

It is better to marry than to burn.

God is merciful

Paul conceded that each man had his gift and that not all men could receive the gift of celibacy. Jesus Christ verified this truth with the disciples before his crucifixion. I suppose that some of the ladies would agree that not all women can receive the gift of chastity either; but as a man, that is not my department. I do not presume to be an authority on the reproach of women.

Paul stated to the church: (I believe he was addressing the church. Some of you may think otherwise.) That it is better to marry than to burn. If you were 69 years old and quite pleased with the single life but you had the choice to marry or to burn what would you do? As for me, I am inclined to agree with the Apostle Paul. I am not faced with that choice and I'm not even 69 years old yet. Whether widowed, virgin, or unmarried...

it truly is better to marry than to burn.

In 1 Cornithians 7 guidance is graciously provided to all the married, the unmarried, the virgins, and the widowed of the the church in a manner that all these groups were required to receive the truth in fullness. This word applied not only to their personal marital status, but also to what held true for all of the members of the body. It is better to marry than to burn. It is best to be celibate and virgin.

Able to forgive

I do not believe for one minute that the Apostle Paul forgot about those believers who were divorced from a spouse. I do, however, believe that there is no divorce in the Lord. I have always believed this since the day I gave my heart to Jesus. Divorce is really the devil's domain and that is why I do not encourage divorcement for anyone. The only godly way to divorce is to divorce the divorce. Confused??? The enemy is in a permanent state of divorce from God. INSIDE of the Holy Spirit there is NO DIVORCE. If God cannot wash away an ungodly marriage and an ungodly covenant made in the presence of false witnesses and the children of Belial then I'm not sure who you think you're serving but it isn't the Jesus I know.

Now I verily believe that there is a good reason why we do not read in 1 Corinthians 7, any words saying, "And to the divorced...". No, rather Paul addresses a group called the UNMARRIED and this means that they are not married. The divorced are on the other side of the fence. Remember that Paul was addressing the saved -- even the saved who were previously divorced. If you wish to disagree then let's agree to disagree. Clinging to a divorce will not save you. This is only another operation of the enemy to satisfy ungodly lust for lucre such as... "Alimony" and the things of the world. Your pastor might well be interested in your alimony check but that does not mean that God is in agreement.

God has called us to peace.

There is no divorce in the Holy Spirit.