<html><head></head><body><div><div><div><div><br></div>Mark 10;10-12<div><br></div><div><b>10. &nbsp;And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter.</b></div><div><b>11. &nbsp;And&nbsp;said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery against her;</b></div><div><b>12. &nbsp;and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”</b></div><div><br></div><div>With these words Jesus is underscoring the truth of how marriage makes us a new creation, and how divorce cannot, does not make us back into our old independent, free&nbsp;self. &nbsp;To be married is to be forever changed. &nbsp;Divorce cannot undo what God has done.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>When Jesus says <i>“Whoever divorces his wife </i><u>and marries another,</u><span>”&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;He is speaking about the whole complete act of both&nbsp;divorce <u>and</u>&nbsp;remarriage, not just separation. &nbsp;Married couples can be separated, but so long as they do not enter into a sexual relationship with anyone else, but remain separate, they are <u>not</u>&nbsp;guilty of adultery.</div><div><br></div><div>Paul speaks of this, saying, <i>“To the married I give charge, not I but the Lord, that the wife should not separate from her husband &nbsp;(but if she does, let her remain single or else be reconciled to her husband)—and the husband should not divorce his wife.” &nbsp;</i>(1 Corinthians 7;10&amp;11) &nbsp; Sadly, marriages can become so dysfunctional that living apart from each other, separate from one another, can bring a measure of peace and safety which living together does not.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;This is normally the result of gross carnality and selfishness, it does not change the fact that God joined them together and desires them to humble themselves, seek His gracious help, repent, and come together again. &nbsp;&nbsp;Being separated by military service, illness, calamity,&nbsp;or other circumstances does not end the marriage either.</div><div><br></div><div>Paul goes on to say, <i>“To the rest I say, not the Lord, that if a brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her. &nbsp;If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him.” &nbsp;</i>(1 Corinthians 7;12&amp;13)</div><div>As Believers who have Christ dwelling in them, we are to be faithful to the promises we have made, no matter to whom we made the promise. &nbsp;God keeps His Word of promise, therefore Believer are also to represent God’s faithfulness to all. &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The reason Paul say, <i>“I say, not the Lord”</i>&nbsp; is that what he says next is without Old Testament foundation. &nbsp;Yet it <u>is</u>&nbsp;the teaching of the Lord by the Holy Spirit at work in Paul, but&nbsp;without a foundation in the Law of Moses.</div><div><br></div><div>Oneness in marriage is created by God between Believers and unbelievers, but it is not a perfect oneness.</div><div>The Spirit of God at work in the believing spouse seeks to win their unbelieving spouse to faith in Christ by their humble faithfulness, quite and gentle spirit, and the love of God working in them, which is&nbsp;seen by their unbelieving spouse, drawing them to Christ.</div><div><br></div><div>Sadly, even if a Believer is willing to live with&nbsp;and be&nbsp;faithful to their unbelieving spouse, that unbelieving spouse may desire to divorce and leave the marriage. &nbsp;If that happens, Gods through the Apostle Paul says, <i>“in such a case the </i>(believing spouse) <i>the brother or sister is not bound. &nbsp;For God has called us to peace.”&nbsp;</i></div><div><i>&nbsp;</i>(1 Corinthians 7;15)<i></i></div><div><br></div><div>In such cases, a Believer may consider themselves free to remarry, but only in the Lord, <u>not</u>&nbsp;another unbeliever.</div><div><br></div><div>Sadly, many Christians separate <u>and</u>&nbsp;divorce and marry another. &nbsp;This is sin, but it is not unforgivable sin. &nbsp;God the Holy Spirit is able, and does work in the heart of divorced&nbsp;Christians to convict them of their unfaithfulness and disobedience, giving them true repentance, whereby they cry to God for mercy and forgiveness and God forgives them.</div><div><br></div><div>Often times in such cases, it is too late to reconcile with the spouse they&nbsp;divorced. &nbsp;They, or their spouse may have entered into another marriage, making a new promise to another person. &nbsp;In such a case, the forgiven,&nbsp;repentant Believer should now remain faithful to their new promise, <u>if</u>&nbsp;they have been joined&nbsp;sexually. &nbsp;If they have yet to come together, then they must prayerfully look to God, their past spouse, and their present betrothed spouse, for wisdom to know the will of God, whether to return to their former spouse or now remain faithful to their newly betrothed, each situation is unique. &nbsp;Once a new sexual union is established, there is no going back. (see, Deuteronomy 24;1-4)</div><div><br></div><div>Earthly marriage is designed by God to be a witness to the world of the power of God to make a new holy creation. &nbsp;It signifies the union and oneness Christ now has with His Bride, the Church. &nbsp;Christ is faithful, therefore we are to be faithful, for better, or for worse.</div><div><br></div><div>God’s forgiveness is always there for those who have divorced without Biblical grounds, but, God’s forgiveness is only for those who truly repent and confess their sin. &nbsp;Those who divorce with<span>out Biblical grounds and who insist they did the right thing, are not under God’s grace. &nbsp;They have become rationalizing,&nbsp;deceived false teachers.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Scripture recognizes that marriages between two Believers,&nbsp;where one of the spouses is in danger, (through alcohol, drugs,</span><span>&nbsp;violence, or any other destructive behavior),&nbsp; may use separation&nbsp;</span><span>a</span><span>s a way to be safe,&nbsp;maintain peace, and give opportunity to prayerfully&nbsp;seek God’s correction. &nbsp;Only, in such cases, those who separate are not free, but remain in the vow of marriage. &nbsp;They are to pray for each other and struggle to be restored and reconciled or else remain separate unto death. &nbsp;They are to, with God’s help and by faith, deal with their own sin.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Faithfulness is never easy, but with God, all things are possible.</span></div><div><span></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><i>“‘For I hate divorce,’ says the Lord the God of Israel, and covering one’s garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. &nbsp;So take heed to yourselves and do not be faithless.” &nbsp;</i>(Malachi 2;16)<b></b></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Prayer: &nbsp;Gracious and merciful Father, we praise You that your mercy is for <u>all</u>&nbsp;who repent and believe.</span></div><div><span>As You have forgiven us, so make us to be faithful, lights to this dark world. &nbsp;In Jesus we pray, Amen.</span></div><div><br></div><div>Love,</div><div>Dad/Baba/Eric</div><div>Grandpa Pickle Pastor</div><div>“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word. &nbsp;God’s Word is our habitation, and we are His.”</div><div><i>&nbsp;<br></i><br><br><div><a href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&amp;c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&amp;af_sub1=Acquisition&amp;af_sub2=Global_YMktg&amp;af_sub3=&amp;af_sub4=100000604&amp;af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>


Mark 10;10-12
10.  And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter.11.  And said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery against her;12.  and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
With these words Jesus is underscoring the truth of how marriage makes us a new creation, and how divorce cannot, does not make us back into our old independent, free self.  To be married is to be forever changed.  Divorce cannot undo what God has done. 
When Jesus says “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another,”  He is speaking about the whole complete act of both divorce and remarriage, not just separation.  Married couples can be separated, but so long as they do not enter into a sexual relationship with anyone else, but remain separate, they are not guilty of adultery.
Paul speaks of this, saying, “To the married I give charge, not I but the Lord, that the wife should not separate from her husband  (but if she does, let her remain single or else be reconciled to her husband)—and the husband should not divorce his wife.”  (1 Corinthians 7;10&11)   Sadly, marriages can become so dysfunctional that living apart from each other, separate from one another, can bring a measure of peace and safety which living together does not. 
 This is normally the result of gross carnality and selfishness, it does not change the fact that God joined them together and desires them to humble themselves, seek His gracious help, repent, and come together again.   Being separated by military service, illness, calamity, or other circumstances does not end the marriage either.
Paul goes on to say, “To the rest I say, not the Lord, that if a brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.  If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him.”  (1 Corinthians 7;12&13)As Believers who have Christ dwelling in them, we are to be faithful to the promises we have made, no matter to whom we made the promise.  God keeps His Word of promise, therefore Believer are also to represent God’s faithfulness to all.  
The reason Paul say, “I say, not the Lord”  is that what he says next is without Old Testament foundation.  Yet it is the teaching of the Lord by the Holy Spirit at work in Paul, but without a foundation in the Law of Moses.
Oneness in marriage is created by God between Believers and unbelievers, but it is not a perfect oneness.The Spirit of God at work in the believing spouse seeks to win their unbelieving spouse to faith in Christ by their humble faithfulness, quite and gentle spirit, and the love of God working in them, which is seen by their unbelieving spouse, drawing them to Christ.
Sadly, even if a Believer is willing to live with and be faithful to their unbelieving spouse, that unbelieving spouse may desire to divorce and leave the marriage.  If that happens, Gods through the Apostle Paul says, “in such a case the (believing spouse) the brother or sister is not bound.  For God has called us to peace.”  (1 Corinthians 7;15)
In such cases, a Believer may consider themselves free to remarry, but only in the Lord, not another unbeliever.
Sadly, many Christians separate and divorce and marry another.  This is sin, but it is not unforgivable sin.  God the Holy Spirit is able, and does work in the heart of divorced Christians to convict them of their unfaithfulness and disobedience, giving them true repentance, whereby they cry to God for mercy and forgiveness and God forgives them.
Often times in such cases, it is too late to reconcile with the spouse they divorced.  They, or their spouse may have entered into another marriage, making a new promise to another person.  In such a case, the forgiven, repentant Believer should now remain faithful to their new promise, if they have been joined sexually.  If they have yet to come together, then they must prayerfully look to God, their past spouse, and their present betrothed spouse, for wisdom to know the will of God, whether to return to their former spouse or now remain faithful to their newly betrothed, each situation is unique.  Once a new sexual union is established, there is no going back. (see, Deuteronomy 24;1-4)
Earthly marriage is designed by God to be a witness to the world of the power of God to make a new holy creation.  It signifies the union and oneness Christ now has with His Bride, the Church.  Christ is faithful, therefore we are to be faithful, for better, or for worse.
God’s forgiveness is always there for those who have divorced without Biblical grounds, but, God’s forgiveness is only for those who truly repent and confess their sin.  Those who divorce without Biblical grounds and who insist they did the right thing, are not under God’s grace.  They have become rationalizing, deceived false teachers.
Scripture recognizes that marriages between two Believers, where one of the spouses is in danger, (through alcohol, drugs, violence, or any other destructive behavior),  may use separation as a way to be safe, maintain peace, and give opportunity to prayerfully seek God’s correction.  Only, in such cases, those who separate are not free, but remain in the vow of marriage.  They are to pray for each other and struggle to be restored and reconciled or else remain separate unto death.  They are to, with God’s help and by faith, deal with their own sin.
Faithfulness is never easy, but with God, all things are possible.
“‘For I hate divorce,’ says the Lord the God of Israel, and covering one’s garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts.  So take heed to yourselves and do not be faithless.”  (Malachi 2;16)
Prayer:  Gracious and merciful Father, we praise You that your mercy is for all who repent and believe.As You have forgiven us, so make us to be faithful, lights to this dark world.  In Jesus we pray, Amen.
Love,Dad/Baba/EricGrandpa Pickle Pastor“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word.  God’s Word is our habitation, and we are His.” 


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