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Marriage & Divorce OW was properly divorced by her first husband on grounds of fornication as in Matthew 5:32. She was guilty
of adultery and defiled her first marriage. OW was freed from her second husband after he left her as an unbeliever and deserted her, as in 1 Corinthians 7:15 and Exodus 21: 7-11. OW should not return to her first
husband based on Deuteronomy 24:2-4. LR left me and divorced me without biblical cause. I am without guilt in the carrying out of the divorce. I am free to marry because I am a man and I did not divorce my
wife to obtain another. I am encouraged to remarry based on 1 Corinthians 7:25-28. LR is still my wife in the eyes of God because I never agreed to the divorce and she had no cause to leave me. She is obliged to remain
single or to be reconciled to me. A second marriage for me does not alter her duty. It appears that there is a significant parallel between my situation and God's situation. LR is to me as the Jews are
to God. OW is to me as the Gentiles are to God. OW's name even means: "Beloved!" as in "I will call her Beloved, which was not beloved." Romans 9:25
I have taken OW to me as a wife. God help me. I think I am going to need it. |
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