YOU BETTER HATE TO SAY THE WORD DIVORCE !

There’s nothing honorable, glorious, victorious in a couple that decide to divorce.God says in his word, when you read Malachi 2:16Open in Logos Bible Software (if available) you ‘ll see He hate Divorce. Why are you so proud to jump in… ?1) To divorce over “incompatibility and neglect” is not a legitimate reason, according to the Word of God! Please note Matt. 5:32Open in Logos Bible Software (if available):“But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to commit adultery, and anyone who marries a woman so divorced commits adultery.”Similarly, Scripture states:“I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery” (Matt. 19:9Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)).“Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery” (Lk. 16:18Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)).“Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, ‘Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?’ ‘What did Moses command you?’ he replied. They said, ‘Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.’ ‘It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,’ Jesus replied. ‘But at the beginning of creation God “made them male and female.” “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.’ When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this. He answered, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery‘ ” (Mk. 10:2-12Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)).Divorce in Jesus’ DayThe aforementioned Scriptures about divorce and remarriage were given by the Lord Jesus. Clearly, he stated marital unfaithfulness (sexual immorality) is the only cause for a divorce [but the only example of such was when Joseph wrongly thought Mary was sexually immoral WHEN THEY WERE PLEDGED to be married and he was going to “divorce” (Mt. 1:19Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)) her]! Hence, if one divorces his spouse for any other reason besides sexual immorality, regardless what that reason is, he is indicted by these verses! If such a person would then “marry” another, not only would he be committing adultery, but the person he “marries” would likewise be committing adultery! All people, who have never been married, need to know these facts before they consider marrying someone who might not be eligible for marriage again, namely a divorced person. When we consider passages like 1 Cor. 6:9Open in Logos Bible Software (if available),10Open in Logos Bible Software (if available) and Rev. 21:8Open in Logos Bible Software (if available), we can only conclude that an adulterous marriage, as referred to in Matt. 5:32Open in Logos Bible Software (if available) and 19:9Open in Logos Bible Software (if available), will result in both parties being thrown into the lake of fire, that is, unless that ceases and they find forgiveness for their adultery.The Innocent Party In A DivorceOn the other hand, Lk. 16:18Open in Logos Bible Software (if available) seems to teach that even the innocent party in an unscriptural divorce that remarries becomes guilty ofadultery:“Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery (KJV).”The Apostle Paul gave these instructions about remarriage to the Christians of his day:“And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart [or separate as some translation have it] from her husband: But and if she depart, LET HER REMAIN UNMARRIED, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace” (1 Cor. 7:10-15Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)).The Greek word for “depart” in verses 10, 11 and 15 is also found at Matt. 19:6Open in Logos Bible Software (if available) and Mk. 10:9Open in Logos Bible Software (if available) as used with divorce:“Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”“What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”But then on the other hand that same Greek word does not have to refer to divorce:“After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth” (Acts 18:1Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)).“For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever” (Philemon 15Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)).