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Where does the Bible ever refer to marriages as invalid? It's a concept I can't really find in the New Testament. Luke 16:18 “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery. It seems to me Jesus is implying ...

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GaryK wrote:It seems to me Jesus is implying in this verse that it shouldn't be called marriage but rather adultery. What is the definition of adultery?

Breaking the marriage. And certainly marrying someone else breaks your first marriage.

Where do you find this definition for adultery?

Where does the Bible ever refer to marriages as invalid? It's a concept I can't really find in the New Testament. Luke 16:18 “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery. It seems to me Jesus is implying ...

So you think these two situations refer to an illegitimate divorce? Luke 16:18 “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery. Yes - I think you need to combine all the similar statements from the Gospels h...

I like to stick with the "in the beginning" model (before there was anything man-made such as D&R and before Deut. 24 was written) in an attempt to determine what God views as marriage. If both parties meet that model's criteria then I believe it's safe to say that God views it as mar...

[snip] Here's the passage that talks about adulterers not inheriting the Kingdom of God: 9 Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or pra...

So, should I reconcile with my ex wife or not? According to the Followers of the Way, doing so will consign both of us to hell. According to Beachy or Midwest, we should reconcile. I like to stick with the "in the beginning" model (before there was anything man-made such as D&R and be...

Which standard of adultery determines admission to heaven or hell? Do we go with the more moderate Beachy, Midwest, etc. standard or the more strict standard of Eastern, Followers of the Way in Boston, etc.? I think we would all agree that what God considers adultery will be what "determines a...

So you ask some people to divorce a second time because they divorced a first time? If it was a 2nd marriage that in your view of scripture is not a legitimate one, would you ask them to divorce? If I ran a church, we would try to prevent such a marriage. But I don't see any precedent in the New Te...

You will get no argument from me in that at all. There are a lot of things wrong with the picture you paint above. But as we know 2 wrongs still do not make even the less wrong right. So you ask some people to divorce a second time because they divorced a first time? If it was a 2nd marriage that i...