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Marriage Divorce Remarriage Critical Questions | James Newheiser
Counseling Harmed Spouses as They
Contemplate Divorce | Strickland
Quick Summary
Luke 16:18, Matthew 5:31–32 , Matthew 19:4-12, Mark 10:9, 1 Corinthians 7:1-15, 1 Corinthians 11:9-12, Ephesians 5:22–32, Colossians 3:18-19, Hebrews 13:4, 1 Peter 3:7
| Marriage is Indissoluble Union Permanence View Initiate divorce – No Rem after divorce – No Rem after spouse died – Yes John Piper, J. Carl Laney, Daryl Wingard, Roman Catholicism | Marriage is Dissoluble Union Impermanence View Remarriage – Yes WCF (24.5-24.6) |
| God joined permanently, covenanted, one-flesh, unto death; Divorce & remarriage is sin of adultery because marriage is not ended by divorce. | Desertion or unfaithfulness frees a spouse for remarriage. Adultery is a severe violation of the marriage covenant, innocent spouse is free to remarry. |
| Marriage covenant is not unbreakable (1 Corinthian 6:16) | |
| Mark 10:1-13 (Gn. 1:27, 2:24, Dt. 24:1) | God divorces Israel (Isaiah 50:1) |
| Matthew 19:3-12 is betrothal not marriage (Mt.1:19) | Exception doesn’t negate general & general doesn’t negate the exception e.g. Mt.5:22 anger. (Luke 16:8, Mark 10:11-12) |