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Genesis 2:18 God says it's not good for man to be alone. He also said to go forth and multiply. But I digress.

yes, that is why marriage is allowed. Some people are called for marriage and some people are not. Paul was not married and he served G-d throughout his whole life. He is saying being married to someone is the right thing. Not being married is also the right thing (actually he says it is a better thing) as you call to focus on Him completely.

​@@danawaldrop4930 this chapter is a hard pill to swallow for lots of married, christian men. Paul specifically says that it is better to remain unmarried and to abstain from sexual release. Marriage is God's ordained compromise for those who cannot resist flesh urges. See also proverbs 31:3.

@@rilethomp Paul was SPECIFICALLY speaking on the times in which they were living. He stated that it was better to be alone than to have to be responsible for another human being during what all they were going through at that time. Nothing said by Paul negates that the words "put away" mean SEPARATION!

@@rilethomp If we don't look at the verse alone in Prov 31:3 we realize that it's speaking on the relationship between a mother and her son. Not a married couple.

Do you think God was unaware that various kinds of abuse exist in every human relationship? You think God is unaware that he does not promise us happiness but rather joy and purpose? When these scriptures were written the world was probably a much harsher place, and more abuse was occurring in marriage than now. Still God gave only these reasons for marriage to be severed. He did that for a reason. We are not our own but bought with a price. In the worst of cases we might suffer verbal and emotional abuse constantly., But God has not given us reason to sever a marriage over this. Where physical abuse occurs or sexual abuse occurs thankfully there is law enforcement to help mitigate this problem but still divorce is not the answer. Hard as it is we must trust that God knows what he is doing and that he is less concerned with our happiness than with our holiness. When we pursue our happiness how could we expect to find God and his will at the end of that road?

@@flintpierce2888 Sorry i don't believe that at all. I don't believe God meant for you to stay in a relationship where there is no love and nothing but misery, violence, degradation etc. I don't believe God meant that you must stay in a marriage where the other person beats everyone up , constant intimidation, constant drunkenness and drugged up state, constant put down , misery and oh how about being held down and forced to have sex? Oh how about holding you down with their knees and shoving their private parts in your mouth. How about the fact that your children will grow up with all kinds of mental, emotional and relationship problems. Hating their abusive parent and some even end up killing the parent. How about the fact that people are human and imperfect and make devastatingly wrong choices in life and the Bible also said Jesus Christ died for our sins and we are forgiven and God doesn't remember the sin.? NO I DON'T BELIEVE GOD GAVE US LIFE TO LIVE IN HELL. I DON'T BELIEVE GOD it CERTAIN PEOPLE AND SAID YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A LONG HAPPY FULFILLING FAMILY LIFE AND MARRIAGE BUT YOU LITTLE PEASANT ARE GOING TO SUFFER, BE BEATEN AND TREATED LIKE AN ANIMAL BUT I COMMAND YOU TO LIVE THAT WAY FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE !? NO SORRY THAT'S NOT A LOVING GOD! Oh and how about cultures that force young girls into marriages they don't have any choice in and they are miserable, abused, degraded and also go through being sexually and sadistically abused? Are they to stay in that too? Or how about the fact that they never wanted to be in it to begin with? Sorry don't believe it! Any of these above circumstances are NOT a marriage as described in the Bible where you become one! Not even close....... So sorry NO i don't believe God meant for people to stay in any of those situations and live a life miserable, suicidal and treated no better than an abused animal.

@@sheilam8748 God says what He says. The scripture is the final word on God's will in this matter and any other matter. Physical abuse and sexual abuse can be dealt with via law enforcement as I'm sure you know. Divorce is not an answer to abuse. Look in the scriptures. You won't find it there. God is intentional about what He says and doesn't say in the scriptures. There is a terrible danger in trying to write in our own will into what God has said. I urge you not to do that. It is the epitome of hubris to state that we know better than God or know what God wants when he has not said so and has in fact commanded us in a contrary way. God has not called us to seek for our own good but for the good of others even the good of an abusive spouse.

@@sheilam8748 there is one point here I would agree with you on though. In cultures where girls are forced into marriage, I don't believe that that is an actual marriage. As far as I understand the scriptures marriage is and must be consensual at the time it is formed. That is not our situation in this country though. It isn't even legal to force a girl into marriage in the United States or as far as I know in any Western country. We have a choice as Christians to obey what God has told us or not. But if we choose to follow our own path in marriage and divorce rather than the one laid out for us in the holy scriptures, we cannot claim to be acting in God's will. And if we are out of his will we are out of his protection. Disobedience as a Christian comes at a cost to us and everyone around us. The fact that Christian marriages are as likely to end in divorce is a shame to us as the church. Probably no other single thing destroys our witness before the world more than for the world to watch us destroy our own families through divorce.

@@flintpierce2888 Nope don't agree with you. There are many circumstances that put someone in a marriage that was NEVER "a marriage" and as i stated the Bible says you are forgiven so that does NOT mean you at perfect or you out of a God graces. In fact it says we are born sinners so it's impossible to be perfect. However believe in Jesus Christ died on the cross so you can be forgiven and do it will be! Also i don't believe it's a sin to divorce when there are circumstances such as i described and people made a bad decision or felt forced to make that decision. Sorry o don't believe God judges is on matters p of the heart and mistakes such as that. People end up in striations like that due to circumstances beyond their control and NO you are not expected to live in hell and be condemned for the rest of you life because of it and to sit there and allow someone to beat you children or let them grow up feeling like they are nothing and stomped on and allow yourself to be treated that way. That's A SIN AND THAT'S NOT A MARRIAGE

I’m pretty sure that the pastor has studied on that subject, considering the length of this tenure as pastor, and his Ph.D in divinity/theology. Before you respond as you did, you might want to consider who you are speaking to. He is not a beginner pastor. And by the way, the Lord’s Supper is NOT a part of the Passover. It is a NEW TESTAMENT given to the church. You might want to brush up on those little facts before you take issue with the pastor.…..

What if "put away" (apuluo) means to separate from? What if you're reading bill of divorcement (apostasion) when the actual meaning is separation? What if you've joined the devil in putting people into bondage, making them fall away from the church, their Bible, and praying? WHAT. IF! 9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall SEPARATE FROM his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is separated doth commit adultery. Deuteronomy 24:3 uses the words "bill of divorcement" so what makes you think "put away" means divorce? Even our laws today don't allow you to marry another unless you have legally divorced. If you're only separated then you would be breaking the laws of the land would you not?

Actually the "whole 1COR7" is Paul telling the Corinthians that because of the present distress, it would be much easier to only be responsible for ones self - and more difficult to be responsible for ones self PLUS a spouse. He says TWICE that this is not a comandment. Why isn't it one of the ten - thy shalt not remarry? And verse 28 clearly says thou hast not sinned. Last I looked - adultery IS one of the commandments and it IS a sin. No where is it stated that remarriage is a sin. Nor is it stated that divorce is. Nor is it EVER stated that either is an unforgivable sin (as so many judging Christians will say). Moses allowed for divorce. Jesus never resended that, nor did he void it. God divorced Israel. Stop doing the devil's work by forcing people into bondage with your holier than thou MISunderstanding of the Word! Jesus describes the ideal marriage and yes - we should stay together. Paul also describes the perfect situation. I notice you just glazed right over verse 28! Didn't fit your agenda?

@@danawaldrop4930 Just go back a few verses (Matthew 19:7 KJV) They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

@@danawaldrop4930 There is no, "what if" divorce is to put away

@@danawaldrop4930 (Deuteronomy 24:1 KJV) When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.