God’s Will Concerning Marriage!

Hello everyone! This week has been a week of revelations from the Holy Ghost for me and the people of God. Earlier this week God blessed me to write a little bit about my own personal testimony about Gluttony.

Today I’d like to share what I’ve learned from studying the scripture for myself being led prayerfully by the Holy Ghost. A precious sister in Christ Jesus Sister Sharon shared a video earlier this week about “The Great Deception of Divorce & Remarriage,” this video was truly a revelation and not an easy pill to swallow. My immediate reaction was that this just can’t be correct but I stopped and put my flesh in check. I questioned a few points made in the video. Sister Sharon encouraged the viewers to study for themselves that’s what I begin to do, asking God to reveal the truth to me and being led by the Holy Spirit.

Saints the message is right on point according to the Word of God. In Matthew 19:3-9 Jesus is asked a question about divorce by the Pharisees. His response appeared to give one means for divorce and that is fornication. If you examine the scriptures “Divorce was never part of God’s perfect plan for human experience, but every generation has engaged to some degree in this practice. Because of the hardness of men’s hearts, divorce was permitted under the law in cases of fornication, which would include all unorthodox sexual practices.

“Under Mosaic Law, the is question Why did Moses then command divorce then? The truth reveals the misuse of Deuteronomy 24 by the Jews of Jesus’ day. Moses did not command divorce. He permitted it. God had instituted marriage in the Garden of Eden. He is not the Author of divorce; man is its originator. However, to protect the Hebrew women from being taken advantage of by a verbal divorce, Moses commanded that it be done with a writing of divorcement, an official written contract, permitting remarriage. Some Jews tended to take this as an excuse or license to get divorced whenever they pleased. Therefore, Jesus gave one exception to the no-divorce intention of God, for fornication (Gr. porneia), “sexual sins,” not to be limited to premarital sex only, but it includes all types of sexual sin, such as adultery, homosexuality, and bestiality. Among the Jews, only the male could divorce, so Mark 10:12 reverses the statement for His Gentile audience.

There must be a clear understanding of Jesus reference because under Jewish Law there was a one year Espousal period, similar to engagement today but much more stringent. “Espousal (similar to our engagement period) was, under Jewish law, as binding as marriage. It lasted about a year, during which time the woman’s purity was maintained.” Luke 1:27 When Jesus spoke about fornication He was referencing this Espousal period. Therefore, Jesus gave one exception to the no-divorce intention of God, for fornication (Gr. porneia), “sexual sins,” not to be limited to premarital sex only, but it includes all types of sexual sin, such as adultery, homosexuality, and bestiality.”

This exception was not for those who were already married and had consummated the marriage. Jesus was speaking of the one year Espousal period. Saints we must read and study with spiritual understanding, see below:

“The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? ⁴ And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, ⁵ And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? ⁶ Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. ⁷ They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? ⁸ He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. ⁹ And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.” Matthew 19:3-9

Take the time to study for yourself. Have you realized that you’re currently in adultery? What will you do about it? I Pray the Lord strengthen and lead you always!

Peace!

Sister Brenda