[scouter]

Of course all sins can be forgiven. But that presumes that you have the intention of not sinning again. A person who divorces and marries another commits adultery. Our Lord’s words could not be any clearer. To be forgiven any sin, one must be sorry for having committed it, which obviously includes the intention of not committing it anymore. In the case of divorce and “remarriage” that means reconciling with one’s true spouse. It’s a hard teaching. But it’s not mine. It’s Christ’s. If you have a problem with it, take it up with Him.

[Jim Noble]

A person who divorces and marries another commits adultery.

Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby.

[knarf]

"Of course all sins can be forgiven. But that presumes that you have the intention of not sinning again"

Chapter and verse, please

[babygene]

“Our Lord’s words could not be any clearer. To be forgiven any sin, one must be sorry for having committed it, which obviously includes the intention of not committing it anymore.”

That’s naive... Not on our Lord’s part but on YOURS’S for believing such an interpenetration.

I go to confession as a Catholic. My sins are many but there always pretty much the same. Time after time after time, year after year after year.

It may be my wish - with the Lord’s help, not to sin again, but it would be disingenuous to think or state that it was my intention. Surely I know that I will.

After 60+ years and countless confessions. Really...

How do you define “intention”?

[af_vet_1981]

It’s a hard teaching. But it’s not mine. It’s Christ’s. If you have a problem with it, take it up with Him.

I concede the principle. How do you reconcile the actual in light of John 4 ? How do you know what Jesus did with her ? Was the husband Jesus told her to call intended to be blessed in marriage by the Lord, a Josephite marriage, did he intend to return her to the first or one of the other five, or did he intend her to live out her life as a widow ?

1. The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
2. And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did. So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days. And many more believed because of his own word; And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.

I would lean toward the case that showed the most mercy to all concerned.