[seastay]

what about mark?
Mark reports Jesus as saying, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery." In Mark Jesus offers no exceptions.

or paul?
Paul addresses the problem of Christians married to non-Christians. He says that the Christian should continue the marriage, if possible, in the hope of winning their spouse to the Lord. But then he says, "If the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so; in such a case the brother or sister is not bound."

these two seem to contradict, and not only that the church allows both positions regarding this sexual issue? So why isn't adultly splitting apart churches, isn't this problem even more prevlanant and admittedly more confusing regarding Scripture?

[gidget7]

"So why isn't adultly splitting apart churches, isn't this problem even more prevlanant and admittedly more confusing regarding Scripture?"




Simple! Because adulterers do not proclaim their right to commit adultery, to the church. They do not demand the church stop teaching that adultery is sin, nor do the leaders of said churches openly commit adultery and celebrate it as normal, saying God doesn't disapprove. Nor do people who divorce demand that the Church stop teaching Gods word on that or anything mentioned above, in regard to divorce.

[WhoHuhWhat]

what about mark? Mark reports Jesus as saying, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her..."

"If the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so;..." these two seem to contradict...

There is no contradiction. In fact, the juxtaposition of St Mark 10 and 1Corinthians 7 reinforces that the focus is on remarriage. I know that, in a crude way, I'm only pointing out the obvious, but it is important that the ugliness of the first marriage not serve as the scriptural basis for the entering into of the second.