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"And beyond that, if your religion wants to keep you guys under the law, if the wife commits adultery, she is to be killed which would make you a widower and legal to remarry anyway..."

That Jesus spoke so unequivocally about divorce in Mark 10 , and even more so in Luke 16 (Every one that put away his wife and marry another commits adultery. Every one), would suggest to me that Matthew 19 refers to something else. Perhaps "whosoever put away his wife except it be for fornication" is referring to a common law wife, ie it is not lawful to put away your wife unless you are not truly married to begin with, but living in a state of fornication already.

Thoughts?

[xone]

Thoughts?

Gospel audiences.

[HarleyD]

That Jesus spoke so unequivocally about divorce ...would suggest to me that Matthew 19 refers to something else.

God is pretty clear about divorce in the Old Testament as well:

Mal 2:16 "For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the LORD, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the LORD of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless."

The reason we divorce was explained by Christ-because of the hardness of our hearts. Lots of Christians divorce and remarry for a variety of reasons. But these excuses simply cover up the fact that we're evil and we simply don't want to address our sinful attitudes. Moses understood this and gave us the certificate of divorce. God understands this and gave us a Savior to overcome and/or forgive us for our weaknesses. The only one who really doesn't understand it is us.