Broken marriage

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Permalink Reply by Leonard T on October 6, 2009 at 8:32pm

MT 19:3 Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?"
MT 19:4 "Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator `made them male and female,' 5 and said, `For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh' ? 6 So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."
MT 19:7 "Why then," they asked, "did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?"
MT 19:8 Jesus replied, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. 9 I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery."

Though God hates divorce and prefers reconciliation, He also gives clear grounds for divorce and marital unfaithfulness are such grounds. She is commanded to forgive, but forgiveness does not mean that she will be reconciled to him. Based on Scripture she is free from the marriage covenant that her husband has broken.

Lord Bless,
LT

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Permalink Reply by grace09 on October 7, 2009 at 12:00am

Why not ? Even if she forgives her husband , it does not mean she should go back to suffer the physical abuse. Surely, you shoud protect her from being beaten up isnt' it ?

Catch up book that talk about "boundaries in marriage" and you will know is not right to suffer abuse in a marriage. Your daughter and grandchildren wont be safe with such a man who not only abusive but committed adultery.

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