Ramblings of a former OW who is sad about some of the posts here...

[califnan]

Guess what? We are no longer under the law of Moses.

 

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I was merely answering to the exception you wanted to speak to from the Bible - about divorcement for "uncleanliness".. (or sexual unfaithfulness).. Where the innocent spouse could remarry.. But should the unfaithful spouse remarry, it meant an adulterous relationship for both in the new relationship.

[complicatedlife]

The scripture that quoted about the bill of divorcement states if "uncleanness" was found in her. The aramaic translation of that word "uncleanness" means shameful exposure (or nakedness) and implies sexual "uncleanness" to a degree. It doesn't mean if she wasn't the perfect W, or if she's a horrible woman to him.

 

It still fits with what Jesus said, that divorce is permitted for sexual infidelity. And a woman could be found guilty of this even before the marriage was carried out (hence Joseph thinking about quietly not marrying Mary when she was found pregnant - proof of infidelity).

 

(I hope you don't mind this CL, its so interesting to me. I'm not commenting to condemn anyone, just to share my interpretation.)

 

Don't mind at all...I know its quite interesting! Glad to see that you know its a good idea to use a translation book while interpreting.

 

I think we should start another thread on this if you're interested in continuing so we're not off topic...

[complicatedlife]

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I was merely answering to the exception you wanted to speak to from the Bible - about divorcement for "uncleanliness".. (or sexual unfaithfulness).. Where the innocent spouse could remarry.. But should the unfaithful spouse remarry, it meant an adulterous relationship for both in the new relationship.

 

If it wasn't going off topic, I'd go into the what ifs, such as what if BOTH spouses were cheating...what does the Bible say about that? But I'm going back to the topic of OWs/OMs being naive...

[lolalove]

Say WORD- on everything, especially the bolded part! If you wanna keep being spiritualm the Good Book does say, "He who is without sin, let him cast the first stone."

 

Since I'm not the only one off subject, :laugh:I thought I'd add to this... After reading posts for a while, I see a lot of people quote "He who is without sin, cast the first stone" and "thou shalt not judge" but there is time for believers to correct others sins/faults:

 

"If any person is overtaken in misconduct or sin of any sort, you who are spiritual should set him right and restore and reinstate him, without any sense of superiority and with all gentleness, keeping an eye on yourself, lest you should be tempted also." Galatians 6:1

 

Believers have permission to correct others without being accused of being judgemental or throwing stones.

[Fallen Angel]

Since I'm not the only one off subject, :laugh:I thought I'd add to this... After reading posts for a while, I see a lot of people quote "He who is without sin, cast the first stone" and "thou shalt not judge" but there is time for believers to correct others sins/faults:

 

"If any person is overtaken in misconduct or sin of any sort, you who are spiritual should set him right and restore and reinstate him, without any sense of superiority and with all gentleness, keeping an eye on yourself, lest you should be tempted also." Galatians 6:1

 

Believers have permission to correct others without being accused of being judgemental or throwing stones.

 

Certainly, so long as they follow all of the rules in order to do so. However, as is made obvious by many posts of a particular person here, they seem to have forgotten the part that says it should be done.. "without any sense of superiority and with all gentleness, keeping an eye on yourself, lest you should be tempted also."

 

by CONDEMNING rather than "restoring and reinstating" they are simply throwing stones and being judgemental.

[pureinheart]

Somewhere in some thread I have read where she called an OW - not the marriage unredeemable - how else could someone interpret that the OW now thinks she is "honorable"? That means she can NEVER be made honroable, yes? She has used words such as opportunist, comments such as "Well, the OW is special, remember?" From where I sit, seems like insults to me...

 

As for the rest of what you wrote...

 

Pureinheart! Darn!! I was thinking the exact same thing! King David was a man that God said was after "His own heart", yet David sure did still sin...that stuff with Bathsheba ands Uriah was SERIOUS. And, yes, God was NOT pleased. But can we see how God was displeased with the BEHAVIOR and still LOVED David, even though David had to face the consequences of his actions? God STILL loved David and allowed Jesus to still come from his family line, even though he sinned. Sorry about that little Sunday School thing, but, I just had to get into that since you read my mind: if David could be forgiven, why can't OWs, OMs, MMs, and MWs be forgiven, too? Why do some people continue to hold them in contempt when God surely does not?

 

LOL...I identify with David bigtime...he needed a lot of forgiveness and so do I:D, if it weren't for His grace I'd be toast. In fact almost all the major Prophets and Jesus blood line were priddy messed up. That means hope for me.

 

It's funny we at times try to put God in our box...I believe that He judges the heart...my heart is dependant on Him:)...I love talking about God:D, so thanks for the Sunday School, I needed it...

[Tony]

As is usual when threads get beyond six of seven posts they tend to go off topic...and then way off topic. Thank all of you for participating.