Good morning and welcome in everybody. Today, we are going to take a look at a passage of scripture from the book of 1st Corinthians.
1 Corinthians 7:10-15 (KJB) And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
Throughout the New Testament there are commandments of the Lord that one needs to follow and obey, which will actually only happen if you love Jesus from the heart. When a wife is baptized into the Christian Life and even partakes of Holy Communion, she is commanded by Christ Jesus not to depart from her husband, and it doesn’t matter what the reasoning for doing so might be. Justifying willful disobedience is something wicked people do. If a wife decides to leave their husband then they are abandoning their faith and at that point are no different than a complete unbeliever.
There are a lot of people in the world who have never been baptized, and have been married numerous times, but that is quite different than someone who claims to be a follower of Christ. When a professing Christian woman walks off on her husband, she usurps the will of God, and I’m not alone on this because millions of other people believe the same thing that I do. The behavior of women has certainly changed over the last 200 years because now in complete rebellion to the teachings of Christ they have risen up against men, and in many cases taken control over them in both families, society, and Earthly courtrooms. They have become so arrogant that when a man rebukes or corrects his wife, many times she will cry wolf. They will scream bloody murder, telling others that their husband is a terrible, evil and abusive man, just so they can get out of the marriage. More than likely, these women were never corrected in their own home when they grew up.
In these wicked days, you have numerous false prophets in society who will justify what she is doing, telling her and others that divorce is okay in certain situations, just so they can sleep with her, or get her to cough up some of her inheritance into the offering plate. Those who promote and justify direct disobedience to the will of God are from hell. When these silly women openly reject the commands of Christ, she will be deceived by wolves and sheeps clothing.
2 Timothy 3:6 (KJB) For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
Departing a husband cannot be justified for any reason in the New Testament because it is a open violation of the command of Christ, and there are no loopholes provided for this sinful activity. Women who do such things are like spoiled children, who probably got whatever they wanted when they grew up, no matter how terrible their behavior was. Not only do they sin by departing the presence of her husband, but they also reject other doctrines of the Christian life including meekness, obedience, and submission 0to their own spouse. (1 Peter chapter 3, Eph 5:24)
Nowadays, when a husband corrects a willful wife, she will call him unloving and uncaring, but it takes more love to rebuke and correct somebody than it does to not say nothing at all. Children are rebuked and corrected by God fearing parents because we love them and we want to teach them the proper way to live their lives. A wife who cannot handle correction is a woman that you want to steer clear from. If they are going to depart, then let them depart, because your life will be far better without them. As I have said for twenty years, if you are looking to get married, a future wife needs only to agree to one thing; she has to obey you in everything that you tell her to do, otherwise, if she won’t submit to your complete authority, then she is not worthy of either your time nor your efforts.
Whether it’s a husband or a wife, if you have been baptized into the Christian Life you are not supposed to depart the marriage for any reason, no, not even adultery. That’s because we are under the law of love and mercy, rather than the law of condemnation in the Old Testament. If a wife is going to leave their spouse because of adultery or other indiscretions, and they are professing to be a Christian, then they should be damned to hell because Jesus died for them on the cross so they could have mercy in time of need. Jesus warned about the condemnation for people who receive Mercy from God but then they are unmerciful towards others. We are saved by grace through faith and a marriage is saved by grace as well. If you are unmerciful to your spouse then God will hold you to account for all the sins that you have ever committed at judgment Day. This is exactly what Jesus taught in the parable of the unmerciful servant. This means God’s forgiveness will be repealed to those who show no mercy, and for those who mock this, be forewarned that you do so to your own damnation.
People act like adultery cannot be forgiven. They feel like fornication is outside of their grace. But people who head off to divorce for these reasons are completely hard-hearted and merciless. Divine Love is merciful and forgiving with others, and if you can’t show that to your own spouse then you really don’t deserve to enter into heaven. Even you men out there must remember that the Apostle Paul taught that if you are bound to a wife seek not to be loosed. Don’t divorce her!!! It doesn’t matter what sins she may have committed during your marriage. You are both equal in the eyes of God because you are both sinners who need the mercy of God in order to enter into eternal life, so you had better be merciful with each other. Another point is that sin cannot be forgiven with God or others without confession. This is why you must make sure that you apologize to each other from the heart, repent of what you have done, and just like The Prodigal Son, the woman must return home to the life they abandoned.
No matter how rough around the edges a husband might appear to be, in my own opinion, a lot of men aren’t going to leave their wives simply because they truly care about them. Both of you are going to have struggles during your marriage, whether it comes from financial difficulties, addictions, or even infidelity. Some of the greatest sufferings that I think that you will have to endure in your life will come from the hands of your own spouse. But when this happens you must remember what Jesus did for a sinful creature like you. He cared for you so much that He died on the cross for your sins. Would you do that for your own spouse? Would you stand by their side no matter how much they hurt you? That is the love of Christ towards us, and we must show that same love towards a spouse in a marriage.
Occasionally I will read an article about a married couple out in the world, who have not converted to Christianity. But during the marriage, the husband was suffering terribly with addictions or other issues in his life. But rather than completely abandoning him, the wife stood loyally by his side through thick and thin. She might not have known what to do during this rough period of their marriage, but she never left him, and was always there to help him with whatever he needed. I have known men in my life who spoke very highly of their wives, because they stood by them when they needed them the most. That is called love, and it’s no wonder why the Apostle Paul reached out to the gentiles, because he recognized that some of them actually cared about him and one another.
I find it amazing that there can be more love and faithfulness amongst unbelievers, yet at the same time, those who are supposed to spread the love of Christ to the world, depart and openly divorce their own husband. These activities bring a stand upon the true gospel of Christ and cause others to not want to become a Christian. These false Christian women blaspheme the teachings of Christ because they jump ship rather than riding out the storms of marriage. In order for a marriage to survive, it is going to require a lot of mercy, because both husband and wife can make grievous mistakes along the way.
if you’re claiming to be a Christian do not and I repeat do not leave your husband for any reason. God has placed you in that home for a purpose and if he is a complete unbeliever living at the bars and doing drugs and all kinds of other things, stay by his side because there is a good chance you could help save him, or vice versa. Does saving somebody else hurt sometimes? A firefighter can get burned trying to rescue someone, and in a marriage, you might suffer along the way. But again you must bear in all of the suffering that Jesus did for you on the cross sre you ready to suffer through your marriage? Joseph suffered many years wrongfully but look at where God took him. I’m not going to fluff things up for you, and life is not always going to be smooth sailing especially in a marriage.
When you enter the New Testament marriage, it is until death do you part, and it is not to be broken for whatever the reason. Women are never to depart from their husband, much less divorce them. As the bride of Christ, we must wholeheartedly submit to the will of God, and we will be blessed because of it. A wife must wholeheartedly submit to her husband, and God will bless her because of it. There are going to be good times and there are going to be great struggles, but divorce is not the answer.
For the sake of Christ Jesus, abide by your husband’s side, and don’t ever follow the advice of a woman who have departed her own husband, spoken bitter and evil things about him,…. and done whatever they could to get out of the marriage, even if it meant falsely accusing him, and…….
…..Crying Wolf
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