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That isn't what I've read of the woman at the well.. I must have struck a sore point with you. Maybe you've remarried and are trying to justify your self. scripture speaks for It's self. It never contradicts it's self.. When a man and woman are joined in holy matrimony they become one flesh and remain so and for a good reason. You can't be one flesh with a woman and turn around and become one flesh with another You can only be one flesh with one woman. Christ never declared that the woman at the well marriages were legitimate. That you made up your self.
MB

 

annsni;
A few scriptures you might want to read.

Mat 5:31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

Mat 5:32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

Mat 5:33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:

MB

 

Maybe it's none of my business, but I'd prefer we not play the assumption/accusation game. Discussion is possible without resorting to this.

 

Marriage is more than two people not having sex with anyone else.

In the same sermon that Christ talked about divorce, He also said this:

resist not evil.

Of course it's ludicrous to think that Christ was commanding us to submit to all forms of evil, or commanding us to suffer violence when we have the power to resist it, or forbidding us to seek remedy through the courts. We are to love our neighbors as ourselves, and allowing ourselves or our neighbors to be victimized is not love.

"Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time . . ."

Who were they of old time? Moses and the Prophets? No the rabbis. It's how they taught the Torah. "Ben Simon ben Schuster said: 'Thou shalt not commit adultery.' This is how you don't commit adultery . . . "

(You will not find "Thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate thine enemy," in the Law. It was part of the rabbinical tradition that Christ was refuting.)

So when Christ said, Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery, he was rescuing the institution from the corruptions of the traditions that said a man who was unhappy in his union for any reason could give his wife a writing of divorcement, and who thought that his attraction to younger women was a justification.

It's ludicrous to think that Christ is commanding us to remain married to one who had become an abuser, a criminal, or who is otherwise seriously neglecting or transgressing the union, simply because he or she hasn't had sex with someone else.

 

Matthew 12:7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

 

For me it isn't the divorce in particular that is sin but the having of another woman being adultery.
MB

 

The whole verse said this;

Mat 5:39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
MB

 

Just because you are close minded, doesn't mean you are "EXTREMELY BIBLICALLY conservative" as you claim. It just means you hurt others while you bully them into accepting YOUR interpretation of the Bible, and you are not going to be confused with facts.

Just like the little saying

The Bible said.
I believe it (as far as it has been correctly interpreted by Zaac)
That makes it so.

Yes, I know the whole second line doesn't matter, but is there to make a point.

And the contradictions just in the Zaac interpretation, just in this and the other thread, those don't matter

 

Doesn't say a word about her having divorced any of them. .
You said earlier;

Not true He did not. We can see all kinds of possibilities. They could have all died. we do not know.

May God keep blessing your marriage. I've been married to my wife for 41 years and I wouldn't trade her for all the money in the world.

I never Guess about what the Lord is saying, truth does just fine as it is . Still He did say.
Mat 5:31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

Mat 5:32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

Mat 5:33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
MB

 

Agreed, though I have seen pacifists take it to that extreme. Well, I don't know about the court part. I am not a pacifist, so I won't claim to know what they teach in all situations.