Divorce

[StanSan]

Simply don”t seek to become an elder.

Rob

And what about being pastor?

Well, he was neither, nor. But after conversion he began to attend the church meetings with entire family; sitting always in the first row with one wife and children on one side, with other one and children on another side. Everything was harmonious.

 

[agedman]

Cultural aspects are more often impressed upon the Bible than the Bible impressing righteous aspects upon the culture.

In the case of the op, there is a penalty for marriage impressed by the government, yet the Scriptures place the husband/wife as not just encouraged, but a vital aspect in choosing leaders of the assembly.

The government requires one to contribute to a socialistic run organization, that has absconded the money to support the elderly of the past. Such money was taken according to salary and irregardless of the gender or matrimony of the one the money is taken from.

However, in distributing the funds, the government takes matrimony and outside income sources into account.

In effect, the government has become unrighteous.

Those who are as the OP gives as an example remain faithfully loyal to each other in the manner of the Biblical principles of marriage and accountability to each other. They are the ones sinned against by an unholy and unjust system of measures pronounced as good by the government.

It is the government who is operating in a manner that is deceitful, not the elderly.

 

[StanSan]

Do you speak about government in Benin (Africa) before two generations? I have no idea how it was there ...

 

[StanSan]

Do you speak about government in Benin (Africa) two generations ago? I have no idea how it was there ...

I want to delete this post above, but I cannot find any delete-link there.

 

[Salty]

A former pastor is drawing SS benefits, but is limited by the "special needs" of his oldest daughter (down syndrome) who receives a great amount from the family benefits for her support. She gets approximately 2/3rds of the typical retirement benefits the SS awards under the family plan. So their own living expenses are not covered, and they must also further supplement her because there is no condition in which she can be independently living.

He found out that if he and his wife get divorced, the wife would get full benefits which would allow for the total income into the family to be raised. Therefore, the lose currently suffered under the SS family plan would be much less than it currently is.

They have consulted with multiple estate planning and specialists in the SS, and each has given the following suggestion:

Get divorced.

Here in the states, the marriage is both a Spiritual vow taking, and a legal signature and witnesses on a license.

Should this former pastor and wife divorce (by the state legal system) and yet remain married in the eyes of God?

Would you view this as being deceitful in order to "bilk" the government out of money?

Would you view this a legal and a way to get the compensation that is rightfully theirs?

Your thoughts?

So Ageman - do you know the final decision the family made?

 

[Shoostie]

Legal Separation usually gives the same legal benefits as being divorced. In the future, leave the government out of your marriage, unless you're a sodomite who wants to rhetorically rape a cake baker.