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Originally Posted by George
Re: Beth (Post #173)
Excellent sister Beth!
You have more of an understanding of this issue than the majority of the so-called "Fundamentalistl" pastors in the U.S.A.
I've enjoyed most of your posts and am in agreement with you most of the time - God bless you and yours.
George
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Thank you George! The only reason I have an understanding of this topic is because my Pastor preaches on this along with the full counsel of God.
My Pastor and his wife are both divorced. My Pastors first wife left him with the kids to pursue a career. My Pastors wife's first husband left her with the kids, to pursue another woman and alcoholism. Together they put together two broken families and this was done Biblically.
They were turned away from many Churches because of this. They were not able to serve even in the littlest of capacities. Can you believe this? I couldn't. They tried to talk of the scriptures and the reasons why they were free to marry each other, but the Churches would not hear of it. All they knew is that divorce was sin and they just couldn't take the time to put it all together.
Praise the Lord, they started their own Church. The Ministry of the Way of Life directory of Fundamental Independent Churches will not put our Church in the listing because my Pastor has been divorced. What a shame, but praise the Lord I found them anyway.
I know many Churches won't even speak on the topic, so the flock remains ignorant. We can't take verse 11 of 1 Cor ch 7 and just come to the conclusion that if you divorce you are never to remarry except to get back together with you spouse. We must read 1 Cor ch. 7 in it's entirety to get the full picture.