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Originally Posted by George
What does a man do (if he is called by God) if his wife deserts him (for whatever reason)? I know what they say: He is to stay "single" until she dies, but if after she dies and he marries again he still would have been the husband of two (2) wives! There's no getting around that - the Scripture says: "the husband of one wife". (
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I believe the meaning is that a Pastor is not to have more than one wife at a time. Also that the Pastor is to be faithful to his wife. In the case of a Pastor that has a wife desert him, he is no longer bound and is to live in peace. I don't think this means that he is still married to the woman that deserted him. I believe my Pastor is married to one wife and is faithful to his one wife.
If a Pastor has a wife desert him and he is now unmarried, he should remain unmarried. Although it is better to marry than to burn.
My Pastor was left with 8 children. My Pastors wife was left with 4 children. They combined to a family of 12 children and made two families whole again.