Genesis 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
If marriage would be redefined, would the believer recognize that same-sex marriage as marriage? Of course not, because we only recognize practicing homosexuality as a sin. So the questions raised...What are the consequences of those who remain in a homosexual lifestyle? If we take it a step backwards,what are the consequences of those who remain in adultery?
Let us start with homosexuality. If a professing Christian is
a homosexual and believes that God made them this way and that they may remain in
their homosexuality, does the blood of Jesus cover that sin? This person believes God blesses them for who
they are…a homosexual. We believers would say the homosexual must repent of
their sin of homosexuality. Homosexuality is like every other sin. A habitual womanizer
that fornicates must also repent of this sin or face the wrath of God against
sin. If a homosexual repents of the sin and turns away from this sin, they will
be saved on the Day of Judgment. Will there be temptation? Yes, but we must
call on the name and grace of the Lord Jesus Christ to help us with temptation.
If they remain in their sin, and not call this sin, there no longer remains a
sacrifice for sin.
Hebrews 10:26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received
the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 27 But
a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall
devour the adversaries. 28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy
under two or three witnesses: 29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye,
shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and
hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy
thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him
that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord.
And again, The Lord shall judge his people. 31 It is a fearful thing to
fall into the hands of the living God.
Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good,
and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put
bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
What about a professing Christian person who remains in
adultery? Can a person remain in adultery and not call this a sin?
Here is a scenario (these are fictitious people): Joe and Mary
stand before God and make one-flesh marriage covenant vows to each other. After
10 years of marriage, Joe has an affair with Sue. Joe seeks divorce so that he
may remarry Sue. Mary does not want a divorce; she just wants Joe to repent and
come home. According to Joe and Mary’s state regulations on divorce, Joe is
able to divorce his wife without her consent. In a matter of a few months, Joe
divorced his wife and remarried Sue. Joe remarried Sue in a church that will
marry anyone, no questions asked. Mary remains single in hopes that Joe will
repent and reconcile the marriage. Mary believes that God can restore Joe.
Question: Is Joe’s marriage to Sue legitimate?
According to the state in which they reside, the divorce was
official. Yet, according to the word of God, Joe is an impenitent adulterer and
so is Sue. God only recognizes Joe’s marriage to Mary, Joe and Sue will face
the wrath of sin should they die before they repent of their sin of adultery.
If Joe repents of his sin, what is his only course of action?
His only course of action is to repent and break his
adulterous union with Sue. The pastor or minister that performed the marriage ceremony
must also repent. If Joe repents and returns to Mary, they thus save the
marriage and most importantly, this restoration saves both Joe and Sue from
eternal judgment.
Luke 16:18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another,
committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
Let us change the scenario a bit: Joe and Mary stand before
God and make one-flesh marriage covenant vows to each other. After 10 years of
marriage, Joe has an affair with Sue.
Mary is infuriated by the adultery and demands a divorce. Joe realizes his sin
and seeks to repent and make things right between him and Mary. Mary will have
none of it and divorces Joe. After the divorce, Mary meets another man Steve
who was divorced from his wife, Karen. Mary and Steve remarry. Joe is left with
no other choice but to believe that he has no hope to restore his marriage with
Mary. He therefore continues his relationship with Sue. They never remarry and live
with each other the rest of their lives.
Question: What was
the consequence of Mary’s bitterness toward Joe’s willingness to repent? Joe, Mary, Sue, and Steve are all in adultery because
of one person’s unwillingness to forgive. You may say that Joe had a right to
remarry. No, Joe has a right to remain single because Mary’s divorce and
remarriage was sinful because of her bitterness. Mary’s remarriage to Steve is illegitimate
because her covenant marriage with Joe is still binding. Joe sinned and this
was wrong, but Joe also repented of that sin and Mary refused to forgive him.
Matthew 6:14 For if ye forgive
men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye
forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your
trespasses.
If you ask anyone why he or she remarried after divorce,
they will usually say either they could not forgive their first covenant spouse,
or they believed that their first covenant spouse would not forgive them. This
is the bottom line. Divorce is hardheartedness to the core. Unfortunately, remarriage
in every such case is adultery and remains adultery until the breaking of the remarriage.
So what are the consequences of impertinent remarried adulterer?
It is no different from the homosexual who believes that he or she can enter
into a same-sex marriage and call this a marriage. God does not recognize your
adulterous remarriage that spawns from a hardened heart. You are in sin and
must repent of the sin or face judgment.
1 Cor 6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be
not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor
effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor
covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled:
but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Know that anyone who does not repent of adultery will face
the wrath of God. You have been warned by the word of God and the power of the
Holy Spirit convicts you of this truth. Repent before it is too late. There are
millions in remarriages who live in impenitent adultery. Do not trust in the
traditions of men, exception clauses and loopholes to divorce and remarry, but
trust in the word of God.
Matthew 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate,
and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go
in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which
leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
The Lord Jesus Christ is the sheep gate; He came to this
world as the final solution for the sins of men. Now is the time to repent of
your remarriage adultery. Now is the time to stand before the cross of Christ confess
you sins and seek forgiveness from the One who forgives all sins and forgets
all sins. He is faithful
and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
If you choose to remain in your remarriage adultery and not call it adultery, then
you choose the second death and your name will not be in the Book of Life.
Revelation 20:11 And
I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth
and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the
books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and
the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books,
according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and
hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man
according to their works.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the
second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was
cast into the lake of fire.
In Christ’s love,
Neil
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