David J. Stewart #sexist #fundie stewart1611.blogspot.com

The Bible teaches in 1st Corinthians 7:1-3 that everyone should be married, to prevent fornication. The exception is if someone believes God has given them a “gift” of being single (1st Corinthians 7:7). Sometimes people ask me how to deal with sexual sins. I simply tell them to get married.
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Now, you can talk to ten different preachers and get ten different interpretations of the Scripture. Being as honest as I can, and true to the Scriptures, I don't think God ever wants anyone to get divorced. God hates divorce (i.e., “putting away” - Malachi 2:16; Jeremiah 3:20). I do not believe that there are any legitimate grounds for a divorce. Pastor Jack Hyles and Dr. John R. Rice believed that in the case of adultery, divorce was permitted. I humbly and respectfully disagree. Matthew 19:9, “And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.” Now, I could be wrong in my understanding of the Scriptures, but this verse says “fornication,” not adultery. I agree with Pastor Steven Anderson that Jesus was simply reiterating the Old Testament teaching, that if a man married a woman, but then found out she wasn't a virgin, the marriage was a fraud and could be nullified because of fornication.

I am not telling anyone who is divorced that it is okay to get remarried.
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People don't even think twice these days about filing for divorce. Jesus foretold in Matthew 24:37-39 that in the end times, conditions would return as they were before the flood of Noah's time, when people flippantly went from one failed marriage to another. Divorce is a very horrible sin! Our ungodly U.S. government ought not permit divorce. In places like the Philippians and Vietnam, divorce is not permitted. I say Amen!!! Proverbs 13:10, “Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.”

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