Chapter 3

 

VI. The Reuniting Of A Marriage

 

A. The case of a husband and wife that are separated.

    1. I Corinthians 7:10,11 says, "And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain __________________, or be ____________________ to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife."

Note: God’s will is that a husband and wife NOT separate. But if one of them does it anyway, then they cannot remarry someone else. It is God’s will that they be reconciled.

 

In the case of a husband and wife being separated,

they can, and should, be reunited back together.

 

 

B. The case of a husband and wife that have been divorced, and one (or both) has remarried during that time.

    1. Deuteronomy 24:3,4 says, "And if the ____________ husband hate her, and write her a bill of ______________________, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband ______, which took her to be his wife; Her ____________ husband, which sent her away, may ______ take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance."

Note: The above situation covers the matter of what to do if a couple gets a divorce, and then one (or both) remarries another person. If that latter marriage fails, the Bible forbids the former couple to get remarried. God says that that is an abomination.

The above passage also addresses the question of what to do in that situation if the latter mate dies. Once again, the Bible forbids remarrying a former mate, even if the latter mate dies.

 

In the case of a husband and wife being divorced,

and then remarried to someone else; if the second

marriage also ends in divorce, then the former couple

may NOT be remarried. Even if a latter mate dies,

a person still may NOT remarry

a previous husband or wife.

 

 

 C. The case of a husband and wife that are divorced, and one (or both) has a living former mate.

Note: This situation is slightly different than the former situation discussed. In this case, we are looking at a latter marriage. This latter marriage ends in divorce, and after some time, the couple decides that they want to remarry. Neither one remarried since the divorce, but one (or both) have a living mate from a previous marriage. The question is whether they can now remarry the last husband/wife from whom they are now divorced.

    1. Romans 7:2,3 says, "For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he ____________; but if the husband be ________, she is loosed from the law of her husband. So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an ____________________: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man."

 

The couple cannot get remarried, because one

(or both) has a former mate that is still living.

 

Note: Just like it was wrong for them to marry the second time while a former mate was still alive, even so it would now be wrong to marry a third time, as long as a former mate was still alive.

Note: There is one situation where a remarriage could take place. The situation would be this: a person was married and then divorced; then remarried a second time, which marriage also ended in divorce. Meanwhile, the former (or first) husband/wife of that person died, and the latter husband/wife wanted to be reconciled and remarried to that person. Providing that there were no other marriages in the mean while, then that couple could get remarried. Why? Because they have no living former mates, and because there have been no marriages with others since their marriage together.

Please do not confuse this with point B. In that situation, it was remarrying someone after another marriage had taken place since that previous marriage.

In this case here, it is simply remarrying your last husband/wife, and having no other living former husbands/wives.

 

D. The case if a husband and wife are divorced, and one of them is not saved.

Note: This situation is one in which a saved person is married to an unsaved person, and the marriage ends in divorce. Or, a situation where both mates are unsaved and get a divorce, but one gets saved after the divorce. Suppose that the two then want to get remarried. What does the Bible say about that?

    1. I Corinthians 7:39 says, "The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; ________ in the ________."

    2. II Corinthians 6:14,15 says, "Be ye not unequally __________ together with ______________________: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an ______________l?"

 

The couple cannot get remarried, because the Bible

forbids a Christian to marry an unsaved person.

 

Note: This would be a very tough situation, because the Christian would want to do any deed of kindness possible, that may lead to the unbelieving former mate getting saved, and to the reuniting of the marriage. But to remarry a person while that one is still unsaved, would be to disobey God’s clear command. The best chance for you to see that former mate saved, and the marriage restored, is to obey God on your part.

    3. Psalm 37:3-5 says, "Trust in the LORD, and do ________; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. ______________ thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the ______________ of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the LORD; __________ also in him; and he shall bring it to pass."

 

REVIEW:

    1. I Corinthians 7:10,11 says, "And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain __________________, or be ____________________ to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife."

    2. In the case of a husband and wife being separated, they can, and should, be ________________ back together.

    3. Deuteronomy 24:3,4 says, "And if the ____________ husband hate her, and write her a bill of ______________________, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband ______, which took her to be his wife; Her ____________ husband, which sent her away, may ______ take her again to be his wife.

    4. In the case of a husband and wife being divorced, and then remarried to someone else; if the second marriage also ends in divorce, then the ____________ couple may NOT be remarried. Even if a latter mate ________, then a person still may NOT remarry a previous husband or wife.

    5. Romans 7:2,3 says, "For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he ____________; but if the husband be ________, she is loosed from the law of her husband. So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an ____________________: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man."

    6. If a couple gets a divorce, then they cannot remarry if they have former mates that are still ____________.

    7. I Corinthians 7:39 says, "The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; ________ in the ________."

    8. To remarry a person while that one is still unsaved, would be to ______________ God’s clear command.

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