It's a one sentence synopsis. I don't wish to give a doctoral thesis on this chapter any more than you want to hear me give one.
1 Cor 5? 13 verses short and to the point? Did you read it?
I would not have asked if I wasn't interested. Most Christians ignore it. It's become a real a problem in the churches.
We see churches being totally taken over by immoral people/teachings and we wonder why? Near me, both the Methodist and Lutheran churches are overtaken by practicing very vocal homosexuals in the pulpit. They don't preach Christ- they are preaching pride.
Many Christians seem to say "Oh I sin, therefore I can't point out the sins of anyone else" Baloney! We are to repent of our sins and we are to judge those in the church who refuse to repent of their sins. If they refuse he/she is to be removed. That is what the scriptures say Clear as can be.. A person who refuses to repent and wants to continue to live in sins is not walking to please the Lord- which we are called to do.
Not long ago, I did know of a woman who was asked to leave the church. She wanted the church to excuse her because she wanted to leave her husband of 18 years and three children to marry another woman. They counseled her and she would not budge so she was told to leave. They did what they should have done according to Paul. It's not about acting as if you have no sins or that everyone should live how YOU think they should- it is about being gratefully washed clean and now obedience. That's how it was in Paul's day and is how it is to be today.
Most churches today just look the other way at sin.
I think a better question is whether there's a Biblical prohibition on taking a second wife
Just so we are on the same page- this has nothing to do with the OP video unless you think the man in the video was speaking about a
brother in Christ and not just an unbelieving sibling. It makes all the difference.
Luke 16:18
"Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery"
1 Cor 7
10But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband 11(but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce his wife.
Matt 5-31-32
"It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery" .
Matthew 19-
3Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it lawful
for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?”
4And He answered and said,
“Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE, 5and said, ‘FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH’? 6“So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.” 7They said to Him, “Why then did Moses command to GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND
her AWAY?”
8He said to them, “
Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way. 9“And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”
Mark 10-
2Some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and
began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce a wife.
3And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?”
4They said, “Moses permitted
a man TO WRITE A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND
her AWAY.”
5But Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.
6“
But from the beginning of creation, God MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE. 7“FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER, 8AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH; so they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9“What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”
I don't see one. Actually, I see some people taking a second wife without divorcing the first one. That doesn't seem like a good idea to me, but it isn't verboten.
You see a more polygamy than divorce ? Is that a joke? LDS?
He shouldn't be seeking a reconciliation after his wife divorced him for legitimate cause. I think that actually might be prohibited. If it isn't, it ought to be... he shouldn't be harassing his ex.
Nowhere did the video say she divorced him. It says they got a divorce.
Seeking reconciliation is actually what Paul said to do. He said not to remarry but seek to be reconciled.
1 Cor 7-
10But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband 11(but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce his wife.
His fault, yeah. There is, however, a difference between sinning once, and living in a state of sin. I would think that marrying the new woman is meant to be corrective in this regard. I am fairly certain that the Bible orders a man who takes a woman's virginity unforced, to actually marry the woman. (If forced, he gets stoned).
Yes, there is a difference between a sin and practicing sin. But neither of us have any way of knowing anything about his lifestyle. That's why when I thought it referred to a brother- in Christ - wrote that I would sit and talk with him about the pertinent scriptures. Hearing what he has to say to the scriptures would reveal his heart better.
It doesn't matter if he comes to church on Sundays- many do who don't care to walk the walk.
Just because he is now marrying the mistress doesn't mean a thing with regard to repentance. Pagans & atheists marry too.
We are called to be holy.
Jesus accepts us filthy in sin and washes us clean- and we are to walk in a manner worthy of Him and put to death the deeds of the flesh by the spirit. We have all we need. Too many stop short and just feel that a prayer and I'm saved- is all there is to it.
It's as if someone tore half of the NT out of their bibles.