Dear Bsteelerfan
My sincere prayer is that you will know and be in His perfect will for always. And He has already mapped out His perfect will which is in His word for us all who truly love and follow our Lord Jesus.
And for this subject on remarriage, the Lord foreknew already that there will always be an issue on this delicate subject taken at any circumstances. And yes, He has a reason for all these 'dos' and the 'donts' as they are there not to harm us but to protect us. Indeed, maturity welcomes a warning for warning is a good thing and not for bad.
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. -Jeremiah 29
Once you have established this Jeremiah truth for your heart, I now pray that you will be able to receive these other hilight truths from His word too.
1 Corinthians 7
11. But should she separate, let her stay unmarried, or let her be reconciled to the husband. And, A husband is not to leave a wife.
39. A wife is bound for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whom she wants; only in the Lord.
But why?? Reason is found in Mark 10:11-12:
11 So He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. 12 And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.â€
It applies to either party. I believe it is better to stay single or reconciled back with your ex-wife provided that she is not remarried with other man....(again, it applies to either party)
2 when she has departed from his house, and goes and becomes another man’s wife, 3 if the latter husband detests her and writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who took her as his wife, 4 then her former husband who divorced her must not take her back to be his wife after she has been defiled;
It is indeed your defining moments where you choose Him over your own happiness and personal needs-and that's the narrow road we all must try to get through.
However, please be assured that He will never leave nor forsake you as He has promise His word to those who love Him truly.
24 Now to Him who is able to keep you, Sweetcakes, from stumbling,
And to present you faultless
Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,
25 To God our Savior,[g]
Who alone is wise,[h]
Be glory and majesty,
Dominion and power,
Both now and forever.
Amen. -Jude
In Jesus' Name, amen indeed.
