Forbidding to Marry!

Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. 1Tim4:1-3

Thus it is written. Forbidden someone to marry is a Doctrine of Demons! Forcing a person into a life of celibacy is a sin. It’s better to marry than to burn, Paul said, (1Cor7:9) Because not all men can abstain from the natural desires of the flesh. Only he who is able should choose the life of a Eunuch. (Matt19:11-12) Marriage is ordained of God as a scared institution. The marriage bed is undefiled! (Heb13:4) It is fornicators and adulterers that God will Judge.

The Marriage relationship entered into under God has the obligation to abide by His Commands. Whether the parties are ‘Saved’ or not! God recognizes the marriage as binding according to His rules. Disregard His directives concerning Divorce and you become a fornicator or adulterer. You CANNOT discard a spouse simply because you are not pleased with the relationship anymore. ‘For any reason’ is a sin!

Complacent professing Christians who suppose themselves genuine followers of Jesus Christ who divorce and re-marry in the churches are subject to severe Judgment, according to the Bible. (Matt19:7-9)

(no matter what your pastor says!)

Unfortunately the Church System today is so far removed from any Real Bible Standard that this kind of behavior is common place, even in the pulpits. People swap spouses like changing a pair of socks! And NO ONE utters a word against it. Pastors cheerfully marry these couples, right under the noses, of the people they spurned. Worse than that, Men and Woman part from their spouses and take up with another person in the church without any kind of shame whatsoever! It’s worse than the Pharisees who challenged Jesus on the subject of Divorce.

First of all if a person is brought into the faith in the proper manner: Repentance and faith Proven by Deeds! Then the likelihood of these frequent separations disappears. If the hearts of a married couple are truly Yielded to God and made Pure by the blood of Christ through faith, divorce will be out of the question. What has muddied the waters however is the Rampant hypocrisy in the churches due to the fallacies they hold as doctrines. The Vast Majority of people in the System remain in darkness and sin. Therefore they marry and divorce, fornicate and commit adultery at random without fear of Judgment and think that God approves of their actions.

For example: NO ONE is preaching a Real Repentance of sin. (that produces a clearing of wrong doing, vehement desire change and purity of heart! 2Cor7:10-11) Therefore NO ONE is getting clear of their sins and they’re supposing themselves ‘Saved’ in them. However you can find Pastors and book writers of certain denominations, who will tell you that you can NEVER re-marry under any circumstances, no mater what the cause of your divorce. Otherwise you are committing adultery in the new relationship and it would be better for you to divorce that person and remain single than be condemned for the adultery. This is the extreme view, but it is out there and causing many to shipwreck their faith.

At the same time though these Advocates of the One Marriage for life will NEVER impugn your Salvation in Christ. In other words: ‘You were SAVED in your Sins, in them you Remain, and until Convicted of these wrong doings by the Holy Spirit (who dwells in you!) you won’t be held accountable for the adultery!

Of course they can pass off this fallacy because MOST people who fall into their snare know Nothing about the Bible and THINK they have been Saved while they remain sinners. The Sin Never Stopped to begin with (no real repentance!) consequently the Mind is Not Sound and no real godliness exists.

What’s wrong with going back to your original spouse? Nothing. You should seek reconciliation especially if children are involved. BUT it all MUST be Done IN THE LORD! Make Sure both parties are genuinely Saved, Clear of their sins and PURE in heart! If you are Dead in your Sins, (remember you’re a Slave to Who you Obey, Rom6:17) NOTHING you are doing is pleasing to God. So divorcing again, and going back to your original spouse, even if they are willing, is of no Value whatsoever. It would only serve to seal you further into Deception under the doctrine of demons.

Rather find remedy in the Converts coming to the Faith in Corinth under Paul’s Ministry. (1Cor7:25-29)

Ancient Corinth was much the same as our larger cities. Full of immorality and wickedness. People were coming to faith out of every kind of past relationship under the Sun. As Paul eludes: Some were married, some Divorced, others Virgins. He DID NOT forbid marriage or re-marriage in these cases!  “Are you loosed (divorced) from a wife. Do not seek a wife, BUT If you do Marry you DO NOT Sin!” And if a ‘Virgin marries’ they have not sinned.

Although any marriage relationship, in the Lord, should not be taken lightly. It’s an important decision and only to be made with much prayer and devotion. You are pledging yourself to another person for LIFE! Moses granted permission to Divorce, (Deut 24:1-4) ONLY because of the hardness of men’s hearts. Was he causing his people to be condemned by granting this? Of course not! His people, like many of you, were DEAD in their Sins, a slaves to their own corruptions. By separating these failed marriages, perhaps someone will wake up and really repent. But telling them that their divorce and re-marriage is the one BIG Sin that will keep them out of the Kingdom, when at the same time they are immersed in sin, (spiritually dead to God!) is ridiculous.

Foremost People need to come into the Faith Cleared, Purged and made Pure. Then these difficulties will not arise. Marriage will be binding and life long. God’s law upheld. Making a Mess out of Marriage is man’s doing. What needs to take place in your churches is Repentance on the Scale of Nineveh, starting with the pastors. Who condone this iniquity by joining these people together in unequal unions and then telling them God approves! The entire System has become Profane and an offensive to God! Society has lost all sense of shame. Sin is flaunted openly and no one seems able to blush.

Daily in the news we see Pastors and other church leaders caught in compromised situations. They all deny the allegations and the congregations ALWAYS defend them! Even when the evidence is overwhelming and substantiated by the testimony of many witnesses, No one cares. Everybody is covering up their own wrong doings and immediately sympathizes with the one who publicly fell into transgression. The Common Defense Mechanism……’No body’s Perfect!’ They all cry. ‘We all love him / her and God will forgive them.’

It all fits perfectly into the Gospel they’ve had pounded into their heads for generations. From the Pastors on down they think that Grace has them Covered and God is going to wink at their sins. So the Adultery continues, the broken relationships go on, the blatant disregard for God’s Word persists. Blindly they believe their church is a partaker of God’s love! Nothing can detour them from the downward spiral.

The Holy Precious Name of Jesus Christ is smeared to the depths of their depravity. They Strengthen the hand of the Wicked and make the hearts of the Righteous Sad. WHO will Defend the Truth?

Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous SAD, whom I have not made SAD; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life: Ezk13:22