# 573 - Today's Du-votional comes from: Mr 10:10-12 “In the house His disciples also asked Him again about the same matter. 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."
This teaching of Jesus concerning the permanence of marriage is radical. The disciples want to be sure they heard Him right and so they press the matter further. He obliges them with instructions for His church concerning the matter of remarriage
This teaching has become just as radical to us today as we have created man-made loopholes for ending marriages, that we believe allow for remarriage. (Just like the rabbi's of Jesus' day) But listen to the words of Jesus! “Whoever!” No exceptions! Whoever remarries after a divorce commits the specific sin of adultery.
What is adultery? It is sexual unfaithfulness while married. The piece of paper may say the marriage is ended, but God says there will always be a connection. This does not give us the right to force the departing spouse to remain in the marriage, but it does keep the door to reconciliation open as long as the departing spouse does not remarry.
Remarriage after a divorce is never to be sanctioned by the church, and it must be dealt with as the sin of adultery.
So you didn't know this and now you are remarried. What are you to do? Well, let's not make a bigger mess. How did Jesus deal with the woman caught in the act of adultery? He forgave her and told her to “go and sin no more.” Confess your sin of adultery, (that's what Jesus called it) receive His forgiveness, stay in your new marriage and don't make the same mistake again.
Father, help us to really grasp Your idea of the permanence of marriage. Give us a new resolve to do Your will.
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