I dont know how it can work unless the ex spouse has a restraining order or lives in a totally different country or city or the children go to boarding school or something. Often the ex spouse has married or gone off with someone else so maybe they know for sure the marriage has broken down.I do not think there is just one answer for that. Many christians believe in once-married-always-married. IOW, divorce does not exist. Remarriage can only happen after the death of the spouse.
I do not hold to that belief.
That will vary with each family situation. It involves the circumstance of the breakup, the personalities of everyone involved, and may even involve the legal system if there are serious problems.
Same answer as the step-parent question.
That happens a lot also. And can also be very messy.
Yes it is in this forum.This isn't a question only for married people. Anyone who is unmarried needs to be able to face these kinds of questions. Like I said, there are only the two questions I stated before that are of utmost importance. Everything else is secondary, and there is no guarantee that marriage is what God has for everyone. The only guarantee of following God is God Himself.
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OMAM teaches that the first marriage is binding as long as both are alive. IOW, if the guy turns rat, divorces his wife and runs off with some [expletive deleted], she is considered by God and the church to still be married to him until he dies. So she cannot remarry. (unless she murders him)Often the ex spouse has married or gone off with someone else so maybe they know for sure the marriage has broken down.
LOL!!! [laugh out loud]Sorry what is OMAM and IOW i have no idea what those abbreviations mean.
Oh never heard of it. Except with mormons.LOL!!! [laugh out loud]
"OMAM" is once married always married. It is a take off of OSAS - once saved always saved. In theory both should be true, but living in a fallen world sometimes messes that up.
"IOW" means in other words.
Have a single friend (christian) who is 65 and she still wants to be married as never married before. That i know.I did not get married until I was 35.
Uh...you mean the one who ran off with the husband?OMAM teaches that the first marriage is binding as long as both are alive. IOW, if the guy turns rat, divorces his wife and runs off with some [expletive deleted], she is considered by God and the church to still be married to him until he dies. So she cannot remarry. (unless she murders him)
No - the abandoned wife.Uh...you mean the one who ran off with the husband?
There are no illegitimate children. All children are made in God's image, and he knits them together in the womb... he knew them and called them before they were even conceived. I think calling children illegitimate is calling God's creation illegitimate.I used to flat with a lady that had illegitimate children with a partner and found out the dad had a restraining order wasnt allowed to set foot on her property.
Couples can be quite compatible at the time of the marriage and then things can change...they can grow apart, situations come up that make them change, or it turns out they are not as compatible as they had thought...there are a whole host of reasons people get married and later divorced. It isn't that they don't take it seriously. I don't know anyone at all who says their vows, thinking "what fun for now, but I think in a few years I'll switch it up and go for a skinny blonde rather than this pretty, plump brunette." or "this one will be a great mother to my offspring and once I'm done procreating I will trade her in for someone young and pretty." People make decisions to marry with the information they have at the time....people change and circumstances can change. It doesn't mean it was a bad idea to get married.Well with marriage these days people dont seem to take it seriously. I dont know who marries all these incompatible couples that thought it was a good idea at the time.
Marriage is not just about having children. In fact, when you get older, it is mostly about companionship.I was thinking well might be hard for her to have children. But i suppose nothing is impossible for God.
It does not mean she made a stupid decision. How should she have known? If she had known that he was going to cheat and married him anyway, that might be "stupid". But marrying someone is a sign you believe they will be faithful.Because she married a cheating man? Is this to punish her for making a stupid decision?
Some people feel justified in having affair - for example if the other spouse was not fulfilling their marital sexual obligation. Doesn't make it right, but they may feel justified. And not everyone will own up to, or repent from, their sin against their spouse. And the one who needs to do the forgiving... well, forgiving egregious and possibly repeated sins becomes very hard, and maintaining a soft heart when you are repeatedly sinned against, is nearly impossible.For christians that marry each other, and if one cheats youd think the offending party would repent and the other forgive.
I used to flat with a lady that had illegitimate children with a partner and found out the dad had a restraining order wasnt allowed to set foot on her property. She then found another bf had a baby and THEN got married, which is the way it happens in my country if you not christian.
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