Comments on: Divorce – Adultery – Perfection

By: Spammer

Spammer — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:54:25 +0000

It's sad, but the number of divorces is climbing steadily every year. Most likely the people getting divorced have not me ttheir real souldmate. So what to do after divorce? Move on and try to find your real soulmate!

By: Lawyer who spams wherever she can

Lawyer who spams wherever she can — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:10:00 +0000

I don’t read the Bible, so I am not so familiar with the verses. The last I opened the Bible was when I unintentionally landed to a Christian meeting organization.
Anyway, regarding Matthew Chapter 5, I think there are really ideas written in the holy scriptures that do not basically apply to the kind of society we are living. Societies evolve, people come up with laws and justifications to some situations–marrying to a divorced individual for example.
The Bible was written a very long time ago and societies were very conservative at that with regards to issues on marriage so I guess this explains the idea of the verses you found in Matthew Chapter 5.

By: Divorce Lawyer Spammer

Divorce Lawyer Spammer — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:23:52 +0000

It’s true that when we make a vow of marriage, it means to stay together forever… But it doesn’t mean we cannot divorce our partner… the bible allows us to divorce our partner (providing grounds ofcourse) but it doesn’t allow us to be married again so thats where you will commit adultery like Sally have said she read in the bible “Whoever marries a divorced woman is commiting adultery”

By: Bull Moose

Bull Moose — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:36:36 +0000

Divorce Lawyer Collin County (how's the new courthouse?), I'm pretty sure that from Deuteronomy through 1 Corinthians, the Bible speaks of "putting away" a spouse, and a "bill of divorcement."

In fact, the Savior spoke of divorcing one's spouse for reasons other than fornication (probably meant "adultery") as committing adultery.

So it's factually incorrect to say the Bible speaks not of divorce.

BTW, What's with the procession of Texas lawyers?

By: Divorce Lawyer Collin County

Divorce Lawyer Collin County — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:24:10 +0000

Perfection is never ours to have. That only belongs to God. As for divorce issue, when we make a vow of marriage, it means to stay together for the good times and bad. The Bible only speaks of marriage and not divorce.

By: Houston Collaborative Lawyer

Houston Collaborative Lawyer — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:13:10 +0000

This is a challenging concept that many of my clients wrestle with. There are many women that get divorced, because their husbands abuse them, use drugs, hurt their kids and other horrible reasons. These are really good people that made bad decisions OR the other person changed after marriage. It is hard to untangle that passage for sure.

By: Private Investigator

Private Investigator — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:17:14 +0000

I agree with bookslinger, the word "perfect" in Mathew is "telios" and should be translated completeness or whole. Jesus is actually saying, be like your Father in heaven by being complete in every area of your life by cultivating a relationship with Him. In the context of the scripture, it is meant to infer that your Father in Heaven will give you power (commonly referred to as grace) to be whole in mind, body and spirit and walk in the commandments he had just given.

As far as being divorced, remember that before God sin is sin. The sin of lying carries the same consequence of adultery, which is seperation from God. However, Jesus made a way to receive forgiveness. Once you have received forgiveness the sin is completely removed "as far as the east is from the west". If you feel that you should not have been divorced before, simply repent for that action and receive His forgiveness and love and it is just like it never even happened as far as God is concerned.

By: Bookslinger

Bookslinger — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:37:15 +0000

Some say that the word translated as “perfect” would be better translated as “whole”, and may connote a process rather than an immediate action. See:

http://bibleresources.bible.com/passagesearchresults.php?passage1=matthew 5:48&version1=45#en-AMP-23283

By: ltbugaf

ltbugaf — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:16:49 +0000

As to the divorce issue, I think the passage applies to a man who brings about the divorce of a married woman in order to marry her, or to a married woman whose wandering eye lights on another man and who divorces her husband in order to have the other man. However, I’m not enough of a scholar in the ancient texts to know whether I’m supported by them, and I’m not aware of any specific statements by modern prophets and apostles on the subject.

As to the word “perfect” I recommend taking a close look at the footnote to this passage in the LDS edition of the Bible. It sheds significant light on the word’s meaning. More importantly, however, we should understand that we can indeed achieve perfection through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. That’s the point of the Atonement–to do away with ALL of the impurity and imperfection so that only that which is fit to be in God’s presence and endure His glory remains.

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:13:12 +0000

Jesus could have been referring to a higher law (divorce). I haven’t looked into in much detail to say one way or the other though.

I think as far as perfection goes, however, it is important to realise that when Jesus was here, he never said he was perfect. In fact, he said that the Father was perfect. It wasn’t until after he was resurrected that he said we should be perfect as he was. We cannot be absolutely perfect as long as we are mortal. There is no harm in trying though.