Sometimes a revelation randomly appears in the most interesting situations. We think we know ourselves completely, then you realize something that you never knew about yourself. I was listening to the word at the Kingdom Hall last night, when the topic of "Marriage," came up. What is marriage? What does marriage entails? How does this thing called "Marriage," work? I've heard the "Divorce," rate is 50% or higher and people no longer feel a need to be married. I've heard people change once they get married. But, the word from the ministers at the Kingdom Hall last night gave me insight to what's expected when you've finally met the one you feel like you just can't live without, a soul-mate sort of speak!
The word went something like this...wives are obligated to follow the law of their husband until death due them part or in cases of adultery. If adultery takes place either the husband or the wife, that committed the sin cannot remarry. There are few instances where a remarriage can take place or be allowed and blessed." Divorce in some cases are prevented or not granted all based on the issues at stake.
The words of Jesus Christ in The Holy Bible reads Mathew 5:27" Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:" Mathew 5:28" But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart." Mathew 5:31"It hath been said, Whosoever shall put way his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:" Mathew 5:32"But I say unto you,That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery."
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In the "Reasoning from the Scriptures,"by the WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK, INC. 2009, it reads on (p.252) "Mal. 2:15" You people must guard yourselves respecting your spirit, and with the wife of your youth may no one deal treacherously. For he has hated a divorcing,' Jehovah the God of Israel has said." Matt.19:8,9 "[Jesus] said to them:'Moses, out of regard for your hardheartedness, made the concession to you of divorcing your wives, but such has not been the case from the beginning. I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except on the ground of fornication[extramarital intercourse], and marries another commits adultery.'"( So the innocent mate is permitted, but not required, to divorce a mate who commits "fornication.")
Rom.7:2,3 "A married woman is bound by law to her husband while he is alive; but if her husband dies, she is discharged from the law of her husband, So, then, while her husband is living, she would be styled an adulteress if she became another man's. But if her husband dies, she is free from his law, so that she is not an adulteress if she becomes another man's." Paragraph four latter midway it reads (p.252) "Unrepentant adulterers will have no part in God's Kingdom, Yet, people who formerly committed adultery, perhaps even improperly getting remarried, can gain God's forgiveness and a clean standing with him if they are genuinely repentant and exercise faith in the sin-atoning value of Jesus' sacrifice.)"
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Sitting in my seat, my heart began to pound! The palms of my hands got moist and I thought about my own personal experiences with those words "Will You Marry Me?" I began to think about the biblical teachings and what I've witnessed by other married and divorced couples and thought about it some more. I thanked Jehovah because I'm not under the penalty of marriage and divorce...I've never committed to my soul-mate because he hasn't arrived in my life yet or has he? My thoughts went back to teachings I've received in my early upbringing. You can never marry a divorced person because in Jehovah's eyes he is married even in earthly divorce to the first woman he said those vows to.
I've been picky and excluding marriage or relationships with a divorced man because of trust issues! Now I know it's all bases on the circumstances. My heart is still pounding could it be I am a commitment-Phobe? I Know my feelings is all about pleasing Jehovah, doing his will and being certain that I've met the "One," the one Jehovah created for me alone!
Be Blessed In The Name Of Our Father, Jehovah
Ms. Shelly D. Thomas