Bible Discussion Thread

If your friends say their a christen and once lived together then later married for a year or two years, then she said I can stay married with you anymore and gets a divorce but still lives together loves each other. Are they both considered to be in fornication? The bible said obey the laws on the land and being married is obey the laws of the land and being obedient to God. Also, his sister lived with her husband before they got married. Then later gets married for two years are so, then she gets a divorced because her husband had seral heart attacks and she cannot afford to pay his medical bills, but today they live together and love each other. Now there both are not working and living on Social Security Disability. I believe her excuse now is invalid. In think there both living in fornication? Please read through my questions carefully and answer my questions. I hope to hear from you soon. Thanks Sincerely David J Gresham

Hello DGresham , I read your post very carefully as you asked . There are a couple of points to consider I think . I am sure that you , as a Christian , recognise that we do not know the hearts and minds of others , only God knows what we think and feel , about everything , including Him and His Son . We also have to remember that no one , other than Christ , has lived a sinless life , this means me and you :) . I'm assuming that you have read the Bible and are therefore familiar with the many references telling us that we are not to judge each other . As long as these people are alive , they always have the opportunity to repent for their behaviour and to be forgiven for it by God through Christ . How do any of us know , who will at some point point turn and repent and who won't ? We don't know but God does . We each , every one of us , have a lifelong battle with our own sinful inclinations and that should be our priority . If we see a brother or sister possibly heading down the wrong path , we can and should reach out to them in love and remind them to whom they belong and what standards of behaviour are expected from them . This must always be done in private and in love and probably only once . I shall not remind you of all the scriptures that talk about us being too quick to judge and condemn others , remember that we will all be judged when our lives in the flesh are over , that's the time when we shall give account of ourselves , while we are yet alive , God is kind enough to give us space and time to repent. Psalm 89 verses 4-37 .