Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage

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Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage
Violations Of Matthew 196
Doctrines That Sunder What God Has Joined Together
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Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage

• The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him,
  and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to
  put away his wife for every cause?
• And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not
  read, that he which made them at the beginning
  made them male and female,
• And said, For this cause shall a man leave father
  and mother, and shall cleave to his wife and
  they twain shall be one flesh?

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• Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh.
  What therefore God hath joined together, let not
  man put asunder.
• They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to
  give a writing of divorcement, and to put her
  away?
• He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness
  of your hearts suffered you to put away your
  wives but from the beginning it was not so.

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• And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his
  wife, except it be for fornication, and shall
  marry another, committeth adultery and whoso
  marrieth her which is put away doth commit
  adultery.

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• And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his
  wife, except it be for fornication, and shall
  marry another, committeth adultery and whoso
  marrieth her which is put away doth commit
  adultery.

CHRISTS LAW IS ESTABLISHED
GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM Matthew 423 935 2414
2613
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• And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his
  wife, except it be for fornication, and shall
  marry another, committeth adultery and whoso
  marrieth her which is put away doth commit
  adultery.

Whatever Person WithoutRegard To Who It Is
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• And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his
  wife, except it be for fornication, and shall
  marry another, committeth adultery and whoso
  marrieth her which is put away doth commit
  adultery.

The Act of Repudiating Dismissing Ones
Mate (Passive) to Leave or Depart(Active) to
Send Away
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Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage

• And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his
  wife, except it be for fornication, and shall
  marry another, committeth adultery and whoso
  marrieth her which is put away doth commit
  adultery.

The ONLY Divinely AcceptedCause Allowing The
RightOf Remarriage ONLY TheINNOCENT May
Remarry
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Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage

• And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his
  wife, except it be for fornication, and shall
  marry another, committeth adultery and whoso
  marrieth her which is put away doth commit
  adultery.

Ongoing Sexual RelationsWith The Spouse
OfAnother
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Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage

• And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his
  wife, except it be for fornication, and shall
  marry another, committeth adultery and whoso
  marrieth her which is put away doth commit
  adultery.

Those Put Away ForFornication Those PutAway
Not For FornicationAre Ineligible To Marry
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Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage
FROM THE BEGINNING

• Humans Made Male and Female
• Female Only Creature Suitable For Male
• Physically
• Spiritually
• Mentally
• Emotionally
• Home Formed By Male Female Entering Agreement
  To Become One Flesh

Genesis 218-24
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The Theory That Christs Law Doesnt Apply
To Non-Christians

• Some Argue That Non-Christians Are Not Amenable
  To The Law Of Christ
• However, Jesus said, But I say unto you, whoever
  shall put away his wife, except for sexual
  immorality, and marries another, commits
  adultery (Matthew 199)

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1 Timothy 19-11
9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a
righteous man, but for the lawless and
disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for
unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and
murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10 For
whoremongers, for them that defile themselves
with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for
perjured persons, and if there be any other thing
that is contrary to sound doctrine 11 According
to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which
was committed to my trust.
Sin Defined By Christs Law
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Implications Of 1 Timothy 19-11
If One Is A Sinner Today He Only Is Such Because
He Has Transgressed The Law Of Christ (Galatians
62)
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1 Corinthians 69-11
9. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not
inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived
neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor
adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of
themselves with mankind, 10. Nor thieves, nor
covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor
extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of
God. 11. And such were some of you but ye are
washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are
justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by
the Spirit of our God.
Sin Is Defined By Christs Law
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Implications Of 1 Corinthians 69-11
The Corinthians Were Classified As Unrighteous
Because They Had Violated The Law Of Christ (1
Corinthians 921)
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SAME LAW FOR SAINT SINNER
9. I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company
with fornicators 10. Yet not altogether with
the fornicators of this world, or with the
covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters for
then must ye needs go out of the world. 11. But
now I have written unto you not to keep company,
if any man that is called a brother be a
fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a
railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner with
such an one no not to eat (1 Corinthians 59-11)
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• 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,
  baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of
  the Son, and of the Holy Ghost
• Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever
  I have commanded you and, lo, I am with you
  alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
• Matthew 2819-20

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Marriage, Divorce And Remarriage
The No Exception Theory
But I say unto you, whoever shall put away his
wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries
another, commits adultery (Matthew 199)
Most Errors LOOSE Where God Has Not Loosed
This One BINDS Where God Has Not Bound
Both Are Equally WRONG Matthew 1619 1818
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The Force of the Exception Clause

• The PASSAGE I tell you, Nay but, except ye
  repent, ye shall all likewise perish (Luke
  133).
• The RULE All Will Perish
• The EXCEPTIONS Those Who Repent

• The PASSAGE Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
  Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit,
  he cannot enter into the kingdom of God (John
  35).
• The RULE Cannot Enter The Kingdom of God
• The EXCEPTIONS Those Who Are Born Again

Just How Important Is the Exception Clause in
These Verses?
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The Force of the Exception Clause

• The PASSAGE Abide in me, and I in you. As the
  branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it
  abide in the vine no more can ye, except ye
  abide in me (John 154).
• The RULE Branch Cannot Bear Fruit
• The EXCEPTIONS Those That Abide in the Vine

• The PASSAGE And if a man also strive for
  masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he
  strive lawfully (2 Timothy 25).
• The RULE Cannot Win the Race
• The EXCEPTIONS Those Who Run According to Rules

Just How Important Is the Exception Clause in
These Verses?
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The Force of the Exception Clause

• The PASSAGE Paul said to the centurion and to
  the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye
  cannot be saved (Acts 2731).
• The RULE Cannot be Saved (from physical death)
• The EXCEPTIONS Those That Abide in the Ship

• The PASSAGE Whosoever shall put away his wife,
  except it be for fornication, and shall marry
  another, committeth adultery (Matthew 199).
• The RULE Divorce Remarriage Is Sinful
• The EXCEPTIONS Innocent, Whose Mate is
  Unfaithful

Just How Important Is the Exception Clause in
These Verses?
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Neither Biblical passage nor lexical definition
describes sexual activity between a married
couple as adultery. Jerry Bassett, Marriage,
Divorce and Remarriage An Exposition of the
Scriptures, p.2 Blindness to context keeps too
many brethren stumbling in the dark bent on
sundering adulterous marriages the term
itself an oxymoron. Ibid., p. 5 Again,
adulterous marriage is an oxymoron. Ibid., p.
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WHAT IS ADULTERY?
So then if, while her husband lives, she
marries another man, she will be called an
adulteress but if her husband dies, she is free
from that law, so that she is no adulteress,
though she has married another man (Romans 73)
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WHAT IS ADULTERY?
LEVITICUS 2010 "If there is a man who commits
adultery with another man's wife, one who commits
adultery with his friend's wife, the adulterer
and the adulteress shall surely be put to
death. JEREMIAH 2923 Because they have acted
foolishly in Israel, and have committed adultery
with their neighbors' wives and have spoken words
in My name falsely, which I did not command them
and I am He who knows and am a witness," declares
the LORD.'"
JOHN 83-4 3. The scribes and the Pharisees
brought a woman caught in adultery, and having
set her in the center of the court, 4. They
said to Him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught
in adultery, in the very act. (NASB)
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WHAT IS ADULTERY?
EZEKIEL 2337 For they have committed adultery,
and blood is on their hands. Thus they have
committed adultery with their idols and even
caused their sons, whom they bore to Me, to pass
through the fire to them as food. PROVERBS 632
The one who commits adultery with a woman is
lacking sense. (NASB)
JEREMIAH 38-9 And I saw that for all the
adulteries of faithless Israel, I had sent her
away and given her a writ of divorce, yet her
treacherous sister Judah did not fear but she
went and was a harlot also. Because of the
lightness of her harlotry, she polluted the land
and committed adultery with stones and trees
(NASB)
Non Sexual Covenant Breaking?
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WHAT IS ADULTERY?

• Made Physically Attractive
• Committed Adultery With
• Sex Act (2 Sam. 1224 Gen. 2923,30 382,16)

EZEKIEL 2340-47 40. Furthermore, they have even
sent for men who come from afar, to whom a
messenger was sent and lo, they came -- for whom
you bathed, painted your eyes and decorated
yourselves with ornaments 41. and you sat on a
splendid couch with a table arranged before it on
which you had set My incense and My oil. 42.
The sound of a carefree multitude was with her
and drunkards were brought from the wilderness
with men of the common sort. And they put
bracelets on the hands of the women and beautiful
crowns on their heads. 43. Then I said
concerning her who was worn out by adulteries,
"Will they now commit adultery with her when she
is thus?' 44. But they went in to her as they
would go in to a harlot. Thus they went in to
Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women. 45. But
they, righteous men, will judge them with the
judgment of adulteresses and with the judgment of
women who shed blood, because they are
adulteresses and blood is on their hands. 46.
For thus says the Lord GOD, "Bring up a company
against them and give them over to terror and
plunder. 47. The company will stone them with
stones and cut them down with their swords they
will slay their sons and their daughters and burn
their houses with fire.(NASB)
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WHAT IS ADULTERY?
MATTHEW 527-28 27. You have heard that it was
said, "YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY' 28. But
I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman
with lust for her has already committed adultery
with her in his heart. (NASB) 2 PETER
214 Having eyes full of adultery that never
cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a
heart trained in greed, accursed children(NASB)

REVELATION 222 "Behold, I will throw her on a
bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery
with her into great tribulation, unless they
repent of her deeds.NASB HEBREWS 134 Marriage
is to be held in honor among all, and the
marriage bed is to be undefiled for fornicators
and adulterers God will judge.
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Where Is Don Bassett In All of This?
I served as a proofreader and consultant for
Rethinking and now have done the same for this
book and also contributed a brief article to it.
I would have been glad to do this for any
dedicated, well-prepared writer on this important
subject. But the fact that I am in essential
agreement with the conclusions drawn in both of
these books has made the work particularly
gratifying. I am happy to commend this next
publication to every sincere student of Gods
word. Don Bassett, Marriage, Divorce and
Remarriage An Exposition of the Scriptures, Back
Cover.
By Tim Haile
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MDRTHEORIES
FALSE VEIWS ON1 CORINTHIANS 7

• From Verses 12-15, Some Say Paul Introduced New
  Legislation Allowing Remarriage On The Grounds Of
  Desertion
• Douloo Refers, Not To The Marriage Bond, But To
  Marital Duties
• See 1 Corinthians 919-22
• From Verse 20, Some Argue That People Should
  Remain In Whatever Marital State Theyre In At
  The Time Of Their Conversion

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MDRTHEORIES
Abide In TheSame Calling

• Legitimate States
• Circumcision
• Uncircumcision
• Servant
• Free
• Illegitimate States
• Fornication
• Adultery
• Homosexuality

THE PRINCIPLEOF REPENTANCEDEMANDSTHAT THE
STATE THATONE MAYREMAIN INIS
ALEGITIMATESTATE
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But Hes Only Off On One Thing!

• Hymenaeus Philetus Only Off On One Thing
  (Resurrection) (2 Tim. 217-18)
• Apollos Only Off On One Thing (Baptism) (Acts
  1825)
• Peter Only Off On One Thing (Hypocrisy) (Gal.
  211-14)
• Ananias Sapphira Only Off On One Thing
  (Lying) (Acts 51-11)
• Corinthian Fornicator Only Off On One Thing
  (Sexual Immorality) (1 Cor. 51)

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How Many Things Must One Be Off On In Order
To Be Wrong?

• Timothy to Charge some that they teach no other
  doctrine (1 Tim. 13)
• One is Condemned If he teaches otherwise and
  does not consent to wholesome words, even the
  words of our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Tim. 63)
• Elders To Rebuke Those Who Contradict Sound
  Doctrine (Titus 19)
• Mouths to be stopped, among those who teach
  things which they ought not (Tit. 111 21)
• Mark Those Who Teach Contrary to the
  Doctrine that you have Learned (Rom. 1617)
• Reject those who bring not the doctrine of
  Christ (2 John 9-11)

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Are The Bassetts Really Only Off On One Thing?

• They Are Off On the Law - By Bridging ALL of
  Christs MDR Teaching (i.e. Mark 102-12) to
  Deuteronomy 241-4, then Bridging 1 Corinthians
  710-11 to Both, They Seek Justification From The
  O.T. for ModernUnscriptural Marriages! (Gal.
  54)
• They Are Off On Repentance - By Teaching That
  Adulterers May Continue In Their Unlawful
  Marriages, They Nullify The Requirements of
  Biblical Repentance
• They Are Off On Baptism By Making it a License
  to Continue in a Sinful Practice
• They Are Off On SEVERAL Facets Of Divorce and
  Remarriage!

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MARKING SINNERS (Rom. 1617 2 Thess. 314)
CAIN WAS MARKED Genesis 415
PHARISEES SADDUCEES Matthew 166
HYMENAEUS PHILETUS 2 Timothy 217
KORAH, DATHAN ABIRAM Num. 1624
DIOTREPHES 3 John 9
DEMAS 2 Timothy 410