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And having been perfected, He became the author
of eternal salvation to all who obey
Him Hebrews 59
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Marriage
Remarriage?
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Apostolic Teaching And Application

• Married or Bound?

• Who can marry? a scriptural right

• Who cannot marry? no scriptural right

• What are sexual immorality and adultery?

• Does not under bondage mean free to marry?

• Can the innocent party remarry if guilty
  does?

• Mental Divorce, Post-civil-divorce putting
  away

Marriage and Divorce
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Apostolic Teaching And Application

• Married or Bound?

• Is Marriage Law Universal or For Believers
  Only?

• Some argue that non-Christians who get divorced
  and
• remarried for just any reason do not commit
  adultery
• because they do not know the law of Christ,
  and thus
• are not accountable to it

• Problem situations where this might occur

• 2 non-Christians divorced and remarried, now
  want to serve God

• Christian marries non-Christian, discovers was
  divorced before

• 2 Christians marry but one (both?) divorced
  before conversion

Marriage and Divorce
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Apostolic Teaching And Application

• Married or Bound?

• Is Marriage Law Universal or For Believers
  Only?

• Some argue that non-Christians who get divorced
  and
• remarried for just any reason do not commit
  adultery
• because they do not know the law of Christ,
  and thus
• are not accountable to it

• Therefore, we are told that it is only AFTER
  becoming
• a Christian that Christs marriage laws apply

• is this position taught by the scriptures?

Marriage and Divorce
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Apostolic Teaching And Application

• As weve seen Matthew 191-10, Mark 101-12,
• Rom. 71-4, and 1 Cor. 7 all appeal to Gen.
  224

• Genesis 2 was delivered universally there was
  no Jew
• or Gentile, no distinction of believer or
  unbeliever
• at the time the law was given!

• Jesus and apostles applied this as part of the
  gospel

• Mark 114-15 1 Corinthians 71, 10-15 etc.

• The gospel is meant for everyone, believer or not

Universal or Believer Only?
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Apostolic Teaching And Application
Matthew 2818-20 All authority has been given to
Me in heaven and on earth. Gomake disciples of
all the nationsteaching them to observe all
things that I have commanded you
Mark 1615 Go into all the worldpreach the
gospel to every creature.
Luke 2447 repentance and remission of sins
should be preached in His name to all nations,
beginning at Jerusalem.
Universal or Believer Only?
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Apostolic Teaching And Application
John 316-17 For God so loved the world that He
gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes
in Him should not perish but have everlasting
life. For God did not send His Son into the world
to condemn the world, but that the world through
Him might be saved.
John 1247-48 I did not come to judge the world
but to save the world. He who rejects Me, and
does not receive My wordsthe word that I have
spoken will judge him in the last day.
Universal or Believer Only?
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Apostolic Teaching And Application
Acts 238-39 Repent, and let every one of you be
baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the
remission of sinsFor the promise is to you and
to your children, and to all who are afar off, as
many as the Lord our God will call.
Acts 1726-27, 30-31 He has made from one blood
every nation of menso that they should seek the
Lord Truly, these times of ignorance God
overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere
to repentbecauseHe will judge the world in
righteousness
Universal or Believer Only?
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Apostolic Teaching And Application

• As weve seen Matthew 191-10, Mark 101-12,
• Rom. 71-4, and 1 Cor. 7 all appeal to Gen.
  224

• Genesis 2 was delivered universally there was
  no Jew
• or Gentile, no distinction of believer or
  unbeliever
• at the time the law was given!

• Jesus and apostles applied this as part of the
  gospel

• Mark 114-15 1 Corinthians 71, 10-15 etc.

• The gospel is meant for everyone, believer or not

• Mt 28 Mk 16 Lk 24 Jn 3 Jn 12 Acts 2 Acts
  17 etc.

Universal or Believer Only?
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Apostolic Teaching And Application

• As weve seen Matthew 191-10, Mark 101-12,
• Rom. 71-4, and 1 Cor. 7 all appeal to Gen.
  224

• The sexually immoral and adulterers in 1 Cor
  5-6

• 1 Cor 59-10 says sexually immoral exist in
  the world

• 1 Cor 513 God will judge them, though
  outside Christ

• It is Christ who actually judges, by means of
  the gospel
• John 1248 Acts 1730-31 2 Timothy 41-2
  Rom. 212-16

• Whether in Christ Gal 327 or outside,
  accountable!

Universal or Believer Only?
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Apostolic Teaching And Application

• As weve seen Matthew 191-10, Mark 101-12,
• Rom. 71-4, and 1 Cor. 7 all appeal to Gen.
  224

• The sexually immoral and adulterers in 1 Cor
  5-6

• 1 Cor 59-10 says sexually immoral exist in
  the world

• 1 Cor 69-11 they had been fornicators,
  adulterers, etc.

• When? Before they were washed, sanctified,
  justified
• i.e. before they were Christians
  

• These were accountable for their sins of
  fornication and
• adultery before Christ in fact, its why they
  needed Him!

Universal or Believer Only?
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Apostolic Teaching And Application

• Married or Bound?

• Is Marriage Law Universal or For Believers
  Only?

• Some argue that non-Christians who get divorced
  and
• remarried for just any reason do not commit
  adultery
• because they do not know the law of Christ,
  and thus
• are not accountable to it

• Therefore, we are told that it is only AFTER
  becoming
• a Christian that Christs marriage laws apply

• is this position taught by the scriptures?

• conclusion there is no scripture teaching such
  position!!

Marriage and Divorce
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Apostolic Teaching And Application

• Married or Bound?

• Is Marriage Law Universal or For Believers
  Only?

YES!

• Are non-Christians accountable to law of Christ?

• Does baptism wash away adultery?

• Some argue that since Christians are forgiven
  based on
• their faith as they are baptized, adultery (as
  with all sin)
• is washed away, just as Paul mentions in Acts
  2216

• 1 Corinthians 69-11 also says such were some
  of you of some
• adulterers who were washedwere
  sanctifiedwere justified

• Therefore, their adultery must have been washed
  away?

Marriage and Divorce
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Apostolic Teaching And Application

• Married or Bound?

• Is Marriage Law Universal or For Believers
  Only?

YES!

• Are non-Christians accountable to law of Christ?

• Does baptism wash away adultery?

• Problem situations where this might occur

• 2 non-Christians divorced and remarried, now
  want to serve God
• must they separate (i.e. divorce), or can they
  keep their marriage?

• Christian marries non-Christian, discovers was
  divorced before if
• non-Christian is converted, can they keep their
  marriage?

• 2 Christians marry if one divorced before
  conversion, okay to
• remain married, or must the two divorce?

Marriage and Divorce
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Apostolic Teaching And Application

• Married or Bound?

• Is Marriage Law Universal or For Believers
  Only?

YES!

• Are non-Christians accountable to law of Christ?

• Does baptism wash away adultery?

• Some argue that since Christians are forgiven
  based on
• their faith as they are baptized, adultery (as
  with all sin)
• is washed away, just as Paul mentions in Acts
  2216

• 1 Corinthians 69-11 also says such were some
  of you of some
• adulterers who were washedwere
  sanctifiedwere justified

• is this position taught by the scriptures?

Marriage and Divorce
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Apostolic Teaching And Application

• The REAL issue what does Repentance demand?

• Baptism only washes away sins based on
  hearing,
• believing, confessing, and repenting first

• Rom 1014, 17, 8-10 Mk 1615-16 Acts 226-16
  237-38

• Repentance defined

• by the Greek metanoia, metanoeo

• Thayers To change ones mind for the better,
  heartily to amend
• with abhorrence of ones past sins

• Vines this change of mind involves both a
  turning from sin and
• a turning to God

Does Baptism Wash Away Adultery?
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Apostolic Teaching And Application

• The REAL issue what does Repentance demand?

• Baptism only washes away sins based on
  hearing,
• believing, confessing, and repenting first

• Rom 1014, 17, 8-10 Mk 1615-16 Acts 226-16
  237-38

• Repentance defined

• by the Greek metanoia, metanoeo

• by its application Luke 32-3, 7-14 1 Cor
  69-11

• John did not call on people to be sorry,
  butchange their mental
• attitudes and conduct. (Robertsons Word
  Pictures in the N.T.)

• John required them to bear fruits worthy of
  repentance

Does Baptism Wash Away Adultery?
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1 Corinthians 69-11
the unrighteous
washed
The sin has ?CEASED ? STOPPED
Fornicators
Idolaters
Adulterers
Homosexuals
REPENTANCE
Sodomites
Thieves
Covetous
Drunkards
Revilers
such wereyou
Extortioners
Does Baptism Wash Away Adultery?
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1 Corinthians 69-11
the unrighteous
Sanctified/Justified?

• The sin
• has not
• ?CEASED
• STOPPED
• 2 Co 1220-21

Fornicators
Idolaters
Adulterers
Homosexuals
NO REPENTANCE
Sodomites
Thieves
Covetous
Drunkards
Revilers
such wereyou?
Extortioners
Does Baptism Wash Away Adultery?
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1 Corinthians 69-11
the unrighteous
Sanctified/Justified
Fornicators
1 Cor 618 72 Hb 134
1 Th 19-10 2 Co 616-17
Idolaters
Adulterers
Mk 614-18 1 Cor 51
Stop Romans 124-27
Homosexuals
The ACT of sin must stop
Stop Romans 124-27
Sodomites
REPENTANCE
Thieves
Ephesians 428
Covetous
Mt 189 Lk 1213-34
Drunkards
1 Peter 41-3
Revilers
1 Peter 221-23
Extortioners
Luke 310-13
such wereyou
What Does Repentance Require?
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Apostolic Teaching And Application

• The REAL issue what does Repentance demand?

• Baptism only washes away sins based on
  hearing,
• believing, confessing, and repenting first

• Rom 1014, 17, 8-10 Mk 1615-16 Acts 226-16
  237-38

• Repentance defined change of mind and action!

• Adultery further defined

• by the Greek moichatai

• by its application Luke 32-3, 7-14 1 Cor
  69-11

• John required them to bear fruits worthy of
  repentance

Does Baptism Wash Away Adultery?