Question: Can divorce be biblical?

Question: The divorce question has been around for centuries, but I’d like to hear your take on it. Do you believe a Christian can be divorced?

Response: I agree that divorce is not God’s will, but in my opinion, we cannot be harsh and allow no exceptions. Christ’s statement that divorce causes adultery must be understood in the following context: 1) Though divorce is not God’s will, the Old Testament (Deuteronomy 24) allows it for what Christ calls “the hardness of your hearts” (Matthew:19:8He 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.
See All...). 2) Though He charges the divorced parties with adultery, Christ himself indicates that this sterner standard is not to be imposed upon everyone: “All men cannot receive this saying, save them to whom it is given” (Matthew:19:11But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.
See All...). 3) Though mentioned repeatedly, nowhere else throughout the entire Bible is adultery described as involving divorced persons who remarried. I do not believe that a young woman who, for example, is divorced by a man who is unfaithful and marries his lover, is by that man’s sinful act forever after consigned to loneliness, and that her young children are to be deprived of a stepfather.

On the other hand, I believe that marriage is taken lightly today. Yes, I believe in eternal security of the believer because the Bible teaches it—but I don’t believe in encouraging those living in sin to delude themselves with false assurance.