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Originally Posted by blessing
It was a bit much for me to take in at first but I will go over it gain.
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I understand. The text isn't what I would call short, but studying it thoroughly is certainly worth its time. I must say I will go through it again because the whole issue of marriage and remarriage tends to be complicated, especially when it comes to actual application.
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Originally Posted by blessing
I feel abit tossed between to opions about remarrige. Its a real big subject and I am so scared of dissapointing God and going to hell but on the other hand I would feel totally at peace if I knew God would still accept and forgive me if I did remarry.
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Now this astounds me: you say your disappointing God might send you to hell. There is no hell, Blessing, and I am not just saying this. Scripture, in its purest form, has no passage where it talks about hell. This may sound heretical or even blasphemous, but it isn't really. (This might need some elucidation; the reason for my briefness here is the simple fact that this forum is not meant for such topics.)
All the passages that are usually translated with 'hell' in the King James Version should either be translated with Gehenna (a literal place near Jerusalem), unseen (the state into which we pass when we die, we are simply imperceptible), or Tartarus (a place where heavenly messengers are kept for judgement). The original manuscripts support these renderings. Also, what is usually connected to the idea of hell is eternal condmnation or suffering/torment in hell. I don't think it would be appropriate to go into much detail on this topic here (just as with the topic of hell), but suffice it to say, God will never condemn anyone to eternal suffering. He will judge His creatures, yes, but never with an eternal judgment that is in absolute disharmony with mankinds limited time of sin and stubborness toward God.
The real issue at hand here is what pleases your Maker and God as you rightly say. I will write some more about this in respond to the text by Dr. Webb.
But I do want to make you aware, Blessing, of the fact that "whom God foreknew, He designates beforehand, also, to be conformed to the image of His Son" and "whom He designates beforehand, these He calls also, and whom He calls, these He justifies also; now whom He justifies, these He glorifies also." (Ro 8:28-30) And remember, God "saves us and calls us with a holy calling, not in accord with our acts, but in accord with His own pupose and the grace which is given to us in Christ Jesus before times eonian (or, as it were, before everything began)." (2.Tim 1:9) You are secure in Christ, no matter what you have done or will do! You see, God chose you for salvation before you even existed. Before you were able to do any good or bad, God said, I want Blessing to believe in me and be saved on the one day I appoint. This is true consolation. God won't cast you away once He accepted you!
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Originally Posted by blessing
Please would you let me know what happed with your C
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I haven't had contact with her for the last two or three months. She took the parting not as hard as I did I guess. For me it was like a heavy blow in the face, but for her, well, she said that is how things are: you disagree and find that it doesn't work out, that convictions and interests are different, and then you part. Simple for her. But that this whole thing with marriage is not about interests or opinions but about God and His truths and His honor did not seem to have touched her. To my mind, C has this spirit of extreme tolerance toward everyone. Of course, I wouldn't force anything on anybody, but there still is this duty of defending the truths of God. And there is my strong desire to find out what God thinks about things, about life and its phenomena, and about how I should conduct myself.
As it seems to me, C continued her life as usual. On the contrary, I was, and sometimes still am, knocked to the ground with the inability to get up again to live my life normally. But I believe all this has its purpose, its lesson, that will bring me closer to my God eventually who initiated all this in the first place.
Jonas