I am watching Asia Insight and the topic is on Divorce in the Phillipines. What I heard is that they are the only country, apart from the Vatican, to not allow divorce. There is a woman whose husband kept cheating and they have been separated for 11 years now. The husband already has someone he's with and that person has given birth to a child for him. He, too, would like a divorce. Yet, this isn't allowed. They are interviewing a priest and they show a quote from Matthew 19:6
So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."Matthew 19:6
I'm thinking to myself that divorce was allowed under the Law and if we would like focus solely on what Jesus said, I find it hypocritical that the verses after this quote are ignored:
"Why then," they asked, "did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?"Jesus replied, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery."
Matthew 19:7-9
In this passage from Matthew 19, we can tell that divorce is allowed here and the reason given is infidelity. Keep in mind Christ said he didn't come to abolish the Law and we are not under the Law. I mention the Law because before this encounter where Christ clarifies how it was intended from the beginning, what was known regarding divorce is the provision in the Law. Why is Matthew 19:6 focused on solely as the reason against divorce when Jesus says more right after? I have heard people on a sub in past throw out the phrase "God hates divorce". Please provide a verse that states that. Exactly.
Because Solomon in his 6 things the Lord hates didn't mention that and the ten commandments talk against adultery. Jesus mentions marital unfaithfulness as an exception. Yet manmade rule prevents it even under this circumstance.
Is there a reason why people are allowing the papacy to tie millstones around their neck in this day and age? People talk about the sanctity of marriage but how is the marriage sanctified when there is constant infidelity because a man thinks his wife can't leave him? It's interesting how these decisions are made by man and interestingly so because look at the survival of most men once their wives leave them. If you are not afraid of your wife leaving you because your ass stinks, allow divorce. I say those who are opposed to it fear for themselves because they know that without that protection, their own livelihood would be endangered. It allows some to abuse women because there are no repercussions and the women are forced to be tied to them.
The intersting part about the show was that I saw a woman who has lived with a man for 11 years and has a child but hasn't married because she said once she does, that's it. One woman was told that the only grounds for divorce is when the partner dies. Huh? One woman shared she was told by a doctor in their church to inject an air-filled syringe in a area of the neck which looks like the Carotids. I'm actually surprised people aren't killing their spouses as a result but then murder is a sin. They talk about avoiding broken homes. Two people can live together and still have a "broken home". A couple who go around advocating agaisnt divorce in the country were interviewed and I had to say "nonsense" when the woman started spewing out stuff. Good mercy. How are people being yoked under slavery by such things,
This is my take: if you think you are going to hell when this life ends, why endure hell on earth? And if you think you are going to heaven, why endure hell on earth?
I say read the bible for yourselves and get to know what the Bible says. No, I'm not telling everyone to get a divorce. I'm pointing out what the bible say. Those who base their stance on Matthew 19:6 while ignoring what comes after are like those who selfishly tout "love your neighbor" while eliminating that part that says "as yourself". You are not meant to hate yourself and love someone; that is hypocritical. Interestingly, predators are the ones who tout it in that fashion.
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.Galatians 5:1
