Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage 442. Is there anyway a man can scripturally divorce his wife apart from adultery on her part? 443. A woman has been involved in an adulterous relationship with a married man. The man’s wife has died. Is the woman now free to scripturally marry the widower? 444. Upon being divorced from her first husband, a woman married a second man, who is now dead. She desired to return to her first husband, but couldn’t since he had already remarried. Can she with God’s approval marry another? Another Christian? 445. Can one be forgiven while remaining in a second marriage after having committed adultery and divorcing the first spouse? 446. Would the person described in the above question have to live as a single person the rest of his or her life? 447. If a married couple (professing Christians), with children, accepts the truth that their marriage is not scriptural (each having left their previous mates without scriptural cause), may they, with God’s approval, remain in the marriage with the proviso that they abstain from sexual activity? Some so teach today! 448. If there are children involved in a second adulterous relationship, what is the responsibility toward them? 449. Is it lawful for a man to put away his first wife for every cause and marry a second? 450. What is Paul saying in Hebrews 13:4? When is marriage honorable and the bed undefiled? 451. Would it be scriptural for a Christian to remarry after his wife had departed with the statement that she was just baptized, but did not believe? 452. I am now twenty-three years of age. Am I fit to marry? 453. If you kiss someone other than your own husband or wife, is it a sin? 454. If a divorced man, who has a great family with a second wife, accepts the gospel, do I have a scriptural right to baptize him? 455. Can a Christian marry an unbeliever? 456. How can there be more harmony and happiness in the home? 457. I committed adultery during my first marriage of which my wife had no knowledge. She pursued a divorce that I did not contest. I married another woman with whom I had a child. Does my adultery during the first marriage mean that I cannot be married to my present wife? 458. Since most of God’s Kings in the Old Testament engaged in polygamy, why is it forbidden today? 459. A man was never married, but lived with two different women at different times, both of whom were eventually put away. He was married to a third who bore him two children, but who left him, because he could not pay the bride price. He later apologized and she desires to go back with him. A) Is she in her right marital home? B) Must they be joined, since both are unbelievers? C) Is one of the first two women his rightful wife? 460. I have committed adultery. Do I have to go to the husband of the wife with whom I committed adultery to say, “forgive me?” Or should I only pray for forgiveness? 461. If one cannot live with his wife, can he still worship? No adultery or sin was committed on the part of the wife. 462. If a woman divorces her husband for the cause of fornication and marries again, what advice would you give the second husband? 463. If a Christian sister is the second wife to a certain man and the first wife dies, what is the stand of the Christian sister? 464. A man has divorced his wife and married another woman. Can the man leave his second wife and return to his first wife, when the first wife now has a friend? 465. If a man and woman are married for many years and the wife does many things to hurt and kill the husband, is he free to divorce her or must they continue to live together until separated by death? 466. A man divorces his wife for unscriptural reasons and marries a woman from another place who is already married (her first husband knows nothing of it). The woman becomes a Christian. The man divorces her and is finally reconciled to his first wife. Is he right to do that? 467. Can one scripturally marry the divorced wife of a polygamist? 468. If one divorces and remarries without scriptural authority (that is, for the cause of fornication) can that person continue in fellowship with the church because he or she happens to attend services regularly or he or she has more money than most others? 469. If a Christian man divorces his wife and impregnates a second woman, should the church stop him from doing church duties? 470. If a Christian man divorces his wife and impregnates a second woman, can he continue with the second woman in order to keep her and the child from suffering? 471. If the situation described in the above question is not solved after a long time, and if the divorced man continues with the impregnated woman, but wants to continue worshipping, should the local church just forget about it? 472. Can a married couple (previously faithful) who now lives together, but has no marriage certificate of any sort, separate, remarry each other, confess sin publicly, and be accepted by the local church? 473. Some argue that since a person can confess, be baptized and receive a baptismal certificate (which shows one is married to Christ), that they can, likewise, confess sexual sin publicly and receive a marriage certificate that will sanctify their relationship. Is this true? 474. I have a habit of committing fornication, and although I know it is wrong, I can’t seem to stop. What can I do? 475. If one has devoted his life to Christ, and is living in the spirit, and not the flesh, is he wrong if he doesn’t marry? Is it wrong for him to serve as an elder? Why?