Q&A #12 – When does the Bible allow divorce?
Pastor Jack Hibbs answers your questions regarding the 1 Peter marriage message series. He answers the following questions:
1) My husband and I act like roommates. He wants our finances to be separate, we’re not intimate with each other, and we don’t share the same faith. What do you suggest I do as a believing wife?
2) My spouse is unloving and does not meet my expectations of what a husband should be for his wife. I consider this a form of emotional abuse. Can I walk away from the marriage and get a divorce?
3) Today you spoke about sexual abuse. Since there are different forms of abuse, when does the Bible allow divorce?
If you are part of our online church community, you can submit a question too! Feel free to text (909) 726-5336 on Sundays as Pastor Jack takes us through 1 Peter. Only questions pertaining to Sunday’s teaching will be considered.
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Thank you Jack. You answered my questions.
No man can separate a married man and woman.
Awesome questions !!!
I need help with this subject badly!!!!
Fornication only but Jesus said from the beginning it was not so. Read the right translation.
Nope
Why do you no longer speak of what’s going on in the world. I really needed to hear your opinions and ideas. It helps keep me balanced and in the right road
Pastor Jack you are my favourite…however I want to know if one of your daughters was in a marriage with a verbally abusive spousr, what would you do? I dont think anyone truly understands the damage it causes….physical abuse would be easier…..
Disagree about emotional/verbal abuse. God Bless.
Just watched a movie called war room, faith building and emotional with regards to marriage.
It shows how a wife who submits to God will can turn a bitter marriage into one that is blessed
So if Jesus said by just looking at someone with lust you have committed adultery with them in your heart … then that would be grounds for divorce?
I am in a difficult marriage married to a man who claims to be a believer, but is both mentally and emotionally abusive. I am striving to live out the scripture in Peter, while my husband is continually threatening to leave his family. The more I try to do what is right the angrier and more bitter he is becoming. I desire to be respectful and loving and yet still maintain healthy and safe boundaries. It is possible that he has NPD from my understanding. At this time I am unable to provide for my family. About 8 years ago I gave up my career to take care of my family and homeschool my kids. Now my husband is often threatening me with abandonment. He threatens to cut me off financially. He is now refusing the counseling we've had. He has admitted to being angry at a God, admitted to having a pride issue and not caring to fight it. I get the brunt end of his mood swings. I've been blessed to have grown more in my walk with the Lord and find great peace and security, but it is very painful and hurts my heart deeply. I truly believe that the time is very short and there is a divide happening and people are making their calling known. This grieves my heart because although he may say he is a Christian and he very much knows and understands the gospel, he seems to be walking way from God. Please pray for my husband if you think of him. I am praying for repentance every moment. I am unsure of where his heart is, but he for sure is living disobediently, he seems to have no fear of God.
Hmmmm.
I know earlier in your videos concerning , Christians behaving badly, you note that a carnal Christian is a real thing and that a true believer can live in a way that is contrary to the correct lifestyle a born again believer should be aligned with.
Based upon the 2 books of Corinthians, isn’t it unwise to immediately dismiss someone claiming to be a Christian just because they aren’t living like one? I think details about the situation should be examined prior to stating that .
This could be a lapse in moral integrity or a season of backsliding .
On that first question sounds like he’s having an affair. Lord , if this is true PLEASE reveal it !! ??????
Great word ! ????
The truth is, if a husband pulls away from his wife physically/emotionally/financially, treats her badly with verbal/physical/emotional abuse, he probably is cheating on her and is being covert about it! Pretty much common sense, really. Be smart though: Just hire a private detective to track his whereabouts 24/7. If the spouse is a proven cheater, get an attorney. The same goes for female cheating spouses!
But it means arguing and we have children. Is a break ok? Can one move out for a while?
Indeed great questions, and evenly so clear concise answers!! Bravo!!
So it f your husband is into porn, is that the same as adultery?
My x spouse was mentally abusive; he was cruel, controlling ; wouldn't allow me to go out on office nights out with him because he didn't want me to see what went on there. He should know, he owned the company. He loved dancing and flirting with all those young women at work. When I asked him why I couldn't go on the company celebrations, his answer was, " because you're boring". He came home with other women's face make up all over his shirts, which I then had to wash and iron.
He took other women out for working dinners, whilst I stayed at home to look after the children. Was he up to more than flirting? I don't know. These women would turn up at my house looking like a million dollars, while I was covered in baby sick. He has a big problem with flirting with women. He flirted effortlessly with them; even when I was stood next to him. He would turn his back to me and flirt with any attractive woman in a tight dress, for as long as they would stay and talk to him. Can you imagine how humiliating all of that was?
I divorced him. I've never had any relationships since. My current Pastor is a Godly man, a great shepherd and a man who will only teach from the word of God, explained that whatever the circumstances, having divorced him, I needed to repent. I did exactly that and I will never date or marry again until Yeshua comes for His Bride. My next wedding will be to Yeshua.
I totally agree with everything you have said but why is it that pastors always point to the wives as needing to listen to scripture and very rarely to husbands?
Thank you Jack for living by God's Word, and teaching what is right. I love you brother Jack!
1 Corinthians 7:14-16 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace. For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
I have not read anywhere in the Bible where God allows divorce and remarriage. Most tickling ear pastors say that Paul wrote that you can in 1 Cor. 7 but it does not it says that if the wife leaves to remain unmarried and it has to apply to the husband as well. Please preach the truth.