Another reason for the loss of God's blessing on America: "
13 Here is something else you do:
you cover Adonai’s altar with tears,
with weeping and with sighing,
because he no longer looks at the offering
or receives your gift [prayer] with favor.
14 Nevertheless, you ask, “Why is this?”
Because Adonai is witness
between you and the wife of your youth
that you have broken faith with her,
though she is your companion, your wife by covenant. Malachi 2 CJB
Passages like Romans7:2,3 make me feel sorry for believing wives who have chosen to separate celibately from their believing husbands (1 Cor7:11). Some of them are purely babes in the Word who are still on formula, not even milk, and in their separation they are tempted to buy into the "Church's" false doctrine that divorce or adultery terminates the marital bond between two genuine believers. When Jesus said "anyone who marries a divorcee commits adultery" in Mt 5:32 or "he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery" in Lk 16:18 His Word shows that it is adultery to marry a believing woman divorced from her own believing husband because, as Romans 7 and 1 Cor 7:10,11,39 show, that even though they are divorced, she is still maritally bound to him in the Kingdom of God. When Jesus said "if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery" in Mark 10 He showed that even if a believing wife has a legal divorce from her believing husband she is still maritally bound to him in the Kingdom of God as long as they both live. The case of a believer married to or divorcing an unbeliever is dealt with in 1 Cor 7:11-15, and shows me that any believing woman who divorced her unbelieving husband who still wanted to live maritally with her, is still maritally bound to that unbelieving husband as long as he wants to live maritally with her.
TITLE: KEEPING ONE’S WORD, Oaths, Swearings, Covenants, Vows
By Tyler & Tyler Posts and Publications, CA 91976
TABLE OF CONTENTS
[1] WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SWEAR? What is a vow or an oath?
[2] What Does God Say About Breaking Promises/Covenants/Oaths?
[3] What About Promises/Swearings Made by Believers With Unbelievers
[4] WHAT ABOUT BAD PROMISES, SWEARINGS/COVENANTS
MADE WITH THE WRONG PEOPLE TO DO THE WRONG THING?
[5] When Sinning "Believers" Break Promises/Vows Made to Unbelievers
[6] Covenants Between Godly People to do Right
[7] When people break their covenants/contracts with you
[8] JESUS RAISED THE STANDARD AND GAVE US THE BETTER
WAY, BETTER THAN OATHS, SWEARINGS, PROMISES ETC.
[9] A WEDDING COVENANT FOR the Bride & Groom
To read this document, please go to http://biblicalmaturity.yuku.com/topic/121/KEEPING-ONE-S-WORD-Oaths-Swearings-Covenants#.UDFgTEKSJ90; or
" PromisesOathsSwearingCovenants.html " at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Biblical_Marriage_Divorce_Remarriage/files/;