12-16-2006, 10:01 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-16-2006, 10:05 AM by Faith Hope Charity.)
In the name of God - Father Son Holy Spirit.
May the peace of Jesus Christ be with you!
Quote:If you don’t mind me asking, but do you have any other solution for a married couple who can’t stand each other anymore and peace disappeared from their life? <b>do you have anything to offer them from your Bible?</b>?
Wael, marriage is a natural bond. In the same way as I can't divorce my mother or my father or my brother or my sister... I can't divorce my spouse either. When we enter into a covenantal marriage, we are not signing a 50-50 contract, we are vowing to give 100-100. It's an exchange of persons, not goods. We make a faithful & everlasting promise to ourself, our partner & to God.
The Church allows couples to separate under severe circumstance, but they must always have an intention to reconcile. In the eyes of God & the Church, you'll always be validly married to your spouse, therefore, starting another physical relationship with someone is considered adultery.
Jesus said, "They are no longer two but one. What God has joined together, let no man put asunder" (Matthew 19:6).
Quote:I myself found the following from the Bible <b>which was abrogated later on by Paul in the NT.</b>
<b>Deut 24</b>
24:1 When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that <b>she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. </b>
24:2 And when she is departed out of his house, <b>she may go and be another man's wife. </b>
Wael, habibi, I am a Christian not a Jew. The Old Testament is crucial in Christianity, but we are not, nor have we ever been bound by the Mosaic Law. Jesus Christ completed & perfected the Old Covenant by establishing the New Covenant. The O/T is important to us because it contains the history of God's chosen people & the events leading up to the coming of Christ.
When Moses agreed to allow divorce amongst the Israelites, it was neither divine nor natural law. It was a man-made decision.
When the Pharisees approached Jesus & asked about divorce, Our Lord's response was, "For your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce, but from the beginning it was not so" (Matthew 19:7).
The Commandments were written on stone tablets - stone represents hard hearts. The prophet Ezekiel says that when the New Covenant comes, God will take out your heart of stone & give you a heart of flesh. A new heart in which God will write His law upon (Ezekiel 36:26).
Not only did Jesus abolish divorce, he also elevated the natural bond of matrimony to the level of an irreversible Sacrament!
Quote:"All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness." (2 Timothy 3:16).
How sweet it is for a Muslim to preach the Gospel as though he's a Theology professor & Biblical scholar!
Wael, I don't pretend to be a expert when it comes to the Koran or the Haddith, therefore, I'd appreciate it if you didn't use the holy Word of God as a weapon to win your battles. Be humble enough to ask questions in a non-sarcastic way rather than dictate your own answers.
There are no contradictions in the Bible! There are no one liners in the Bible! There are no errors in the Bible! There is nothing more dangerous than a Muslim alone in a room with a Bible!
Everything in the Bible is inspired! God is the principle author of the Bible!
Our actions are inspired by our conscience. Our free-will determines how we live our lives.
I think you need to make the distinction!
For example...
When the evangelists wrote about Judas' betrayal, they were inspired by God to do so. But did God make Judas betray Jesus? Absolutely not! Judas, like the rest of us, was gifted with intellect & free-will. All the stories in the Bible are included at God's request, by the actions of the people are performed through their own free-will.
I hope you understand what I'm trying to say & I sincerly apologize if I'm being too brutal. But I'm sure you get frustrated too when people misinterpret Islam.
God bless you, Mate :)
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