Examples Of Marriages All Believers Would Agree Need To Be Terminated

There are some marriages all believers would agree need to be terminated …

For example, it is easy to understand from Mark 6:17-18 (“For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her. For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife”) that John the Baptist was demanding termination of the Old Testament era marriage between Herod and Herodias.

And we can read from Ezra 10:10-11 (“And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel. Now therefore make confession unto the Lord God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives”) that God was requiring the Israelites who had married foreign wives against His direction to separate from them, even such wives they had children with (“All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children” – verse 44).

And believers with any convictions at all can understand from passages like I Cor 6:9-10 (“Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God” NKJV) that all gay marriages must be terminated.

And as we know, texts like I Cor 7:2 (“Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband”) condemn polygamous marriages and therefore require separation of such.

Then why can’t all believers (who are not just playing games) see the same thing in principle (to all of the above), that adulterous marriages (per Matt 19:9 “And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery” and its parallels) must be terminated? What is the difference that makes a difference? For example, what is the essential difference between an adulterous marriage and a polygamous marriage, that makes the former right but the latter wrong? They both involve being bound/obligated to one while married to another – Rom 7:2-3. The truth is – all adulterous marriages must be terminated, not just polygamous ones.

Here is the flyer announcing the details of a public debate I have coming up with a Christian Church preacher in London, KY on March 21-22 on whether or not adulterous marriages (per Matt 19:9) must be terminated – http://www.bibledebates.info/Debat…/BakerDerek20240321.doc . If that link doesn’t work for you, message me your email address and I will send you a copy that way.