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blueeyes, it really doesn't matter what we think or what any given organization teaches. What matters is that you read the Word for yourself (pertinent scriptures), and live according to your convictions.
btw, I believe there are innocent parties--meaning a party who did NOT break the marriage vows. No one is *innocent*--we all make mistakes--but that doesn't mean there can't be a right side and a wrong side in a covenant, especially when one has been broken.
If a thief steals from a store, the store is the injured or innocent victim/party--but that doesn't mean the store's owners have never done anything wrong in their lives. Or, if they have, that it somehow negates the wrong of stealing.
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Re: Do you believe the innocent party in a situati
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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
blueeyes, it really doesn't matter what we think or what any given organization teaches. What matters is that you read the Word for yourself (pertinent scriptures), and live according to your convictions.
btw, I believe there are innocent parties--meaning a party who did NOT break the marriage vows. No one is *innocent*--we all make mistakes--but that doesn't mean there can't be a right side and a wrong side in a covenant, especially when one has been broken.
If a thief steals from a store, the store is the injured or innocent victim/party--but that doesn't mean the store's owners have never done anything wrong in their lives. Or, if they have, that it somehow negates the wrong of stealing.
Good points...all of them.
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Re: Do you believe the innocent party in a situati
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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
blueeyes, it really doesn't matter what we think or what any given organization teaches. What matters is that you read the Word for yourself (pertinent scriptures), and live according to your convictions.
btw, I believe there are innocent parties--meaning a party who did NOT break the marriage vows. No one is *innocent*--we all make mistakes--but that doesn't mean there can't be a right side and a wrong side in a covenant, especially when one has been broken.
If a thief steals from a store, the store is the injured or innocent victim/party--but that doesn't mean the store's owners have never done anything wrong in their lives. Or, if they have, that it somehow negates the wrong of stealing.
Thank you for making that statement!
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Re: Do you believe the innocent party in a situati
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Do you believe the innocent party in a situation of adultery can remarry?
I saw this question on an old forum here, and I myself question the biblical reference to answer this question. I know many within the apostolic faith who believe that the innocent party is able to remarry within the church and receive God's blessings. However I am not sure....
yep
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I agree no one is completely innocent as a person, for we have all fallen. So say, if a couple is married within the church and one decides to walk away from God and his/her family but the one remains faithful to God, that person is to remain unmarried? May I have scriptures please?.. I am asking this not as a challege or debate but for better understanding.
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I think the one who commits adultery is guilty and the one who doesn't is innocent. The innocent one has had regular human failings, the one who committed adultery made a choice to sin.
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I have never seen an innocent party!
No one is innocent! But something are out your control! You can't stop a person for filing for divorce or committing adultery. Yes, I know marriage is more than being faithful to your spouse it includes honoring each other in both words and deeds.
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