COUNSELLING IS ESSENTIAL FOR MARRIAGE RESTITUTION

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TOPIC: COUNSELLING IS ESSENTIAL FOR MARRIAGE RESTITUTION

TEXT: JOHN 4: 13-19  

SATURDAY JULY 29TH

Key verse: John 4:26 “Jesus saith unto her; I that speak unto thee am He.”

Question: A man got married but after two years the lady left him and got married to somebody else. The man also got married to somebody else. After four years he separated from the second lady. Afterward, he came in contact with holiness and began his restitution. He went to look for his first wife and discovered that she died four years back. Later, the brother got married again in holiness to somebody else. Should he have married the second woman who is an unbeliever? 

Answer: He married his wife and separated from her then married another lady and also separated from her. The first woman got married to another man but died later. The man repented and decided to do restitution. The second woman left because she was not a wife, so the man is free. Suppose the woman was still there when the first wife died? You will then take note that the second woman has never been a wife from the beginning until the first woman died. If the man knows that the first woman has died and realized that he had been staying with a harlot, he has to decide whether she becomes a wife or to release her to go her way. Now that the original wife has died, he can decide to marry the second one but they have already separated. 

Yes, he can take that decision if they were still together. If he does not take a decision despite his knowledge and allows that relationship to continue, silence means acceptance. He has accepted to marry her; his silence is a decision taken, so she automatically becomes his wife. He cannot send her away again but if at the time he had an opportunity to make a decision, he took a decision not to marry her because it was not a good relationship and the woman was still an unbeliever, he can decide to marry another woman. Of course, he is free to marry another one now that he has discovered that his wife has died, he can marry another person after praying through to know the will of God since he is now a believer.

Thought for the day: Marriage is honorable in all and the bed undefiled

Song for the day: My wife shall be a blessing, my children around my table…

Bible reading for the day: Psalm 56-58; Acts 28:1-15

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