What is the law for a man who gets a divorce then marries a woman who has never been married? Then the couple finds Yahshua and are baptized together?
Even though the Bible is clear that marriage is for life (Romans 7:2-3) and that if we separate / divorce we are to either remain unmarried or reconcile the marriage (1Corinthians 7:10-11), it is not so clear regarding those who divorced and remarried not knowing the standard. In that case we do not believe couples should separate or divorce to make amends for their ignorance. Instead, from that point on they are to accept the standard and agree that divorce can never again be an option.
We base this on three passages. Acts 17:30 states that Yahweh winks at our ignorance; Paul in Romans 7:1 states that he was speaking to those who knew the law, and based on the fact the an elder and deacon could not be divorced and remarried – they had to be a man of one wife (1Timothy 3:2) – shows that there were divorced and remarried believers in the assembly at that time.
We encourage you to remain in your present state and realize that for you and your spouse divorce can never again be an option.
