The firestorm that occurs when those who love the Word of God mention divorce and remarriage is shocking. The objections are not coming from unbelievers but from those who claim to be born again Christians.
When we see someone defending the lowest standard, rather than loving the highest standard, we can pretty well guess that they are those who have been divorced and remarried, those who feel a need to defend the sin they do not want to forsake.
God does not wink at sin, He does not "tolerate" it. Eventually it will be dealt with when we go before Him. Some who think they can live as they please, and their pleasure is sin, very likely were never born again.
When God changes us into a new creation He removes the sinful desires and replaces it with a desire to be holy, continuing to grow in that holiness.
There are many of you who are my friends who understand the concept of having had all your sinful desires removed. Others are so brazen that they will fight and argue to defend what God condemns, their sins that the culture accepts. They are more comfortable with unbelievers than they are with true believers.
Those who are born again can relate to the following passage and understand it.
2 Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come."
Those who have resisted God's will at every turn, desiring to have their own way while twisting God's Word to pretend it is alright with God, may eventually be able to relate to this following passage;
Matthew 7:21-23
"21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’"
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