Many people who say they are Christians justify wrong beliefs, mostly because they know they will have the support of the rest of the culture. In order to be accepted by others and enjoy many friends, these people compromise the Word of God for the sake of their own popularity.
Divorce and remarriage is one of those principles that superficial Christians love to defend. They use every excuse possible why their situation or the situations of their friends, were special cases. They take one or two passages from it's context to explain away the sin they find themselves in or in order to continue enjoying the company of worldly friends and family.
Those who justify divorce and remarriage, perhaps not by doing it themselves, but by accepting the remarriages as well as even attending the weddings of those who are remarrying, have allowed themselves an excuse to sin through acceptance of these things. Using human wisdom rather than God's Word they declare it is alright with God, mocking and demeaning Him through lies about Him.
God clearly states that if we participate and validate the sin of someone, we are also guilty participating in that sin.
Those who justify sin because of the lies of their culture actually think God is just like them. They refuse His statues and principles to follow the culture, so they have made a god in their own image, while rejecting the One true God.
There is only one cure for this sinful contemptuous mentality, that is repentance in the heart, confession with the mouth and a returning to the ways of God. Anyone who will not do this remains in their sin and will be dealt with by God.
Psalm 50:16-23
16 "But to the wicked God says,
“What right have you to tell of My statutes
And to take My covenant in your mouth?
17 “For you hate discipline,
And you cast My words behind you.
18 “When you see a thief, you are pleased with him,
And you associate with adulterers.
19 “You let your mouth loose in evil
And your tongue frames deceit.
20 “You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.
21 “These things you have done and I kept silence;
You thought that I was just like you;
I will reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes.
22 “Now consider this, you who forget God,
Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver.
23 “He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me;
And to him who orders his way aright
I shall show the salvation of God.”
Acts 5:7-9 in the case of Annanias and Saphira, the wife conspired with her husband to deceive. She was also punished for going along with his sin.
"7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.
8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.
9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out."
Proverbs 1:10-19
10 My son, if sinners entice you,
Do not consent.
11 If they say, “Come with us,
Let us lie in wait for blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
12 Let us swallow them alive like Sheol,
Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;
13 We will find all kinds of precious wealth,
We will fill our houses with spoil;
14 Throw in your lot [a]with us,
We shall all have one purse,”
15 My son, do not walk in the way with them.
Keep your feet from their path,
16 For their feet run to evil
And they hasten to shed blood.
17 Indeed, it is [b]useless to spread the baited net
In the sight of any [c]bird;
18 But they lie in wait for their own blood;
They ambush their own lives.
19 So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence;
It takes away the life of its possessors."
Ephesians 5:3-7
"3 But immorality [a]or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among [b]saints; 4 and there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. 5 For this you know with certainty, that no [c]immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. 7 Therefore do not be partakers with them;"
Acts 7:57
"57 But they cried out with a loud voice, and covered their ears and rushed at him with one impulse."
2 John 10-11
"10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting; 11 for the one who gives him a greeting participates in his evil deeds."
Failing to rebuke those who are sinning is also a form of participating and validating sin.
Ezekiel 3:17-21
"17 “Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman to the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from My mouth, warn them from Me.
18 When I say to the wicked, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he may live, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
19 Yet if you have warned the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered yourself.
20 Again, when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I place an obstacle before him, he will die; since you have not warned him, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand.
21 However, if you have warned the righteous man that the righteous should not sin and he does not sin, he shall surely live because he took warning; and you have delivered yourself.”
Ephesians 5:11
"11 Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even [a]expose them;"
Most people in our "Christian culture" are not exposing the sin of adultery through divorce and remarriage, but rather are accepting it and embracing those who do it.
1 Timothy 5:20
"20 Those who continue in sin, rebuke in the presence of all, so that the rest also will be fearful of sinning."
Those who expose the sin of adultery in divorce and remarriage are those who are rejected. This is the state of this world today, many will defend the sin while beating up on the one who exposes sin. I know there are those of you who have experienced the same thing. You speak God's truth, from that moment that you do, you are targeted for mocking, demeaning and isolation, you are essentially invisible to those who claimed to love you, because you will not give into the pressure to accept the worldliness of the superficial Christian.
2 Tim. 4:2
"2 by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron,"
Those who claim to be Christians and reject the Word of God as He intended it, are hypocrites, claiming one thing and being another.
When we know the truth and refuse to defend it, we are playing into the hands of the devil, doing his dirty work in defying God, merely to be accepted by the world.
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