I was asked a question by a dear sister in the Lord about a woman who trapped a man into marrying her by getting pregnant by him before they were married, causing them to decide to get married. I thought this was a good question and wanted to place it here for others to see.
Here is my answer below:
Our actions have consequences. When we make a promise at the altar, that is the binding promise God uses to make two people into one, He makes them one. The man now is responsible to see to it that the woman he got pregnant is treated with dignity as his wife. And, the women hopefully will be contrite about trapping the man. However, keep in mind the man could not have been trapped if he acted like an honorable man and chose not to sleep with someone who was not his wife.
The woman and the man must now live with their consequences. So many people think these situations are forever, they are not. A man and woman can grow, repent and have a great marriage, if at least one of them turns to Christ for forgiveness and resolves to be the spouse God commanded in His Word. Hopefully both will repent.
These are not hopeless situations, they are foolish in the beginning but God can fix them. Sadly so many people think only in the here and now rather repenting and changing their attitude which leads to a change of behavior.
Divorce is not the answer, a change of heart toward God leading to a change in behavior is the answer.
WE all do foolish things when we are young, but we can grow out of those mentalities to become what God meant for us to be.
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