I am convinced that those who are divorced and remarried without conscience over it have never been born again. If they had been born again they would be convicted by the Holy Spirit and stop the sinning.
1 John 3:8-10 "…8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil. 9 Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. 10 By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.…"
Anyone who becomes angry when we tell them they are in sin are not born of God. A child of God indwelt by Christ does not become angry they become ashamed and eventually confess to be cleansed. 1 John 1:9 was written to the church it comes with a promise.
1 John 1:9 "9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
As I sought God for truth on the matter of divorce and remarriage God presented a book to me by Joseph Webb many years ago. I disagree than a born again believer can lose their salvation over any sin, however, many people who refuse to repent were never born again. The Holy Spirit convicts of sin. No born again child of God defends their sin, rather they are ashamed of it.
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