1 Corinthians 7:11 "
(but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband is not to divorce his wife."
Most people who call themselves Christians in our day have completely accepted divorce and remarriage, even though God hates divorce and commands all divorced people to remain single or to reconcile.
The state of adultery does not go away because of a piece of paper by the law of the land claiming to dissolve the marriage to allow for marrying someone else. Either we believe God or we do not!
The state does not marry people; God does when they proclaim their vows. He makes them into one spirit until the death of one of them.
Those who want to pretend they love God but then endorse what He hates are lying. Those who love God want to obey Him, they repent, they turn from their sinful ways, and they never lie against God to protect sin in order to be accepted by the culture.
This leaves us with the sense that very few people who are in the church gatherings have never been born again. They do not love God; their words do not match their lives, and they love the idea of Him as protection rather than a God of righteousness.
I have only heard twice in my life a couple who decided to live separately because they were a remarried couple. They were rejected by family as though they did something wrong by separating, but the family had nothing to say when they were divorcing their first covenant spouse.
Satan has blinded the eyes of so many people who love to play church in a social way but have no love for Christ. They have not been changed into a new creation by Christ; they want all the perks they think He has to offer them, but they do not want Him.
Matthew 7:20-23 "Therefore by their fruit you will know them. Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, ' Lord', shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven. …22 Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’"
I would not say that every divorced and remarried person is unsaved, but that if they are at some point, they will be convicted by the Holy Spirit and repent.
There are those who will eventually repent because the burden of the conviction of the Holy Spirit will press upon them until they begin to obey God.
Hebrews 12:5-7 "…5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. 6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” 7 Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?…"
1 John 3:5-7 "…5 But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin. 6 No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him. 7 Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.…"
Those who defend their sin, punish those who say it is sin and refuse to repent could not possibly be born again. When Christ saves someone He comes to live in them. His Holy Spirit will not allow anyone who belongs to Him to remain comfortable in their sin. Those who are not convicted of their sin and even defend it could not possibly have the Holy Spirit living in them.
John 15:4-5 "Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me. I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing."
Romans 6:1-2 "What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase? Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?"
1 John 2:4 "If anyone says, 'I know Him,' but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him."
1 John 1:6 "If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth."
Matthew 7:16-18 "…16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.…"
I don't know how God could have made it clearer!!!!