Remarriage shouldn’t be allowed…
The Church is surely not being 'unforgiving' if they do not allow remarriage, but God would forgive murder, but that does not mean that the Church condones it. People enter into a Christian marriage knowing full well that they won't be able to remarry in a church if they break their vows so by getting married in church they are agreeing to this position. Whilst there are grounds for divorce, or separation, there are no grounds for remarriage. This does not mean that people wont remarry, they will. The Church, however, whilst it must certainly not encourage people to remarry, must make people aware of how God views marriage, divorce and remarriage and so help to bring people into a right relationship with Him. And to remind people that God is a God of Grace and Forgiveness and that He freely provides His strength for us to claim as our own. When Eve was made God made her from Adam so they were one from the start and also in the eyes of the lord too so they cannot part or be parted without shunning God.
Remarriage should be allowed…
In the Old Testament in the Bible divorce was allowed for the breaking of marriage vows, although Jesus and Paul discouraged all divorce but allowed it for specific grounds. Biblical grounds for divorce include adultery, abuse and abandonment, Divorce itself is not sinful, but breaking your marriage vows is sinful, Only the victim of broken marriage vows may decide to divorce, Paul allowed remarriage if someone was divorced against their will; but today there can and are so many different reasons for divorce as society has changed a lot since Jesus was alive. You have no way of knowing that when you get married if you’ll spend the rest of your life with your spouse or 2-3yrs down the line its over and you’re getting a divorce; people deserve to be happy so why not remarry later in life if your loved one has died or perhaps the relationship between the two people isn’t the same as they’ve simply grown apart. Everyone deserves a second chance at happiness especially if there’s kids involved they need a stable environment from both homes.
My decision on the matter is that remarriage should be allowed.
Marriage is a model for our relationship with God. If we view marriage in that way then we can see that whilst divorce, or separation, is not pleasing to God we can see why remarriage is called adultery. When we do the same to our relationship with God, when we go after other lovers, we are committing idolatry (spiritual adultery) against Him.
