Marriage

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I>Me:
>I could hve written this with the exception of the phrase
>"can't apologize for what I believe."  I always say "can't
>(won't) apologize for the Word" since what I believe is
>imporatant to my salvation but may have no bearing on
>yours.

Well, what I've stated is the Word, but I've already gone over that. 
Maybe I should have phrased it differently...

>This only works the ONE WAY.  The sin comes in my THINKING
>that ham is forbidden and going head and EATING it ANYWAY.
>This does NOT, NOT , NOT, mean that if I think a thing is
>clean that it becomes clean.  God has made His commandments
>and if God says it is sin, it is ALWAYS SIN.  What Paul is
>saying here is that if you are doing something that you
>THINK is wrong, TO YOU it is the same as if it WERE wrong. 
>This kind of certainty comes ONLY from the Spirit of God
>confirming these things to you, He won't let you remain in
>doubt if you seek Him with an open heart, the mind may take
>a while.

I am in total agreement with this.  If you believe something is wrong and
you do it anyway, it's rebellion.  However, if you believe something is
okay and it turns out to be wrong, you're still in trouble.

This is the last thing I'm going to say on the subject...  : )

Ask anybody who was alive and in church (Apostolic or otherwise) back
during the Great Depression about this "divorce-remarriage" question.  Ask
them how it was taught back then. 

-Glen