by Standerinfamilycourt
But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment. – Matthew 12:36
After five years of writing this blog, and slowly building its modest following, it’s nice to reflect whether a net contribution has been made to the marriage permanence culture since the first several posts went “live” on August 23, 2014, and the accompanying Facebook page, Unilateral Divorce is Unconstitutional was launched. In “George Bailey” fashion, what exactly would be missing if the Lord hadn’t taken “standerinfamilycourt” on this unwilling journey of marital estrangement, of quibbling with the corrupted pulpit, and with the equally-corrupted courtroom? When the Lord finally ordains that this keyboard be silenced, and no one survives to pay the annual hosting fees, what might the audience miss most?
First, SIFC must humbly acknowledge that almost all of what follows has built in some way, or been corroborated by, the Holy Spirit revelations granted to other faithful disciples, authors, videographers and assorted truth-warriors in the Lord’s Army. Only one or two of these was the direct, independent revelation of the Holy Spirit to this blogger personally. Even the tradition of beginning and ending each post with a scripture quote is owed to the irreplaceable legacy of the late Rev. Bob Steinkamp of Rejoice Marriage Ministries, a returned, repented prodigal husband and marriage permanence ambassador until the Lord took him home in 2010.
It would be an understatement to say that most of these “SIFC-isms” have started fights. In August 2014, it’s no exaggeration at all to recall that most of Christendom considered it “uncouth” to explicitly link 1 Corinthians 6:9 with Luke 16:18, even though Jesus did exactly that in the 13 verses that immediately follow the remarriage “clobber verse”. Many a hireling (pastor) over the years has accused SIFC of being “a divider of the brethren”, such is the sorry state of our culture which directly resulted from the enactment of unilateral “no-fault” divorce.
1.) There are no “ex” spouses in the kingdom of God, only ex-adulterers.
2.) The marriage covenant is unconditionally founded on Genesis 15:8-17, and its parties include a superior (divine) and inferior (human) party. This makes the covenant binding on the divine party, even if the human party violates the covenant.
3.) The God-joined one-flesh entity is not only a supernaturally-created party to the holy matrimony covenant, but also a spiritual weapon in the miracle restoration of a believer’s covenant family.
4.) All worthy contemporary writings on the nature of marriage and its biblical permanence are written hermeneutically, and (conversely) all corrupt writings on the topic, at best, can only rest on 1 or 2 out of 5 of the essential disciplined principles.
5.) #1M1W4L
6.) #somuch4irreconcilabledifferences
9.) Biblical grounds for divorce: to repent of one’s adulterous “marriage” to someone else’s spouse, in order to reconcile with the God-joined spouse of our youth.
10.) But what about the BELIEVING spouse who departs?
11.) If your bible says that a heaven-or-hell issue is involved, it’s not “legalism” (ditto for similar assertions about “the essentials of the faith”).
12.) Why are contemporary pastors legalistically trying to apply Deut. 24:1-4 on a unisex basis when Moses did not deliver the regulation on that basis? What LAND (given by God as an “inheritance”) is being “defiled” when covenant families are made whole again?
13.) Jesus not only taught that divorce was “immoral”, He taught that it was metaphysically impossible.
14.) Jesus didn’t teach marriage “permanence”, He taught absolute holy matrimony indissolubility.
15.) Remarriage adultery is not the “unpardonable sin”, you say? You’re right! And you should be singing your praises to the high heavens that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is the only sin under heaven that mankind is given NO OPPORTUNITY to repent of!
This, dear readers, is the key evidence that will convict “standerinfamilycourt” of unique sedition against 21st century “churchianity” and against the Sexual Revolution in general. It is probably not an exhaustive list, but only the items that have generated the most “spirited discussions” or countering pieces, and been the most re-shared. A closing challenge: This is a very big job. What evidence will uniquely convict you for your role in the struggle, dear reader?
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
– Matthew 10:28
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