AgapeQueen
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Is it wrong to divorce based on internet sex cheating? I personally believe according to the word of God that if a man/woman commits adultry in their hearts, they have already sinned...what do you think?
The ugly D word Divorce
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cheetarah1980
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I believe God when he said, "Any man who looks at a woman with lust in his heart has already committed adultery."
Jesus' sermon on the mount is so pivotal, not because it changed or added to existing law, but because it made clear the spirit and intent with which that law (His law) was given. It's a reminder that sin begins in the heart and the action is simply a manifestation of it. It calls us to a higher level of holiness than just "playing holy."
Yes, internet sex is cheating. Yes cheating is grounds for divorce. It's up to you to determine whether or not to forgive this sin or end your marriage.
Jesus' sermon on the mount is so pivotal, not because it changed or added to existing law, but because it made clear the spirit and intent with which that law (His law) was given. It's a reminder that sin begins in the heart and the action is simply a manifestation of it. It calls us to a higher level of holiness than just "playing holy."
Yes, internet sex is cheating. Yes cheating is grounds for divorce. It's up to you to determine whether or not to forgive this sin or end your marriage.
klb120475
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I need some more details before I can answer. Have the couple gotten to the root of the problem of why the other spouse is seeking pleasure from internet sex?
klb120475
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True, however it may work out more smoothly if both parties are turning their faces to God.
LaNecia
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True, however it may work out more smoothly if both parties are turning their faces to God.
This is very true, it would be smoother, but it would also be smoother if the other person wasn't pursuing internet sex.
Regardless, the scripture says..."Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife (or vice versa in our day)?" Jesus replied "What did Moses command you?" Pharisees: "Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement and to put her away."
Jesus: "For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept....".
It's also written :"Unto the married I command, yet not I, but the LORD, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let now the husband put away hi wife. But to the rest speak I, not the Lord; If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. And the woman which hath an husbnd that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him."
....While the option of divorce is always available, it is NOT God's best/preference. Bottom line, divorce is justifiable upon the grounds of adultery so the question is it truly adultery in this case? And, if you find that it IS in fact adultery, is there enough faith in God's and the spouse for forgiveness and growth. Or, is the ground of the persons heart so hard that internet adultery is enough to call it quits over?
The other thing to consider when standing for one's marriage in the face of adultery is that the other person has a will and God will NOT override that simply because we pray for restoration. They may pray and fast and they may not ever turn their face towards God and still walk away. So...a decision has to be made.
It's a hard battle, one I've fought with personal victory, though my marriage was not saved because he left. What I did gain was a stronger relationship with God.
I think that the best advice for this situation will be found in prayer and fasting. Everyone has an opinion but in a matter such as this, the ONLY word that should matter should be God's Word.
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