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MARRIAGE AMONG THE HEIRS OF LIFE 147
commits adultery."' In his sermon on the mountain
he had commented similarly on the subject :
"I say to you that everyone divorcing his wife except
on account of fornication makes her a subject
for adultery, seeing that whoever marries a divorced
woman commits adultery ."-Matthew
19 :3-9 and 5 :31, 32, NW .
5 This is a serious matter for Christians, for the
apostle Paul plainly says that fornication, moral
uncleanness, and loose conduct are works of sinful
flesh and that "neither fornicators, nor idolaters,
nor adulterers, nor men kept for unnatural purposes,
nor men who lie with men . . . . will inherit
God's kingdom" . So if they are called to that kingdom
and fail to inherit it for immoral reasons, it
means their destruction .-Galatians 5 :19-21 and
1 Corinthians 6 :9, 10, NW; Romans 1 :24-32.
6 Death dissolves the marriage union : "a married
woman is bound by law to her husband while
he is alive ; but if her husband dies, she is discharged
from the law of her husband . . . . she
is free from his law, so that she is not an adulteress
if she becomes another man's." Romans
7 :2, 3, NW The person that marries takes on a
responsibility, therefore, that fences in his personal
freedom and he takes on the most intimate
care of a lifelong mate . Because a Christian marriage
cannot be dissolved by divorce except if one
5 . Why are the consequences of his ruling serious for
Christians?
6. a What definitely dissolves the marriage union?
b Hence why may marriage be inadvisable? When
may it be advisable?