Addressing False Doctrine Regarding Marriage & Divorce - Apostle C. A. Cowart
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- Addressing False Doctrine Regarding Marriage And Divorce
Speaker: Apostle C. A. Cowart
Message: "Addressing False Doctrine Regarding Marriage And Divorce"
Key Scripture: Luke 16:18
Remember, being loud doesn’t make one right.
This teaching is spot on. Many people who have divorced and remarried will get very angry and deny this teaching. It doesn't feel good, but if you truly walk and live the faith, just accept. It's time to turn from your wicked ways and walk with Christ. Many souls are at risk because of divorce and remarriage. This is a very serious topic. The scriptures are mentioned throughout the Bible. Pray and allow the spirit to move on you rather than your personal feelings and beliefs. Divorce was allowed because of hard hearted people. Always remember, "In the beginning, it was not so." All praises to the GOD of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob.
Thank you sooo...MUCH Apostle Cowart for preaching the true WORD of GOD. I left the Church I had been very active in for 12 yrs, January of this year 2022. It wasn't an overnight thing, it had been years and years of doubt, but got really crazy the past 4 yrs. When sending a letter lead by the HOLY SPIRIT, it was put in a Sermon online not as a man of GOD should do. I really appreciate your boldness and delivery of GOD'S WORD. Many Pastors refuse to give people what they need over what the flesh wants and the obvious thing is that JESUS made it so plain. Just obey is needed.
1 Cor. 7:10-11
“And 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 not the husband put away his wife.”
1. Depart (Grk.- chórizó) - verb, to separate, divide, leave; it carries the idea of putting space between with an emphasis on the distance.
a. she is to remain unmarried because she has not yet been legally divorced.
b. Put away (Grk.- aphiémi) - verb, to send away, leave alone.
I love this teaching!!!
Thank you Lord Jesus!! Thank you Apostle C.A. Cowart for the teaching on this topic!!
False teaching
Do y'all understand the difference between putting away and bill of divorcement? Stop denying Moses law and commands on divorce and remarriage. What's the question the pharisees ask Jesus? It's about putting away and that's not a legitimate divorce the way Moses told them. And Jesus said the same thing in Matthew 19,9 you can't put away your wives, you will cause her to commit adultery. You have to follow the command of Moses and write her a bill of divorcement to end the marriage. Paul said the same thing in Corinthians, a wife must not separate from her husband. That's not a divorce, he's talking about separation, even in countries around the world says that you can't marry somebody while you just separate. There is a difference between putting away and bill of divorcement. Peace unto you...
False teaching...
Good good good teaching! Explained crystal clear. Thank u sir.
Good word…
What if it happened before one knew or came to the Lord?
Scripture agrees with this sermon until he gets to Deuteronomy 24:1-4.
A man who takes a wife and marries her, and he finds she is unclean, has OBVIOUSLY married a fornicator!
Even Jesus states in Matthew 19:9 that FORNICATION was the ONLY precept written for divorce. And Deuteronomy 24:1-4 IS THAT PRECEPT. But nonetheless, Jesus brings it back home again and says NO DIVORCE, because from the beginning, it was not so.
The context of Romans 7 is a continuation of (chap.6) in which the analogy of slavery was used; however here the analogy of marriage is used to express the idea of our freedom from sin & the Mosaic Law.
a. The correlation is such: just as the marriage bond is broken/dissolved by the death of one party, the death of Christ frees us from our previous obligation to practice the Mosaic Law (a wife cannot marry another without committing adultery, but if he is dead/legally divorced from, she is free to take on a new spouse; therefore in the same way in order for believers to be Christ bride & have new life, we cannot live by both law & grace, but one must die/be separated, divorced from)
b. He’s not saying death is the only way to dissolve the marriage (1 Cor. 7:10-15, 27-28)
*death, sexual immorality, desertion/abandonment, failure to fulfill (Ex. 21:10-11)
b. Neither is the context about divorce & remarriage, but is used as a proof text by many to be so.
If my comments come off as seemingly attacking, I truly apologize as that is not my intent. I just get upset when I hear people arrogantly teaching something incorrectly, and no one checks them on what they are saying because of a supposed position in church.
He is waaay off
@@scripture4541no he ain’t. He’s right on the money.
He’s right.., what’s your beef then..,!
@@Truthseeker424 he’s misinterpreting scripture, how about I email you my phone number and we talk about it
@@Truthseeker424 OK show me one scripture that says if a man’s wife commit adultery and leave him that he cannot remarry show me that scripture please????
He needs to properly learn Greek & Hebrew as he’s inserting his western understanding of the ancient near eastern meaning of fornication (sexual immorality) & encompasses adultery, bestiality, homosexuality, incest, etc. Jesus was referring to putting/sending away ones wife (Heb.- shalach)(Grk.- apoluo) without the written certificate of divorce (Heb.- sepher kerituth)(Grk.- apostasion) and marrying another causes adultery if one is remarried. God cares more about the needs of people than He does the institution. (Matt. 12:1-8)(1 Cor. 7:1-2, 27-28)
*Note, If a person accepts the inspiration and infallibility of the Scriptures, then it cannot stand that what Jesus said in Matthew carries more authority than what Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 7 or Moses in Deut. 24 . All men spoke from God (2 Pet. 1:21) and each of them complement each other’s teaching in reflecting the Holy Spirit’s inspiration (2 Tim. 3:16-17).
He missed the context of (Deut. 22) which was that the husband wanted to falsely slander his wife. Where is the word fornication (porneia) in the text? Jews understood exactly what fornication (moixeía) meant. One is Greek, the other is Hebrew.
A lot of these folks who try to expound on this topic haven’t the slightest clue what adultery is.
Adultery is:
1) Coveting another person’s spouse while they’re married.
2) Having sexual relations with someone who is married while you are married.
3) Looking on another person’s spouse and lusting after them in their heart.
The only one disagreeing with this truth are ones living in adulterous remarriages..
Amen
If after reading (Deut. 24:1-4), you come up with a construct that says Moses made his own law & God listened/agreed to it, you are in gross error:
1st God is NOT subject to his creation, but His creation is subject to Him.
2nd, no man can control God (Isaiah 45:11).
3rd no man can counsel God for He counsels within Himself (Isaiah 40:13-14)(Rom. 11:34).
4th He alone works all things after the counsel of His own will (Eph. 1:11)(Isaiah 46:9-11).
Now rather we’re inclined to debate perfect or permissive, the reality is that both are still His will! (Did you catch that?) Therefore it’s safe to say Moses, who was the mediator between God & Israel, created the certificate of divorce after receiving instruction/command from God, who although clearly not His original intent (Matt. 19:3-8) did allow it as an incredible act/show of His grace, mercy, justice & love for His fallen creation (1 Cor. 7:27-28). Remember contained in the Torah are the divine instructions of God, NOT God & Moses. (Deut. 4:1-14)(2 Chron. 34:14)
“But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless… Go and learn what this means.” Jesus (Matt. 9:13; 12:7)
And yes this is consistent with scripture as Jesus NEVER once taught against the Torah. (Matt. 5:17-18)(Gal. 4:4-5)
a. Hardness of their heart - deals with the men of Israel who were unjustly putting away their wives for any reason they deemed fit (due to two rabbinical schools of interpretation on (Deut. 24:1) & the meaning of the word uncleanness/indecency), thereby moving on with their lives while the women remained “chained” (agunah) (Mal. 2:11-15).
*A man might have even taken a journey or gone to war never to return home again.
b. Jesus, then, is upholding the Mosaic Law and is limiting the grounds for a God-legislated divorce to sexual indecency in opposition to the rabbis who were teaching divorce for any cause.
Why didn’t Joseph stone Mary? You do know the betrothal is a legally binding contract which is why Mary is called his wife. Otherwise, how can you say Joseph did not want to put Mary away publicly, because she would have been stoned, but then simultaneously turn around and say Mary was not his wife. That, sir is a complete contradiction of the scripture. SMH What scripture says you can stone a woman who was not married for committing fornication?
If you read the book of Matthew it says it. A Betrothal contract is like an engagement to us, but Jews knew that if she was found unclean, meaning impure sexually then she would be stoned, because she was pregnant.
Deuteronomy 22:20-21
20 If, however, the charge is true and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found, 21 she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death. She has done an outrageous thing in Israel by being promiscuous while still in her father’s house. You must purge the evil from among you.
Deuteronomy 24:1-4
If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent ( word in Hebrew means nakedness ) about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, 2 and if after she leaves his house she becomes the wife of another man, 3 and her second husband dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, or if he dies, 4 then her first husband, who divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again after she has been defiled. That would be detestable in the eyes of the Lord. Do not bring sin upon the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.
*** It almost seems like the law is making provision for a man that doesn't want to carry the full extent of the law against the woman that was betrothed to him for discovering her nakedness has been uncovered. Giving her the ability to to be taken by someone else in marriage who would have her after she was given the certificate of divorce. It must be assumed that the second man that married this type of woman in this situation would expect that at this point the women isn't a virgin and does understand that when taking her in marriage
Yes I do, please could you tell me what to do, as this is bothering me so much, I really did not know,God bless you for your advice,have a bless day.
What is your question and concern?
Ask God and not man.
Y'all are isolating scriptures and using it for doctrine, cause you are not talking about deuteronomy 24"1-4. Your interpretation is contradicting Moses and that's not what Jesus is doing. There should be no contradictions in the word of God Amen!!!
If death freed Jesus to marry the church, then please explain to us how he got back into a relationship with Israel while simultaneously still being married to the church?(Rom. 11:25-33) Maybe you are not aware of the true meaning of covenant theology, nor the biblical definition of the term backsliding?
You should have read 1 Cor. 6:17 which would have helped clarify verse 16.....
1 Corinthians 6:16-17 - What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is ONE BODY? for two, saith he, shall be ONE FLESH. But he that is joined unto the Lord is ONE.
To become ONE FLESH, it must be sanctioned by God, by the unbreakable covenant of marriage, according to God's divine plan. The verse above does not say that "he that is joined to an harlot is ONE FLESH" but it says "ONE BODY."
"For two, saith he, shall be one flesh." This is not in relation to becoming "one body" with an harlot, but speaking of the "one flesh" covenant of marriage. One body, is NOT one flesh!
The Holy Spirit is reiterating the fact in 1 Cor. 6:16, that once married, the one flesh covenant cannot be broken. It is impossible to break "one flesh." Only death can sever this bond.
So, there is no discrepancy between what the Lord Jesus Christ said in Mark 8:10 and what is stated in 1 Cor. 6:16-17. "He that is joined unto the Lord is ONE."
Not one body, nor one flesh.
But, those who are redeemed by God are ONE with the Lord, a union which cannot be broken! ONE cannot be divided!
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It is important to note, that Jesus never did an extensive teaching on divorce and remarriage. He was simply answering questions from the religious leaders, who intend it to trap him to see if he would teach against the law of Moses. Jesus, then responded as a way to call out their hypocrisy, for saying nothing about the illegitimate adulterous relationship between Herod Antipas and Herodias, to which his cousin John the Baptist was beheaded for speaking out against.
I heard lots of inconsistencies with his lecture, ima do a video , I looked at this 1000x
You said you see inconsistencies, explain them on this this program do it.
@@arthurrossjr3922 can I give u my number ??
@@arthurrossjr3922 it waayyyy to much to type
, still will not answer ; did the bill of divorce or the cross ?
2 Corinthians 11:2;For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
Even the church with Jesus Christ, it took death, so that He can be married to another.
No, Jesus Christ said when you put away your wife, it’s because the hardness of your heart . And you gave me your interpretation of Matthew.19:9, you did not give me scripture to interpret 19:9 you gave your private interpretation. Now , let me use scripture to interpret what Jesus meant.
Matthew 19:1; And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;
Mark 10:1; And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.
Now, if you notice, Matthew told his witness what Jesus said then mark which is the same event told his witness what he seen and heard, but if you notice, even the disciples were not sure what Jesus meant , just like today a lot of people are not sure what he meant ; “ save they to whom he gives it to “. so they had Jesus during that time so they could ask him , and he gave it to them , where we don’t have Jesus in the flesh today to carry in the house and ask, but we fast and pray, and seek His face to ask him what he meant, but let’s see what he told the disciples when they went in to the house to ask the questions ; what did you mean Lord ( verse 10) ???
Mark 10:10-12;
And in the house his disciples asked him AGAIN OF THE “ SAME MATTER “.
11 AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
Now using scripture to interpret scripture , out of Jesus’ own mouth in verse 10 they ask of the same matter, Jesus did interpret what he meant inverse 11 and 12 .
Luke 8:9-10;
And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand
If you noticed there was another time, the Lord talked about planting seed, but he told it to those that did not want Jesus’s wisdom, but Jesus told those in parables to those people, but his disciples that did want his wisdom he gave them to understand him once they ask again later on . The same thing as with the marriage, he talked to the Pharisees that could care less about the Lord he spoke in a parables to them, but later, on of the same matter, when it was just the lord with the disciples in the house then they ask him. What did you really mean and the Lord himself interpreted Matthew 19:9 and Mark 10:11-12. If you notice in the gospels, whenever the Lord would speak in parables or things hard to understand to the Pharisees later on his disciples would ask what did you mean and the Lord will explain later on what He meant . The same thing happened with the marriage and you refuse to see the answer the Lord gave ????? But all I get from you and other people is your own private interpretation of what Matthew 19:9 means, but the Lord already explained it out of His own mouth. Now who’s witness are you going to believe , man’s or your private interpretation or the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. Now if you come back with another excuse without saying ; “ THIS IS TRUTH THAT I MUST OBEY”. Then you call the Lord a liar, and you are no better than the Pharisees.
@@andrecummings13 as I told you the cross know if you look at it, Mark was written before Matthew, Google it. Jesus said, saving fornication fornication means adultery as well. The book of mark is speaking of a woman who has not broken Wedlock , if she does not commit fornication against you and your divorce her for no reason and Mary, another you’ve committed fornication against her, you cannot commit fornication against her if she’s already committed adultery.
So just a question based off this teaching, if you commit fornication while single does this mean you can’t get married and be right with God?
No just repent
Praise the Lord Sir, no that doesn't mean you can't get married and do right by God read acts 2:38 and follow these instructions God will order your steps in his word be blessed 🙏🏽
@@lashonda4238 how to get back. I feel I BLASPHEME the holy Spirit and got into a mess world and now feel Spiritually lost and SICK. Please someone this is bad. God help me back I don't want this world or be REPROBATE. I feel Foolish.... someone please pray for.
So, according to your understanding of old, testament scripture, and adulterer should have been put to death then please explain to all of us listening how you are saying if a person is remarried, they are committing adultery, and yet they are still allowed to live even in Jesus’ day? Christ death had nothing to do with him being able to divorce Israel, and take on the church as a new bride. That is not the Bible speaking, but rather a denominational subjectivity. In fact, Israel is not a new bride, but the same original relationship that he had with them, the church has now been grafted into God‘s covenant relationship with them.
Good day,I want to know, if you find yourself in that situation, so should you get a divorce ?I just would like to know.
I’ve had to leave my second with babies and two teenagers and I still teach the clear Scriptures of NO remarriage while your first spouse still lives. To God be The Glory through Jesus Christ.
@@andrecummings13
If you divorce your wife, because she broke wedlock and married another and you divorce the second wife without cause , and she’s not put away by her husband , u caused her to commit adultery if she marry
@@maccabeemaccabee627 , divorce does NOT break wedlock. Let me ask you a question. Did the Lord’s divorce to Israel break His wedlock with her ?
@@andrecummings13 I never said, divorce was breaking wedlock, the way a woman breaks wedlock if she deals with another man while she is Married or divorce her husband and remarry , now, a man breaks wedlock by sleeping with a married woman ,that is adultery so, therefore, he broke wedlock , or if he divorced his wife for no reason and marry someone else he has committed adultery against his wife,
yes, Jeremiah 3:8 he did divorce Israel. However, he gave laws within Israel . And we can lawfully divorce our wives if she breaks wedlock. Matthews chapter 5 verse 31 says saving Fornication , Isaiah chapter 54, verse 5 he says that Israel is married to him. He is the husband. But in Ezekiel chapter 16, verse 26, despite being married to God, he said that Israel committed FORNICATION and the word fornication simply means whoredom. So, if your wife commits whordom against you, you can divorce her and marry someone else however, if you listen to people like pastor Cowart and Gino Jennings, and put that second wife away. You caused her to commit adultery if she marry someone else that says the Bible.
@@andrecummings13 and despite him putting a way Israel in taking Israel back. That does not mean we have to take our way back if she cheats on you , you can choose to forgive her, but also, you can choose to give her a bill of divorcement.
Just because Apostle close his Bible the reader should never pack up his book but always be prepared because the leader is going to call out verses and you have to be ready to read.
Yes you preach it Apostle...that Romans 7 is plain & to the point.
Joined in (1 Cor. 6:16)(kollaó) is a different verb in (Mark 10:9)(suzeugnumi), so you are incorrect again. Notice the invitation for a debate is at his church. Smart. He’s knows they’ll amen anything he says. Gino Jennings is the exact same way. I wouldn’t call you a liar, but I definitely would say you’re misinformed. We are not told to simply read the scriptures, but study the scriptures.
Deut 24:1-4 blew up your whole No Divorce & Remarriage premise. You clearly are not interpreting scripture correctly. Jesus did not teach against the Law (Gal. 4:4-5)(Matt. 5:17-18)
You are miss interpreting scriptures
He clearly doesn't understand the true meaning of the exception
There is no exception clause, it’s a lie. Jesus never said that. One man Erasmus changed what Jesus said. He added a Greek word ei. People are so deceived
Y'all are egnoring and disregarding what Jesus said in Matthew 19,9, 1 Corinthians chapter 7: 27,28 clear as water in a bottle...
Virginity was prized in the ancient near east. The fact that she had gone & slept with another & then returned to you made her defiled, not the divorce. So God divorced Israel who played the harlot , but did not stone them & took them back in contradiction to (Deut. 24:1-4)? So I guess God is an adulterer by this logic since He has taken on the church as His bride, while still being married to Israel. So is He too “doubly married?”
God did punish them. If you read the old testament
And he also said it would happen, yet he would still be her husband.
(1 Timothy 5:9 KJV) Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
This is just saying don't deal with the young inexperienced widows, not that they shouldn't take them in as far as house them
Jesus meets a woman at the well who had been married 5 times. She was living with a man who was not her husband. Jesus did not tell her to quit the relationships
Its quite interesting how God can forgive David for adultery and murder, call him a man after his heart, but will not forgive a divorcee probably in a second marriage. And those teaching like you will say that is the old covenant
@@petermuchenne2437 These same pastors when you ask a question concerning the message, they preach they never reply, because as far as they are concern their word is final, and the big joke is the same people who condemn divorce and marriage celebrate Christmas which is paragon festival, so they preach what is convenient to them.
@@petermuchenne2437 It's so easy to preach a message like this when you are not in the situation, so he is telling me if the spouse you divorce live till, she reaches 100 years old you must stay single till you die, if most of the pastors who preach these messages was in that situation, they will Neve preach these types of messages.
Amen Amen Amen a truth u just told
You're lying. He said go and sin no more.
Apostle breaking it down
Many can't and won't receive this .
This is madness
, still will not answer ; did the bill of divorce or the cross ?
2 Corinthians 11:2;For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
Even the church with Jesus Christ, it took death, so that He can be married to another.
No, Jesus Christ said when you put away your wife, it’s because the hardness of your heart . And you gave me your interpretation of Matthew.19:9, you did not give me scripture to interpret 19:9 you gave your private interpretation. Now , let me use scripture to interpret what Jesus meant.
Matthew 19:1; And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;
Mark 10:1; And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.
Now, if you notice, Matthew told his witness what Jesus said then mark which is the same event told his witness what he seen and heard, but if you notice, even the disciples were not sure what Jesus meant , just like today a lot of people are not sure what he meant ; “ save they to whom he gives it to “. so they had Jesus during that time so they could ask him , and he gave it to them , where we don’t have Jesus in the flesh today to carry in the house and ask, but we fast and pray, and seek His face to ask him what he meant, but let’s see what he told the disciples when they went in to the house to ask the questions ; what did you mean Lord ( verse 10) ???
Mark 10:10-12;
And in the house his disciples asked him AGAIN OF THE “ SAME MATTER “.
11 AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
Now using scripture to interpret scripture , out of Jesus’ own mouth in verse 10 they ask of the same matter, Jesus did interpret what he meant inverse 11 and 12 .
Luke 8:9-10;
And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand
If you noticed there was another time, the Lord talked about planting seed, but he told it to those that did not want Jesus’s wisdom, but Jesus told those in parables to those people, but his disciples that did want his wisdom he gave them to understand him once they ask again later on . The same thing as with the marriage, he talked to the Pharisees that could care less about the Lord he spoke in a parables to them, but later, on of the same matter, when it was just the lord with the disciples in the house then they ask him. What did you really mean and the Lord himself interpreted Matthew 19:9 and Mark 10:11-12. If you notice in the gospels, whenever the Lord would speak in parables or things hard to understand to the Pharisees later on his disciples would ask what did you mean and the Lord will explain later on what He meant . The same thing happened with the marriage and you refuse to see the answer the Lord gave ????? But all I get from you and other people is your own private interpretation of what Matthew 19:9 means, but the Lord already explained it out of His own mouth. Now who’s witness are you going to believe , man’s or your private interpretation or the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. Now if you come back with another excuse without saying ; “ THIS IS TRUTH THAT I MUST OBEY”. Then you call the Lord a liar, and you are no better than the Pharisees.
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See again, turning the other cheek is not God saying let someone slap you smh This is why pastors must have some form of theological training.
You are clearly like the Pharisees, who thought they knew scripture, and they went to all the schooling and didn't know nothing, even the top scribe. So tell me who of the disciples went to theological training/ schools. You then are in error
@@325arielWell said
(Leviticus 20:10 KJV) And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
👆One can not be fornication and the other in adultery
(1 Corinthians 5:1 KJV) It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.
This is 2 unmarried people 👆
If we keep in mind that the only reason to divorce is fornication/premarital, then that will give clear understanding of Paul's writings in 1COR.7:10-15