Our Lord not only opens the scriptures, He also opens our UNDERSTANDING. In opening the scriptures, He has many workers; but in opening the understanding, HE IS ALONE. Many preachers can bring the scriptures to our minds, but only our Lord can open the mind to receive and believe the scriptures. Other teachers can reach the ears; only Christ instructs the heart. Others deal with externals; He imparts a LOVE for truth.

How many people of profound learning are quite ignorant of eternal things! But the most uneducated often become skilled scholars in the school of grace when our Lord unfolds the mysteries of His kingdom. Natural men have a veil over heart, ears, and eyes, and cannot understand the way of the Lord.

We were that way! We who now see were totally blind. Truth was to us as beauty in the darkness-UNKNOWN and UNNOTICED! But our Lord, through His Holy Spirit, taught us in the only place where God's truth can be learned--in the school of grace at the feet of our Lord. Other schools can teach men WHAT to believe, but only Christ can show us HOW to believe and enable us to believe. "And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, THAT WE MAY KNOW HIM THAT IS TRUE, and we are in Him that is true, even in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life" (I John 5:20).

I would like to start this article by making a profound statement. There are biblical grounds for a right divorce and a biblical right to remarry after divorce. I know that there are some very righteous men who disagree with me but they must re-think and study their bible. Beloved if there is one thing every Minister and Pastor wants to, it be is right, and another thing we want to be is doctrinally correct. I say this, show me a man that is not wrong on something and I will show you a man that is wrong. Beloved we are not infallible! Not one of us. Sometimes we flare up our righteous tail feathers and condemn others only to find out we are not perfect.

I was told by a Brother in Christ last week that there is no biblical reason for a couple to divorce and re-marry however when I led him to this Matt. 5:32 he said that only single people can be charged with "fornication", which I must ask where is proof of that? I have searched the Greek over and it is not even mentioned. I am a firm believer that there are some men in churches and in the Ministry that believe things simply because they were taught by other men and have failed to study thing’s out. My friend kept wanting to go to Matthew 19:9 "And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery." Like it over rode Matthew 5:32 but doesn’t the two scriptures basically make the very same statement? That fornication is grounds for a divorce? While fornication has a broad term it is also very narrow in that it limits biblical reasons for a divorce.

My friend went on to say when we are married we promise God that we will remain together until death and for this I agreed, however if we do not know what tomorrow is going to bring in life should we be making promises to God? Can you make a promise to God that you will be in church next Sunday? Can you make a promise to God that you will be at work on Monday? NO! We cannot, however we promise before God that we will remain married to one person for the rest of our lives when we cannot promise God that we will be at church next Sunday. James 4:14 "Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away." And also in Matthew 5:33 – 37 the Lord warns us not to swear at all. Beloved conditions and times change and I believe for us to promise God to remain married for the next 50 – 70 years is wrong. I have reached the conclusion that I am going to re-think the marriage vows I put in wedding ceremonies. I have concluded that for me to force two people to make a promise to God knowing that there is a great chance they will break that vow is sin on my part. I know we consider marriage vows to be sacred and a bond to hold a marriage together and I do agree that when a man and a woman bond in marriage it should be entered into with a promise between two people. Beloved there are no marriage vows written in the Holy Scripture and therefore all of these promises are man made. The Lord does tell us to Matthew 19:6 "Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder." However my question is; what do we know for sure what God hath joined together? If two people want to get married how do we know God joined them together? Maybe it was a mistake on their part and God wanted them to be joined together with someone else later in life. Should these two people live the rest of their days joined to person of adultery or worse incest?