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The Real Marriage Podcast

Q&A: Does God Forgive Divorce?

The Real Marriage Podcast

Mark Driscoll

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.7919 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Season 8: Win Your Marriage War A fresh batch of new questions! We’re living together but not having sex is that ok? What are some practical tips for me and my spouse to develop a strong devotional and prayer life? Does God forgive me for getting a divorce and will he bless my new marriage? How do we navigate our blended family? Stick around to the end to find out what Mark & Grace’s favorite date night is! Links/Offers mentioned in this episode: New Podcast - Marriage in Transition XO Now App - 25% off your first month Faithful Counseling - 10% off your first month Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

As soon as you talk about the grace of God,

0:02.5

there's immediately people who talk about,

0:04.1

well, they're gonna abuse the grace of God.

0:06.6

Well, you know what?

0:08.0

We're not supposed to abuse the grace of God,

0:09.8

but we're supposed to use the grace of God

0:11.3

because we need the grace of God.

0:14.3

And as soon as you talk about grace,

0:15.7

there are some people who wanna abuse it,

0:17.6

but you still need to let people use it.

0:19.8

And at the end of the day I don't

0:22.2

know what happened in the first marriage and I'm you know nobody's going to die and give an

0:27.5

account to me you know I'm not the judge of the living in the dead so I don't know the

0:34.1

circumstances I don't know the person everybody's story is different and their journey is different I don't know but circumstances. I don't know the person, everybody's story is different and their journey is different.

0:38.3

I don't know.

0:39.3

But even if the first divorce was not godly and justified, you know, can God draw a straight line

0:47.3

with a crooked stick?

0:48.3

Yeah.

0:49.3

Can God put grace on a broken thing and mend it?

0:51.3

Yeah.

0:52.3

Can God bring something to life that was dead? Yeah. And, you know,

0:56.5

some people will be like, you can't say that about marriage. I have to say that about everything

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