Do you believe the innocent party in a situation

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

My father was VERY gruff and hard to deal with--yet my mother remained a faithful, patient wife for over 50 years. I don't even recall her ever raising her voice at him.

There's no excuse for stepping out of the contract. Period.

You can gauge every women by your mother, which is honorable of you, but it just doesn't work.

[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

You can gauge every women by your mother, which is honorable of you, but it just doesn't work.

PO, my point is that there are couples who have remained faithful to one another in spite of serious hardships, and they make the rest look bad.

Adultery is inexcusable. IMO, it would be better for the couple to honestly face their problems, and if they can't be reconciled, possibly divorce, than for one of them to commit adultery with a third party. Fornication(sexual sin) is a sin against God, other people, AND your own body--the temple of God. It's serious.

In the OT, the adulterer and his mistress were stoned, but his wife was not. (or the adulteress and her mister)

If the wife were equally to blame, then why not stone her as well?

Because she's the "innocent party"--that's why.

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

PO, my point is that there are couples who have remained faithful to one another in spite of serious hardships, and they make the rest look bad.

Adultery is inexcusable. IMO, it would be better for the couple to honestly face their problems, and if they can't be reconciled, possibly divorce, than for one of them to commit adultery with a third party. Fornication(sexual sin) is a sin against God, other people, AND your own body--the temple of God. It's serious.

In the OT, the adulterer and his mistress were stoned, but his wife was not. (or the adulteress and her mister)

If the wife were equally to blame, then why not stone her as well?

Because she's the "innocent party"--that's why.

Excellent point!

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

PO, my point is that there are couples who have remained faithful to one another in spite of serious hardships, and they make the rest look bad.

Adultery is inexcusable. IMO, it would be better for the couple to honestly face their problems, and if they can't be reconciled, possibly divorce, than for one of them to commit adultery with a third party. Fornication(sexual sin) is a sin against God, other people, AND your own body--the temple of God. It's serious.

In the OT, the adulterer and his mistress were stoned, but his wife was not. (or the adulteress and her mister)

If the wife were equally to blame, then why not stone her as well?

Because she's the "innocent party"--that's why.

Lots of things are inexcusable - lying, gossip, backbiting, etc. All are forgivable.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

PO, my point is that there are couples who have remained faithful to one another in spite of serious hardships, and they make the rest look bad.

Adultery is inexcusable. IMO, it would be better for the couple to honestly face their problems, and if they can't be reconciled, possibly divorce, than for one of them to commit adultery with a third party. Fornication(sexual sin) is a sin against God, other people, AND your own body--the temple of God. It's serious.

In the OT, the adulterer and his mistress were stoned, but his wife was not. (or the adulteress and her mister)

If the wife were equally to blame, then why not stone her as well?

Because she's the "innocent party"--that's why.

She probably was an innocent party. Who is going to prove, except for God, whether she had anything to do with him stepping out on her. I'm sure she didn't have anything to do with it. There's plenty of instructions in the Book of Proverbs that speaks on strange woman.

[*AQuietPlace*]

There is a woman in our church whose husband treats her like an absolute dog. He's constantly verbally abusing her, threatening to leave her, telling her she's worthless, prohibiting her from coming to church, etc. She is a lovely woman of God, and treats him with respect, never threatening to leave him or find another man.

If anyone would have an "excuse" for adultery, she would. But she's a child of God, trying to please Him, and she hasn't made the choice to commit adultery. That's the way it should be.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*

There is a woman in our church whose husband treats her like an absolute dog. He's constantly verbally abusing her, threatening to leave her, telling her she's worthless, prohibiting her from coming to church, etc. She is a lovely woman of God, and treats him with respect, never threatening to leave him or find another man.

If anyone would have an "excuse" for adultery, she would. But she's a child of God, trying to please Him, and she hasn't made the choice to commit adultery. That's the way it should be.

Again, it's noble to want everyone to be of the same character and makeup, but it's just not the case. The Bible wouldn't address weakness and our responsibility to those that are weak if it was.

[rgcraig]

So many things to say, but trying not to.......

[*AQuietPlace*]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

So many things to say, but trying not to.......

Aw, come on!

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

So many things to say, but trying not to.......

Say it - the dog returns to his vomit when he's weak and becomes carnal?