It is essential to keep in mind that the Bible merely permits divorce in these limited circumstances but never commands divorce. Remarriage is permitted for the innocent party when the divorce was on biblical grounds. The Bible gives a word of caution to anyone who is considering marriage to a divorcee. Believers who pursue divorce on nonbiblical grounds are subject to church discipline because they openly reject the Word of God. That person is subject to the steps of church discipline as outlined in Matt.
Salvation means that a person begins a new life.
The believer is responsible to live up to what God has revealed about marriage and divorce from the point of his or her salvation. According to 2 Cor. This does not mean that Christ immediately erases painful memories, bad habits or the underlying causes for past marital problems, but that He begins a process of transformation through the Holy Spirit and the Word. A sign of saving faith will be a receptivity and a willingness to obey what Christ has revealed about marriage and divorce through the Word. The apostle Paul's counsel in I Cor.