Marriage Part 5

Final Test

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1. Romans 7:2 says, "For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be ________, she is ____________ from the law of her husband."

2. Romans 7:3 says, "So then if, while her husband ____________, she be married to another man, she shall be called an ____________________: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man."

3. The Bible is very clear that a husband and wife are bound together in marriage by the law, until one of them ________.

4. What if you did remarry while your former mate was still alive? What should you do? Admit that it was ______, and confess it to the Lord.

5. This exception clause only appears in the Book of ____________.

6. "Espoused" means "__________________" (engaged).

7. "Betrothal" means "a mutual promise or contract for a future ________________."

8. In the Jewish system, there had to be an official writing of divorcement to break off an engagement. This allowed for there to be an official settlement of the __________ that had been given in promise of the young lady.

9. The engagement period is where the two are supposed to fall in love with each other (and that is okay, because they are actually called "______________" and "________" during that period). If you make provision to lightly break off engagements, then you simply end up with a system of dating, and a string of broken hearts.

10. Interestingly, the compilers of the quoted dictionary, whose job it is to find the exact meaning of words, used the very verses of the exception clause as an illustration that fornication means "immorality between __________________ people."

11. In the case of a husband and wife being separated, they can, and should, be ________________ back together.

12. In the case of a husband and wife being divorced, and then remarried to someone else; if the second marriage also ends in divorce, then the ____________ couple may NOT be remarried. Even if a latter mate ________, then a person still may NOT remarry a previous husband or wife.

13. If a couple gets a divorce, then they cannot remarry if they have former mates that are still ____________.

14. To remarry a person while that one is still unsaved, would be to ____________ God’s clear command.

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