Hi Apcameron, WELCOME TO THE FARM... FORUM:waving::applause::laugh:
I think Paul is instructing the deacoons on the same order as he has instructed the Bishop/pastor/man of Godelders,etc. That these men should be the husbands of ONE WIFE,, which is to mean not that the first wife is dead and he has remarried, because that biblical. And if we talk a look at what Jesus says about divorce acdcept there is fornication or adultery, if the first wife is the cause in such case or abandonment, that a man of GOd could remarry.
Paul states in I Corinthinas chapter 7:10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.
12 To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord) Notice this is Pal speaking his thuights on the matter: If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.
15 But if the UNBELIVER leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister IS NOT BOUND IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES ( this is consider as abandmon ment, therefore, it is if Paul is saying there is no longer a marriage bond if the wife or husband abandon his/her spouse and the the person is free to re-marry; God has called us to live in peace.How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
Therefore, I view this to mean, if a deacon or man of God who is a apiritual leader or any of us, has endured such in abandonment is a marriage it would seem to suggest he is free to remarry, so a deacon would may be then have only one wife... just my two cents:laugh:
I was looking at it from a widower's perspective and what the implications are for someone in that situation considering being a deacon and then wanting to get married later.
