ecenter:

The Bible teaches that marriage is meant for life ''until death''. We always interpret this to mean 'carnal death'. What about spiritual death (separation from God)? - When your spouse is living in sin that makes him spiritually dead. Don't you think that she should be separated from you?

please, I need your contributions.Be logical and not abusive please.

toba:

DYT WTH do u know about spirituality?

toba:

brb

Jenwitemi:

I see that toba is still mistaking religiousity for spirituality. You are have not progressed an inch, toba, havey you? You are still at a standstill.

manmustwac:

@post
If according to your definition living in sin means your spiritually dead then you might as well say all our religious politicians are spiritually dead or our godfearing policemen are spiritually dead customs officers dead  pastors. NEPA is dead roads are dead Infact the whole country is dead

manmustwac:

@post
If according to your definition living in sin means your spiritually dead then you might as well say all our religious politicians are spiritually dead or our godfearing policemen are spiritually dead customs officers dead  pastors. NEPA is dead roads are dead Infact the whole country is dead

Religiousity = Is about a religion and all it's worldly contents and structures, like it's tenets, scriptures, worship of it's central deity(s), it's priesthood(clergy), doctrines and dogmas, and most importantly, it's congregation, or followers or believers or whatever one chooses to call them. A religious person(like you) is the one who lives his life within the confines of this structures and contents, a religious box, so to speak. The act of "linking up" with whatever deity is being worshiped is done externally(via written texts; going church buildings or temples; submission to the clergy; etc). A religious person has an extremely narrow worldview totally demarcated by the tenets of his/her religion. Outside those demarcations, he/she is completely lost.

Spirituality = The exact opposite of all of the above. The most important, however, is the journey WITHIN that every spiritual man/woman takes to make that link with the universal consciousness, the mind of the creator. It is all about depth, the spiritual depth that lies within all of us.

There are myriads of ways to make the distinction between spirituality and religiousity. I just gave you one. I am sure somebody else can go deeper into the differences according to the way they see it.
Take this one from Eckhart Tolle,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8LuFUJvcOU&feature=related

HISchild:

@ecenter, friend,  all human beings since the fall of man are born spiritually dead, "For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive." - 1 Corinthians 15:22,  “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of GOD;” - Rom 3:23  "And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;" - Ephesians 2:1

These parts of holy scripture,
"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 dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband." - Romans 7:2, AND

"The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord." - 1 Corinthians 7:39

- are referring to the physical death of the spouse.  Even in such cases, even when loosed from a wife, and or spouse by physical death, we do not sin if we re-marry, although, we do better if we remain single, serving and pleasing GOD with our entire being, by HIS grace

"Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife." - 1 Corinthians 7:27, "But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife." -  1 Corinthians 7:33

If we have an unbelieving spouse and/or spiritually dead spouse, we are to love them in The Lord, and remain with them until death do you part:
"And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away." - 1 Corinthians 7:10-12

Nimshi:

- The bible does not exactly teach that marriage is only 'until death'.

- Jesus showed that marriage could end due to some other condition being meet.

- This other condition could be argued to be a form of 'spiritual death'.

- Based on the above, an interesting argument could be tabled for 'spiritual death' being a scriptural basis for divorce and remarriage. However: note that the other specific case where divorce with the prospect of remarriage appears to be allowed in an extreme case. Modernism - even in the strictest of Christian sects - has meant other forms of 'extreme' reasons have been allowed for divorce (preceded by separation), and for some religions, remarriage even when the offending spouse is alive.

- You mention ' . . . living in sin that makes him spiritually dead'; this is rather ambiguous, the exact nature of the wrong would be important in some Christian religious sects. Separation would be 'easy' for a number of serious wrongs.

ecenter:

The Bible teaches that marriage is meant for life ''until death''. We always interpret this to mean 'carnal death'. What about spiritual death (separation from God)? - When your spouse is living in sin that makes him spiritually dead. Don't you think that she should be separated from you?

Joagbaje:

a christian is free to come out of a relationship if the partners turns away from christ. But there is a difference between sinning and being a sinner. What I mean is that ,the fact that a man does something wrong doesn't mean he has rejected christ . Until he confess with his mouth that Jesus christ is no lo ger lord . But If it has to do with attitude , he needs restoration and interession.