Still Living In Adultery?
I was married for 4 years to my high school sweet heart, I became pregnant and we married. Later I met another man and fell in love, I left my first husband and married this man, committing adultery. I had one child with each of them. I could give excuses for why I left my first husband but there is no excuse for what I did , I know it was wrong. Am I living in sin , because my first husband is still living , or has God forgiven my sin?
Q. I was married for 4 years to my high school sweet heart, I became pregnant and we married. Later I met another man and fell in love, I left my first husband and married this man, committing adultery. I had one child with each of them. I could give excuses for why I left my first husband but there is no excuse for what I did , I know it was wrong.
Later after me and my second husband had a son and had been married about 2 years I started feeling very guilty about what I had done to my first husband and I went back and asked him to forgive me and told him I would come back if he wanted me to, but that I would have to bring my new baby . He said he forgave me and didn’t want me to come back and he knew I was happy. I felt that I did what I could to fix things , I didn’t want to go to hell and I didn’t want any one else to go to hell because of any thing I had done.
Later I was baptized and promised God that no matter what happened I would never get another divorce. Me and my second husband are getting ready to celebrate our 24 wedding anniversary. The question is , Am I living in sin , because my first husband is still living , or has God forgiven my sin?
A. If you have asked the Lord’s forgiveness for your sin then He has forgiven you. If you have also asked your first husband to reconcile and he declined, forgiving you in the process, then it appears you and he are at peace as well. I would say that you should consider your divorce as part of your past and put it behind you, and ask the Lord for the strength to keep your promise never to divorce again.
