I had a rather interesting conversation with a friend today, a friend who enjoys coming out with hypothetical scenarios. haha. However, I must admit the conversation in her car got me thinking and kept playing in my head. So here I am to jot down some notes on what I think before I lose them.
The conversation in the car got me thinking when the friend asked if divorcing your husband is biblical and under what scenarios can it be done. A variety of scenarios popped up (e.g. if he abuses you, mentally wrong somewhere, unrepentant etc). And we tried to figure out what the biblical thing to do was. Should we just stick with him and ’till death to us part’? What does God say? What would God want? And after thinking it through, with some help from above this thing about PREMISE came to mind. Instead of asking what would God want us to do in each individual and unique situation, have we understood WHY God set that command for us in the first place?
I repeat, instead of asking WHAT is the right thing to DO, ask God WHY does He say that it is the right things to do! Why? Because in doing so, we understand the heart of the matter, the reason and rationale of why God decreed something in the first place. God ain’t a cosmic spoilt sport so He defintely doesn’t set rules to make miserable but He does so to keep us SAFE.
When we come to understand the premise behind the command then we will be able to apply the command rightly even in a wide variety of situations!
