Tim Hailes Debate Charts From the SmithHaile Debate on Biblical PuttingAway Tulsa, OK Mar. 10,11, 20

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Tim Hailes Debate ChartsFrom the Smith-Haile
Debateon Biblical Putting-AwayTulsa, OK Mar.
10,11, 2005Bowling Green, KY March 17,18, 2005

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PROPOSITIONS Smith Haile Debate on Divorce and
Remarriage
"The Bible teaches that if a man puts away his
scriptural (faithful) wife for a reason other
than fornication, and then commits fornication,
the original wife may not remarry."Affirm J. T.
Smith - Deny Tim Haile "The Scriptures
teach that whenever fornication is committed, the
faithful spouse may put away his fornicator-mate
and marry another."Affirm Tim Haile - Deny
J. T. Smith
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Proposition Defined Smith Haile Debate on
Divorce and Remarriage
"The Scriptures teach that whenever fornication
is committed, the faithful spouse may put away
his fornicator-mate and marry another."Affirm
Tim Haile - Deny J. T. Smith
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Reasons For This Debate

• Brother Smith Made The Debate Challenge
• I have personally avoided making these
  differences a test of fellowship.
• I teach that an innocent spouse, one faithful to
  his marriage vows, may put away his
  fornicator-mate and marry another.
• However, my position neither expects nor requires
  anyone to remarry.
• My position does not bind It allows one to do
  what Jesus said he may do.

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Reasons For This Debate

• There Has Been Much Controversy Over The Question
  Of The Rights Of The Innocent Put-Away Party
• This Controversy Has Resulted In Broken
  Friendships, Cancelled Meetings and Division
• Brother Smith And I Are Good Friends, And
  Brethren In Christ
• I Have Agreed To Take This Matter Up For The Sake
  Of Brother Smith, The Hearers, And Myself All
  Coming To A Better Knowledge Of The Truth

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Another Perspective

• Brother Smith and I Agree That The Only Cause For
  Putting Away and Remarriage Is Fornication.
• Brother Smith and I Agree That When Fornication
  Is Committed, The Innocent Spouse May Put Away
  The Fornicator-Mate And Marry Another.
• This Is What Jesus Taught In Matthew 199!
• It Would Appear That There Is No Need For This
  Debate!
• But Brother Smith Adds His Provisos!

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This Debate Is NOT About

• Condoning The Sin Of Adultery He And I Both
  Condemn and Combat Adultery!
• Arguments Based Upon Emotions, Feelings or
  Fairness I Make None!
• Mental Divorce A False and Misleading Label
  A Term of Derision A Prejudicial Concoction
  Apoluo Is A Verb of Action Involving
  Determination and Declaration

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This Debate Is NOT About

• The Waiting Game
• Matthew 532 But I say unto you, That whosoever
  shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of
  fornication, causeth her to commit adultery and
  whosoever shall marry her that is divorced
  committeth adultery.
• One Commits Adultery If He Puts Away His Mate Not
  For Fornication, Waits For That Mate To Commit
  Fornication, Then Marries Another.
• If Two Mates Put Each Other Away Not For
  Fornication, Neither May Remarry

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This Debate Is NOT About

• The Waiting Game
• Is One Guilty Of Playing The Waiting Game If He
  Plans To Remarry After The Death Of A Mate Who
  Has Unlawfully Put Him Away? (Rom. 72)
• Is One Guilty Of Playing The Waiting Game If He
  Plans To Remarry His Spouse Who Had Put Him Away
  And May Be Reconciled To Him? (1 Cor. 711)

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This Debate Is NOT About

• A Second Putting-Away a Misnomer and
  Misrepresentation I Advocate Only ONE
  Putting-Away That Is For The Cause of
  Fornication!
• Whether or Not Divorce Is Real Some Divorces
  May Be Approved, While Other Divorces Are
  Unapproved, But ALL DIVORCES ARE REAL!
• Fellowship (Unless It Is Forced Upon Us) I
  Respect The Scruples of Others!

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This Debate Is NOT About

• Romans 13 and Civil Law
• Civil Law Must Be Obeyed, However Civil Law
  Involves Only The Legal Registration of Marriage
  and Divorce
• Marriage Is Gods Law, Not Mans
• To Be Bound In Marriage, People Must Comply With
  Gods Terms
• To Be Legally Married, People Must Meet Legal
  Requirements

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Marriage, Divorce and Civil Law
DISTINCT ACTIONS
MARRIAGE GAMOS UNITE (Matt. 196)
LEGAL MARRIAGE A Legal Contract (Romans 131-4)
PUT AWAY APOLUO REPUDIATE(Matt. 199)
LEGAL DIVORCE Dissolution of aLegal
Contract (Romans 131-4)
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This Debate Is NOT About

• Ratification Marriage Is Confirmed By Gods
  Joining a Man and a Woman Who Leave Father and
  Mother and Cleave To Each Other (Matthew 194-6)
• Who Has The Right To Remarry We Both Agree
• 1) One Whose Mate Has Died, And
• 2) One Who Puts Away His Mate For Fornication

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This Debate IS About

• The Right Of An Innocent Spouse To Do What Jesus
  Authorizes Him To Do, i.e. To Put Away
  (repudiate, renounce, reject, refuse, disavow,
  disown, disclaim, discard, divorce) His
  Fornicator-Mate And Marry Another Without
  Committing Adultery. Jesus Nowhere Conditioned
  His Permission Upon Any Unlawful Prior Divorce
  Action That Might Have Taken Place By The Godless
  or Fornicating Mate

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This Debate IS About

• Whether Or Not A Put-Away Person Can Put Away
• An Innocent Spouse Can Lawfully Do What His
  Godless Mate Had Unlawfully Done
• He Can Lawfully Repudiate The Mate Who Had
  Unlawfully Repudiated Him
• He Can Lawfully Reject The Mate Who Had
  Unlawfully Rejected Him

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This Debate IS About

• Emphasizing SEQUENCE When We Should Be
  Emphasizing CONSEQUENCE
• Jesus Said And I say unto you, Whosoever shall
  put away his wife, except for fornication, and
  shall marry another, committeth adultery and he
  that marrieth her when she is put away committeth
  adultery (Matt. 199, ASV)
• Jesus Stated The Consequence of Two Mens
  Unlawful Actions

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This Debate IS About

• Alleged SEQUENCE Some Argue That Everything
  Stated In Matthew 199 Is Sequential (man puts
  away wife, then marries another, then another man
  marries the put-away woman and commits adultery)

THEN

• Jesus Said And I say unto you, Whosoever shall
  put away his wife, except for fornication, and
  shall marry another, committeth adultery and
  he that marrieth her when she is put away
  committeth adultery (ASV)

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MATTHEW 199 STATES THE CONSEQUENCE OF AN
UNLAWFUL PUTTING-AWAY
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SEQUENCEMATTHEW 199 and MARK 1011,12
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his
wife, except for fornication, and shall marry
another, committeth adultery andhe that
marrieth her when she is put away committeth
adultery
And He saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away
his wife, and shall marry another, committeth
adulteryandif she herself shall put away her
husband, and marry another, she committeth
adultery
IfANDMeansSequenceIn One,ItMeansSequence
InTheOther!
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This Debate IS About

• Two Different Divorce Scenarios 1) The One That
  Jesus Treated (does not involve fornication in
  the putting-away), and 2) The One In Our
  Propositions (which does involve fornication)
• Binding A Scruple Upon Others, Disfellowshipping
  Those Who Differ With Their Application Of Jesus
  Teaching on Putting-Away, As They Negate
  Putting-Away CAUSE And Stipulate SPEED and TIMING

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Switching Scenarios Brother Smiths Proposition
Versus Jesus
"The Bible teaches that if a man puts away his
scriptural (faithful) wife for a reason other
than fornication, and then commits fornication,
the original wife may not remarry."Affirm J. T.
Smith - Deny Tim Haile And I say unto you,
Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be
for fornication, and shall marry another,
committeth adultery and whoso marrieth her which
is put away doth commit adultery (Matthew 199).
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Switching Scenarios Brother Smiths Proposition
Versus Jesus
"The Bible teaches that if a man puts away his
scriptural (faithful) wife for a reason other
than fornication, and then commits fornication,
the original wife may not remarry."Affirm J. T.
Smith - Deny Tim Haile And I say unto you,
Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be
for fornication, and shall marry another,
committeth adultery and whoso marrieth her which
is put away doth commit adultery.
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Switching Scenarios Brother Smiths Proposition
Versus Jesus
"The Bible teaches that if a man puts away his
scriptural (faithful) wife for a reason other
than fornication, and then commits fornication,
the original wife may not remarry. (Smith
Affirms)
The Cause of FornicationIn The Putting-Away
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away
his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall
marry another, committeth adultery and whoso
marrieth her which is put away doth commit
adultery.
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Switching Consequence Brother Smiths Proposition
Versus Jesus
"The Bible teaches that if a man puts away his
scriptural (faithful) wife for a reason other
than fornication, and then commits fornication,
the original wife may not remarry. (Smith
Affirms)
her which is put away doth commit adultery
Brother Smith Applies The Consequence of Mt. 199
(no fornication in the putting-away) to His
Proposition Where One Has Committed Fornication
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away
his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall
marry another, committeth adultery and whoso
marrieth
her which is put away doth commit adultery
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Switching Consequence Brother Smiths Proposition
Versus Jesus
"The Bible teaches that if a man puts away his
scriptural (faithful) wife for a reason other
than fornication, and then commits fornication,
the original wife may not remarry. (Smith
Affirms)
her which is put away doth commit adultery
Brother Smith Applies The Consequence of Mt. 199
(no fornication in the putting-away) to His
Proposition Where One Has Committed Fornication
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away
his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall
marry another, committeth adultery and whoso
marrieth
her which is put away doth commit adultery
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Tim Is Going to Lose His Soul

• Some Demand That No Putting-Away Can Be Done
  Apart From Compliance With Civil and/or Social
  Divorce Protocol
• Is Brother Smith Also Going To Lose His Soul? Are
  Those Who Go Along With Him Going To Lose Their
  Souls?

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Tim Is Going to Lose His Soul

• Some Demand That No Putting-Away Can Be Ratified
  Apart From Socially or Civilly Recognized Method
  or Procedure
• Is Brother Smith Also Going To Lose His Soul? Are
  Those Who Go Along With Him Going To Lose Their
  Souls?

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Tim Is Going to Lose His Soul

• Some Demand That A Civilly Divorced Innocent
  Spouse Must Counter-File For Divorce In Order To
  Have The Right To Remarry
• Is Brother Smith Also Going To Lose His Soul? Are
  Those Who Go Along With Him Going To Lose Their
  Souls?

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Tim Is Going to Lose His Soul

• Some Demand That One Put Away For Fornication Has
  No Right To Remarry Upon The Death of His Mate
• Is Brother Smith Also Going To Lose His Soul? Are
  Those Who Go Along With Him Going To Lose Their
  Souls?

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Tim Is Going to Lose His Soul

• Some Demand That One May Not Remarry His Mate
  Whom He Had Put Away For Fornication
• Is Brother Smith Also Going To Lose His Soul? Are
  Those Who Go Along With Him Going To Lose Their
  Souls?

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This Debate IS About

• Inventing A Put-Away CLASSIFICATION This Is Done
  By Emphasizing The ACTION Of Putting-Away Over
  The CAUSE Of Putting-Away
• Some Believe And Teach That One Is Forbidden The
  Right Of Remarriage Upon The Mere Basis That He
  Was Put Away
• They Speak Of One Obtaining A Put-Away Status
  (not Bible language)

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This Debate IS About

• We Hear Things Like All I Know Is What The
  Bible Says, or The Words of Jesus Are Still
  True Whoever Marries A Put-Away Woman Commits
  Adultery.
• Why Dont We Hear, All I Know Is What The Bible
  Says Whoever Marries A Putting-Away Man Commits
  Adultery (Matt. 199 Mk. 1011 Lk. 1618)? THE
  BIBLE SAYS THAT TOO!

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ALL I KNOW IS

• Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be
  for fornication, and shall marry another,
  committeth adultery(Matt. 199a)
• Whosoever shall put away his wife, and shall
  marry another, committeth adultery against her
  (Mk. 1011)
• Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth
  another, committeth adultery (Lk. 1618a)

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I ALSO KNOW

• THAT THE PRESENCE OF THE FORNICATION CAUSE
  CHANGES THE OUTCOME OF THE MANS PUTTING AWAY
  Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be
  for fornication, and shall marry another,
  committeth adultery(Matt. 199a)
• IT EQUALLY CHANGES THE OUTCOME FOR THE INNOCENT
  PUT-AWAY WOMAN, Who Puts Away Her
  Fornicator-Husband (Matt. 199a)

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This Debate IS About

• Some Brethren Turning A Bible Statement Into An
  Absolute (whoever marries a put-away woman
  commits adultery), Allowing Themselves
  Exceptions To That Absolute Statement (spouse
  dies, reconciliation, put away by unlawful
  mateetc), But Not Allowing Others To Apply The
  Exception Clause of Matthew 199a In Cases Where
  Some Prior Unlawful Divorce Has Occurred

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This Debate IS About

• Procedure Brother Smiths Position Empowers The
  Godless Mate To Take Some Divorce Action That
  Forever Nullifies His Innocent Spouses Right To
  Put Him Away For Fornication And Marry Another
• Allowing A Godless Mate To Nullify A God-Given
  Permission
• Allowing Godless Judges To Nullify A God-Given
  Permission

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This Debate IS About

• Binding An Innocent Spouse To His Fornicator-Mate
  All The Days Of His Life (or for the life of his
  mate)
• Making Fornication Irrelevant Because It Is
  Committed After The Fornicator Has Already Left
  His Innocent Spouse
• Placing A Time Limit On How Much Time Is Allowed
  To Pass Between The Godless Mates Leaving
  (apheimi), and the Godless Mates Fornication

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Matthew 193-9

• 3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting
  him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man
  to put away his wife for every cause?
• 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye
  not read, that he which made them at the
  beginning made them male and female,
• 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave
  father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife
  and they twain shall be one flesh?

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Matthew 193-9

• 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one
  flesh. What therefore God hath joined together,
  let not man put asunder.
• 7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command
  to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her
  away?
• 8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the
  hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away
  your wives but from the beginning it was not so.

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Matthew 193-9

• 9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away
  his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall
  marry another, committeth adultery and whoso
  marrieth her which is put away doth commit
  adultery.

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Matthew 193-9 Putting-Away

• 3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting
  him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man
  to put away his wife for every cause?
• 9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away
  his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall
  marry another, committeth adultery and whoso
  marrieth her which is put away doth commit
  adultery.

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Matthew 193-9 Putting-Away

• Jesus Was Asked If It Is Lawful For a Man To Put
  Away His Wife For Every Cause
• Put Away Is From The Greek, Apoluo, a verb of
  action
• Apoluo Means Literally to Loose Away
• One May Put Away a Temptation, Evil Thought, or
  Bad Habit

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Matthew 193-9 Putting-Away

• Thayer Says, when used of divorce, to dismiss
  from the house, to repudiate (actual definition
  in italics) (Thayers Greek-English Lexicon of
  the New Testament)
• From the House Is Not a Part of the Actual
  Definition
• One Can Put Away His Mate Even If That Mate
  Refuses to Leave
• Ex. Fornicating Man Who Refuses To Be Put Away
  (can woman not put away?)

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Matthew 193-9 - Observations

• Some Brethren Reject Thayers Definition
  (repudiate), And Accept His Personal Comment
  (from the house)
• Their Position Requires This In Order To Limit
  Putting-Away To What One Does To A Marriage
  (physical separation), Instead Of What He Does To
  A Mate (his woman, or her man)

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Matthew 193-9 - Observations

• If The Words from the house Are Inherent In
  Apoluo, Then No Putting-Away Can Take Place
  Anywhere Except In The House Of The One Doing The
  Putting Away!
• It Would Then Be Impossible and Unscriptural For
  One To Put Away His Mate At Some Other Location
  (such as the courthouse, unless house implies
  court house)

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Matthew 193-9 - Observations

• What About Cases Where The Fornicator Has Already
  Departed From The House? Does His Leaving
  Eliminate The Innocent Spouses Ability To
  Repudiate For Fornication?
• Putting Away (apoluo) Does Not Mean Merely
  Putting Distance It Is More Than Just Spatial
  Separation

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Why Use Repudiate of Divorce?
Repudiate Means 1.To refuse to have anything
to do with to disown to cast off publicly, as a
son, or divorce, as a wife. 2. to refuse to
accept, or acknowledge to deny the validity or
authority of. Syn.--disavow, disown, discard,
abjure, renounce, disclaim, divorce. (Websters
Unabridged Dictionary)
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Matthew 193-9 Putting-Away

• Putting-Away Is More Than Just The Breaking of
  the Physical Marriage Relationship The Pharisees
  Asked Jesus About Putting-Away Cause (Reason
  and Intent Were Involved)
• Putting-Away (apoluo) Does Not Mean Merely
  Putting Distance It Is More Than Just Spatial
  Separation

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Matthew 193-9 Putting-Away
But, After a Divorce,What is Left toPut Away?
What is Left to Do?
Some Ask
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Matthew 193-9 Putting-Away

• Even After Herodias Had Married Herod, She Was
  Still Called Philips WIFE (Gr. woman, Mark
  617)
• Even After The Woman Had Departed, And Was
  Unmarried, The Man Was Still Called Her HUSBAND
  (man, 1 Cor. 711)
• What Is Left To Put Away? A HUSBAND! A WIFE!

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When Speaking of Apoluo In Connection With
Marriage

• Jesus Spoke of What a Man Does to His Wife (Gr.
  woman) (Matt. 532 199 Mk. 1011 Lk. 1618)
• Jesus Spoke of What a Woman Does to Her Husband
  (Gr. man) (Mk. 1012)
• Jesus Spoke of Action Taken Against Ones BOUND
  Mate (WHAT God has joined, Mt. 196,
  implication in 9 how else could God release the
  innocent?)

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After an Unlawful Divorce,What is Left to Do to
Put Away?

• The UnlawfulDivorcer
• Rejects Mate
• Disowns Mate
• Declares Intent
• Acts on (wrong) Cause (Mt. 193)

• The LawfulDivorcer
• Rejects Mate
• Disowns Mate
• Declares Intent
• Acts on (right) Cause (Mt. 199)

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How Can a Put-Away Person Put Away?

• If Putting-Away Is Nothing More Than the
  Dissolution (severing, separation, break-up) of
  the Physical Marriage Relationship, Then a
  Put-Away Person Cannot Put Away, HOWEVER,
• Dissolution of the Physical Marriage Relationship
  Is a Consequence of Putting-Away. Thus, the
  Innocent Spouse Can Do What The Guilty Spouse
  Did!

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How Can a Put-Away Person Put Away?
Covenant-BreakerPuts Away (Repudiates)Not For
Fornication
Innocent SpousePuts Away (Repudiates)For
Fornication
Physical Consequences

• Covenant-Breaker
• Leaves (breaks physical relationship)
• Takes the Money
• Takes the Car
• Takes the Television

• Innocent Spouse
• No Physical Relationship Left
• No Money
• No Car
• No Television

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How Can a Put-Away Person Put Away?

• Though The Physical Consequences of the
  Putting-Away May Be Different for the Put-Away
  Spouse Who Puts Away, the Action of Repudiation
  (Rejection, Disavowal) Is The Same
• One Who Has Been Disavowed Can Disavow
• One Who Has Been Rejected Can Reject
• One Who Has Been Put Away Can Put Away

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Implications of the Question What Is Left For
The Innocent Put Away Person To Do?

• There Is Nothing More To Marriage Than a
  Physically, Intimate Relationship
• If This Is So, When a Man Leaves a Harlot He Has
  Done Only What The Man of Bro. Smiths
  Proposition Does

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Implications of the Question What Is Left For
The Innocent Put Away Person To Do?

• A Fornicator-Mate Can Act Unilaterally In
  Determining The Future Condition and Rights Of
  The Innocent Spouse
• Who Gave Him That Authority?
• Where Did That Rule Come From?
• Since When Can A Sinners Action Supersede Gods
  Divine Permission?

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How Can a Put-Away Person Put Away?

• In Becoming Married, an Eligible Man and Woman
  Leave Father and Mother, Cleave to Each
  Other, and are Bound by God (Matt. 195,6)
• The Marriage Covenant Is Formed On The Basis of
  Gods Holding the Man and the Woman Accountable
  to Their Vows and Promises
• Both People Vow Both Can Disavow

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How Can a Put-Away Person Put Away?

• Since Marriage Is Regulated by Gods Law,
  Marriage Vows Must Be Based Upon That Law (Rom.
  72,3)
• One Vows (Promises)
• To be a Companion For Life (Mal. 214 Matt.
  196 Hos. 219)
• To be Faithful (Hos. 220)
• To Fulfill Sexual Duties (1 Cor. 73)
• To Fulfill Family and Domestic Duties (1 Tim.
  58,14 Eph. 523-ff)

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How Can a Put-Away Person Put Away?

• In Disavowal, One
• Ceases to be a Companion to His Mate
• Ceases to be Exclusively Committed to His Mate
• Ceases To Fulfill Sexual Duties
• Ceases To Fulfill Family and Domestic Duties
• In Marriage, One States His Vows In Putting
  Away, One States His Disavowal

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Marriage Declaration of Intent

• A Man and Woman Are Not Automatically Married by
  Merely Leaving Father and Mother.
• Two Friends (male and female) Might Leave Home To
  Go To College Doesnt Mean They Are Married
• There Must be Declaration of Intent (agreement
  stated in vows and promises)

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Repudiation Declaration of Intent

• A Man and Woman Are Not Automatically Divorced by
  Merely Separating From One Another
• Man May Leave On a Business Trip
• Woman May Go Visit Her Parents
• Couple May Separate For Prayer and Fasting
• To Put Away, There Must be Declaration of Intent
  (repudiation, disavowal)

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Repudiation Declaration of Intent

• Luke 637 In Forgiving (apoluo) Another of His
  Debt of Sin, One Expresses His Intent To Release
  (spatial separation is not implied)
• Matthew 199 In Putting Away (apoluo) a Mate,
  One Expresses His Intention That He No Longer
  Considers Himself The Spouse of That Mate (he
  disavows)

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How Can a Put-Away Person Put Away?
Covenant-BreakerPuts Away (Repudiates)Not For
Fornication
Innocent SpousePuts Away (Repudiates)For
Fornication
God Does NotRelease Him From HisMarriage
VowsMatt. 199No Remarriage
God Does Release Him From HisMarriage
VowsMatt. 199 Remarriage Allowed
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Where Is The Scripture?

• I Have Supplied The Scripture (Matthew 199)
  (Bro. Smith has acknowledged this)
• He Is Demanding a Scripture That Contains The
  Actual Wording, Stating That an Innocent Put-Away
  Woman Can Put Away Her Fornicator-Husband and
  Marry Another Without Committing Adultery
• This Is Like Demanding Scripture Stating, In So
  Many Words
• That a church may build a building
• That a church may have a baptistery
• That a church may purchase songbooks

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Where Is The Scripture?

• And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his
  wife, except it be for fornication, and shall
  marry another, committeth adultery and whoso
  marrieth her which is put away doth commit
  adultery (Matthew 199).
• (This Implies) Whosoever Puts Away His Wife For
  Fornication Does Not Commit Adultery Upon
  Remarriage
• Matthew 199a Contains The Principle That
  Authorizes Any Spouse, Faithful to His Vows, To
  Put Away His Bound Mate and Marry Another

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What Matthew 199a Implies

• Whosoever Puts Away His Wife For Fornication Does
  Not Commit Adultery Upon Remarriage
• Do We All Agree?
• No, We Do Not All Agree!
• Whosoever, (Except He Be a Put-Away Husband) Puts
  Away His Wife For Fornication Does Not Commit
  Adultery Upon Remarriage

My opponent agrees only provided
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What Matthew 199a Implies

• Whosoever Puts Away His Wife For Fornication Does
  Not Commit Adultery Upon Remarriage
• Do We All Agree?
• No, We Do Not All Agree!
• Whosoever, Puts Away His Wife (Only For
  Before-The-Fact, or Pre-Separation) Fornication
  Does Not Commit Adultery Upon Remarriage

My opponent agrees only provided
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What Matthew 199a Implies

• Whosoever Puts Away His Wife For Fornication Does
  Not Commit Adultery Upon Remarriage
• Jesus Didnt Add Pre or Post Anything!
• Jesus Didnt Add Before-the-Fact or
  After-the-Fact Anything!
• Now Who Is Adding To Gods Word? Who Is Binding
  His Own Additions?

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RACE TO THE COURTHOUSERACE TO REPUDIATION

• By Teaching That The Innocent Spouse Loses His
  Right To Put Away For Fornication And Marry
  Another As A Result of Not Being The First To Put
  Away, One Teaches A Race To Putting-Away
• The Position Stipulates Divorce TIMINGJesus
  Stipulates Divorce CAUSE
• The Position Punishes Godly, Innocent Spouses For
  Thinking FIRST Of Forgiveness and Reconciliation

71
Woman Gets Divorce Papers 42 Years Later March 1,
2004 Reuters AMMAN (Reuters) - A Jordanian woman
received formal divorce papers 42 years after her
husband left, and long after she remarried and
had children, the official Petra news agency said
on Sunday. The 68-year-old man divorced his wife
verbally in 1962, but only registered his new
marital status two weeks ago, when he needed to
apply for an official identity card, Petra
said. In Islam, a man is considered divorced from
his wife after declaring it to her verbally three
times. The man filed formal divorce papers only
after a civil servant dealing with his ID card
application asked for proof that he was no longer
wed to his former wife.
TALAQ
TALAQ
TALAQ
72
Matthew 199 and Islamic Verbal Divorce
Declaration
I DIVORCE YOU I DIVORCE YOU I DIVORCE YOU

• What if a man committed fornication and said
  three times, I divorce you, before she could
  speak? Does Matthew 199 now prohibit her from
  remarrying?
• What if his innocent wife interrupted her
  fornicator-mate, and said Stop, I divorce you,
  before he was able to make his 3rd declaration
  against her? Does Matthew 199 now permit her to
  remarry?

73
Matthew 199 and Islamic Verbal Divorce
Declaration
I DIVORCE YOU I DIVORCE YOU I DIVORCE YOU

• Does Matthew 199 base the innocent persons
  right of remarriage upon the speed with which he
  acts in rejecting his mate? Or upon the cause of
  fornication?
• Do the fornicators quick actions force God to
  retract the exception clause and withdraw His
  permission for the innocent spouse to remarry?

74
Matthew 193-9 Cause

• Jesus Was Asked a Question About Putting-Away
  CAUSE (Is it lawful for a man to put away his
  wife for every cause? verse 3)
• Jesus Answered The Question About Putting-Away
  CAUSE (Whosoever shall put away his wife, Except
  it be FOR FORNICATION verse 9)

75
Brother Smiths Answer To Question 3 On Night
One, in Tulsa

• If the man of your proposition had committed his
  fornication BEFORE unlawfully divorcing his
  faithful wife, would you still say that the
  put-away wife had no right to put him away and
  remarry?

Bro. Smith SaidYES
76
Breakdown of Question 3

• If the man of your proposition had committed his
  fornication BEFORE unlawfully divorcing his
  faithful wife, would you still say that the
  put-away wife had no right to put him away and
  remarry?

77
Matthew 193-9 Putting-Away Cause

• Jesus Did Not Stipulate Putting-Away
• Speed
• Order
• Procedure
• Jesus Stipulated Putting-Away Cause
• For Just Any Cause?(v.3) NO!
• For Some Uncleanness?(v.7) NO!
• For Fornication?(v.9) YES!

78
Changing Subjects
(Brother SmithsOrder Argument)
Gods Order
(I Agree)
Joe
Joe commits
Joe
Put Away
Marrieth
Adultery
another
Sue (any cause)
Different Subject!
(Acc. To Bro. Smith)
Opponents Order
Joe
Joe commits
Sue
Put Away
Marrieth
Adultery
another
Against Sue
Joe (for fornication)
Gods Order
Believe
Baptized
Saved
Tom
Tom
Tom
Same Subject!
Baptists Order
Believe
Baptized
Saved
Tom
Tom
Tom
79
Changing Purpose
(Brother SmithsOrder Argument)
Gods Order
Joe
Joe commits
Joe
Put Away
Marrieth
Adultery
another
Sue (any cause)
Different Purpose!
Opponents Order
Joe
Joe commits
Sue
Put Away
Marrieth
Adultery
another
Against Sue
Joe (for fornication)
Gods Order
Believe
Baptized
Saved
Tom
Tom
Tom
Remission of Sins
Different Purpose!
Baptists Order
Believe
Baptized
Saved
Tom
Tom
Tom
NOT for Remission
80
Brother Smiths So-Called Order Argument
Gods Order
Put Away
Marrieth
Adultery
Opponents Order
Put Away
Marrieth
Adultery
Gods Order
Believe
Baptized
Saved
Baptists Order
Believe
Baptized
Saved
81
True Change of Order Chart?
Gods Order
This is not a truechange of order
chart! Different Subject Different
Purpose Different Putting-Away Different
Definitions Different Applications It is Simply
Faulty Reasoning!
Put Away
Marrieth
Adultery
Opponents Order
Put Away
Marrieth
Adultery
Gods Order
Believe
Baptized
Saved
Baptists Order
Believe
Baptized
Saved
82
Omitting Information Misleads the Audience and
Misrepresents Me
Some Say
1. Marriage
Fornication
Puts Away
Remarriage
They Represent Me As Saying
Puts Away
Fornication
Remarriage
2. Marriage
With Information Supplied Both True
83
Matthew 199 JTV

• And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his
  wife, except it be for fornication, and except he
  be the first to put away, and shall marry
  another, committeth adultery and whoso marrieth
  her which is put away doth commit adultery.

84
Matthew 199 JTV

• And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his
  wife, except it be for fornication, and except he
  be the first to put away, and shall marry
  another, committeth adultery and whoso marrieth
  her which is put away doth commit adultery.

85
Matthew 199 JTV

• And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his
  wife, except it be for fornication,
  
  
  and shall marry another,
  committeth adultery and whoso marrieth her which
  is put away doth commit adultery.

86
Matthew 193-9 - Observations

• Jesus Was Not Asked About Putting-Away PROCEDURE,
  Or Putting-Away TIMING He Was Asked About
  Putting-Away CAUSE
• Jesus Was Not Asked About Fornicators Putting
  Away Their Innocent Wives, He Was Asked About
  Hard-Hearted Men Putting Away Their Innocent
  Wives Not For Fornication

87
Matthew 193-9 - Observations

• Jesus Spoke Of WHAT God Has Joined Together,
  Not WHO
• An Eligible Man and Woman Leave (Intent,
  Notification, Declaration) Father and Mother
• They Cleave To Each Other (Vows and
  Commitments)
• God Witnesses and Binds Them To Their Vows and
  Commitments

88
What God Has Joined
GOD
God Binds The Man To The Woman
God Binds The Woman To The Man
VOWS
MAN
WOMAN
PROMISES
89
Matthew 193-9 - Observations

• Once JOINED Or BOUND By God, Man Has No
  Authority To Break His Vows And Promises
• The Pharisees Invoked Deuteronomy 24, But Jesus
  Said That Law Was Given To Address The Practices
  Of Hard-Hearted Men, And Was Not Intended To
  Express Gods Original Intent Purpose

90
Matthew 193-9 - Observations

• Matthew 199a Gives One Exception To The
  No-Putting-Away Rule
• An Innocent Spouse Is Permitted To Put Away
  (Disavow, Repudiate, Dismiss, Reject) His Mate
  For The Cause of Fornication (sexual immorality),
  Resulting In Gods Releasing That Innocent Spouse
  From His Marriage Vows

91
Matthew 193-9 - Observations

• Matthew 199 Employs The Subj. Mood (whosoever
  shall, i.e. should)
• Jesus Stated The Consequence If A Man Were To Put
  Away His Wife Not For Fornication
• Jesus Did Not Address A Case In Which One
  Actually Put-Away
• No Fornication Is Present In The Putting-Away In
  Matthew 199

92
Matthew 199 Literally Translated
Whoever might put away (pres. subjunctive not
what is actually happening, but a hypothetical
case) his wife if not for fornication and
might marry (pres. subjunctive) another commits
(pres. indicative) adultery, and the marrying
her-that-has-been-put-away (participle perf.
pass., one word) one (aorist participle) 
commits (pres. indicative) adultery
93
Matthew 193-9 - Observations

• Matthew 199 Does Not Say
• Any fornicator who shall put away his wife,
  except it be for fornication, and shall marry
  another, committeth adultery, and whoso marrieth
  her which is put away doth commit adultery
• Clauses A and B Of Matthew 199 State The
  Consequence If A Man Unlawfully Puts Away His
  Wife

94
Mark 1011 Adultery Against Her
MARK 102-12
2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked
him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife?
tempting him. 3 And he answered and said unto
them, What did Moses command you? 4 And they
said, Moses suffered to write a bill of
divorcement, and to put her away. 5 And Jesus
answered and said unto them, For the hardness of
your heart he wrote you this precept.
95
Mark 1011 Adultery Against Her
MARK 102-12
6 But from the beginning of the creation God
made them male and female. 7 For this cause
shall a man leave his father and mother, and
cleave to his wife 8 And they twain shall be
one flesh so then they are no more twain, but
one flesh. 9) What therefore God hath joined
together, let not man put asunder.
96
Mark 1011 Adultery Against Her
MARK 102-12
10 And in the house the disciples asked him
again of the same matter. 11 And He saith unto
them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and
marry another, committeth adultery against
her. 12 And if a woman shall put away her
husband, and be married to another, she
committeth adultery. (Mark 1010-12, KJV)
97
Mark 1011 Adultery Against Her
MARK 102-12

• Mark 102-12 Records The Same Teaching Occasion
  In The Life Of Christ As Matthew 193-9
• Jesus Answered The SAME QUESTION, Asked By The
  SAME PEOPLE (Pharisees)
• Mark 102-12 Parallels Matthew 193-9 Except That
  Marks Account Specifies That Some Instruction
  Was Given Later, In The House In Response To The
  Disciples
• Matthew 1910-12 Also To The Disciples

98
Mark 1011 Adultery Against Her
Argument Made By Some
And He saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away
his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery
against her.

• They Claim That Once The Putting-Away Has
  Occurred, The Man's Subsequent Fornication Cannot
  Be Against His Wife

99
Mark 1011 Adultery Against Her
Argument Made By Some

• The Position Requires The HER To Refer To
  ANOTHER (other woman), And The Word AGAINST
  To Be Changed To WITH
• It Is Claimed That The Man's Adultery Is Not
  Against His Wife, It Is Only With The Other Woman

And He saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away
his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery
against her.
100
Mark 1011 Adultery Against Her
Jeremiah 3 Adultery With Against

• Judah Committed Adultery With Stones and Stocks
  (vs. 9)
• Though It Was With Idols, Her Adultery Was Also
  Against God
• Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast
  transgressed AGAINST the Lord thy God, and hast
  scattered thy ways to strangers under every green
  tree (verse 13, see also vs. 25)

101
Mark 1011 Adultery Against Her
Argument Made By Some

• Some Cite Marshalls Interlinear On Mark 1011,
  Because He Translates Epi As With (in his
  one-man translation).
• However, The Same People Cannot Be Consistent And
  Use Marshall On Verse 12, For He Follows The
  Westcott and Hort Text, Which Has The Pronoun
  (She) Instead Of The Noun (woman)

102
Mark 1011 Adultery Against Her
Argument Made By Some

• If The Her Of Verse 11 Is The Other Woman, Then
  The She Of Verse 12 Is Also The Other Woman,
  And You Have An Adulteress Committing Even More
  Adultery Than She Was Before!
• If The She Of Verse 12 Is The Other Woman
  (Adulteress of verse 11), Then We Have No
  Scripture Principle Authorizing An Innocent Woman
  To Put Away Her Fornicator-Husband!

103
Mark 1011 Adultery Against Her
A Look At The Translations
And He saith unto them, Whosoever shall put
away his wife, and marry another, committeth
adultery against her. (KJV) So He said to
them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries
another commits adultery against her.
(NKJV) And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall
put away his wife, and marry another, committeth
adultery against her (ASV)
104
Mark 1011 Adultery Against Her
A Look At The Translations
And He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife
and marries another woman commits adultery
against her (NASB) And he said to them,
"Whoever divorces his wife and marries another,
commits adultery against her (RSV) He said to
them, Whoever divorces his wife and marries
another commits adultery against her (NRSV)
105
Mark 1011 Adultery Against Her
A Look At The Translations
He answered, Anyone who divorces his wife and
marries another woman commits adultery against
her. (NIV) He said to them, Whoever divorces
his wife and marries another commits adultery
against her (Hugo McCord) And he saith to
them, Whoever shall put away his wife, and marry
another, committeth adultery against her. (Noah
Webster)
106
Mark 1011 Adultery Against Her
A Look At The Translations
and he saith to them, Whoever may put away his
wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery
against her (Robert Young) And he says to
them, Whosoever shall put away his wife and shall
marry another, commits adultery against her.
(J.N. Darby) He told them, "Whoever divorces
his wife and marries someone else commits
adultery against her. (New Living Translation)
107
Mark 1011 Adultery Against Her
A Look At The Translations
Any man who divorces his wife and marries
another woman," he told them, "commits adultery
against his wife." (Phillips Modern English) He
said to them, "The man who divorces his wife and
marries another woman commits adultery against
his wife" (Today's English Version) "Anyone who
divorces his wife and marries another woman
commits adultery against his former wife," (Edgar
J. Goodspeed)
108
Mark 1011 Adultery Against Her
A Look At The Translations
He told them, "A man who divorces his wife and
marries someone else is unfaithful to his wife. A
woman who divorces her husband and marries again
is also unfaithful. (Contemporary English
Version) So He said to them, "If any man
divorces his wife to marry another woman, he
commits adultery against his former wife," (The
New Testament, Charles B. Williams)
109
Mark 1011 Adultery Against Her
A Look At The Translations
New Century Version The Modern Reader's Bible
(Moulton) The New English Bible The
Protestant--Roman Catholic New Testament The
Living Oracles (Campbell, McKnight,
Doddridge) Revised Challoner-Rheims Version The
Twentieth Century New Testament The Amplified New
Testament The Better Version Of The New Testament
(Estes) The New World Translation (J.W's).
ALLSAY AGAINST
110
Mark 1011 Adultery Against Her
A Look At The Translations
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27 Bible Versions In Spanish Have Against In
Mark 1011
111
Mark 1011 Adultery Against Her
What The Passage Says
10 And in the house the disciples asked him
again of this matter. 11 And He saith unto
them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and
marry another, committeth adultery against
her 12 and if she herself shall put away her
husband, and marry another, she committeth
adultery. (ASV)
112
Mark 1011 Adultery Against Her
Whoever divorces his wife andmarries
anothercommits adultery against her
113
Mark 1011 Adultery Against Her
Some Observations
Jesus used apoluo to describe what the husband
would do to the wife (renounce, disown, disavow,
repudiate her). Though repudiation, spatial
separation, and remarriage would have already
occurred, his adultery would still be against
his bound mate. Adultery is a sin against a
person (in this case against the bound wife)
affecting the marriage covenant, and not just the
physical union!
114
Mark 1011 Adultery Against Her
Some Observations
Jesus did not specify how much time is allowed to
pass after the mans departure before his
adultery ceases to be against his bound wife.
115
Mark 1011 Adultery Against Her
Some Observations
Since Jesus placed no limit upon how much time
may pass before the adultery ceases to be
against the bound mate, we are forced to
conclude that the amount of time must coincide
with the marriage bond, however long that is.
116
THE MARITAL STATUS POSITION

• Brother Smiths Affirmative
• The Bible teaches that if a man puts away his
  scriptural (faithful) wife for a reason other
  than fornication, and then commits fornication,
  the original wife may not remarry.
• Denies The Innocent Spouse The Right To Put Away
  His Fornicator-Mate On The Basis Of Some Prior,
  Unlawful, Unapproved Divorce Action That Was
  Taken By The Godless, Covenant-Breaking Mate
• His Position Gives The Godless Mate The Power To
  Nullify a God-Given Right
• It Forces God To Retract His Permission

117
THE MARITAL STATUS POSITION

• Brother Smiths Position Predicates The Innocent
  Spouses Right of Putting Away Upon The Condition
  of The Physical Marriage Relationship (physical
  togetherness, godless mate still at home)
• The Man of His Proposition May Have Divorced His
  Faithful Wife IN ORDER TO Commit Fornication With
  Another Woman!
• Jesus Based The Right To Put Away a Mate And
  Marry Another, Not Upon The Physical Proximity Of
  One Mate To Another, But Upon The Cause of
  Fornication (Matt. 199a)

118
THE MARITAL STATUS POSITION

• Jesus Said, Except it be for fornication He
  DID NOT SAY
• And Provided That He Be The First To Put Away
• And Provided That The Fornicator Has Not
  Already Departed
• And Provided That The Fornicator Did Not
  Initiate The Civil Divorce Proceedings
• And Provided That The Fornicator Was Not
  Awarded a Prior Civil Divorce Ruling

119
THE MARITAL STATUS POSITION

• Some Deny The Innocent Spouse The Right To
  Repudiate A Departed Mate On The Basis That There
  Has Already Been A DISSOLUTION OF THE MARRIAGE
• Divorce the legal dissolution of a marriage
  (American Heritage Dictionary)
• Dissolution Annulment or termination of a
  formal or legal bond, tie, or contract
• Dissolution the termination of marriage by
  divorce (Merriam-Webster Dictionary of Law)

120
THE MARITAL STATUS POSITION

• By Describing Divorce As Being Nothing More Than
  the Dissolution of a Physical Marriage Contract,
  Brethren Use Language That Reflects the Worlds
  Ungodly and Secularistic Concept of Marriage and
  Divorce
• Those Who Have This Misconception Will Conclude
  That After the Physical Dissolution of a
  Marriage, There Is Nothing Left To Put Away

121
THE MARITAL STATUS POSITION

• The Pharisees Did Not Ask Jesus About The
  Consequences of Spatial Separation (Putting SPACE
  or DISTANCE Between One And His Mate, Matt. 193)
  They Asked About A Man Putting Away His (bound)
  MATE
• When Speaking of the Putting-Away Action, ALL
  PUTTING-AWAY PASSAGES SPEAK OF WHAT ONE DOES TO
  HIS MATE, i.e. His Woman or Her Man Not To
  His Marriage (Matt. 532 199 Mk. 1011,12 Lk.
  1618)
• 1 Corinthians 711 She Was Unmarried From Him,
  But He Was Still Her Husband

122
ABSOLUTES

• Brother Smiths Affirmative Is Stated As An
  Absolute
• The Bible teaches that if a man puts away his
  scriptural (faithful) wife for a reason other
  than fornication, and then commits fornication,
  the original wife may not remarry.
• An Absolute Admits Of No Exceptions (224, Sun
  Rises in the East)
• What If The Putting-Away Husband Dies? (Romans
  72)
• What About Reconciliation? (1 Corinthians 711)
• Bro. Smith Wants It Both Ways an Absolute, and
  an Absolute With Exceptions

123
ABSOLUTES

• Some Cite Matthew 532 199 and Luke 1618 To
  Argue That No Put-Away Woman (Person) Can Marry
  Another. However
• Matthew 532 The Cause of Fornication Is Not In
  Evidence
• Matthew 199 The Cause of Fornication Is Not In
  Evidence
• Luke 1618 The Cause of Fornication Is Not In
  Evidence

IN THE ABSENCE OF FORNICATION,NEITHER SPOUSE MAY
MARRY ANOTHER!
124
ABSOLUTES and LUKE 1618
g
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth
another, committeth adulteryand whosoever
marrieth her that is put away from her husband
committeth adultery.
125
ABSOLUTES and LUKE 1618
g
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth
another, committeth adultery (Lk.
1618a) Whosoever shall put away his wife,
except it be for fornication(Mt. 199a)
126
ABSOLUTES and LUKE 1618
g
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth
another, committeth adulteryand whosoever
marrieth her that is put away from her husband
committeth adultery.
127
THE PUT-AWAY CLASSIFICATION

• Some People Speak of Ones Obtaining aPut-Away
  Status by Being Put Away
• I Heard One Preacher Say, NO PUT-AWAY PERSON IS
  AUTHORIZED TO REMARRY
• The Position Also States That No Put-Away Person
  Can Put Away
• This Is Like Saying That No Repudiated Person Can
  Repudiate, or No Rejected Person Can Reject
• Two People Vowed in Marriage Two People Have The
  Ability (not the right) to Disavow

128
CAUSE NOT CATEGORY

• Jesus
• Divine permission granted for the cause

• J.T. Smith
• Divine permission denied because of the box

• If no cause, no repudiation and remarriage

• If category is put away, no remarriage

• If no cause, remarriage adultery

• If put away, remarriage adultery

• Fornication irrelevant cause if put away

• Fornication the cause

• Context ignored, put away applied absolutely

• Jesus was asked about CAUSE

• Who is doing it is he a put-away person?

• What is done fornication is committed

129
CAUSE NOT CATEGORY

• Jesus
• Put away (no fornication in evidence)

• J.T. Smith
• Put away (after fornication is committed)

• 3 times, cause, Matt. 532 199 Lk. 1618

• 3 times, the passages subjected to category

• In context, the passages are absolute

• Context ignored, some parts absolute, some not

• Apply Jesus words to a different scenario

• Scenario no fornication, no remarriage

• If the category is there, no permission is there

• If cause is there, permission is there

• Gods permission amenable to mans actions

• God is in control of permission

130
The Put-Away Box
Brother Smiths Affirmative The Bible teaches
that if a man puts away his scriptural (faithful)
wife for a reason other than fornication, and
then commits fornication, the original wife may
not remarry.

• Brother Smiths Proposition Denies The Right of
  Remarriage To This Woman On The Basis That She
  Was Already Put Away Before Her Husband Committed
  Fornication
• She Has Obtained A Put-Away Status
• Her Put-Away Condition Is Like Being Put Into A
  Box From Which There Is No Release

131
Jesus Restrictions Versus Mans
What Jesus Taught In A Case Of Putting-Away For
Just Any Cause
Luke 1618
As Long As Fornication Is Not In Evidence, The
Condition Is Absolute For Both
Putting-AwayMan
Put-AwayWoman
NO CAUSE,NO REMARRIAGE BOX
132
Jesus Restrictions Versus Mans
Matt. 532 199 Lk. 1618
OpponentsPositionAbsolute for Innocent Spouse
Even When She has the Cause of Fornication
Wheres theputting-away MAN?
Put-AwayWoman
Theorists' Absolute Box(WithExceptions!)
NOREMARRIAGE BOX
133
Jesus Restrictions Versus Mans

• Doctrine of Christ
• AfterDeath,Reconciliation,Cause
  ofFornication,RemarriageIs Allowed

134
Some Holes In The Box
The Principle in Romans 72,3 Allows a Put-Away
Person To Remarry Upon The Death Of His Mate
The Lock-Box Has Holes In It From Which Some
Are Permitted To Escape
135
The Put-Away Box

• By Allowing The Departed Woman To Reconcile With
  Her Husband, 1 Corinthians 711 Allows A Put-Away
  Man (cp. chorizo in Matthew 196) To Remarry
• By Teaching That God Releases One From His
  Marriage Vows Upon The Death Of His Mate, Romans
  72 Allows A Put-Away Person To Remarry Upon The
  Death Of His Mate
• The Exception Clause Of Matthew 199a Allows A
  Put-Away Innocent Spouse To Remarry After Putting
  Away His Mate For Fornication

136
Alleged Sequence In Matthew 199
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away
his wife,except it be for fornication,and shall
marry another, committeth adulteryand whoso
marrieth her which is put away doth commit
adultery.

• Some Claim That Everything Recorded in Matthew
  199 Happened Chronologically
• They Have a Man (1) Putting Away His Wife, THEN
  (2) Marrying Another, THEN (3) The Innocent
  Put-Away Wife Committing Adultery Upon Her
  Remarriage

137
SEQUENCEMATTHEW 199 and MARK 1011,12
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his
wife, except for fornication, and shall marry
another, committeth adultery andhe that
marrieth her when she is put away committeth
adultery
And He saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away
his wife, and shall marry another, committeth
adulteryandif she herself shall put away her
husband, and marry another, she committeth
adultery
IfANDMeansSequenceIn One,ItMeansSequence
InTheOther!
138
Alleged Sequence In Matthew 199
Some brethren are teaching the following
inaccurate construction of Matthew 199
1) Lawful Marriage
3) Marries Another (commits adultery)
2) Man Puts Away Wife (for every cause)
4) Another Man Marries the Put-Away Wife (commits
adultery)
More Time Passes
More Time Passes
and then
Time Passes
Jesus is not teaching a sequence of
events. Jesus did not say and then (Matt.
199b). Jesus points are not a chronological,
linear sequence of events.
139
Matthew 199 Consequence or Sequence?
What is Jesus teaching in Matthew 199?
1) Lawful Marriage
3) Marries Another (commits adultery)
2) Man Puts Away Wife (for every cause)
4) Another Man Marries the Put-Away Wife (commits
adultery)
More Time Passes
More Time Passes
and then
Time Passes
Jesus is teaching result not sequence. Should
there be a putting-away for every cause, the
result (or consequence) for both men is
adultery. Consequence of action, yes Sequence
of events, no
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Consequence Of UnlawfulPutting-Away In Matthew
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(1) Lawful Marriage
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Consequence Of UnlawfulPutting-Away In Matthew
199
THE UNLAWFUL PUTTING-AWAYRESULTS IN
NOR
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JESUS TEACHING VERSUS MY OPPONENTS ON THE THREE
GROUPS WHO MAY MARRY
1. Those Who Have Never Married Jesus All
Such My Opponent All Such
2. Those Whose Spouse Has Died Jesus All Such My
Opponent All Such
3. The Innocent Who Have The Cause Of
Fornication Jesus All Such My Opponent Only
Certain Fornications
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JESUS TEACHING VERSUS MY OPPONENTS ON THE THREE
GROUPS WHO MAY MARRY
3. The Innocent Who Have The Cause Of
Fornication Jesus All Such My Opponent Only
Certain Fornications MUST BE PRE-SEPARATION
FORNICATION FORNICATION COMMITTED WHILE BOTH
SPOUSES ARE STILL LIVING TOGETHERALL
POST-DIVORCE FORNICATION IS INCONSEQUENTIAL AS TO
CAUSE
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JESUS TEACHING VERSUSMY OPPONENTS TEACHING

• Jesus Said, Except it be for fornication
• What If A Man Repudiates, Dismisses, or Departs
  From His Innocent Wife, Telling Her That He Is
  Doing This FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMMITTING
  FORNICATION, WHICH HE PROCEEDS TO COMMIT. My
  opponents position DOES NOT ALLOW The Innocent
  Wife To Put Him Away For Fornication And Marry
  Another !