Well this got very long again, but there is much to offer.

The photo below was titled “Johndalf instructs Chrisdo - This is obvious!!! - What timing!”

This was from the walk up the hill. I was wearing my typically karate pants and my bag over my shoulder. The other two gentlemen did the driving, and I brought some food, including apples, almonds and some very good beef jerky.

Below is Chris and Rob as we are on the top of about a 30+ foot tower. We could see in all directions mountains in the far distance.

On the trip down we walked a bit less than a mile on a gravel road before we got to a trail. Shortly after our start down there were many coming up to the area around the tower. We greeted many people as we passed them in the other direction. Most were fine but a few wore a mask, which is not just useless but in the sun even more so. While we were side-by-side walking down the hill, one young woman walking alone was going up. As we passed she not only hugged the side of the road, but even went off it as we passed. We all noticed the absolute fear in her face, even behind her mask.

While the mask is foolish, as there is NO evidence after decades of controlled studies about the effectiveness of a mask to prevent the spread of a virus, the fear people live in and the blind submission to institutions that have lied to you all your life is a real concern. The woman we saw is only one of many living in absolute fear. Proverbs 28:1 comes again to mind. Do you live in fear?

Three guys ranging from 59 to 67 had a wonder hike of about seven miles and at least a quarter mile up. We talked about many things and shared joy in us all having a trust in the Lord. George, Big Frog Mountain is still calling us!

This morning I woke to find a new video from WWUTT. It was only a few hours after the release and I watched it immediately because of the subject. I find their 90 second videos are typically very good, both presentation and theology. However, today’s had issues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLIJQw-6rTs

A few hours after it was released, I sent an email to them. It is below. I think the odds of a response are low. I contend my content has merit.

Beyond all of this, my love for my wife remains as strong as ever. Jack and I did a hike over a decade ago that was about 7 miles and I had trouble finishing it. This weekend’s hike was about the same, but I got home to a smoothie and 128 jumping jacks, as this was easy. I’m healthy and will probably be around a long time. That time is only available to one lady who I am one flesh with as the Lord defines. Please take me up on it!

This email was sent on October 19, 2020. No reply was received.

Greetings,

I have been appreciative of the depth of your short videos and for the most part have been completely with you. However, I contend what you proclaim in “What Does the Bible Say About Divorce and Remarriage?” is blatantly false according to Scripture and potentially damaging to others. Please allow a rebuttal from a brother.

First it should be noted that it is the husband, not an institution either church or state, that issues the certificate of divorce, which is consistent with Deuteronomy 24:1.

Then perhaps the most important. There is no statement or even suggestion on Matthew 5:32 of a license for remarriage. It is reading into the text something that is not addressed.

You are correct that the only grounds for divorce is sexual immorality, or “porneia” which is a blanket term covering all forms of sexual sins. But “divorce” or “apostasion” is to separate from or repudiate. It is for the husband to state he is no longer responsible for an adulterous wife. It is in no way related to a state decreed divorce which removes the bond the state created. This is seen in Matthew 19:6 which you quote. As followers of Christ, marriage is defined by the Lord not the state.

The point that I contend most trip up on is Matthew 19:9. This is an allowance to divorce or “apoluō” (to set free) a wife who has committed sexual sin. It does state that marrying another while your first wife has not committed sexual sin is adultery. It does NOT say that you can marry another if you have put away your wife. That is reading in what has not been written.

This can be easily seen in the obvious verses you simply ignored, Mark 10:11-12: “And he said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her, and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery."”

There is no license suggested or implied in the Mark passage. Why did you skip it? It seems it might have been skipped since it contradicts your conclusion. Do you see why that seems true?

The reason some will say that remarriage is adultery is because the Lord says it in Mark 10.

Your reasoning on Romans 7 shocked me. You are ready and willing to read in a license in Matthew 19 that does not exist, but will read out a direct statement in Romans 7. This seems rather unlike you from your other videos. You seem to be stating that this is stated but not meant in the situation that it directly applies to. That is a pretty feeble God who must use that kind of reasoning. I contend it means what is written and in the context it is written.

You use chapter 24:5 of the Westminster Confession of Faith which was dropped in the Savoy Declaration of Faith and the London Baptist Confession of Faith. This obviously stands out as I thought you were Baptist. The WCF uses Matthew 19:9 and Romans 7:2-3 as the reference for “as if the offending party were dead” but it is blatantly reading in and I suggest that is why Savoy and LBC removed it.

It is also interesting that you use Deuteronomy 22:22. If you study the women mention in the line of Christ who had former husbands before the man who would be in the line of Christ, all of the former husbands are dead before the union that brings Christ. The one that perhaps stands out the most is Rahab.

I fully agree with closing sentiment. Adultery is not the unforgivable sin. The Lord’s grace is magnificent even in this area. But reading in grace to allow remarriage when none is offered is giving license to sin not pointing to obedience to Christ.

This comes from a man abandoned by his wife with no sexual sin involved. See “Marriage Defined and a Commitment Beyond” http://kozlowski.org/2018-12-08+1

I honestly believe you proclaim the Scripture far better than most and it has been clear and conscience. There have been other videos that I don’t think you have 100% right, but I am not foolish enough to think that I am 100% right. In this case you address an area that I have done a lot of study on and I suggest the license you proclaim for remarriage, especially to someone weak in the faith, is a horrible license to sin.

Marriage is a reflection of the relationship between the Lord and His elect. I think we would agree on that. To suggest that you can have another spouse while the first is alive to suggest you can have another God (Exodus 20:3).

Respectfully,

John Kozlowski