FORNICACION

¿CONSTITUYE FORNICACION SOLAMENTE LA INFIDELIDAD MENTAL Y ES ESTA UNA CAUSA VALIDA PARA EL DIVORCIO Y SEGUNDAS NUPCIAS?

La pregunta anterior es realmente un dolor de cabeza para muchos, sin embargo  a manera de introducción, ¿Podría usted imaginarse cuantos divorcios tendríamos por ahí si la actividad mental fuera lo suficiente para “despedir” a la esposa y contraer nuevas nupcias?. Sin temor a equivocarme  es probable que todos los hombres casados podrían ser divorciados por tal causa. Es realmente necesario un análisis más de cerca a la palabra “Fornicación” para realmente determinar qué es lo que Dios acepta y que es aquello que El nunca dijo. Analizaremos la palabra en el original y sus formas, pero también echaremos una mirada detenida a el uso de esta palabra en el contexto de Mateo 19:9.

fornicacion

La fornicación es pecado.

ANALIZANDO LA PALABRA

En primer lugar cabe mencionar que el término fornicación es bastante amplio y que puede indicar a groso modo: “una relación (que envuelve el sexo) pero que es ilícita”. Algunos han llegado  a pensar que usted fornica cuando está soltero y cuando se es casado usted adultera. La realidad que esto no es del todo cierto usted puede estar casado y al mismo tiempo sostener una relación sexual ilícita es decir una fornicación. Cabe recalcar que el término como tal aparece 447 veces en el N.T en todas sus formas diversas pero  principalmente son 3:

  1. πορνεία (Porneia) = fornicación, inmoralidad sexual. En la reina Valera del 60 aparece 111 veces en 93 versículos . Esta inmoralidad sexual incluye muchas conductas diferentes tales como: (Mt 5:32; 15:19; 19:9; Mr 7:21; Jn 8:41; Heh 15:20; 1Co 6:18 entre otras). Esta generalmente es la palabra que se utiliza para hablar en un sentido espiritual de infidelidad.  Muchos han alegado que inmoralidad sexual incluye( la pornografía, la masturbación, los gugetes sexuales tales como muñecas o artefactos de plástico etc.. ). Aunque realmente todo sea realmente malo y Dios no esté contento con ello, el significado de fornicación  definido como inmoralidad sexual  debe de ser observado en el uso mismo de la palabra en otros pasajes. El famoso erudito Joseph Thayer  define en 3 puntos esta especifica palabra. En todas ellas incluye la frase “coito”.  Es probable que muchos estén confundidos con el pasaje de Mt 5:28 “…cualquiera que mira a una mujer para codiciarla ya adulteró con ella en su corazón…”. Sin embargo este asunto es diferente… aquí se usa adulterio en vez de fornicación. El adulterio abarca sin lugar a dudas ambas cosas; mental y física. Pero fornicación desde el punto de vista de Thayer siempre es “coito”. En Mateo 19 Jesús está poniendo en contraste la  aquello que Moisés había tolerado en Deut. 24 cuando inicia diciendo “lego de humin” (Pero yo os digo). El “humin” es una construcción en dativo lo que en español indica un objeto indirecto. “hoti” que aparece  inmediatamente  después siempre introduce una cláusula  en este caso introduce dos.  Esos dos enunciados  son objetos directos del verbo  “digo”, el Señor dijo:  Pero yo les digo (1) Cualquiera que repudie a su mujer salvo por causa de fornicación y se casa con otra adultera (2) y el que se casa con la repudiada adultera.
  2. πορνεύω (Porneuo)= fornicar, forniquemos. Prostituir el cuerpo de alguien por deseos de la carne, entregarse a a una relación sexual en coito. Esta palabra aparece 8 veces con esa terminación.
  3. ἐκπορνεύω (Ekporneuo)= fornicado. El único pasaje donde se usa esta palabra es en Judas 7 cuando se refiere a Sodoma y Gomorra. En este caso se está refiriendo a un contacto sexual diverso y amplio sin ninguna limitación o restricción de ningún tipo.

PASAJE EN MATEO 19:9

En la Morfología de nuestra palabra en cuestión (fornicación) de Mateo 19:9 queda de la siguiente forma:

Fornicación: Sustantivo, Dativo, singular, Femenino.  

Sustantivo: Una palabra  para identificar algún tipo o clase de persona, lugares o cosas.

Dativo: Es el caso del idioma griego que indica ventaja o desventaja, interés personal o expresa el objeto indirecto de la oración. Las preposiciones “a” y “para” son implicadas en este caso.

Singular: Es el numero en la palabra y está hablando de un solo individuo.

Femenino. Es el genero de la palabra, en este caso esta palabra es femenina no que la persona que vaya a realizar la acción de la palabra lo sea sino que en sus clasificaciones la palabra como tal está en esa clasificación.

En palabras más simples y sencillas la morfología nos ayuda a ver esta palabra de la siguiente forma: “Y yo os digo que cualquiera que repudia a su mujer, salvo por causa de fornicación( es decir; alguien que a entrado  en esta categoría  con un interés propio y  personal que ha cometiendo coito) , y se casa con otra, adultera; y el que se casa con la repudiada, adultera.”

La fornicación NO es una actividad mental solamente y mucho menos podemos alegar que tal actividad mental (infidelidad) sea una causa verídica y valida delante de los ojos del Señor para repudiar a alguien y volverse a casar. Lamentablemente la Biblia de las Américas ha traducido “Infidelidad” en Mateo 19:9 causando confusión a lo que por sí solo era confuso para muchos. No es que sea una mala traducción sino que es evidente que en el momento donde un hombre o mujer tiene “coito” con alguien que no sea su cónyuge, ese individuo le está siendo infiel, pero sacar la palabra “infidelidad” de su contexto nos lleva a aspectos muy amplios en los que la palabra original no puede legislar. En Mateo 19:9 Infidelidad( Fornicación) se está refiriendo al contacto sexual obligatoriamente porque:

  1. Si ese no fuera el caso entonces el Señor Jesús abre una ventana muy grande para divorciarse y volverse a casar, que solamente la infidelidad sexual.
  2. La “infidelidad mental” puede ser cometida en varias ocaciones durante todos los días. ¿ Como haría la parte “inocente” para saber cuando su pareja le está siendo infiel y divorciarlo? Al final solamente la persona misma conoce su mente, corazón y Dios…¡pero en este caso la parte inocente…también! (Sarcasmo).
  3. Si los Judíos en Mateo 19 ya estaban despidiendo a sus mujeres con carta de divorcio por muchas y diversas razones ¿Estuvo Jesús de acuerdo con ellos? Esa sería la implicación necesaria sí se argumenta con lo de la “infidelidad mental”.
  4. Si las definiciones del Griego no apoyan por ninguna esquina el concepto de infidelidad mental como una causa valida para el divorcio y nuevas nupcias, de donde se parte para argumentar a favor de este asunto. Simplemente queda hueco y vacío.

Esta discusión y la respuesta a la pregunta inicial constituye una parte doctrinal importante y requiere claridad a la hora de abortar el tema, ya que sino se tiene cuidado estaríamos dando  autorización para el divorcio y mil y un causas que no son aceptadas por Cristo aquí en Mateo 19.

Es el hermano Roy C. Deaver quien en un debate en cuanto a matrimonio y segundas nupcias contra el hermano Gus Nichols, toma la posición que en Mateo 5:31-32 y Mateo 19:9 legislan para la parte culpable de infidelidad Sexual. Explica el hermano que el castigo para el culpable es la imposibilidad de unirse a alguien más en sagrado matrimonio por su irrespeto sexual y mental al pacto. Dios a travez de toda la Biblia ha establecido sus leyes, y quienes las han traspasado, el Señor los ha castigado. Así que en el matrimonio el Señor puso leyes y quien las transgreda también será castigado. En el debate también se encontraba el Hermano Thomas B. Warren quien estuvo en acuerdo con lo que el hermano alegaba. En la página 379 del libro “Your marriage can be great” Editado por Tom Warren Ph.D el hermano Deaver vuelve a recalcar lo mismo que había afirmado en el debate.

La fornicación es un irrespeto que nace en el corazón y concluye en la acción “contacto físico sexual” mientras que el adulterio es una violación al pacto del Matrimonio que PUEDE  SER llevado a cabo en ambos sentidos; Físico y mental. La única razón para divorciar a alguien y volverse a casar es ese contacto físico(coito) ilegal con cualquier ser viviente. Divorciarse y volverse a casar solamente porque “me fue infiel en pensamiento o porque se estaba masturbando” NO ES y nunca ha sido la autorización divina. Divorciarse y volverse a casar por causas ajenas al “coito” es categóricamente pecado (Transgresión de la ley de Dios).

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The Snowflake Pattern

The Snowflake Pattern

They tell us that every snowflake is different.

How exactly one might go about proving this is hard to say, since proving such a negative is humanly impossible, but nevertheless, we must admit that nobody has ever found two snowflakes that are identical and that within the myriad number of snowflakes contained in this universe, there is a wondrous amount of diversification.

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Are you following the pattern?

This is truly remarkable when you consider that every snowflake follows the exact same rules of creation and each snowflake is comprised of the exact same basic ingredients in the same proportion. Snow, being made of water, is comprised of two hydrogen atoms for every oxygen atom, and these atoms bond together in the same way in every water molecule. Likewise, when water freezes, no matter where it is in the world, it operates under the same physical laws as every other water molecule that freezes. Sometimes this produces blocks of ice; sometimes it produces snowflakes; but water freezes according to the preset laws laid down by the Divine Creator, everywhere and every time. And despite this uniformity of content and behavior, every snowflake ends up being beautiful and unique.

People often don’t like the idea that God has a pattern, or a law, for them to follow. These individuals chaff at the idea of “commands and precepts.” Culturally, there is a great deal of pushback against the idea of conformity. “Rules are made to be broken,” is adopted as a mantra. The individual and individualism reign supreme. Agreeing to disagree is regarded as a high philosophical achievement and equivocation between disparate ideas and behaviors is commonplace. Conformity is perceived to be boring and stodgy. Even in theological circles, there is in some quarters a disdain for the idea of a “pattern theology.” “It’s not about rules,” they will say, “it’s about grace.”

The honest student of God’s word, however, can hardly fail to notice the emphasis placed within the Scriptures on such concepts as obedience to commands, conformity of doctrine, and the necessity of following God’s pattern for life, for worship, and for salvation.

It was God who gave Noah a detailed blueprint of how to build an ark (Genesis 6:14-16). It was God who repeatedly told Moses to build everything in the tabernacle according to a pattern (eg. Exodus 25:9, 40, 26:30). It was God who instructed His people not to deviate from His precepts, either to the right or to the left (Deuteronomy 5:32; cf. Proverbs 30:5-6).

Nor is this a thing unique to the Old Testament. In the New Testament, Jesus told His disciples to teach men all the things He had commanded of them (Matthew 28:20). The apostle Paul reminded Timothy of the pattern of the doctrine of Christ, saying, “Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus (2 Timothy 1:13; ESV).”

Concerning conformity, the church at Corinth was divinely cautioned that they needed to be of the same mind, all speaking the same things (1 Corinthians 1:10). There was not one Gospel given for one man, and another to a different man, but rather, as we read, “There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all (Ephesians 4:4-6a; NKJV).”

Each Christian is called to the same salvation, through the same plan, and is expected to produce the same sort of fruit (cf. Galatians 5:22-23). We are all, in Christ, put together with the same sort of ingredients, and we all need to follow the same pattern and laws.

Those who don’t know better assume that such a situation must be pretty boring: plain and uninteresting, with every Christian exactly like every other Christian. But such a conclusion is not just wrong, but wildly wrong. The same God that can use two ingredients and a handful of physical laws to produce a nigh-infinite variety of snowflakes can do so much more with man, the pinnacle of His creation. There is great beauty to be found in the righteousness of Christ, and wondrous variety. No two Christians are ever going to be exactly alike, and yet we are each, if we will let Him work in us, molded and fashioned in the perfect image of Christ.

 

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Appointment with the Great Physician

Appointment with the Great Physician

Welcome to the Sunday morning sick ward of the life-weary and heavy laden; to the Sunday morning assemblage of the wounded and heavily hurting; to the congregational gathering of the cross-carrying members of the Lord’s church. They have traveled in for one of their vital, tri-weekly appointments with the Great Physician. Don’t let the neckties, dress shirts, high heels and nice dresses fool you. And don’t be deceived by all of the suddenly-appearing smiles and “I’m fine, how are you?” responses. While such may be truly genuine and reflective of the inner soul of some, there are likely a number of others with whom such responses might be a bit more automatic than authentic, generic than genuine, and robotic than realistic.

Bible Doctor

The Great Physician keeps you strong and healthy.

The truth is, that if you love enough to probe just a little bit deeper and look just below the surface, many of those whom you see here are more than likely struggling with something – whether it is readily apparent to the untrained eye or not. Some may be experiencing the daily pain and stress of a personal, potentially fatal physical ailment. Others might be found to be silently struggling to come to grips with an even greater and more intense life-threatening physical ailment involving some beloved family member… such as a spouse, child, parent, or grandchild perhaps.

Many may also be heavily-burdened by some particular personal sin or temptation they struggle to overcome on a daily basis. Some may be carrying and suffering from the scars and abrasions produced by such spiritually lethal heart diseases as pride, anger, self-righteousness, or some other sort of sin-producing parasite or spiritual paralysis. Still others may be completely heart-broken because of a seemingly hopeless situation involving certain of their loved ones who simply will not come to the Great Physician for the priceless and sin-cleansing cure they so desperately need in order to obtain and enjoy a full earthly life, as well as a phenomenally beautiful eternal life, with the Lord Jesus Christ.

Yes, look around. But don’t just look with your physical eyes; really and truly turn and look with your ‘spiritual heart of insight’ eyes. Understand that the person behind you, beside you, and before you, is more than likely every inch as much of a weak, hurting, and heavily-burdened human being as you either currently are, or else have been at times past in your life. And they have come here today, seeking some measure of hope and healing. Help them. Love them. Lift them. Listen to them. And help bear their burden both for and with them. Be, just what “The Doctor,” ordered (Matt. 9:11-13, 11:28-29; Acts 20:35; and Gal. 6:2).

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Foot Washing

Foot Washing

There are some religious groups that practice foot washing. They take the example that Jesus gave in John 13:3-15 literally, and occasionally, they have a foot washing event. That wasn’t what Jesus was talking about doing, but there’s nothing wrong with itas long as it doesn’t turn into a mindless religious ritual that forgets Jesus intent,and what was that intent? Jesus was trying to teach the disciples to serve one another. We don’t have examples of the apostles washing each other’s feet in the New Testament, but we do have commands such as Philippians 2:3-4, “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.” This is the kind of “foot washing” that Jesus wants us to do.

Washing Feet

Where do your interests reside?

When we “wash feet,” a lot of spiritual good takes place. First, when we “wash feet,” we are too busy to worry about things that are out of our control. Our focus is upon the task at hand, not upon things that we can’t control. Idle hands lead to worried minds. Second, when we “wash feet,” we demonstrate the love of Christ. We show to others that we really care about them enough to put their needs above our own desires. Jesus did that when He went to the cross. Third, when we “wash feet,” we think of self less and others more. We realize that life is about other people, not self alone. This reduces pride and increases humility. Fourth, when we “wash feet,” we give ourselves away to others, and “it is more blessed to give than to receive.” We need to be “foot washers!” Let’s follow Jesus’ example and love each other.

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Atheists Influencing the Home

Fighting Atheism’s Influence in the Home

God does exist. All of the best-sellers in the world that espouse otherwise will not change that fact. But if we really expect our children to believe and follow the One True Living God, we must start thinking outside the box! Sadly, the atheists of this country are doing their job better than we Christian parents are. It’s time someone states the obvious: What we’ve done in the past hasn’t worked.

Atheists teaching

Alarmed with the rise of Atheism? Fulfill your responsibility at home.

If you do not believe this, just walk into a church building and inquire if anyone there has children who have abandoned the Faith. But be prepared—the line that forms before you may be much longer than you ever expected. Far too many young people are leaving the Church only to turn around and embrace secular humanism, or even worse, atheism.

Now think: How many of those children who have left the Church could list most of the state capitals? How many of those children know the value for pi, or how to solve for x in an algebra problem? How many of those children can name bones of the body or could describe the water cycle? How many of those children know every word to their favorite songs or could tell you, verbatim, lines from their favorite movie? How many of those children have studied for hours to take tests over meaningless material?

As you sit there considering how much time these young people have spent cramming for standardized tests, ask yourself this one simple question: How much time have they spent actually studying Christian evidences or logical arguments to prove God’s existence? If we are going to reverse this trend, we must start thinking outside the box as to what is “normal”. It’s time we expect more from ourselves and more from our children.

“Are you actually suggesting that we test or quiz our children over Christian evidences or make them study biblical material outside of Bible class?”

I guess my response would be: “Yes, whatever it takes.” After all, which “test” is ultimately more important? I’m not downplaying the importance of a good education—I’m just trying to remind parents that their children spend an enormous amount of time learning “things,” but too often they only spend a small fraction learning about God and His Word. It is no secret that during their educational years students spend a great deal of time studying evolution, humanism, other religious beliefs, and even the tenets of atheism. Why not counter this with a solid Christian foundation?

As I mentioned before, what we’ve done in the past hasn’t worked. It’s time we get serious and combat the atheists’ propaganda with knowledge! Ask yourself this question: Can my children and grandchildren truly prove that God exists? Our children are told that if you can not measure something using the scientific method (using your five senses), then it is an illusion. Where does that place God— a Spirit (John 4:24)? Anyone who has spent any time at all studying philosophy or logic understands that while a Supreme Being may not be proven in a laboratory using the scientific method, the laboratory’s very existence is proof for His existence.

Consider this simple logic: It is a self-evident truth that something cannot come from nothing. (If someone wants to argue this fact, I would love to sell them some “nothing.”) Since something now exists, this indicates that something has existed forever. That means something is eternal—meaning it has always been here. This is simple logic—something exists today, thus something has always existed. The question is what or who has eternal properties?

Atheists and evolutionists would have students believe that the Universe is eternal; however that does not fit the scientific data. We know today that the Universe is expanding, which is a clear indication it had a beginning. As evolutionist Robert Jastrow admitted: “The lingering decline predicted by astronomers for the end of the world differs from the explosive conditions they have calculated for its birth, but the impact is the same: modern science denies an eternal existence to the Universe, either in the past or the future” (1977, p. 30).

The only logical conclusion is that God is eternal and He was responsible for the creation of the Universe. With a little time and a little study we can teach these Truths to our children and grandchildren. I’ve heard it said many times that it takes more “blind” faith to be an atheist. Given the amount of evidence we have for God I would agree.

Brad Stine once mused: “Who is more irrational? A man who believes in a God he doesn’t see, or a man who’s offended by a God he doesn’t believe in?” I would take that even one step further: “Who is more irrational? A Christian who believes in a God but doesn’t teach his child about Him, or an atheist who doesn’t believe in Him but takes the time to teach the child his beliefs?

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