{"id":57312,"date":"2009-11-06T14:32:42","date_gmt":"2009-11-06T12:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/remarriage-wedding-ceremony-necessary"},"modified":"2017-05-27T08:53:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-27T06:53:08","slug":"remarriage-wedding-ceremony-necessary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/remarriage-wedding-ceremony-necessary\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the marriage ceremony necessary when one gets remarried?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p><span>Question:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"td_quote_box td_box_center\">\n<p><span><em>I was married in the Baptist church.<\/em><\/span> <span><em>Then I divorced at the\u00a0initiative of my wife, who\u00a0has found another man.<\/em><\/span> <span><em>Now I met a Pentecostal woman who\u00a0has\u00a0been divorced\u00a0while she was\u00a0not a Christian.<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span><em>If we want to get married, do we have to officiate the\u00a0marriage ceremony, even if each of us has been married before? <\/em><\/span><span><em>What is the procedure?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><span>What is marriage ceremony?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/why-shall-the-wedding-be-officiated-in-the-church-5-reasons\/\">The marriage ceremony<\/a>\u00a0is the formal conclusion of the covenant of marriage before God. <\/span><span>Divorce is breaking this covenant.<\/span>\u00a0<span>From what you have written, I understand that your wife was unfaithful and broke the covenant of marriage.<\/span> <span>So, that <a href=\"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/what-is-the-meaning-of-the-engagement-and-wedding-rings\/\">covenant<\/a> is no longer valid and it no longer has power,\u00a0it has been\u00a0broken by divorce.<\/span> <span>This does not undo the consequences and responsibility before God that the one who broke\u00a0the holy covenant will have to bear. <\/span><span>The fact is that that covenant that has been\u00a0broken\u00a0has no more power.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span>Why should you marry?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>If you decide to get married, it means that you have decided to conclude\u00a0this holy covenant before God and this is a new covenant, which is neither a replay or a continuation of\u00a0the covenants that each of you has\u00a0previously entered, but it is a\u00a0new one.<\/span> <span>The\u00a0marriage ceremony\u00a0is absolutely necessary as the <a href=\"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/the-civil-ceremony-and-the-marriage-one\/\">official part of the conclusion of this covenant<\/a>, that\u00a0is made before God and before seen and unseen witnesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span>What is the procedure?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>Go to the pastors of churches where you are members\u00a0and tell them about the decision you have made.<\/span> <span>They will advise you more detailed regarding\u00a0marriage and how to do the wedding ceremony.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Translated by Felicia Rotaru<\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: I was married in the Baptist church. 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Two people, a man and a woman who cohabitate but have never been legally married, are they married in the eyes of God?\u00a0No, these people are not considered husband and wife in the eyes of God because they are not\u2026","rel":"","context":"<span class=\"jp-relatedposts-post-author\">Vasile Filat<\/span>","block_context":{"text":"Answers from the Bible","link":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/answer-from-the-bible\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":82893,"url":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/divorced-sexual-relations\/","url_meta":{"origin":57312,"position":4},"title":"Is it a sin if spouses who divorced continue to have sexual relations?","author":"Vasile Filat","date":"November 15, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Question:Is it a sin if two spouses have divorced (the marriage certificate has been canceled) and continue to live together as husband and wife, as they did before the cancellation of the certificate of marriage?Yes, these spouses sin. 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