Expert: Pastor Don Carpenter - 5/13/2010

Question
Hi my question is.  Do I in front of God comitt adultry if for example I am married to more than one woman.

Answer
Hi Maciek,

Thank you for this great question.  Jesus gave us some very specific teaching about marriage.

Matthew 19:3-9
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? 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. 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.
The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769.

God's plan for marriage is one man united with one woman until death.  Anything that breaks that lifelong singular commitment is considered to be adultery.  I hope that this helps you.

In Christ
Pastor Don