Rev, my son is getting remarried and I am afraid he will be lost forever. The four gospels teach that it is adultery to remarry. Please help me understand. My pastor said God cannot save such a person because it is constant adultery.

It’s true that the Bible teaches remarriage causes a person to commit adultery. Jesus said, “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery” – Mark 10:11-12. However, the sin of adultery can be forgiven. The fact that your son is choosing to remarry reveals that he’s not a born again Christian. Therefore I would encourage you to keep praying for his salvation. Just because your son is getting remarried doesn’t mean he’s lost forever. What your Pastor probably meant is that as long as your son continues in sin he’ll be lost and that’s true. However, if he repents of his sin and lives for Christ he’ll be saved!

Praise the Lord for your answer. I should be more specific. My son separated from his wife and then got divorced. My pastor teaches that as long as he is in a second marriage with his first wife alive he cannot by any means get forgiveness. He said God cannot save such a person. He said he will be in a continuous state of adultery.  I am a Christian and I fear God. I fast and pray for him a lot. Rev, I appreciate this avenue of help.

In answer to what you wrote, everyone who hasn’t received Christ’s forgiveness is “living in sin”. It doesn’t matter what the sin is – adultery, alcoholism, drug addiction or whatever. To say a person who is divorced and remarried is “living in sin” is no different than a person who drinks alcohol continually or for that matter anyone who isn’t saved. Everyone who isn’t saved is living in sin. So to say that your son can’t get forgiveness while he’s in his second marriage is wrong. Anyone can receive forgiveness for that as long as they are truly repentant. That’s what Jesus died for.