Hi sis Janix, regarding sa inquiry mo, it is true na masama talaga paghiwalayin ng tao ang sinumang pinagsama ng Diyos. We never tolerate iyong paghihiwalay ng mag asawa gaya ng annulment at divorce, separation, nasa bible din yan, at yung passage na pinakita mo ay tama :-).
Sis Beng01, totoo ba na kapag hindi INC ang asawa ng isang member nyo, pinaghihiwalay nyo, as in pinapa-annul ang marriage? How true?Super daming cases na originally parehong non INC ang mag asawa, and then,
na convert/pumasok sa Iglesia ang isang spouse. Ang sabi samin (at least sa mga bible studies, and we based our teachings thru the holy scriptures in the bible),
dapat makisama parin ang INC na spouse sa kanyang non INC spouse, (at hindi dapat makipag annull or divorce) dahil asawa nya iyon, at malay natin kung maimpluwensyahan ng mga kabutihan at mapaanib sa INC. (Pero it only applies if and if, originally non INC ang mag asawa and nagpaconvert lang ang isa.)
To answer your question : it is NO. Hindi namin pinapa annull ang spouse na INC (na converted to INC) sa kanyang non INC spouse. And we never tolerate it. na if dumating man ang time na pinagmamalupitan/hindi pinapayagan sumamba na hindi umattend ng worship services/na tipong hindi na healthy ang pagsasama dahil may physical abuse na at panggugulo sa spiritual life, personal life, family life - then of course our INC administration has to step infront/has to make the right moves, para mapangaalagaan ang kapakanan ng naabusong INC na spouse.
If there comes a times na hindi talaga pwede magsama ang INC spouse sa kanyang non INC spouse dahil sa mga pang aabuso/hindi magkasundo at hindi na talaga magkakasundo, para sa amin hindi pa rin grounds for annulment, it is either magsama sila uli at mag kasundo or maghiwalay na lang physically.
As for the part of the INC spouse, even if hiwalay siya physically sa kanyang asawa, it is taught to us na she can never remarry (nor be annullned)-- because nakatali siya sa kautusan ng pag aasawa.
I hope I explained everything clear to you sis :-)
Sis Beng01, totoo ba na kapag hindi INC ang asawa ng isang member nyo, pinaghihiwalay nyo, as in pinapa-annul ang marriage? How true?
1 Corinthians 7: 12-14
New International Version 1984
To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.
Sorry hindi ko talaga ma-gets kung bakit kelangan utusan ang mag-asawa na maghiwalay na dahil lang hindi INC yung asawa, kasi contradictory yun sa turo ng Bible.