For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ<\/em>” (Galatians 1:10).<\/p><\/blockquote>\nWhile you claim it is illogical, you offer no logic — only a complaint. While you believe I fail to understand the Scriptures you recognize that it is a religious belief (theology) and fail to prove your point.<\/p>\n
As a preacher, I cannot offer grace. I can only teach about the grace God has offered, and that has to be on God’s terms. That you are unimpressed by what God says is something I can’t help you with.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: Regarding: Can I remarry because my wife left the church and left me? Sorry, but your responses offer no grace. I think you fail to understand Scripture properly. There are zero logical reasons why a man must remain bound to loneliness because his rebellious wife left him. Another unhumble Pharisee with no real hope…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[127,167],"class_list":["post-53323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-about-this-site","tag-divorce"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":92676,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-it-grace-that-someone-survives-an-accident\/","url_meta":{"origin":53323,"position":0},"title":"Is it grace that someone survives an accident?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Good day, sir, When the Bible talks about grace or mercy, does it only refer to salvation? 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I'm looking at a church and I looked up their beliefs, this was one of them. \"That God has given us all a measure of grace according to our gifts: Ephesians 4:7\u00a0\"But to each one\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":43583,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/salvation-by-grace\/","url_meta":{"origin":53323,"position":3},"title":"Salvation by Grace (Cope)","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 22, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"by James R. Cope via\u00a0The Preceptor, Vol. 1, No. 12, October, 1952. 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