Here is the relevant Scripture, in context (NIV):ġ2 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. “For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband” ( 1 Cor. For the rest, leave the consequences to God. If you are concerned for your husband’s salvation-as you should be-you are far more likely to be used as an instrument to bring him to repentance as you pursue obedience to God this way. Don’t do this becomes you are commanded to do this!Īnd so, given what you have described, my counsel would be for you to go. Not only does Wilson claim that when Scripture says “Don’t do this” it really means “you are free to do this”, he then takes it a step further and claims that Scripture (and God) is urging wives to separate from their husbands if they feel their husband is sinning. 11 But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife. Husbands can be brutal, as the apostle knew.įor reference, here is the Scripture where Wilson says the Apostle Paul tells wives they are free to separate from their husbands if they see fit (NIV):ġ0 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. Note also that it is the wife he is exhorting in this passage, meaning that in the larger scheme of things, he is assuming that wives could have plausible reasons for thinking they had to go. If the parties are willing, the church must provide pastoral counsel, but if there is simply a separation over intractable differences, Paul just allows for the separation, even though it may be one that has gone against his counsel-he did in fact urge the wife not to separate from her husband. If there are not grounds for a divorce that allows for a subsequent remarriage, the church doesn’t adjudicate it. It is also interesting that Paul does not here get into the grounds for the separation. So if he would leave you alone in this decision, then so should the elders of your church. If she sees that his generally good advice is not pertinent to her situation, she is left free to leave without being hassled about it by the apostle. It is interesting here that Paul advises a woman not to leave if she can help it-“the wife should not separate from her husband.” That is his apostolic counsel, but it is clear from the context that it is merely advice. Wilson explains that when the Apostle Paul commands wives not to leave their husbands, he was really telling wives they were free to leave their husbands if they felt justified in doing so (all emphasis mine): What most readers likely won’t notice is that Wilson has created a truly novel reading of 1 Cor 7. Wilson is a man who just so happens to share same name as him.Earlier this week Pastor Doug Wilson published a post titled: On a Wife Deciding to Leave Her Husband. But that does NOT mean we share the same Mission or Faith! I am the daughter of the Great Doctor David E. Wilson’s daughter wrote in a post, “Sometimes we unknowingly share our names with complete strangers. Wilson, out of Dallas, some 200 miles west of Texarkana, has taken to Facebook to tell users that her father is not the same Pastor David Wilson. Overall, I just see a serious excitement at getting organized to go into business.” Wilson said, “We’re just happy to be in a new location and doing bigger and better things. Pastor Wilson spoke about his role in an interview with the Plainview Daily Herald. Wilson was the leader of the Black Chamber of Commerce in Texarkana. A Google review of Wilson’s church reads, “Another one of the greatest places to go to for highly spiritual uplifting in the Lord!!!” Texarkana is a city of less than 40,000 people on the border between Texas and Arkansas, less than 40 miles north of the Louisiana border. Facebook/David WilsonPastor Wilson pictured with his son in September 2019.Īccording to a LinkedIn page, Wilson also operates a consulting business in Texarkana.
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