This verse is so plain that someone would need help to misunderstand it. One who divorces their spouse for any reason other than their mate’s fornication (sexual intercourse with someone other than their spouse), and marries someone else, commits adultery, and continues to live in an adulterous state as long as they live with their new partner.
It is amazing that many try to add other exceptions to the one the Lord gave. Some say you are free to remarry if your spouse deserts you. Some say you can remarry if your spouse is unable to meet your needs. While others say God’s law on divorce and remarriage does not apply to non-Christians.
Beloved, either “except” means “except” or it doesn’t. We don’t have any problem with the word “except” in John 3:5 do we? Jesus said, “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” We understand, and rightly so, there is one exception to entrance into the Lord’s kingdom. If one is not “born of the water and the Spirit” he cannot become a child of God and thus enter into heaven.
So why then do so many try to turn the Lord’s exception in Matthew 5:32 into many exceptions? The only conceivable reason is that some believe what the Lord said in John 3:5 and they do not want to, or refuse to, believe what He said in Matthew 5:32.
The reason that so many try to make this so difficult is that they simply do not want to obey God. There is only one scriptural reason for divorcing and remarrying, and that is because of sexual immorality. Now that is simple, that is plain, and we can understand it!
—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets
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