Nigerian cleric Pastor Sarah Omakwu has sparked debate after insisting that divorce remains wrong, even when a marriage involves physical, emotional or verbal abuse.
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Speaking during a recent sermon, she maintained that sexual immorality is the only biblical ground for divorce. She argued that people who are unwilling to remain married for life should reconsider entering marriage.
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“Even if Adeboye, Oyedepo, Kumuyi, Okonkwo, these fathers in the faith, if any of them divorce, it’s still wrong. No matter what the reason, it’s wrong based on the Word of God.
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If you are not intending or planning to stay in marriage for life, it is better not to enter. Because the only reason you can separate from a man or woman is if there’s sexual immorality. Outside of that, there are no grounds for divorce,” she stated.
Addressing a question about abusive marriages, Pastor Sarah acknowledged that battery and abuse are grievous sins but argued that they do not constitute biblical grounds for divorce.
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She advised victims to leave abusive environments while their partners undergo counselling and work towards behavioural change. According to her, they should only consider returning if the abusive partner demonstrates genuine improvement.
“Once there is battery, the person is taken out. You take them out and leave until it is fixed. And if it takes ten years to fix that person, good. If it is not fixed, don’t go back.
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You counsel him, and counsel him, and insist until you see behavioural change. The spirit of Jesus is not to throw people away, but to fix them,” she added.
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Her comments come amid conversations about marriage and divorce following reports of Jimmy Odukoya’s remarriage, bringing renewed attention to religious teachings on marital separation and the safety of people experiencing domestic abuse.
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