Cheater-Speak: “I feel like God is calling me to treat our marriage like Isaac on the altar.”
2 And he said, “Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.”
Genesis 22:2, KJV
Cheaters are engaging in self-deception when they decide God is calling them to divorce their faithful spouse. God does not excuse divorce just so that we can chase another potential spouse. That sort of divorce is sin.
This excuse using the story of Abraham being called to sacrifice Isaac is a sick perversion, in my opinion. It is a twisted “justification.”
Satan quotes Scripture, too.
Do not forget that.
Language about treating a marriage like Isaac is martyr language. It serves to provide the speaker a veneer of religious superiority in an act of abject treachery–namely discarding their wedding vows by jettisoning their faithful spouse.
Plus, they suggest by this explanation that they are on the same level as Abraham in the Bible.
Humble, I think not.
If you have to sin to follow God’s instructions, I suggest whoever is directing you probably isn’t “God” but a “god.” That god isn’t a good one either.
God is not the author of evil and does not sin. He is incapable of directing us to sin as that would implicate Him in that sin.
It is basic theology.
This also applies to abandoning one’s family and marrying one’s affair partner. God is not the author of that series of awful, wicked sins.
As a final note, I do not think it is profitable to argue with a cheater stuck in this mindset. Their basic critical reasoning is captive to evil, in my opinion, by this point. They are just looking to excuse their sin with the hope of looking good.
That is the purpose of that line.
It is not about being altruistic. Only a mind held captive by evil could think sinning is ever God-honoring!
*A version of this post ran previously.
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