Question: "If a person is divorced without Biblical reason, what should that person do to rectify the situation?" God hates divorce (Malachi 2:16). When Jesus was asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?", He answered, "Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh? So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate" (Matt. 19:3-6). But the caller recognizes, as indicated by the question, that there is a Biblical reason for divorce. "And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery" (Matt. 19:9). As you see from this passage, the only Biblical cause for which one may divorce his/her spouse is the cause of fornication. Jesus does give permission and authority for the innocent party to divorce the spouse who is guilty of sexual immorality. One is not given the right to divorce for any other cause. Cf. Mark 10:11-12: "So He said to them, Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery." Luke 16:18: "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced from her husband commits adultery." When, as the caller describes, one divorces or is divorced unscripturally, one should work toward reconciliation. Paul said the Lord commands, "A wife is not to depart from her husband. But even is she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband" (1 Cor. 7:11). In many cases reconciliation is possible; when both are willing, and with God's help, they can "make it happen." But the above verse says, understanding reconciliation may not be possible, because of the unwillingness of one spouse, or other circumstances, "let her remain unmarried." But the question asks, "What should one do?" God commands all to repent (Acts 17:30). One must repent of the sin of divorce without a scriptural cause. One must obey the Gospel of Christ to become a Christian, if one has not already done so. If you have remarried subsequent to an un-scriptural divorce, your marriage is and adulterous relationship (Matt. 19:9; Rom. 7:2,3). One must cease the practice of sin; one cannot continue in the adulterous relationship and have God's approval (Rom. 6:1-2; Col. 3:5-8).