This Thursday at DRL - Kingdom Relationships Part 3…
This Thursday night we’ll be doing our 3rd message on Kingdom relationships. 2 weeks ago we talked about family relationships. Last week we talked about friends (loving our neighbor). This week - MARRIAGE. I realize that for some of you folks, this may seem irrelevant to you at this point in your life. I really hope that’s not the case, though. It’ll be good to know what God says about being a good husband and a good wife on the front end of your life rather than the back end, right? Feel free to post any questions you have or comments you might have on this topic leading up to Thursday…
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March 5th, 2007 at 5:46 pm
One question I wish to know about marriage is the honesty factor leading up to it. What if you discover a dark and “unacceptable-to-you” secret about your spouse after marriage? Are you obligated to file for a divorce? It would be a concern to be stuck permanently with someone that has a hidden flakey history of mental problems, illnesses, or “run-ins” with the law. I know that we are not to separate what God has bonded together. Can we make the argument that God never meant for this marriage bonding to occur? How does the issue of adultery fall into all of this? This question was derived from an online forum discussion dealing with the topic of marriage. I would like to hear a response to this question from a Christian perspective.
March 5th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
I think that if you are seeking after God’s will He will not let you marry someone like that. If God never meant for this marriage bonding to occur than you were not in the will of Him. Sin is something that we have to deal with and when we sin we have to live with those consequences. That is not one of the things that allows for divorce in the Bible. I also think that if a man is truly seeking after God’s heart there will not be a mistake.
“I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.” Psalm 119:11 You can tell with people if you know them well enough what their heart truly is, so don’t jump into anything. You will know if you truly want to.
March 7th, 2007 at 12:42 am
I’m not sure what I think about different specific situations and marriage, but I have been reading about the difference between belief and faith and I know that God hates divorce, so I think having faith in Him means having faith that even though you don’t understand why you must make your marriage work a marriage is a covenant with God saying that you have faith that your relationship is bound in Him and even though your belief in the relationship might be unstable your faith will keep you from allowing yourself to give up on your marriage.