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1 | sex leading to marriage? | Ex 22:16 | justme | 105789 | ||
Mararios: This is a wide open door for a situation ethetisis. I doubt few of us have not known of a couple who has had to face this very situation. The cold statistics say more than half of "Christian brides" are pregnant. So many pastors are facing counseling with less than ideal reasons for people wanting to get married. I would be more concerned about is this couple really Christians. If one was and one was not I would not consider advising them to marry. I believe this would unequally yoke a couple who had made enough sin, without adding to the problems. I question what scripture that would back FORCING anyone to marry. Perhaps wiser counseling might be to spend whatever time is needed to help develope Christian responsibility and a solid foundation to assure a solid marriage if it ia at all possible could take place. There are so many veriables that a single blanket statement seem hard to justify forcing a marriage. Any thoughts? Blessings. justme |
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2 | sex leading to marriage? | Ex 22:16 | Makarios | 105793 | ||
Greetings Justme, Quite possible. This is a very difficult situation to give a clear cut, definitive answer to, and one answer cannot justify every single case in point.. There is Exodus 22:16, there is Matthew 19:10, there is 2 Cor. 6:14, etc, etc.. I could find myself arguing this either way - for the marriage or not for the marriage.. A marriage between a non-believer and believer would have problems with conforming to Ephesians 5:21-33, that is for sure, since that passage explains the roles of the husbands and wives in a Christian point of view. Perhaps we should approach the subject of unbelievers/believers in the spirit of 1 Cor. 7:10-16, if the couple insist on being together, in spite of 2 Cor. 6:14.. Therefore, if an unbeliever and believer agree to join together in marriage, then they must understand fully the implications of what they are getting themselves into - both the believer and unbeliever. The believer is still bound to the Lord, and to worship the Lord. But if the unbelieving partner separates, then let it be so (1 Cor. 7:15). Both partners need to understand that their marriage could very well be subject to divorce, and that risk needs to be fully understood, since divorce is better to preserve peace if the unbelieving spouse cannot tolerate the partner's faith. The bond of marriage is broken only by death (Rom. 7:2), adultery (Matt. 19:9), or an unbeliever's leaving. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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3 | sex leading to marriage? | Ex 22:16 | justme | 105795 | ||
Makarios:-) I agree with you entirely. This gives all the more reason for the person who marries such a couple the mandate to seek God's will. There no easy answers when satan has his desire to destroy lives for eternity. Blessings Markarios. justme |
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