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1 | Trying to understand: | Mal 2:16 | pricefhome | 31278 | ||
Let me take one issue from your post, "God did put you together, even as unbelievers" I have been told that God allowed us to get married even though it may not have been what He knew was best for our individual lives... But let me ask you to support your viewpoint alittle more. Thanks | ||||||
2 | Trying to understand: | Mal 2:16 | LampLight | 31327 | ||
Refer to 1 Corinthans 7:1-7:40 regarding the duties of marriage. You are referring to 1 Corinthans 7:14. For the unbelieving husband is santified by the by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is santified by the husband; else were your children unclean; but now are holy. This is where the misunderstanding comes in. This statement in the bible refers to couples who were married as unbelievers, then one was saved which then saves the other. If one is a believer and the other is a non believer it is best not to marry as you are not of the same spirit, least the believer could weaken in his spiritual walk with Christ. We are to edify, encourge and uplift one another. This is more difficult when one believes and one does not. God greatly blesses a Marriage where both are believers and the rewards are great. There is a verse in the bible, do not know the excat verse off hand but it comes to mind when answering this question. We are to be of the same yoke. This interpretation is given like the image of 2 oxen yoked together in the field to do work side by side; one oxen is trained and disciplines to the yoke around it's neck, the other is not. Imagine the two of them yoked together in the field trying to do some serious work? Gods work and lifestlye is very serious and we must be comitted to his will, plan and purposes in our life. Afterall, his plan, will and purpose is best...when we trust him and do his will, it always turns out better than we could ever have imagined. Trust God, pray a little harder for him to reveal his will, plan and purpose for you life. |
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3 | Trying to understand: | Mal 2:16 | pricefhome | 31609 | ||
So, you are saying I should divorce? | ||||||
4 | Trying to understand: | Mal 2:16 | LampLight | 31643 | ||
Part 1: No, I am not saying that you should divorce. Please read my posting to you on 2/22/02 after I read a little more on your situation. Your situation is not an easy situation with a quick fix. You said you don't Love her anymore like you did, and that She is very disinterested basically in the Marriage, so it is apparant that there are no real bonds of love there anymore, however...you need to be careful when an entire family with children is involved. It would be much easier if it were just the 2 of you, but it isn't. It sounds like there are a lot of high emotions involved here, which can only make the situation worse. I personally have found it much harder to come to any solid conclusions when my emotions are high, and my mind is confused. Which, the mind does become confused when the emotions are that way. The best thing I can suggest is 1st and foremost, Please Humble yourself before our Heavenly Father, as I am sure you have already....please contine to do so. Don't keep asking him to necessairly show you what to do right now, gather close to him, rest in his presence, ask for his peace, ask for a calm, still, strong mind and emotions so that you can be better instructed by God when the time comes for him to instruct you. As he will, trust me on this one. After many years myself of personally only trusting God in my life when things are going the way I want them to, and then when they are not, I take control of my life again....I have learned, and am still learning, that he knows best, even when we don't feel that he does. He does have a plan for you, he will work this out for the good of all...not just you. We must be very careful not to take everything in our complete control in our lives just becasue we want it fixed right now, right away. It's easy to do that, but definatly not always best. God does know and does care about how much you are hurting right now. We can only think about our lives maybe 10 steps ahead, he can see it 20, 30 even 40 steps ahead of us. Oftentimes when we are going through times in our lives when it is not so ideal to us,it is to him. He uses that time in our life to refine us, to teach us, to grow us up in his Love and brings us to a closer relationship to him as well as a better undertanding. As Charles Stanley (In Touch Ministries) said "If we were to get all of our answers to all of our problems immediately, the relationship with Christ would be over, right there and then". What would be the point of that? We need Christ in our lives, he is our comforter and our guide. He wants us to depens upon him more, to trust him more, to have a close relationship with him, but if it were all too easy, there would be no appreciation there. |
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5 | Trying to understand: | Mal 2:16 | pricefhome | 31660 | ||
Thank you so very much for your post!!! I am in 100-percent agreement with every word! God helps us so we can help others! Be encouraged, your words are helpful! Please remember our family in your prayers...also, I lost my job today...I had been with this bank for the last three years...and they came in and cut me loose. But I had some intense prayer time this morning where I deeply asked God to help me and this was his answer...so I know he has much better things in store for me and my family. So, pray! | ||||||
6 | Trying to understand: | Mal 2:16 | LampLight | 31668 | ||
Pricehome: I will keep you lifted in my prayers, just don't give up hope. | ||||||