what makes a man and woman married before God?

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Permalink Reply by dean burrows on June 26, 2012 at 9:22pm

Hi  you aere right you have children watching and you do not want to lead them astray. So it is best to do that which is accepted.

     Yet to clarify my feeligs towards todays traditional ceremony. I take Matthew 5:33-37 very serious as they are the directions given by Jesus The Christ. 

      I also do not believe we are to bind ourselves in contract to the government although I guess I could be wrong. 

      Lastly the ceremony does not make a marriage  nor does the contract. In fact it was pointed out by several people they only make it legal in the publics eyes. Which in our society today is important.  

      Marriage is about the trust and faith two people have in each other with God as their centre.  I have not seen any where in scripture that marriage is about a ceremony and contracts.

      As I say this is my take on it (my opinion). The idea society has made marriage about with the church as a driving force does bother me.  Yes the ceremony is lovely and yes the license affords protection under the law. And if people choose to do this I have no problem with that. I also have no problem with people who are fully committed to each other and God and choose not to do this.  I just do not believe that is what "marriage " is about.

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Permalink Reply by Tammy on June 26, 2012 at 11:30pm

Dean,

So, in essence, I didn't necessarily take anything out of context. My belief doesn't agree with yours. That has nothing to do with taking it out of context. Thank you for clarifying your point of view.

Permalink Reply by dean burrows on June 26, 2012 at 9:32pm

One other quick point 

        Please I am not suggeting we should turn our modern traditions upside down. I am only suggesting we should be careful how we look at people that do not live the same as we do.  Our traditions my not be exactly what they seem. Remember the men that had Christ cursified loved God to the point of creating laws that could not be kept and in many ways showed none of God`s compassion.

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Permalink Reply by robert pierce on June 17, 2012 at 4:33pm

my wife and i were together for 6 mnths b4 being married and while we knew in our hearts that god brought us together we were married in a judges chambers because we had to be for other reasons but we never felt that this was our "real wedding" our wedding was in gods eyes we have never been officiated in a church but feel that we are married b4 god this is a tough question i dont have any biblical reference at the moment but my own perswonal thoughts are that if you both have prayed and feel god approves your union then that should be good enough. but the others were right about the "legal" benifits of being married especially if you are going to have kids. the legal way doesnt take long it nly needs to be both of you and one witness and takes about an hour i would recomend doing for legal reasons not biblical

 

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Permalink Reply by Jenny on June 25, 2012 at 6:49pm

thanks everyone for your input, after considering all these points, i think for conscience and testimony's sake it will be a good thing to get legally married.

now to convince my husband

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Permalink Reply by dean burrows on June 25, 2012 at 8:00pm

The Lord will direct him.  No need to convince in prayer together he will see the best for both of you in your walk with Him

 

 

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