What Establishes a Marriage According to the Bible?
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- Even though marriage ceremonies today look a lot different from those in biblical times, the nature of what makes a marriage hasn’t changed.
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This is what I have been feeling in spirit. And this video confirms it. Same thing as tithing. I don’t give 10% to the church. Instead I use 10% of my income to buy food, jackets, tents, etc. for people in struggle!!!!
Bless you
Bless you
Correct. Christians are not commanded by God to give 10% of their income to their local church. That is a false interpretation of Scripture. You should give to charity if you want to, and you should pay your taxes, but that is the extent of your obligations.
First find the true church that will teach you the truth of Gods word, a church that teaches the plan of salivation and baptizes believers in the name above all names and you will see how excited you will get to give your tithes and offerings...
Ah, thank you for stating this. So many questionable things/people are present nowadays. ❤
This information checks out with what is written in the Word. Zero mental gymnastics, just what was in the word. Thank you.
Probably the most clear, concise, to the point, and above all, scripturally accurate video of how the God finds the marriage process to be accomplished. Thanks for the video!
When we speak of God putting people together it doesn't say RING or certificate... but God put it together, he ordained it and you entered into a covenant with God.
The Lord calls the tradition of man an abomination: abortion, divorce, fornication(same sex marriage) pride, paganism; man made holidays like Holloween. Which glorify people of the world and him in the world(Devil). In the beginning God made man and woman and what God put together no man can separate. Ask God for wisdom on this matter. Truth is God is in control.
A friend told me this but i had to check into it on my own. Studying the word & this video helped tremendously. Thank you
Hallelujah! This video has helped me tremendously. Im so joyful after knowing this. Thank You😃😃 May the Lord bless you even more
I asked God for a sign with my partner and i, and my name and my partners name were called together at a store.
I love you God. Please save my family.
This is such a good video, short and answers all my questions. Wonderful. God bless!
If a couple goes through a ceremony to be married without your state's marriage certificate does the wife take the man's name? And if there's no state certificate how does one legally change their name on their social security card and other documents?
@@candyhull6870you can change your name to anything you want. My friend did it three times. And it was no problem for her. So if you get married without a marriage license you can just go and have your name changed no problem.
As a Christina, I think GOD IS WONDERFUL
As an Andrew, I agree!
As Batman, I agree!
Thank you I’ve been searching for references like the ones you gave. God bless
Thank you very much, Sir. God bless you
Jacob and Leah were married by action, not even by covenant. One could argue the same of Adam and Eve, or Abraham and Sara. Genesis very clearly states that the man shall cleave into his wife and the two shall become one flesh. Standing before a pastor doesn’t make you married anymore than standing before a magistrate. God clearly says that becoming one flesh, or laying with a woman constitutes marriage. This should make us all the more careful on saving ourselves for the right person. But we should also stop putting these things on couples that are not biblical. There’s not a single marriage ceremony anywhere in the Bible. Yet, there are countless examples of married couples. What defined those marriages? Sharing their tent or laying with.
John 2:1: “And on the third day a MARRIAGE FEAST took place in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.” Jesus performed his first miracle of turning water into wine at this wedding.
When an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream telling him to take Mary home as a wife, he awoke and without delay, did as the angel directed him and brought Mary to his home. This public action served as a marriage ceremony, giving notice to all that Joseph and Mary were now a married couple!
I'd also like to point out the lady Jesus spoke to and he said where is your husband and she said so never got married, and he straight up said what you never commited to any of the 5 men whom you was with. Hence what is marriage? I'd wager it is joining of two bodies, but if you do it while already commited you are committing adultery, if you do it without intent to commit to each other you are committing fornication, if you do it with intent to commit to each other and with god's convenient then you are married. That's my interpretation of the Bible passages.
Amen, sex is marriage and sex before marriage is impossible.
@@sunnyjohnson992 the MARRIAGE FEAST being celebrated was after the the “ceremony”. The ceremony of the day was consummation. Again, there is not a single instance of a couple standing before a priest or rabbi and having a ceremony and that constituting a “marriage”. What does Christ say about laying with women? He says that you have made them your wives.
As for Joseph and Mary, that seems to be one exception and certainly not the rule. There are far more examples of a man and woman doing one thing (having sex) and being considered married, in the eyes of God vs bringing Mary into the home and being married based on that.
I totally agree with you. God states marriage means becoming one flesh, because whether a man and a woman commit or not before God when they unite in flesh, the union and melting of bodies, fluids, and energies, occurs anyway, and this always brings consequences, whether the two are aware of that or not. If a union is promiscuous, meaning it is not born out of Love, then sickness and suffering will be the result of that union. Even if it's just one night spent with a stranger, it will have consequences to repair. But a Holy Marriage is the one which occurs before God. And what does "before God" mean? It doesn't mean in the presence of a pastor, and it does not mean reciting a vow or an oath, because Eternal Love doesn't spring out of a promise, which is out of sense of duty, but only and solely out of the natural need of being with one another, helping one another, sacrificing for one another, rejoicing for one another. Just like a mother doesn't promise her baby she will love it all her life, as the bond is so strong that this actually is supposed to occur naturally, so it should be between lovers: you should only unite in flesh to the one you feel you are united in soul and you feel you want to honour and serve all your life long. You can ask God for blessing your wish of loving your beloved eternally the way he or she deserves to, the very way Jesus Christ loves His Church, but you can't promise you'll manage to feel like that all your life. If a union really stems from God and occurs out of Divine Love, its eternity will be a natural fact. If it is not, the marriage may come to an end and even the break up in this case is not something the state or any church should define. It is the presence or absence of Love to determine it. If two people are in love no more and they unite no more, they are no more spouses in the eyes of God. Alas, this is not something occurring without grave consequences, as stated before. But again, if the two have been sent to one another by God and they put their relationship to God before the lover for each other, then the marriage is simply bound to be eternal, because God will let them overcome all storms, all obstacles, all hardships. To all those waiting for True Love, or living a hard time with their True Love, or being together and carrying out God's missions in this world, may God bless you.
It's the vows of commitment that forms the marriage bond, not some scrap of paper from City Hall.
It sex
Thank you ❤
What therefore God has joined let no man seperate. One marriage one God one faith one baptism. Amen in Jesus name.❤
So therefore fornication is not what we think it is. Cause a lot of people say you're not married so you're in fornication and by that they mean, you need to sign papers so show youre married, but if you and your spouse vow before God and make that covenant, you're no longer single but married and therefore you're not fornicating.
Absolutely not. As Christians, we're told to obey the laws of the government (as long as it's not sin against God by doing so). That means, we have to do what the law in our country requires to become married. Only then, we're also married in the eyes of God. Of course this will also include vows before God, but without the legal status, it's not a marriage.
@@semi2893 okay.
@@semi2893the Bible does NOT say to obay government that is a century’s long LIE so the church can get people to bow down to false gods, Deuteronomy says we are to obay none and bow down to none besides god
@@semi2893 thats cap did you watch the video
@@semi2893Government these days say two men and two women can get married. Heck, now they say people of more than the two genders God made can get married. Does that make them married since it's government sanctioned? Will you take the mark of the beast since it's government sanctioned?
So all this time I been feeling guilty when I wasn’t even sinning 🥴
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I think institution is the wrong word. Institution by definition is societal or at least in some definitions it is. I think covenant is a better word and institution often leads to confusion because of the societal implications
The most logical thing ive heard lately as a life long Christian
Marriage between one man and one women is the awesome plan of God and we should fight anything that comes against the plans of God! Christians stand firm stay still in the plans of the living God!
Amen
I new it, I was always nervous or worried about this, keep trying to search for the answer, if my girlfriend and I feel like we are one and as bible says each other's helper we are considered married in God's eyes.
What is your story with your girlfriend, or wife? I'd really like to know.
Where can i find a pastor to marry us if we don't go to a physical church?
So if I lived with my father or mother I could not be married in a biblical sense? Its only when you depart / move away
You should also include there were witnesses fir the marriage. The parents agreed and others were there for witnesses.
I agree 100 % with you. one question. IF IF IF the marriage doesn't work out because of infidelity, how would I help people get a divorce if there was no other way to resolve the conflict? Please help me understand how to answer someone with this question.
Hi Robert - Alan is not able to directly respond here, but Greg Koukl would love to talk to you about your question. Learn how to call in to our weekly broadcast here: www.str.org/broadcast.
Read Hosea and see God expects faithfulness in spite of infidelity. God hates divorce and loves grace, mercy and forgiveness of wrongs not deserving to be forgiven because that is what He did for us
You can't divorce even in case of infidelity.
@@luantavaresx yes you can
@@solomonKachi7000 you can divorce but you have to remain single or go back to your husband.. if a man or woman divorced and goes and gets remarried while their firat spouse is still alive they are committing adultry if there spouse dies they are free to get married again....paul explains this clearly.. the confession on people saying they can divorce and get married again if the spouse cheats is becuase many bibles miss translant what Jesus said in Matthew 5 32.. in the KJV translation Jesus said if anyone puts away his wife except it be for Fornication. They commit adulty... fornication is a act that un married people do. So why did jesus say if a married person finds out their spouse has committed fornation they could divorce? Because Jesus was quoting the old testament law in deu... It tells us that if a man and women get married and the husband was under the impression that his wife was a Virgin and then gets married to her and has sex with her on their weeding night and the husband finds out that she wasn't a Virgin that she had fornicated then he could leave her and that marriage wasn't valid.. the new Bible out their change Matthew 5 . It will say something like if the spouse was sexually immoral or some other translation so you can apply that to anyone that cheats. Jesus understood the difference between adultry and fornication. That's way he said if the wife committed fornication..he was just quoting the mosses law that the people where just asking him about. There is a lot of verse that clearly teach you can only marry once til death. But I would take way to long to show every verse
YES !!!!!!YES
In some cases (usually involving the welfare system) the government actively punishes marriage, in some cases by imposing economic suicide. What does one do when no physically accessible church will marry you without a government license? My fiancee and I are residents of an assisted living facility and a limited range of mobility..
OK, I have a few questions, if you are capable of answering them. First, concerning Isaac and Rebekah, since you seem to know they made one, what commitment did they make to each other? Where does Scripture mention any commitment made between them? Rebekah was purchased for Isaac! What would have happened to her if Isaac had not wanted her? Second, if your so-called covenant commitments make a marriage before God, then how did Rachel and Leah become Jacob's wives? Scripture declares no such covenant between either, other than a covenant of purchase between Jacob and Laban for Rachel, twice. Yet, however, nothing at all was agreed to or covenanted for Leah? How was that sanctioned by God to where she became his wife? Thirdly, please, I beg you, show me in Scripture any such covenant illustrated or alluded to that was made between a male and female for marriage? What covenant of your so-called vows existed in the Bible?
I have a question...
What if a couple, regardless if they got married in court or church, failed to comply the necessary requirement to prove they've been married, then the gov't/state deemed the marriage invalid, in our faith though, is it still valid or not? For what I know, (exegetically) regardless if it is invalid or not in the sight of man, marriage is of God.
Based on my experience in the Christian faith... There are couple of issues I have witnessed such as 1. A couple was married by a pastor who has expired license 2. another case is a guy was married (I think it was a civil marriage), failed to comply the requirements, since gov't says it is invalid, he remarried to another woman and the second time, it was a church wedding with all the necessarry requirements. (The first couple stayed with each other however they got into complex situations and issues such as having affair, etc. Now the second one, is it justifiable?)
Please help me get a full grasp and understanding on this issue.
Hi Oli - Feel free to call in to our weekly broadcast to ask your question. Greg would love to hear from you!
Why do you need government to say your marriage is valid? Sounds like you are brainwashed, and I mean no offense by that.
If you enter into an agreement with your wife and agree to be husband/wife, that’s it. Rings were never even involved. You can have a ceremony, witnesses, that’s all up to you as the leader of your household(husband).
Also, nowhere in the Bible does it say you need someone ordained by the state with a valid license to make the marriage official. I’m not going to lie I’m laughing in real life over this.
God bless you brother.
@@andrewvangils3112 Laugh all you want. Your wordings are unnecessary and uncalled for. This is a sincere question, I am new to the faith so I am asking with all sincerity and honesty.
And if you think you are all knowing, good for you. I don't need your toxic opinion, I don't need your arrogant advise.
I need exegetical advise and I can't see it coming from the likes of you.
Aside from that, God also institutionalized earthly governments, so I am trying to a ask reconciliation between His words and the latter.
@@OliVer-gm9cl Oli Ver,
I totally apologize, you are right it was uncalled for and I did not take into consideration you being a new believer, and even so my reply could have been softer. I just have a real sore spot for people concerned about law potentially over God’s Law and expectations.
What I said was true, biblically speaking. From a biblical perspective, marriage is when you make an agreement to take each other as spouses, agree to it, and have sexual intercourse with one another(2 becoming one flesh).
The idea of rings and all these other traditions, you will not find in the Bible. Yes there may have been a feast at times. But the idea of rings themselves is cultural and actually comes from pagan culture, that at some point or another Christian’s took on. For example in Greece, rings were often embedded with the “god of love” Eros. Later, Rome also practiced the idea of rings as a symbol of love. From what I can find, Christians began using wedding rings around the 9th century.
What matters most is your commitment to your wife and vice versa. Nowhere will you find that because someone was given authority by the state/country to recognize marriage, that was the only time marriage counted. If you want to get married for the benefits(arguable if you are a male) from the state, by all means. But God judges the heart, not whether a person granted powers by the state had his license expired at the time.
I can send some biblical examples but it will range from having sex(becoming one flesh) to a covenant between man and wife then having sex. If you’d like me to back it up with scripture and don’t have good references, let me know. Again I recognize I was harsh.
the government doesn't have a say on if your marriage is valid or not if you are all ready marred biblically no man can make it invalid Jesus says that when he says
what god has put together let no man put apart so if you have all ready consummated your marriage the government can not tare that apart and invalidate it
Like a building built without a set of standards it will fall down!
amen
The catholic church began conducting marriages in the 1600s. It was a family matter before that, agreement between 2 families. No signing, maybe a party although some bible verses dont include a party. Read leviticus 18 for sexually immoral acts and and Deut 28-29 for laws regarding betrothed and unbetrothed women. Find in Genesis what the union of man and woman was meant to be (companionship). Is the bible the word of God or not? Or is it church tradition which changes and shifts over time
Do you have a further explanation or sources for this? I looked it up and it says they only considered it canon in 1547. A friend is clinging to Catholicism because he doesn't know how else he can get married so I would be very interested in hearing from you. Can you also provide some sources for marriage changing from just being between 2 families to being a church institution? Thanks.
Yeeep, catholics also came up with death ending a marriage LOL
@@TechCody113 Pretty sure that's biblical
@@jakebarnes3054 no, only verde they use is Roman’s 7:2 which waist even talking about marriage to begin with, but Paul was talking about Jewish marriage under law of mosses
@@TechCody113 Well nobody's married in heaven so idk
See this is why it is important to let God Be True in every man a liar if you want to talk about Isaac and Rebecca Isaac's wife Rebecca was given a dowry which meant today are not doing and according to the Hebrew custom it was still recorded that they were married
What about Romans 13:1-2 abiding by governmental laws?
to say it all in a nutshell.
when two people decide to become a couple. bam there it is "a marriage"
simple as that.
time stamp 1:40
we filled out the necessary paperwork to register with the State.
If God is the one who establishes marriage and it is good to have witnesses that also sees God handiwork to bring two people together. But then why would anyone get a false witness to approve the marriage? The false witness being the State, for the State says there is no God.
What if these same vows were said with the intention of making a covenant with God outside the church,?
The vows in the church or outside the church are not what make you married.
Marriage doesn't begin at the chuch either. What scriptures does it say that?
Big facts. Sex is marriage
Exactly. Marriage is Sex( The union of two souls becoming one). Totally agree.
@@zibusisotinashegwanz yep you bond physically through intercourse and spiritually (emotionally) through vasopressin and oxytocin released in the brain
@@jtol_cuts3974 i think you sould see the got questions video on it
@@mathewshoro5773 yes sir. Thanks🤝
Adam and Eve were married before people. Biblical marriage was becoming one flesh which is sex. Man also made ceremonies with state. But in Bible you're married if you have God and have sex.
Thank you these people love running in circles they won't say what it is they just run in circles instead of walking straight and saying what it is thank you sister
@@pepper3732 lol exactly!
Facts on Facts.
Thank you! My fiancé and I became one flesh and lived together before we knew Christ. So we kept being told that we were sinning but we had already technically “consummated the marriage” before legality. I never understood why people say you have to be recognized by the state in order to be actually married!
@@ivyneas8709 when my partner and I met we came together and said to each other in the presence of God that we wanted to be married and in words I do not remember declared to each other our marrriage. We have been to gether for over 20 years now and have a son. God called me in April 2020 and I accepted Jesus into my life and I keep wondering and worrying if I am now truly married as there was no witnesses their or a pastor or anything. I mean in the Bible there are no clear procedures to follow apart from the fact the if you are betrothed then you are already married. If two peple declare they want to be married and agree they are now married in the presence of God why would this not be acceptable?
I’ll never register my marriage with the state. Because the states can dictate to what your should be by definition
Hey sir! If the Lord Wills; I hope that you’re able to see this and get back to me with an answer!
1. Does God see western (American) engagement the same as betrothal or even marriage?
2. What are marriage vows that God recognizes?
3. Is saying to a fiancé; “IF THE LORD WILL; I look forward to loving you by the Strength and Grace of the Living God.” make you married to her in the eyes of God? Or no?
They might sound like ridiculous questions; but I’m genuinely curious and concerned.
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Your fine marriage is pagan Christians just stole that idea from them too so in all honesty marriage itself has nothing to do with your god 🤷♂️ see simple problem solved brotha
@@KingAries85 marriage was ordained and originated by the Living God Who has power, authority, and dominion over your beloved paganism. You wonder why the spirits in paganism hate the Lord Jesus Christ and tremble in His Presence; it is because He has saved many pagan, human slaves from their grips by His Own Precious Blood and Resurrection. And He desires to save you too. Your zodiac won’t save your soul from eternal damnation. None of those spirits that aren’t the Holy Spirit can save you. Repent, before it’s too late. And put your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ before it’s too late. He is from everlasting to everlasting. He is uncreated, because He is the Creator. Those pagan spirits are creations that rebelled against God and are influencing you to blaspheme Him. With love, please do repent.
1. No
2. All of them if they are real. God will hold us to any vow we make to Him.
3. No, you can say that to a hundred girls but that doesn't make you married. Some argue that you are linked to every person you have sex with.... the soul tie theory. I don't fully understand it, but I believe there is enough science and statistics to back it up. Did Adam and Eve say vows and get a marriage license or did they start having sex? Sex is spiritual and holy within marriage.
Marriage was created by God as we both know. The confusion comes in with man trying to define and regulate something God instituted and controls. Jewish engagement was customary to Israel rather than a Biblical requirement. Jewish engagement was a binding covenant that required a written "divorce" to show the contract was dissolved. A vow is only to God and God alone and can be broken but not dissolved, so wedding vows are literally til death do you part. A marriage covenant between you and your spouse is not a vow.
American State marriage license is a legal contract and has three parties: 2 spouses and the STATE (God is excluded) The state defines it and doesn't care what gender the two spouses are. And the contract can be dissolved and you can get remarried as many times as you want. The STATE doesn't care as long as you pay the bill.
Biblical marriage has three parties: one man, one woman, and God (The STATE is excluded) God defines it. It's for life, and God calls remarriage sinful (adultery) if two Christians get "divorced". God intends for them to get back together and stay together til one of the dies... naturally (LOL)
People will try to justify their sin which is why so many people try to Biblically justify divorce. The Bible cleary says God hates divorce. (drop the mic) But that is not good enough for someone who doesn't want to submit to God. God never intended for divorce and there is no Jewish record of divorce or divorce instruction for 2500 years prior to Moses. It doesn't mean it didn't happen... I just think it's worth noting God didn't officially sancton divorce. The symbolic picture of marriage reflects God's faithfulness to us no matter how unfaithful we are. See the example in Hosea. It is only because of our selfish pride that we completely mess up the Heavenly symbology with "divorce". It is not God's will and an embarrassment to God for Christians to get divorced. I don't believe there are any formulas of words that make a marriage vow. Most young couples understanding of marriage is shallow concerning the spiritual and legal aspects. Young couples know the basics... live together, sleep together, and try to work everything out the best you can. Worldview and theology makes all the difference in the world concerning commitment level and conflict resolution. People can sin and not notice consequences for a long time and just because someone can do something as in "get a divorce" that does not mean God approves and that there won't be consequences. Some people don't recognize the consequences of their sin, but that doesn't mean the consequences aren't there or won't show up later.
So when a man writes a certificate of divorce can he just write It on a napkin? Or how does that work?
It doesn’t, marriage or divorce is not for Christian’s. Jesus said what god put together let no man separate period
Only if the person does adultery@@TechCody113
This video have saved someone money that was going to be spent just for one day
Just do a small wedding. You cannot get married by having sex. It's fornication
So technically there is nowhere in the Bible that says you to have to get married by a pastor, or in a church? I can’t think of any Bible verses that says so. So then a man and woman can just make a covenant of marriage with God and themselves. Otherwise I fear we may be relying on tradition and the law of men rather then God.
Exactly
yes becoming one flesh
Is it biblical for the parents to dictate who i marry? And to deny my choice of a spouse
As a pastor..no. It is not parents prerogative to dictate a choice of a spouse. It was a custom in some cultures and times. If it was their decision the word of God would say it clearly. It does not come close to saying that. Who ypu spend your life with is up to you. You have to honor that covenant long after they are dead. They will not have to share a bed with your spouse . You will. Plain common sense.
havent been married in a church nor have i made one flesh. i was baptized by a catholic but i declare with my mouth jesus is Lord. i do not know if i am supposed to be baptized again but this time with the right pastor that carries the right spirit of the Lord to baptize unto me christianity. i consider myself a christian but maybe i must be reborn with water by the right spirit. but i have not because i believe all have fallen short and perhaps if i get baptized again i will inherit the pastors angels and guidance and my life will end up like his and if i dont like his life then i might be in a more worse situation than i am now. since i was baptized by a catholic priest i have been rejected by women my whole life. i only had one girlfriend and only slept with her once and we were only together for 4 months. talk about a catholic sexual abstinence curse. but what are the perks about being baptized by a priest well if i dont ever marry in this life which i already believe i died and i am equal to the angels as written, and i will obtain the world and punish those that exalt themselves as womanizers by putting them into a similar rejected hell that i went through because i will obtain the world to rule it as written in the book of luke.
Luke 20:34-36 KJV
And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: [35] But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: [36] Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
I'm not trying to be disrespectful at all, but your post is just filled with confusion and things that are not biblical such as a pastors angels and all that. Firstly come out of catholicism and get you a king James Bible and start there then find a church that goes the closest to biblical principle, then get baptized there. There rest of the process is between you and GOD do not let what any other member of church or leaders do cause you to stumble. First pray to Yaweh for the truth and and proper interpretation and that the holy spirit guides you through this process and onward. Come out of Religion and start with the word to know God yourself. I pray you find the truth and be on your way soon 🙏🏽
@@NarrowPath_7 thanks for offering help but i feel better now. i confounded you but just remember the king james says that God will uses the weak and foolish to confound the wise and strong. if you consider yourself wise and strong then thats why i dont make sense to you and it is also why jesus spoke in parables so everyone that heard what he said not everyone will understand it. it's probably because God wont reveal the mysteries of the kingdom to you perhaps he sees something in you he might not like if you only knew. i read the kjv, septuagint, gospel of the holy 12, enoch, book of mormon, the message bible and reina valera. the kjv says there will be a famine of the word one day and i believe we are in those days because no one upon the earth is the father and is all knowing so we can't say that the kjv is the most purest bible when they even killed to tear out 14 books to create the kjv. but yet the kjv says to not add or take away - hypocrites. no one knows which bible and which verses are corrupt. its filled with truth and lies but there is power in truth and lies. my motto is read it all eat it all and let the Good Lord guide you.
1 Corinthians 13:7 KJV
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
@@WolfRhymesEntertainment and you're clearly still lost and confused.
@@NarrowPath_7 lost with the Lord and we’re having fun like a child 🤣🤣 don’t get offended
Matthew 18:3 KJV
[3] And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
@@WolfRhymesEntertainment you keep quoting scriptures but it all that you have said shows that you're spiritually blind and the point just went over your head. Continue in error though, that's your decision.
You can look at videos after video on TH-cam about the history of marriage and it does not originate from the church
Before man leaves father and mother, God brought the woman/helpmeet to the man and therefore did the joining together and approved of the marriage. With Issac & Rebekah God approved. God appointed a wife for Issac. Then they united. Genesis 2:18, a wife or helpmeet is from the Lord and he brings her to the man.
Where can i read from the bible about wedding?
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John 2:1-11 talks about the wedding in Cana that Jesus attended. He turned water into wine as his first miracle.
As a foreign spouse I need to register my marriage legally in the government!
If both parent and family are aware of a couple living together with out government involvement, is this my wife?
Coverture laws were the best days of civilization. We've lost our ways.
So you are married in God his eyes when you leave your parent’s to go live with him or her?
100%. But there has to be a conscious agreement/covenant bwt the parties involved and Sex seals that. Just my thoughts. According to the bible though when two people sleep together spitually there are one. that may also mean even without intent u can be married.
No need to leave anything technically, Jacob was married with Leah by sex and still lived with his uncle
And this puts divorce in a certain light as well.
The “privileges”of marriage belingy to women,who use the court system to take the man to the cleaners & estrange him from the kids!!!!!
I should have ended my marriage years ago and saved alot of hurt feelings....but do you blame me? I loved her and wanted it to work. I had our whole future to be excited for and held onto hope. I loved our family and our upcoming baby and we also had a second one while trying to make it work.... I love my family but clearly see I should have ended it. If only she wanted to fix it as much as I did... she refused marital counseling saying that statistics tell her counseling doesn't work.....without trying. This broke me... I live alone trying to fight for time to see my children. She convinced the court that covid was a valid reason to keep me from the children. I'm still fighting. Over 3 years now. Missed Christmas's, birthdays, fathers day... I'm a wreck. I miss my babies. She replaced me Ina month and 2 new boyfriends are around my kids more than I am. I've been able to see them 9 times over almost 4 years.
Hi Benjamin, I know it’s really really tough, praying for you brother. God makes all things work together for our good. I hope God turns your tables around and blesses you with all that your heart desires.
@@joshh_xyz thank you brother. God bless
Your resilience in this hard issue is a testament of your faith, God is rooting for you, you are not alone.
@@oreocarlton3343 thank you
@@benjaminmoline5176 also, the less pain you show and the braver you hold yourself the more frustrated are your spiritual and earthly enemies and the more proud you make your Creator.
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I believe this to be so too seeing that the state makes you pay for It i think it more about money for them
I'll still get married within the state but God is better than anything.
Agreed, the corruption occurred later
PlZ answer me if a girl do pressure for marriage to his boyfriend and she married with him at the gunpoint and in fear boy get marry with her but divorce after marriage and remarried then who is his covenant wife please tell.
That is a very tough question. I'd pray about getting the answer and like always, reading the Bible may help clear things up too.
But if I had to guess, I'd say if a woman were to be raped or forced into a marriage at gun point, it is not a true marriage.
@@justicecountryman4060 she was not raped actually they do fornication before marriage and boy started deny for marriage then she threaten him of rape and gave him pressure for marriage boy did marriage to protect himself from false cases but he tricked with her divorce her after getting married. That is covenant marriage or not??
Because girl is upset she doesn't know he is his husband or not but if not then she do adultery when think about him means that guy because he is remarried now. If yes then girl can't do remarriage PlZ help brother 🙏
@@justicecountryman4060 do pray and answer me soon brother 🙏
Or cause by GOD
Ehhh nah. I’ll stick to common law.
Could one be married without having the state recognize it?
Yes
@@CreationAreUs Absolutely not.
@@semi2893well biblically, God isn’t the state. Because the state is run by man. Man could say we can now marry animals. God would say “absolutely NOT”
@@semi2893if the state said to stop worshiping God, who would you choose?
@@tiredoftheworld4834 what kind of an argument is that? We have to obey the government as long as it's not against God's will. Getting legally married isn't against God's will, on the contrary.
What if the man never got permission from the woman's (absent) father, but believes his commitment to her (and consummation) makes them married in the eyes of Yah?
Then Yahweh is still her Father, and the marriage is accepted.
Her father can reject the marriage if he so chooses, according to the Bible.
@@Chudsmash777 verse?
Genesis 2:24 -
"'Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”'
If God truly joined you together, than let "no man" separate (father included). Also leaving one's mother and father suggests that there's a time where it's appropriate to separate yourself from parental supervision and be your own separate entity with your wife. Not to mention, God all of our true Father, and we are called to love God above ALL else. We keep God's promise's, not mans' if it aims to conflict with God. Definitely pray for an answer before making any decisions. God bless you.
@@Chudsmash777 a marriage isn't unofficial just because a parent disagrees with it. Maybe in the old days..... but not anymore. Fathers don't own their grown adult daughters anymore therefore they cannot stop anything
There should of been steps because it could lead to Allot of confusion like for example my situation I had a girlfriend I proposed to and we were engaged but later on we would send text about vow stuff like would you take me in sickness and in health sort of stuff but as far as a wedding ceremony and no we never got to that I did give her an engagement ring but I don't even think the ring is biblical all I know is that if someone was to ask her if she was married to me she would definitely say no as would I but now I have no idea I've heard that I'm not and from the church one of the elders said I needed counseling idk where I stand 100% with God on this I separated from her a long while ago so it's a real life or death situation for me at this point. I need the facts
I'm sure how to help with your situation, brother. I don't know enough about marriage from a biblical perspective, but I would strongly advise you to seek some help and counseling from mature brothers in Christ, perhaps from some of the elders in your church.
If the two of you had sex, you're married in the eyes of God
@@maybaby1087 Im waiting for Jesus to answer this or else I'm probably not going to make it
I just had this conversation yesterday with my pastor. I will be glad to reach out to you just let me know. We can do it through email and I have scripture to back it up. Yah bless!
@@djmcflurry4038 saved by grace thro faith not by works.
Relegion makes us feel like we are going to hell, Jesus died to cover our shortcomings.
Ask Jesus to cover you with his blood
So there's no needing for a wedding ceremony?
Marriage isn’t even from god, it’s a man made system that was created around 4800BC
no you dont need to have a feast or any thing
How does this work with multiple wives like King David had? Genuinely curious and confused
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I love how he doesn't talk about the implications of the fact that the act of sex itself ratifies the marriage in the eyes of God. This has HUGE implications, but the American Christians aren't ready to deal with those yet.
No it doesn’t, it becomes fornication. Read Genesis 2:23-25 KJV
and look up what Cleave means from old English.
Fornication is the opposite of Cleave, it’s for self-desire.
@@niswr7319 Brother, I am not talking about the crappy English translation. I'm talking about Hebrew culture in the ancient Middle East. In that time, a couple having sex meant that they were married, at least most of the time. The sex act itself officialized the wedding.
@@selohcin The funny thing is…there were no laws during Adam and Eve’s time, so the Hebrew culture regarding to what God considers a marriage is irrelevant to what God initially set as the standard of a marriage. What differentiates between a marriage between 2 and a sexual occasion for fornicators…is the emotional aspect. 2 people are doing it in a mutual loving manner and the fornicators are doing it for pleasure and to devalue what God created for marriages. If you would’ve looked at what cleaves meant you’d realize this. Lastly, your argument that the English translation of the KJV is crappy, just shows your low understanding & your ignorance because the translations to Hebrew, Aramaic, & Greek, to the English are all as close as you can get. Bilingual speakers have known this for hundreds of years. Your misunderstanding has failed you.
God Bless.
@@niswr7319 Wow. Everything you just said is incorrect. First, you are very naive if you think that all boyfriend/girlfriend couples have sex purely for pleasure. Many of them deeply love each other and want to spend the rest of their lives together. Second, while the KJV was an excellent translation for its time, newer translations have access to information that scholars of that day did not, and many more knowledgeable experts are able to cross-review work published by others and so corrections get made much more quickly than they did in previous centuries.
@@niswr7319 They didn't say anything about boyfriends or girlfriends.
no witnesses are needed either: cf. "Marriage Licenses, Divorce Courts: Let My People Go: Forbidding to Marry & Buy/Sell"
God ordains marriage.
Is a courthouse marriage just as valid as a church ceremony before a minister?
Or are people in fornication if they just do a courthouse marriage without the church involved and go move together?
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So I am married ❤❤❤❤ I still want the paperwork tho
Why tho, your marriage in the eyes of God, why would you want that state to interfere with your relationship
We live in a secular country, not a theocracy.
"All that recent governments have done is created legal protections and privileges that provide the married couple with some benefits". You sir are deceived. I suggest looking into the rights that people sign away when they get that license
So if just say a bf and gf have given each other oral sex does that mean they are one flesh and are married??
Marriage is planned and intentional, not merely two people having sex. Fornication (illicit sex) does not constitute marriage.
Can a Christian have 2 wife ? He is not legally married to any of them but intermittent, before becoming a Christian
You can have more than one but it's polygamy (sin) but technically still married to multiple woman in god's eyes. There was a king who had 1500 wives as he gave up god to chase woman only to realising when he was old that he messed up king David was it sorry can't remember, also one of Adams direct descendants was the first to have polygamy relationship his wife feared she wouldn't be able to give birth for him, so she got him to bed the servant whom gave him a child, as he himself doubted god's words that god will bless his wife and him with a kid but she was getting on in age so he gave in and slept and married the servant, only realising later god didn't lie when his first wife fell pregnant in advanced years, hence polygamy was cemented into the culture by him and later even a prophet Muhammad indulged and made polygamy normal in Muslim society.
No, it's adultery.
It's defined by the creator AND HIJACKED BY THE STATE
Wow some fools saying that there is no mariage in Heaven
Are you calling Jesus a fool?
This video fails to indicate the importance and necesity of witnesses for the declaration of marriage. If marriage is the way how it is explained here, with the absence of witnesses, then any couple who lives together can call themselves "married" as along as they are committed.
Who were the witnesses for Adam and Eve?
@@CreationAreUs God
@@ijayyy2945 exactly. So it's just the man and women's giving eachother their word. Insanely non complex yet look how complex man makes it. Dumb tradtions of men
@@CreationAreUs nonsense, marriage starts with sex. Eg Jacob and Leah
@@oreocarlton3343 so a eunuch can't be married or someone incapable of sex?
They didn't exactly have easy access to paperwork in Biblical times....
Exactly lol
What does that have to do with how God defines marriage. So man is the one who defines marriage or says who is married and who is not because they have paperwork? This is foolish
Paperwork wasn't necessary either. Marriage is a covenant between man and woman in the presence of God
Yes they did actually, they had scrolls with laws from commandments of kings, jurisdictions, and other forms of governments as well.
@@Noway568 You are now mixing the God kinda marriage and the State kinda marriage brother. Yes ceremonies for marriages were done as time passed on but NB a ceremony is not marriage. i think of it as more of a celebration of an already established union. Go back to the foundation which is our ancestor Adam & Eve. Its really as simple as that. Marriage is spiritual and does not involve the state in any way.
How did Adam and Eve have male kids then somehow populate the world….
This is neither a solicitation nor an invitation, this Is the truth. I am and have been completely abstinent for what will be eight years (excluding a few days in 2016) here in Philadelphia PA USA over seven and one half (almost eight) years overall. (with the exception of one day in early 2018 not in Pennsylvania), and never left America). My eldest son (who is diagnosed with a disability, but who I am teaching) is still a virgin (to my absolute very, very, very, very, very,very, very, very, very, best knowledge), and my youngest son is married and expecting a baby girl with his pregnant wife. 05-23-2023 (while I was running for Congress)-02-01-2024 or whenever this stops, nor do we have STI's or STD's, no Cancer, no COVID-19, not LGBTQIA and do not have sex, nor have been sexually active in years, and no longer have a menstrual cycle. I was a virgin when I went to college, and was at home praying on September 11th 2001 as well as election days (normally). I have not been paid by my job with Patriot Home in 40 weeks. I am not getting remarried.
Sounds like not loving ones neighbor as themselves. Too bad the state has to force inclusion. Sounds elite
Exactly what i tell people. Marriage is between man and woman, plus God.
Then it's not marriage at all. We have to obey the government of our country and also the laws that make a couple a married couple.
No one Got married at the church in the bible. You had it right the first time. Marriags is a God orained institution
Just curious, but why bother registering if it has no meaning?
A lot of mana are happy with this video,it the same for womens??,i dont knlw its it okey to fornicate before marriage,other wise how can i tell my daugther ghah its okey to have intimacy with her boyfriend if they are commintent bettwen thwm i think i need to understand, because this its something that some wolf ca take as a defend to be leaving in fornication and dont respect the gobermenta and laws as jesus said in the bible,we have to respect the law..i dont know im confused
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You say that certificate doesn’t make you any more married before God? You’ll be singing a different tune if she ever wanted to divorce. Women love state marriage
You said that marriage is a “pre-political” institution. What is that supposed to mean? If it is a God ordained institution, then it is completely a God ordained institution and nothing “pre” about it! And if it is a God ordained institution, where do you find in Scripture that God only will join you if you go before your church and pastor and say fabricated ritualistic vows? And where does the Pastor have or receive the authority to decree anyone husband and wife? Also, if no legal documents are needed, then why does the church consider a male and female to be committing fornication if they make a so-called covenant and commitment, before God, and then live together and not have the state document? Christendom is so screwed up in their understanding of Biblical marriage and you are not helping at all.
In addition to all of this, you quoted Gen. 2, where Adam said, “a man shall leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife.” And yet you use Isaac and Rebekah as your example, which Isaac didn't leave, but it was Rebekah who left her parents? Now, either Scripture is contradicting and errant or you have no real understanding of what Adam meant in his declaration? Which is it?
Sex makes people married. Sex is always in front of god since he is omniscient so it is done before god. No other action determines whether or not two people are joined in one flesh
@@JudeKnowsWhatYouDoNot Hey Jude! If this is true, why does Christendom not subscribe to this concept? They say that your statement is not valid unless covenants, vows, witnesses, etc. are exercised beforehand. Without them, they say you are living in fornication. Also, does this happen with everyone a person has sex with? How do you know your statement to be true?
@@mbgodwebsite5272 Christendom is following the Roman version of marriage whereby the church/government is the one that validates or denies marriages. All their restrictions are not needed to validate a marriage. Marriage existed before Christianity existed.
No this does not happen with everyone someone has sex with. It happens with the first person someone has sex with…everyone after that is adultery if the first person is still alive and the marriage was not defiled. In other words, if the first person was faithful to you, then it is adultery to go for someone else.
I know this to be true because of the example of Jacob and Leah. Jacob had no intention of marrying Leah, there were no witnesses, no ceremony, no contract for Leah, nothing that the church or modern Christianity claims validates a marriage. He was only tricked into having sex with her and with that action, even though they all knew it was because of deception, was enough to render him married to her.
Sex is a sacred act that joins two people in marriage.
@@mbgodwebsite5272 do you perhaps still have any issues with what I said or do you agree?
@@JudeKnowsWhatYouDoNot I am not quite sure what you mean by "still have any issues with what you said?" I don't recall ever communicating with you before. I am just very interested in your assessment of or response to Christendom regarding my question to you. They definitely have issues with your theology. I am sure that if you declared this before in debating Biblical marriage, you have faced great backlash. I have!
I'm confused about this. I've been married before my husband now. My sons father, who I was not married to, but made vows to eachother, and My 1st legal husband and I divorced because he left me for another woman. I did not understand the Bible as I do now. So are my husband and I supposed separate and divorce because my husband and I have God in the center, or am I fooling myself.
My husband has been married before, to 2 adulterers.
Please give me the absolute truth and use scriptures please.
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Jesus made it clear that in the beginning marriage was created for life but later in history divorce was conceded because of hardness of heart (Matthew 19:8). In God's Word divorce is an actual event that ends a marriage as revealed in the law of Deuteronomy 24:1-4. That same law also reveals that the next marriage constituted a marriage were the woman was then bound to her present husband. While divorce is not ideal and marriage for life is, you must understand your situation with divorce and remarriage being actual events that changed your marital status. Blessings
Marriage is pretty much sex
Hear hear!
Not at all. If they're not married, then it's fornication
So, fornication is...?
Sex before marriage
non-marital sex
So, to be married in God's eyes all a man has to do is find a woman and get her dad's blessing and have sex with her. Nothing needs to be said out loud, no vows, no ceremony, no church, just you, her, sex and to do it in the presence of God. That last part is very easy, because everything one does God is present. Easy peasy.
What do you say who turned the truth of God into into a lie the gentiles they don't know what they doing they think they do they going to learn soon enough
So if a girlfriend and boyfriend decide to live together and they have sex. It's that marriage or fornication? Hmmm. I think is fornication. You need someone to married you, otherwise you are committing fornication. Sex before marriage.
Yes, any sexual activity outside of a male-female marriage is fornication.
@@STRvideos But can you clarify the point? If those two, in the privacy of their own home; with no church, no witnesses, but pledging before the LORD; for the purposes of the biblical definition (so that it's sin vs not sin), is THAT a marriage?
@@infinityinfinityinfiNo you need to have a public marriage where you exchange vows to each other.
@@Emmanuel_EEEwhere does it say you need a ceremony in the word???
@@infinityinfinityinfi Grace to you
In God's Word the covenant of marriage preceded the marriage. Sex came at the right sequence where it was understood in Hebrew culture that the two were consummating their marriage. Thus there was societal recognition that the man and woman became husband and wife. Marriage is planned and intentional, not merely two people having sex. Fornication (illicit sex) does not constitute marriage. Blessings
Amen. Marriage begins in the bed/tent ect. Sex is marriage
see this isnt right. Sex consumates marriage, but sex is not marriage. If this were so then there'd be no such thing as fornication.
@@livingfaithministry11 nahh u hadda look it as a different perspective if u had sex with someone stay with that Sumone forever cuz two shall become one flesh so basically if u keep having sex with other ppl that's fornication
I'd also like to point out the lady Jesus spoke to and he said where is your husband and she said so never got married, and he straight up said what you never commited to any of the 5 men whom you was with. Hence what is marriage? I'd wager it is joining of two bodies, but if you do it while already commited you are committing adultery, if you do it without intent to commit to each other you are committing fornication, if you do it with intent to commit to each other and with god's convenient then you are married. That's my interpretation of the Bible passages.
@@livingfaithministry11 Fornication doesn't mean sex before marriage but perverse sex, you won't find the term sex before marriage anywhere in Bible because sex is marriage and sex before marriage is impossible.
@@oreocarlton3343 that’s just biblically illiterate. Then what is adultery supposed to be? My goodness y’all will do anything to twist the scriptures so they fit your sinful desires.