The Myth of Marriage
Many people claim that marriage according to the
will of God is between one man and one woman.
Because so many say this and are supposed to be experts in this subject,
most of the world follows right along, but what if I told you that this is
really not the will of God but the will of man.
Will you then open your eyes and realize that man has a habit of replacing
God’s will with his own in order to justify his greed and unquenchable desires. What if I told you that marriage is not a godly
institution at all and is all made up by man.
Would you be willing to pick up the Bible and check for yourself or
would you choose to continue to stay clueless?
You probably would because I keep saying what if I
tell you or show you and by this, I give you a clear excuse to ignore what I am
writing. You are given a convenient
excuse not to even take a few minutes to check out what I am saying. Well fear not for we thought of that and
instead of listening and reading the words that I say, how about reading and
heeding the words of Jesus Christ himself.
Do you need a better expert of God’s wishes than that?
Luke Chapter 20 verse 34. Jesus, himself said “marriage is for people
here on earth but in the age to come, those worthy of being risen from the dead
will not marry nor be given to marry”. Simply
put, marriage is an institution made by man and not God so do not judge it as a
sanctioned act of God. When the Bible
talks about marriage, it is written by Paul and others to those who are still
stuck in the “old nature” of the Old Testament and guidance is given to them on
how they should conduct themselves if they choose to marry. Here are a few examples;
Malachi 2-14 “You cry out, why doesn’t the Lord
accept my worship? I’ll tell you
why! Because the Lord witnessed the vows
you and your wife made when you were young.
But you have been unfaithful to her, though she remained your faithful
partner.” In layman terms, in a
homosexual union one stands as the man and the other as the wife, maybe a
difference in title exist within this culture but the basis is still the
same. When Malachi speaks referring to “young”
he may not be talking about your age at all but the age of your
relationship. We all know that the common
term for the beginning of any relationship the word “young” is used. You make a commitment to your significant
others in the beginning and Malachi says you need to continue to honor that commitment.
Hebrew 13-4 “Give honor to marriage and remain
faithful to one another in marriage”. So
if you elect to marry honor the union and remain faithful to that person period.
1st Corinthians 7 verse 13 says “And if a Christian
woman has a husband who is not a believer (in Christ) and he is willing to continue
living with her, she must not leave him”.
The choice is given to those involved in these relationships to make not
government or anyone else. You decide
what steps you are going to take in your relationship and shall only be bound
to each other, not some man-made law.
Our conscience should be clear when it comes to who
choices to marry, how and why. The Book
of Romans makes this clear. Romans 7- 5
& 6 talks about being bound to the law, a law which, by the way is
described in the Bible as arousing evil desires to sin resulting in the wages
being death. “But now we have been released from the law for we died to it and are
no longer bound to its power”. In other
words when we give ourselves into the complete service of God we are re-born
and in order to be re-born you have to die.
We died and were re-born into the complete service of God which means we
are no longer bound by the law which aroused evil desires and ends in
death.
If you still wish to stick with your “old nature”
and believe that marriage is a union between one man and one woman then perhaps
you can explain why no one seems to rail against adultery as much as they do
against gay marriage. Romans chapter 7 verses
2 says that the law, from which much of this idea was born says that “when a
woman marries, the law binds her to her husband as long as he is alive but if
he dies, the laws of marriage no longer apply.
While the husband is alive the wife commits adultery if she married
another man”. Now ask yourself, how many
of those who claim to know exactly what God wants, even more than his own son,
are also some of those who have violated this very thing. I’ll tell you why, because it does not fit
what we want to believe and match the wordings of our old nature.
Why should you listen to me and stop this all-out
assault of keeping people from following their own wishes. Basically because it is suggested by Paul in
1st Corinthians 7-27 that we should remain as we are when God calls
us. It says “If you have a wife do not
seek an end to the marriage, if you do not have a wife do not seek to get
married”. In the new era to come none
who rise from the dead will marry or be given to be married, therefore be like
the angels in heaven. Marriage is not a
godly institution, it is a man made one and confusion of this must stop. Matthews 22-30 “For when the dead rise, they
will neither marry nor be given in marriage.
In this respect they will be like the angels in heaven”.
Who says that we as mortals have the right and
authority to determine who can marry and who cannot? Who died and made us king, queen, judge and
jury of all others? We are assigned our
individual soul to watch over and protect not the souls of others. It is there choice whether they wish to
follow our way or their own so let them choose.
God allows us to choose our own way so by whose authority are we now
saying we have to right to make choices for everyone else.
I do not have a problem with different religions
believing different things nor do I have a problem with them adopting different
policies to regulate that religion. What
I do have a major problem with is when those rules are modified to include
being the will of God when even those who speak it know that it is not. If this is what you believe then stand strong
in your convictions but don’t hide behind the Bible. You are free to believe what you wish so you
do not need to convince anyone but yourself.
Make your case and allow your case to stand on its own merits unless
your case does not have any.
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