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Gina:
...scriptural.

The "adultery" post got me thinking.  There has got to be some very logical reasons why God would ordain it and make it mandatory and till death do you part.  

Did God make marriage between one man and one woman mandatory just because He had nothing better to do?  Or did He make marriage mandatory because He knew things we couldn't know? (Edit:  I kid.)  Like, when they used to believe that the world was flat and stationary.  But we know now that the earth is round and looking in Job we see references to the earth being a "circle" which is something only the Spirit of God could have known at that time.

Please add to this list as you feel led, but I respectfully request that you refrain from detracting from it if you disagree that marriage is mandatory or necessary and believe it is now obsolete.  (There was a time about three years ago when I, too, believed that the marriage ceremony was obsolete/nothing but a physical ritual.  But I know now that I was wrong.  Can't tell you exactly why, but I have some pretty good ideas .)

I, along with some others here, could use a little help figuring it out.

Logical reasons:

1.  It keeps the spread of sexually transmitted diseases down?

2.  It makes you think long and hard about your love and devotion knowing it will be till death do you part?

3.  It makes you think long and hard about your ability to commit knowing it will be till death do you part?

4.  It makes you think long and hard about your partner's ability to commit to you knowing it will be till death do you part?

5.  It's orderly and keeps things running smoothly?

6.  ??


Practical reasons:

1.  Commitment and devotion without a marriage ceremony looks, to me, an awful lot like faith without works.

2.  It's orderly and keeps things running smoothly?

3.  ??

Scriptural reasons:

1.  One woman can only be the wife of one man.

2.  ??

(Pardon me if the lists above are out of order or don't "jive" with their headings!  lol  I'm not a teacher, just a truthseeker.)



Thanks.

arion:
Because marriage is a demonstration of Christ and his church.  They are linked together until death do they part and of course Christ is immortal and so will his church be when they are resurrected.

Eph 5:31  For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
Eph 5:32  This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

John from Kentucky:
What does God say?

Genesis 2:18  And Jehovah God saith, 'Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper--as his counterpart.'  (YLT)

Dennis Vogel:

--- Quote ---Did God make marriage between one man and one woman mandatory just because He had nothing better to do?  Or did He make marriage mandatory because He knew things we couldn't know?
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Lord, please help me keep my mouth shut. :-\

lilitalienboi16:

--- Quote from: Dennis Vogel on January 04, 2012, 02:05:45 PM ---
--- Quote ---Did God make marriage between one man and one woman mandatory just because He had nothing better to do?  Or did He make marriage mandatory because He knew things we couldn't know?
--- End quote ---

Lord, please help me keep my mouth shut. :-\

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ROFL!!! ;D ;D ;D

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