Hi Ray,
Thanks for your great site with lots of inspiring and
clarifying words!
I have a question regarding marriage. If we are not
> part of a church, how does one get married? What does
> the Bible say about marriage in regard to the ceremony
> that is declaring a couple as husband and wife? What
> is the Biblical way to get married? Does one need a
> priest to give God's blessing over the union?
> Also, what about marriages where one of the parts is
> an agressor and treating the spouse in a destructive
> way with either physical or mental violence? I don't
> know what is right in these situations, when there is
> violence or abuse involved. My immediate reaction
> would be that a divorce or separation would be the
> best, if the agression doesn't end. I know that the
> general opinion is that divorce is not an alternative.
> However, I'm not sure about what is right to do in
> these cases.
>
> I hope you'll have time to answer my questions, as I
> would appreciate your opinion and thoughts deeply.
>
> God bless you and bible-truths.com!
> Eirik
Dear Eirik:
I get asked similar questions on a regular basis. It takes too long to answer these involved situations for me to rewrite my answers over and over dozens of times. Right now I have 471 emails that are waiting to be answered. If I gave each one the time needed to answer thoroughly with Scriptural references, it would take me a whole year. Then I would have many thousands of unanswered emails waiting to be answered in the following ten years. See the problem? I will write a short paper on this subject when I have finished other projects such as my Lake of Fire Series.
God be with you,
Ray
PS Sometimes divorce IS a Scriptural option.
