Okay, so here is part 2 out of 5 of my Religious Topics to be discussed. Once again I must say that in now way am I trying to preach to anyone here, I’m in no position to preach to anyone, becasue of lot of these problems are my own. Most of this stuff has been put on my heart for a logn time now, while a little bit has been inspired by some of my friends and their current problems. So, before you start … go get a snack and something to drink … cuz this will be a long ride! If you have any comments or arguements or agreements with anything here please let me know. I need discussion with others to fulfill my eagerness on these topics … I just have to know what others feel about this stuff … so help a guy out and start reading/commenting!
with loverly love,
-joshie boy
PS. Read me other post from today plz … scroll down a little while past this massive post to see it … THANK YOUUUU!
Marriage, Divorce, and Re-Marriage:
1 Corinthians 7: 3, 5, 10-11, 39-40
3The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wide, and likewise the wife to her husband.
5Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of you lack of self-control.
Verse 3 is saying that husbands and wives both have responsibilities to one another. In my opinion these include (but are not limited to): loving each other indefinitely/uncontrollably, keeping each other on the path to God, relying on the other for help/advice, and create a wonderful life with one another with complete happiness. Verse 5 is saying that spouses should not deprive each other of sex (or just love in general, depending on how you look into it) except by “mutual consent,” but only to devote themselves to prayer. It then goes to say that if you do not follow this (not “be together” for a while and not to pray …) Satan will try and tempt you with others, to cause lust … or even more. So, be faithful and true to your spouse … and for God’s sake have sex! (cuz that’s what it says!) Well, you could also see it as for God’s sake don’t have sex, but only for a short time … then by all means, for God’s sake have sex!
10A wife must not separate from her husband. 11But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.
39A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord. 40In my judgment, she is happier if she stays as she is — and I think that I too have the Spirit of God.
I forget who’s talking here, I want to say it’s Paul … but I’m not entirely sure …
But Paul is saying that husbands and wives mustn’t separate from each other … and if they so happen to separate, they must not marry other people … but they can remarry and come back together. Verse 39 brings about the whole “until death do us part” in the wedding vows. That’s pretty much self-explanatory. Paul believes that if your spouse dies you can remarry, but he feels it better just to stay a widow than to marry again.
Mark 10: 9, 11-12
9Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.” 11”Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. 12And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.”
As verse 39 just said, “a woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives” … verse 9 here says for spouses to not separate what God has made as one. If one gets married in a church, then they are married by either a priest or preacher … both under God’s authority … they call God into the marriage, thus God is the one joining them together (into one). So if it takes a priest/preacher + God to marry someone, then how can a lawyer or judge pull them apart? Answer: they can’t. Legally, on Earth, they can … but I don’t believe God ever sees the divorce as what we do. I believe He just sees a marriage without love, respect, or any more trying to keep it together for any reason. So if one isn’t truly divorced in God’ eyes … then how can one get married marry in God’s eyes? That’s what I call bigamy! Verse 11 Goes on to say that if anyone divorces their spouse, then remarries another ends up committing adultery against that person (which goes back to the whole thing about divorce not being seen in God’s eyes other than legal, Earthly separation … not Godly/holy separation). So every time this new couple has sex … they commit adultery again and again and again …
Matthew 5: 27-33
27”You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ 28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29If you right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of you body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of you body than for your whole body to go into hell.”
31“It has been said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become and adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery.” 33Again, you have heard that it was said to people long ago, “Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.”
Basically, do not lust. Because if you do … you might as well have already had sex with the person in God’s eyes. Regardless of the manner of lusting … it’s all the same to God. If it’s just desiring over someone at school (more than just to be in their company …), or pornography … the Bible says it’s better to lose your eye than to go to hell. Also, this is where I argue against masturbation (well, here’s one of the many passages I’ve come across about this topic), verse 30 says that “if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It’s better to lose one part than all of you to hell.” I read that as ‘do not act on these lustful, adultering images/fantasies you’re having … with your right hand, if you know what I mean. I understand this is a bit of a gross topic, but it is addressed in the Bible … and I’m adding it to this current topic for connivance sake. I’ve been asked many times to explain why I think it’s wrong to masturbate … and here’s just one good reason!
… that’s the only place I didn’t want my first tall locker … *sigh*
