Just a question I'm wondering about. Does he prefer that we stay single? I mean I know that he created woman for companion, I dunno...I was just wondering how other's interpret it.
If you could give biblical references that would be amazing! Thank you so very much! :)
2009-05-14T09:09:43Z
THANKS YOU GUYS THAT WAS AWESOME. I DUNNO WHO TO CHOOSE, EVERYONE GAVE ME A TIDBIT OF GREATNESS! :D As for the rest of you, you don't have to like my religion, but do humanity a favor and at least respect it. I'll pray for you guys. :)
Anonymous2009-05-12T22:32:34Z
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How does God view the marital arrangement? The answer is found in his Word, the Bible, at Hebrews 13:4: "Let marriage be honorable among all." The Greek word translated "honorable" carries the thought of something that is precious and highly esteemed. When we value something, we take care to preserve it and not to lose it, even accidentally. The same should be true of the marriage arrangement. Christians are to view it as honorable—as something precious that they want to protect.
Why View Marriage as Sacred? http://www.watchtower.org/e/20040508a/article_01.htm
THE BIBLE Can Help Your Marriage http://www.watchtower.org/e/20030915/article_01.htm
HOW to Strengthen Your Marriage http://www.watchtower.org/e/20030915/article_02.htm
The most important thing is submission to the Divine Will. You can be enlightened as to God's Will through the intercession of Our Lady of Good Counsel. Perpetual virginity is often preferable to marriage for those who wish to have a very close relationship with God, but not in all cases.
Marriage is a sacred institution established by God for the primary purpose of bringing Him glory. It's main purpose is not, as some think, to procreate, or to have companionship, or to fulfill sexual needs. No. It's primary purpose is to bring glory and honor to God. It is only in marriage that we are able to carry out the commission of God to replenish the earth and to subdue it. This commission by God can only be properly accomplished in marriage where the husband and wife in faithful, covenantal relationship purpose to glorify God by having children, raising them in a godly fashion, and sending them out into the world having trained them in the ways of the Lord. This is what marriage is for. It is outward focused (for God's glory), not inward centered (for our comfort).
1Corinthians 7:27 says "Are you married? Do not seek a divorce. Are you unmarried? Do not look for a wife. Verse 28 But if you marry, you have not sinned: and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this. Verse 36 If anyone thinks he is acting improperly toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if she is getting along in years and he feels he ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning. they should get married.
1Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to marry 2But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. 3The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4The wife's body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband's body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife. 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 your lack of self-control. 6I say this as a concession, not as a command. 7I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that. 8Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I am. 9But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
10To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A 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.
The rest of the chapter also elaborates on this subject as well.