Christians, how can you justify lifetime "Love & Loyalty" to your Spouse, if you would choose God over them?

I like to see things from other points of view sometimes. I am an open minded Christian (no, this is not necessarily oxymoronic).

You most likely know about the noble Samurai of Japan. The were fierce, brave warriors. Perhaps you may not agree with their philosophy on Seppuku. But you seem intelligent to me- so I think you can understand it. Often, human beings have this innate need to serve something external to the self which is greater than the self. There is nobility in it.

I cannot make an analogy between myself and the great Samurai. They had discipline that I will never know nor comprehend, and I admire them for it. But in a way, I am a warrior for God. But that is not my only role. I am also a peacemaker. We must talk things out before resorting to belligerence.

God asks us to follow him. And when one chooses to be a Christian, God asks us to make our world Deicentric. God's importance trumps the importance of all else, even the self. Yes, I know it can sound very strange on the outside looking in. But please understand something my dear brother, it does not mean that I love my wife, my mother, my family, or my friends any less. It just means that I place God as first at the tippy top of the totem pole.

I am so happy to be married. My wife is wonderful. She is so intelligent, so pretty, and so benevolent. I would die for her. Although I love my wife with all my might, I love God more than that. I know it must sound strange, but this is what I have chosen. It doesn't mean that I love my wife any less. In fact, my love for God actually anneals my love for others.

God bless you brother, and peace and understanding be unto you!

Our relationship with God is supposed to be just like our marriage to the spouse. God said do not get married to an unbeliever. That is called unequally yoked. If a Christian marries someone that is not a Christian the non-Christian will not understand their relationship with God like you have. We, the church, are supposed to be the the bride to Jesus Christ. In Matthew 9:114-17 Jesus is comparing Himself to a bridegroom of a wedding. He says that why should His followers mourn for Him while He is still with them. They should mourn for Him while He is away from them. All Christian people whether married or not should place Christ in the front of their lives. He is the most important. Then their marriage should be second. If the spouse is a Christian they should be doing the exact same thing, putting Christ first. But if they are not they might fell betrayed. It is not like Christians romantically love God like they love their spouse. Philos love is a love of like friendship, this is what stage you go through before you get married. Then it is eros love like the love in a marriage. The third love, agape, means unconditional love and that is what Jesus Christ has for us. He will love us no matter what. I hope this helps!

My husband and I just celebrated our 40th Anniversary. I do not believe we would still be together if we did not share the same reverence for our Saviour. It is like an illustration I once heard. If you lay a string out on the table in a straight line and imagine you at one end and spouse at the other end and God in the middle; what happens to the ends of the string if you pull the string from the middle toward you? The ends come together. I believe that God is in the middle and He pulls us closer together; not makes us choose Him over one another. There is a verse that teaches us to love God above others; but if both are doing so; it is like the string illustration; the relationship gets closer because of it.

If I believed in god, I'd feel like an ****** if I gave up my physically evident family for a god who is blatantly invisible. I couldn't live with myself if I did that. Even if I did believe, i'd still be open minded enough to understand that my family mean more than anything. And any god who'd force people to choose is a selfish, power-hungry fool.

That's the lesson imparted by the tale of Abraham and his Son, nothing but nothing is to be considered more important than the relationship with God: if God says kill your family and eat them, it is for you to obey unquestioningly.

I respect that it is not a troll question.

understand that the Philos/Eros love you share with your earthly partner is not the same as the Agopic love you share with God.

God knows our needs but says you shall have no other before Him. My partner and I both share this and honor God first and each other next.

When you have children do you think the love between parents is diminished when they share with the children. No, love grows.

Because God Almighty is totally faultless and perfect in all of his ways despite how he is portrayed by people who read and misunderstand scriptures! any one of you can have your actions taken out of context and turned against you, But God is Perfect and None of our partners are! God alone can save our loved ones and pull them from harms way "in some cases though if they let him".

I put myself under the authority of God and His word I put God first in my life my wife is second. So I have to do what God tell me to do in His word. So what did God tell me about my wife?

Eph 5:25 KJV Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

Oh my I have an epic fail! I don't love my wife enough I have to learn to love her more. Please help me God! Please fill me with the fruit of your Spirit...

Gal 5:22-23 KJV But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, (23) Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Earthly love is just a pale imitation of divine love. It is not unconditional. I don't know why you put so much stock in it, it's just as much of an "unproven factor" - love (erotic love) only conquers all in stories

You're supposed to love your spouse as God loves you, with an eternal love.

If your loved one is in trouble, it is your duty to rescue her and put your trust in God to help you rescue her.

To betray your God-given love is like betraying God (i can't recall the scripture)