What does the bible say about marriage and...?

Man is the head as long as he is worthy and righteous. Both are to act as equal partners. In this partnership you are to decide what the rolls are. Each of you should have some personal time with scripture and prayer, and also as partners. It is highly recommended that you date weekly to renew your bonds and talk about your lives, renew your love, companionship, and comitment to each other. You have to constantly fall in love with your spouse, because you can get off track very easy. Both have to be pulling for the same thing, on the same page, working from the same sheet music. Family is sacred and a great responsibility, it is a precious comodity, it IS heaven on earth, the best you got.

Jesus has been unfairly quoted as saying there should not be divorce. What he said was that the guys should not be able to just dump the woman and abandon her, which is true if you give the text a close reading.

His famous enigmatic words are, "What God has joined together, let no one separate."

However, he doesn't address the situation you are in, where the relationship is already broken down. I think that it is utterly twisting His words to make any attempt to pretend that Jesus says you have to stay in a broken down relationship just because. I do not accept for a second that Jesus would ever say such a thing. Actually, if you consider what the Church Fathers have to say, it's true that if a person is not in community with the Church anymore, then Church members are to try to reconcile, but if they can't reach an agreement, then they are not to have any further dealings with the person. I think that applies to you. Also, you have to remember that you also are responsible for the safety of your child.

You are certainly completely free to divorce your husband; he has allowed the relationship to shatter, and it is entirely his responsibility. You deserve a chance at a real marriage, and your child deserves a real father.

yes you would be committing adultery if you divorce and remarry unless you husband has an affair you must stay married or stay single until he has sex with another women 1 Corinthians chapter seven talks about marriage as a sacred thing Matthew 5;31,32 says that unless a partner is unfaithful then you can't remarry and if the person is unfaithful you must marry someone of the faith there is no biblical reason for divorce unless he or she is unfaithful the man's Job is to be the bread winner and the one who is to teach his children the way of the Lord Ephesians 6;1-4

I Timothy 5;8 says but if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially those of his own household is worst then an unbeliever

Getting divorced isn't the problem. It's getting married to the second person afterwards. He needs to get off the dope and start taking care of his son. You shouldn't be paying for him to sit around doing nothing. If you and he have a good relationship with his mom maybe you could get him to talk to her. But it sounds like you and him need to have a serious discussion about the these issues. Otherwise seek marriage counseling.

In sickness and in health, is that the line?

Your husband could very well be depressed and leaving him would go against the vows you took. Marriage is about sticking around when **** gets tough.

I suggest you tell him how you feel or make him go see a doctor. Maybe he's battling some deep emotional turmoil and does not know what to do with himself.

first of all dont listen to atheists and Gays.

they have absolutely NO authority to teach the doctrines of righteousness.

God said that he ordained marriage to be kept in obedience that we might bring souls into a world in righteousness and be free of disease, if we keep marriage honorably ordained.

something like that.

what i know about marriage began not with the bible but by direct revelation with the visitation of an invisible spirit of revelation. clearly i prayed and fasted and made my covenants to be a witness in order to know which church to join and to be a such a witness.

i know there is a saviour and i have seen an angelic type person appear in my bedroom.

biblical doctrines of marriage have many things to say. among them the spirit of revelation said that marriage should be eternal, and could be plural marriage as well.

the bible rejects plural marriage for women plainly

marriage is about joining in a covenant of holiness by partnership to gain exaltation. though tradition says death till you part, the book of genesis can be picked apart and one might see that marriage can be between two immortal beings, regardless of jesus teaching that there is no marriage in the resurrection. there are many things jesus taught that are not written in the bible.

the first thing God said to Adam and eve was to multiply and replenish. yet was it said to them when they were already fallen or was it said before they ate the forbidden fruti. Orson Pratt said these verses prove that God ordains marriage even in immortality. also there is a little known verse which says God does nothing except for eternity. connect this with the ordination of marriage and you have biblical proof that God ordains marriage for eternity, worlds without end

Matthew ch 19 verse 7-11

So yes you would be commiting adultry.

Just pray to god to help him.

You married a bum. It's the life you chose. All you can do is do the right thing in what you do. Be the best mother and wife you can be. And pray he grows up.

Divorce is against the bible. You're screwed.

Why is God a priority (and which one are we talking about here?). You're alive right now. You have an obligation to yourself and your son. Your mythical, bearded sky-wizard isn't providing for you. You are.

On a side note, raising your son right entails not shoving religion down his throat until he's old enough to study all of the religions and make a decision to follow or not follow one. Only giving him materials on your own is the purest form of indoctrination.

Ditch the lazy slob, find a good man that's grounded in reality.

Forget the bible for a second.. why are you paying for daycare if your husband is unemployeed?

Do you know how much money you will save and how much responsibility your husband will learn.

No wonder he is a lazy bum- you expect nothing of him!