|
Users viewing this topic:
none
|
|
Login  | |
|
Justification of glorifying god through marriage - 11/13/2009 2:00:35 PM
|
|
|
Erin_cothran
Posts: 1
Joined: 11/13/2009
Status: offline
|
Hey! I'm a college student at a baptist private school. Today my professor was talking about the Oneida community and how they believed in complex marriage where they are all married to one another. I asked him how they justified glorifying God trough this type of marriage. He didn't understand so I went on to say that as Christians, we are called to glorify God in all we do. Marriage is not meant to bring happiness and contentment to ourselves but is meant to further glorify God. He asked me where I "got off thinkig that our purpose was to glorify God and where the bible promotes marriage as somethig that should glorify God" he didn't like what I had to say, so I decided to do some extra research this weekend for him. He claims that marriage is only a contract- thus basically what Moses says in tr new testament, but Jesus says differently in Mark. Any helpful insight? Have a blessed day!
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Justification of glorifying god through marriage - 11/13/2009 3:50:31 PM
|
|
|
herestoresmysoul
Posts: 2131
Joined: 3/13/2009
Status: offline
|
mariage isnt a contract it is a covenant. Also the Bible says that marriage is to be one man and one wife, thus we cannot be married to loads of different people, that is just an excuse for sexual immorality.
Mariage should bring Glory to God but God gave us marriage to be a good thing for us, for having children, for companionship, for a place to have sex, for friendship, for support and love to be shared. Yes I do believe that God wants us to be happy in marriage otherwise whats the point of being married? That doesnt mean that we will always be happy all of the time but to be in an unhappy marriage is like being in jail.
God Bless
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Justification of glorifying god through marriage - 11/13/2009 4:30:01 PM
|
|
|
deermousie
Posts: 2438
Joined: 9/26/2007
Status: offline
|
Welcome to the forum, Erin!
I think Herestoresmysoul has it.
Look in Scripture where it says over and over, "Blessed is he..." That can be accurately translated to "Happy is he..."
quote:
Marriage is not meant to bring happiness and contentment to ourselves but is meant to further glorify God.
God's goal for us is to be holy. Along that way He gives happiness, or rather, joy. He explains that marriage is for preventing fornication and for producing godly children - something we need, something He wants. Yes, everything we do in obedience glorifies God, but God looks out for us, too. He knows we are but dust.
Go look at Song of Solomon, which is a barely-disguised marriage manual. Those people don't look like they are grimly gutting out their duties as spouses.
I'm afraid I lean more towards what your professor said, as much as I understand what he said.
< Message edited by deermousie -- 11/13/2009 4:50:58 PM >
_____________________________
People died to give you the Bible in your language.
Read it. Eat it. Dwell in it. Rightly divide it. Live it.
Laugh, dance, praise your God, and go read some more. And God bless you.
|
|
|
|
 New Messages |
 No New Messages |
 Hot Topic w/ New Messages |
 Hot Topic w/o New Messages |
 Locked w/ New Messages |
 Locked w/o New Messages |
|
 Post New Thread
Reply to Message
Post New Poll
Submit Vote
Delete My Own Post
Delete My Own Thread
Rate Posts |
|
|
Forum Tools
Printable Version
How can he NOT agree that our lives (and our marriages) are to glorify God?? 