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THE BIBLICAL APPROACH TO
LOVE, COURTSHIP & MARRIAGE

COMPILED BY PTR RON MILLEVO

SCRIPTURE READING:

•GENESIS 2:21-24, 28,29~

•21 ¶ And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept:
and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

•22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and
brought her unto the man.

•23 And Adam said, ‘This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be
called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.’

•24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

•28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, ‘Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.’

•29 ¶ And God said, Behold, ‘I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.’

GOD GAVE ADAM AND EVE DOMINION OVER THE EARTH

•GENESIS 1:28-29~

•And God blessed them, and God said unto them, ‘Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.’

THE FIRST MARRIAGE WAS SOLEMNIZED IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN

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I believe that Eve was the most beautiful woman that God ever put on the earth. I can see her setting there, and her eyes as blue as the stars above, the skies, sparkle; her long
hair hanging down her back.

The most perfect looking woman ever was on earth, there she is. God give Adam the best that He could. Adam took her by the arm, said, “She’s flesh of my flesh and bone of my bone.” And there standing arm to arm in the garden of Eden, Almighty God performed the first ceremony was ever married a couple.

THE ESSENTIALS OF MARRIAGE

•PROVERBS 18:22~ ¶ Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.

•EPHESIANS 5:23-24~

•23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the Saviour of the body.

•24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

•25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

A GOOD WIFE IS A GIFT FROM GOD NEXT TO SALVATION

•59-0419A - My Life Story

•One of the best things that God could give a man, was a wife. Besides salvation, a wife is the best thing if she is a good wife. But if she isn’t, Solomon said, “A good woman is a jewel in a man’s crown, but an ornery one or no-good one is water in his blood.”

•A real woman! And, children, if you’ve got a real mother that stays home and tries to take care of you, keeping your clothes clean, sends you to school, teaching you about Jesus, you should honor that sweet old mother with all that’s in you. You should respect that woman, yes, sir, because she’s a real mother.

TO REMAIN SINGLE, OR TO GET MARRIED? THAT IS THE QUESTION...

•TO BE SINGLE IS A PRIVILEGE! YOU HAVE A PRIMARY FOCUS ON SERVING THE LORD WITHOUT ANY EXTRA WEIGHT OF CARE (Rearing a Family makes one a Bread winner)

•NOT EVERYONE IN THE BIBLE WERE MARRIED… EXAMPLES ARE: APOSTLE PAUL, JOHN THE BAPTIST, ELIJAH, ELISHA..

•1 CORINTHIANS 7:8-9~

•8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

•9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

MARRIAGE, DEFINED

•MARRIAGE is defined as a “social institution under which a man and woman establish
their decision to live as husband and wife by legal commitments and religious ceremonies.

•MARRIAGE IS A BIBLE INSTITUTION WITH DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

•BEFORE MARRIAGE, THE FOLLOWING ARE THE PRE-REQUISITIES:
MATURITY IN MENTAL, PHYSICAL, FINANCIAL, EDUCATIONAL AND SPIRITUAL STATUS

WHAT IS COURTSHIP?

•IT IS A TIME WHEN A MAN PRAYERFULLY CHOOSES A GIRL WHO WILL BECOME HIS PARTNER IN LIFE AND TAKING THE STEPS TO GAIN HER CONFIDENCE AND TRUST

•IT’S A TIME BETWEEN SAYING “YES” BEFORE ENGAGEMENT AND THEN THE MARRIAGE

•IT STARTS WITH BEING FRIENDS AND GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER LONG ENOUGH

•IT’S A TIME TO FAMILIARIZE WITH EACH OTHER’S CHARACTER, ATTITUDE, LIKES AND DISLIKES, WEAKNESSES AND STRENGTHS

•IT’S ALSO A TIME OF GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER’S FAMILY MEMBERS

WHAT SHOULD YOU LOOK WHEN LOOKING FOR A PARTNER IN LIFE?

•~ someone who loves Jesus above anything else (Read Luke 14:26-27)

•~ a person who has stands up to Christian convictions (not a
compromiser of the Word)

• ~ a person whom you can trust and count on, through thick and thin

•~someone whom you love and respect and will love and respect you the same

•~ a person who can bring out the best in you (not the worst in you)

•~ someone who will love you even in times of hardships and in times of depressions
•~HE OR SHE MUST BE OF THE SAME FAITH

•2 CORINTHIANS 6:14-18~

•14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteous ness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

•15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

•16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

•17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

•18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

•59-0125 - Be Certain Of God (Quote)

•6 And no believer should ever marry an unbeliever, under no circumstances. Should always marry believers. But Ahab had done this evil thing. And no doubt but what Jezebel was a beautiful woman. And he had fell for what she looked like, in the stead of what she was. That’s, so many people make that same mistake to this day. And she had brought idolatry in the nation..

BASIC GUIDELINES FOR THE BOYS IN CHOOSING A GIRL TO MARRY

•Never choose a mate just because of their beautiful features, sexy bodies or
pretty faces, or cute eyes.

•Look for qualities that stand the test of time: Her character and attitude.

•When a man’s love is based solely on the qualities of youth and physical beauty, that love will not last long, because those qualities will too soon fade away as they age.

CHOOSE A GENUINE BORN AGAIN WOMAN

•65-0429E - The Choosing Of A Bride (Quote)~

•Now, for, it is becoming, if a Christian would choose a wife, he ought to choose a genuine, born-again woman, regardless of what she looks like.

•It’s what she is, what makes her. And then, again, that reflects his own godly character, and reflects what’s in his mind and what’s going to be in the future, for his family will be raised by such a woman, for the future plans for his home. I don’t care whether she’s pretty or not. You better look at her character, whether she’s pretty or not pretty.

CRITERIA IN CHOOSING THE RIGHT GIRL

•How long has this person been truly serving God?

•Does she have a Christ-like character such as godliness, longsuffering, patience, meekness, humility, and respect?

•Is she capable of managing a household, being a homemaker and a good mother to her future children?

•TITUS 2:4-5~”…teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

•65-0429E - The Choosing Of A Bride (Quote)

•A true Christian will not look for such beauty queens, and chorus girls, and sex queens. He’ll look for Christian character…

•If he marries a girl that ain’t got enough moral about her to stay home and take care of a house, and wants to work out in somebody’s office, what kind of a housekeeper will she be? You’ll have baby-sitters and everything else. It’s true.

What if he would marry a sex queen, or just a pretty, modern ricketta? It reflects. It shows what he has in his mind, of what his future home is going to be, because he’s took her to raise his children by. And whatever she is, that’s the way she’ll raise those children. So, it reflects what’s in the man. A man that takes a woman like that, shows just what he’s thinking of the future.

MUST A WOMAN WORK?

•57-1006 - Questions And Answers On Hebrews #3 (Quote)

I don’t say all women shouldn’t sometime have to work; maybe they got a sick husband or something, and they have to work. But if they don’t have to, they shouldn’t do it. Their place is at home, their little castle, that’s exactly where they should be.

57-0727 - He Was To Pass That Way (Quote)

A woman’s place is at home with her children. And when she…Now if her husband’s sick and she has to work, that’s different. But woman’s place is at home in the kitchen, and when she leaves that she’s out of her place.

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A woman ain’t got no business in politics. She got no business in the…over any authority in the church. 59 Her place is a man’s queen at home. Outside of that, she has nothing. And we know that to be the Truth. You’ll never find…I know that sounds old-fashioned, but I’m responsible.

BASIC GUIDELINES FOR THE GIRLS IN CHOOSING A BOY TO MARRY

•“Rather than concentrating on findingMr. Perfect… wait for Mr. “Perfect Will.”

•Good sound judgment of the man’s character must be based on conduct and respect for the Word of God and not on his handsome looks, his car or his flattering speeches.

•If a guy has no regard for the Word while single, don’t count on marriage to convert him.

CRITERIA FOR A GIRL IN CHOOSING A GUY

•Is this man godly? Does he have addic tions or vices that he cannot give up?

•Is he willing and capable of having, leading, caring and providing for his family?

•Is he qualified to assume the role of a husband, the head and breadwinner of the family? (Eph 5:22-23, Col 3:18-21)

•Is he ready to leave his father and mother to be joined unto his wife and support a family independently? (Eph 4:28, 1 Tim 5:8, Gen 2:24)

STEPS TO FOLLOW IN COURTSHIP

1. CONSULT YOUR PASTOR

•HEBREWS 13:17~ Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account …

•Your pastor is your spiritual guidance counsellor. He can give you some advice and warning. He will pray for you and guide you to the right directions and the right decisions to make

2. INFORM BOTH PARENTS (Boy's side and Girl's side)

•EPHESIANS 6:1~ “Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.”

•COLLOSIANS 3:20~ “Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.”

3. ANNOUNCE IT IN THE CHURCH

•AFTER THE PARENTS HAVE ALLOWED THEIR SONS OR DAUGHTER TO BE IN THE STATE OF “COURTSHIP”, IT MUST BE ANNOUNCED IN CHURCH SO THAT THE CHURCH CAN PRAY FOR THEM. IT WILL ALSO MAKE THE MAN AVOID PROPOSING TO OTHER GIRLS, AND THE GIRL AVOID FROM ACCEPTING OTHER SUITORS

NO DATING WITHOUT A CHAPERON

•“Dates” (like dining together outside or travelling together alone in a car going to places) are often chaperoned to prevent undue sexual intimacy between the two parties before marriage. Though parents may trust dating couples with minimal supervision, it is better to safeguard them to avoid pre-marital sex.

•Being alone with a person you have feelings for will in many cases make it very hard to not engage in any kind of physical act (holding hands, hugging, caressing, even kissing~ “The flesh is weak”). A chaperone reduces the chances of this happening significantly. So it should be considered a protective measure. The Bible does warn against sexual intimacy outside of wedlock.

GOD'S STANDARD ON "CHASTITY"

1 Corinthians 7:1~ “It is good for a man not to touch a woman. “

•The Greek has a euphemism for it as “It is good for a man not to have sexual relationship with a woman,” This idiom occurs ten times in Greek literature, and all of the references except one appear to refer to sexual relations.

• (cf., e.g., Josephus, Ant. 1.8.1 [1.163]; Gen 20:6 [LXX]; Prov 6:29 [LXX]). bible.org

THE.PRESENCE.OF.GOD.UNRECOGNIZED_ 64-0618 (Quote)

•No man should ever kiss a woman till he is married to her.

•THE.ODDBALL 64-0614E (Quote)

•And you shouldn't let a boy kiss you until that veil is raised on your face and you're his wife. Don't do that! It's committing adultery. It's mixing male and female glands.

THE BED MUST BE UNDEFILED

HEBREWS 13:4~ Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

THE BIBLE IS AGAINST FORNICATION (PRE-MARTIAL SEX)

•1 CORINTHIANS 6:18~ Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

•1 CORINTHIANS 10:8~ Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

•1 CORINTHIANS 6:9-10~

•9 ¶ Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers … shall inherit the kingdom of God.

THE "VOW" IN MARRIAGE

•A “VOW” IS MORE THAN JUST SAYING “I HAVE A CRUSH ON YOU” OR “I LOVE YOU” TO A GIRL OR A BOY (THEY ARE JUST FEELINGS AND INFATUATIONS)

•THE “VOW” IS A COVENANT OR AGREEMENT/ TO MARRY EACH OTHER AFTER A CERTAIN TIME OF COURTSHIP

THE "VOW" OF A LIFETIME IN MARRIAGE~~~

•The standard vow used in Marriage is as follows:

• "To have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness or in health, to love and to cherish 'till death do us part."

TO " VOW" MEANS TO BE ENGAGED~~~

•THE “VOW” IS ENTERING INTO AN “ENGAGEMENT” OR “BETHROTHAL”,
a contract between a man and a woman

•*BETROTHAL: a “formal engagement to be married; engagement”. (Oxford Dictionary)

•EXODUS 21:9~ “And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.”

THE VOW MARRIES YOU

•QUESTIONS.AND.ANSWERS/COD 64-0823E (Quote)

•But when a man tells a woman, "I will marry you, Honey; I will take you for my wife. Will you take...", he's married.

•As long as they take that vow, they're married. Just like a boy, if a boy promises a girl to marry her under good faith, he's obligated to that girl. He's just as good as married her.

•Your vow is sacred; that's what marries you anyhow. There's not no preacher can marry you, no magistrate, or nothing else; it's your own vow to God and to this man. When you promise, you are married.”

•“The only thing the law does, is give you a bill of rights to live together to keep from being common-law husband and wife.

WHAT ARE THE BIBLICAL GROUNDS WHEREIN THE VOW CAN BE ANNULED?

1. THE VOW CAN ONLY BE ANNULED IF THE “WIFE” COMMITS INFIDELITY, OR “FORNICATION” BEFORE MARRIAGE

•MATTHEW 19:9 ~ And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for “fornication”, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

A woman who has lived unclean before marriage and not confessing it to the husband before Marriage can MAKE the MARRIAGE VOW NULL & VOID~

•QUESTIONS.AND.ANSWERS 59-0628E: (Quote)

•And if a man marries a woman and she has lived unclean before she marries him, and then she comes to him, if they've been married ever so long, and then she comes to him and says, "Honey, I want to tell you something. I did run out with another man; I never told you." Jesus said he has a right to put her away and marry another, because they're not married in the beginning, 'cause she falsely told a lie against him.

•65-1125 - The Invisible Union Of The Bride Of Christ (Quote)

•75 A woman is entrusted with certain characters that she must not defile. A woman is trusted to that…

•She’s got characters that she must not defile. If she would mar them, she is defiled for lifetime. No matter how much she is forgiven, she can’t be justified. She can be forgiven for her defilement, but she cannot be justified in this life. It’s always with her.

•She may be forgiven, but not justified. Her body is given to her, a sacred trust from God… The reason it’s so sacred, she is to bring forth life into the earth. Her body is the bedding grounds of life, therefore that’s the reason she is give this sacred trust.

2. A MARRIAGE “VOW” CAN BE ANNULLED BY THE DISAPPROVAL OF THE DAUGHTER’S FATHER

•NUMBERS 30:1-5~

•1 ¶ And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded.

•2 If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

•3 ¶ If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her
father’s house in her youth;

•4 And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

•5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.

MINISTERS ARE REQUIRED NOT TO MARRY A DEFILED WOMAN AND/OR A WIDOW

•MARRIAGE.AND.DIVORCE 65-0221M: (Quote)

•Now, this may hurt just a little bit till we get down to the bottom of it. I'm just going to show you truth of it. There is no *minister that can marry a widow. Did you know that? You want to read that? All right, you get in Leviticals--Leviticus 21:7 and Ezekiel 44:22 and it will show you that the *priesthood was not to marry a woman that's been touched by man.

•This type is of the virgin Bride of Jesus Christ, because they handled the fire of God, the priests did, Aaron's sons.

•And them's Aaron's sons that handled the fire of God. So they could not marry a woman that had been touched by another man. The unchanging God said so.

•They could not marry another woman (and woman had been touched by a man), showing in type here, if you want to see it, that the church of the living God is purely, unadulterated the Word of God and not a denomination that's been handled by man.

WHOSOEVER MARRIES A DIVORCED WOMAN WHO HAS A LIVING HUSBAND COMMITTETH ADULTERY

•MARRIAGE.AND.DIVORCE 65-0221M (Quote)

•“…Whosoever shall put away his wife, saving... the cause of fornication, causes her to commit adultery:... (Why? She'll marry again.)... and whosoever marries her that is divorced committed adultery. See, she's got a living husband, so no man can marry her. ’Care what she does and who she is, she's got a living husband. There's no grounds for her at all.

THE WOMAN IS BOUND TO HER HUSBAND AS LONG AS HE LIVETH

•ROMANS 7:2-3-

•For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to [her] husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of [her] husband.

•So then if, while [her] husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.”

A WOMAN CANNOT REMARRY WHILE HER FIRST HUSBAND IS LIVING

•65-1125 - The Invisible Union Of The Bride Of Christ (Quote)

•The prophet, Paul, here is saying that a woman cannot remarry until her first husband is dead. She cannot remarry as long as her first husband is living; she, by no circumstances, at all. She must remain single as long as her first husband is living.

•And if she should do such a sin, “she shall be called an adulteress.” I’m speaking of the natural now, to type it with the spiritual.

•If this woman would commit such a sin, then she is marked, “an adulteress,” if she has two living husbands at the same time. Therefore, she has forfeited, by doing this, her rights to God and Heaven, by doing so. She sure has. She is an outcast from the economy of God, according to the Scriptures that I’ve just read.

HE CAN REMARRY, BUT SHE CAN’T

•MARRIAGE.AND.DIVORCE 65-0221M (Quote)

•But it's not for him: causes her, not him. Get it? You have to make the Word run in continuity. See? Nothing saying he couldn't, but she can't. See? 'Causes her, not him. That's just exactly what the Bible says. "Causes her..."
It is not stated against him to remarry, but her. Why?

•Christ in the type. Notice, it is stated that he cannot remarry, only a *virgin. He can remarry; he can marry--he can remarry again if it's a virgin; but he can't marry somebody's else's wife. No, indeedy. And if he does marry a divorced woman, he is living in adultery; I don't care who he is. The Bible said, "Whosoever marries her that is put away, liveth in adultery." There you are, not no divorcee.

WHY DOES A MAN HAVE MORE FAVOR WITH GOD THAN THE WOMAN?

•1 TIMOTHY 2:13-14~ For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

•GENESIS 3:16 – “Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.”

•1 TIMOTHY 2:12~ But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

AFTER THE FALL, THE WOMAN IS NO LONGER CO-EQUAL WITH HIM

•MARRIAGE.AND.DIVORCE 65-0221M: (Quote)

•Man was made to rule over the woman by God's Word. She was no more co-equal with him. She was co-equal in nature, you know. But when she broke God's Word, God made a man to be a ruler over her (Genesis 3:16, if you want to put it down). She was no more equal with the man. She was a breaker of God's Word. She was right with man, coequal with him. But we all know now that she lost her co-equalness with man when she sinned, and God said, "Man will be your ruler from here out." Now, that's the Scripture.

What about COUPLES who are found living in adultery before they came into the Message?

•QUESTIONS.AND.ANSWERS. COD 64-0823M (Quote)

•Here's what I say. Let me say this, not the Lord, let me say it. If you are married at this time, and you both are saved, and you're filled with the Holy Spirit, and you love one another, and you've got little children (Now, remember this is me, not the Lord. See?), go ahead and live together; be happy; 'cause you couldn't live with your first wife or you wouldn't have married her. Then if you leave this and go back to your first one, you're doing worse than you did in the first place. See? So you see, you're all messed up; there's no way of getting out of it. There'd only be one way truly that I can say from the Bible: both of you live single. See?

"STAY WHERE YOU ARE, UNDER "GRACE"

QUESTIONS.AND.ANSWERS. COD 64-0823M (Quote)
•So under the modern conditions, I command you to go to your home with your wife now. If you are happy with her, live with her, raise your children in the admonition of God; but God be merciful to you if you ever do that again. You teach your children to never do a thing like that. Bring them up in the admonition of God. And now that you are as you are, let us go now to late evening hour that we're living in and press towards the mark of the high calling in Christ where all things will be possible.

HOW ABOUT A MAN WHO WISHES TO TAKE BACK HIS PREVIOUS WIFE BUT SHE HAS BEEN MARRIED TO ANOTHER MAN?

•The answer lies in QUESTIONS.AND.ANSWERS COD 61-1015M

•No, sir. Get over in the Levitical laws. You go back to that woman, she's somebody else's property. You've defiled and made yourself worse off than ever. No, you should not take a wife back who's been married to somebody else.
Now, "Could I turn to her who has been married before or should I--or should I be free?" You are free. Stay free. Yeah, you don't go back again. No, sir. She's married to somebody else; stay away from her. That's right. Don't... That defiles...?... You understand. If we had a little more time, I'd like to get into that. But just for your question, my brother, whoever you are. No, sir. Don't you go back and take that woman when she's been married two or three times since she married you. That's wrong.

YOU HAVE TO STAY SINGLE, BOTH OF YOU, AFTER SEPARATION, TO BE ABLE TO RECONCILE BACK TO EACH OTHER AGAIN

•65-0221M - Marriage And Divorce (Quote)

•In First Corinthians 7:10, notice, Paul commands the wife that is, that divorces her husband, to remain single or be reconciled, not to remarry. She must remain single, or to be reconciled back to her husband. She cannot remarry. She must remain single, but, notice, he never said about the man.

1 CORINTHIANS 7:10-11~ ¶ And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

WHAT ABOUT A CHRISTIAN WHO HAS AN UNBELIEVING WIFE OR HUSBAND? SHOULD THEY SEPARATE FROM EACH OTHER?

•1 CORINTHIANS 7:12-15~

•12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

•13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

•14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

•15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

WHAT ABOUT BIRTH CONTROL? DOES THE WORD-MESSAGE ALLOW IT?

WHAT ABOUT "BIRTH CONTROL"? DOES THE BIBLE AND MESSAGE ALLOW IT?

•64-0619 – Perseverant (Quote)

•A woman will take a little old dog and give it a mother’s care, and practice birth control, ’cause she wants to get out to dances and parties, and carry on like that, and she ain’t got time for her child.

65-1125 - The Invisible Union Of The Bride Of Christ (Quote)

She’ll practice birth control, so she can go to parties. She can’t be bothered with a baby nursing her. “It’ll disform her. When she’s pregnated, it’ll be, it disform her. She won’t look like she used to.” And her husband, ignorant enough to let her go that way. She won’t give him a child.

• 57-0305 - Divine Love (Quote)

•And how these women today can have abortionate cases, and practice birth control, and everything else; and I don’t understand it. Take little babies, and throw them in garbage cans, and put them on…drown them in rivers, and throw them in fires. It’s below a animal. An animal wouldn’t do that.

55-0612 - The Presence Of The Lord Jesus (Quote)

•But today it’s a dishonor, almost, to see a big family any more. Yes, sir. They’d rather pay a hundred dollars for a little snotty nosed dog and pack it around, and give it the love of a mother, and practice birth control, than to have children…hang around to the barrooms, and drink, and play cards, and run around all afternoon in your husband’s car. Why, it’s a disgrace. That’s right.

The greatest honor a woman can do, outside of coming to Christ, and being loyal to her husband is have a baby. Amen. You might be nursing a little preacher, how do you know?

DOING BIRTH CONTROL THE RIGHT WAY

•64-0830M - Questions And Answers #3 (Quote)

•359. How do you feel about birth control?

•I had some of that on the interviews this morning. I’d rather talk personally with you on those things (see?), on those things there, ’cause there’s words and things that I have to say, that I’d rather say it if the husband and wife…

•And there is a possibility of it being done in the right way. I’d say it, too, for general. There is so many days in a woman’s life that she’s not fertile. You understand?

•Now, there’s sometimes a child would kill a woman; if she had a baby it’d kill her. You want to watch that too. See? So just be real careful about that. See? See, that’s bringing life, so what you’re put here on the earth to do. If your wife is sickly, and another, a child, would kill her, I—I—I wouldn’t do it. I don’t think the Lord wants you to do it. And you—you come to me personally on them things; have it on private interview. Let me talk to you personally.

FINAL ADMONITION

•EPHESIANS 5:21-28~

•21 ¶ Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

•22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

•23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

•24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

•25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

•26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

•27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

•28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

COMPILED BY PTR RON MILLEVO, SWCA, Philippines.

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