This is in reference to 1 Timothy 3:2, when the Apostle Paul mentions monogamy ("husband of one wife") was he applying it ONLY to elders and deacons or does it apply to the Church in general? Please give scriptures
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It also applies to deacons, i.e, those engaged in any service.This is in reference to 1 Timothy 3:2, when the Apostle Paul mentions monogamy ("husband of one wife") was he applying it ONLY to elders and deacons or does it apply to the Church in general? Please give scriptures
This is in reference to 1 Timothy 3:2, when the Apostle Paul mentions monogamy ("husband of one wife") was he applying it ONLY to elders and deacons or does it apply to the Church in general? Please give scriptures
Yes I'm aware of that!It also applies to deacons, i.e, those engaged in any service.
This is in reference to 1 Timothy 3:2, when the Apostle Paul mentions monogamy ("husband of one wife") was he applying it ONLY to elders and deacons or does it apply to the Church in general? Please give scriptures
That applies across the board. And God is the one who determined this at the beginning, and one flesh means that all others are excluded:This is in reference to 1 Timothy 3:2, when the Apostle Paul mentions monogamy ("husband of one wife") was he applying it ONLY to elders and deacons or does it apply to the Church in general? Please give scriptures
This is exactly what Jesus did!Hi Berean,
Jesus said that from the beginning, a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one. This is in Matthew 19.
One man, one woman, joined and not separated, that is God's intent for us.
Much love!
Well it certainly applies to me. I just past my 47th anniversary to the same woman. Neither of us have ever been married to anyone else:
They were never in the mind of God, although practised by many in the OT...Jesus makes it pretty clear in Matthew 19. One wife; one husband.
What I don't understand is why God didn't put is foot down on concubines!
They were never in the mind of God, although practised by many in the OT...
Jesus makes it pretty clear in Matthew 19. One wife; one husband.
What I don't understand is why God didn't put is foot down on concubines!
The unpleasantries CharismaticLady of the Mosiac Law....do you really want to know? And does it matter to Christians of today?
This is in reference to 1 Timothy 3:2, when the Apostle Paul mentions monogamy ("husband of one wife") was he applying it ONLY to elders and deacons or does it apply to the Church in general? Please give scriptures
I want to know. It matters to me.
Man always seems to twist Gods law to his avail.Christians are not real comfortable with Polygamy and concubinage as part of a religion nor the imagery of putting it in motion. It is one thing to acknowledge that it was happening, but another to know that it was part of their religion, their culture, and God did speak of it. The reason that a man's wife was listed in the commandment to not covet another man's property, is because in that religion and culture women were considered property. First the property of her father and then the property of her husband. The reasons given for God condoning it, is entirely speculation. Dating is a modern cultural development, even back a few centuries, dating was not the process. Father's choose the daughter's husband and money or labor was generally exchanged. If we go over the Mosaic Laws concerning it you are not going to like it and I find no need to rub your nose in it, because it is very unpleasant.
Christians are not real comfortable with Polygamy and concubinage as part of a religion nor the imagery of putting it in motion. It is one thing to acknowledge that it was happening, but another to know that it was part of their religion, their culture, and God did speak of it. The reason that a man's wife was listed in the commandment to not covet another man's property, is because in that religion and culture women were considered property. First the property of her father and then the property of her husband. The reasons given for God condoning it, is entirely speculation. Dating is a modern cultural development, even back a few centuries, dating was not the process. Father's choose the daughter's husband and money or labor was generally exchanged. If we go over the Mosaic Laws concerning it you are not going to like it and I find no need to rub your nose in it, because it is very unpleasant.
I think it means not only against polygamy, but no divorced elders or deacons. It may have to do with Ezekiel 44:21 No priest shall drink wine when he enters the inner court. 22 They shall not take as wife a widow or a divorced woman, but take virgins of the descendants of the house of Israel, or widows of priests.