Sunday, January 23, 2011

What Constitutes Legal Marriage?

Two young people ( male and female) decide they love one another and begin living together:both are church members. They are approached and instructed that they must get married, move into separate houses, or they will be excluded from fellowship.

Two elderly people (male and female), after a few years of marriage decide that for financial reasons they will get a divorce. They are both church members and continue living as husband and wife after their secret signing. They are not approached, even after their deed has been made known. The church understands that for "financial" reasons they "had" to do what they did. Their rationalization is that marriage is between two people and their vows to one another, and that man's law calls for licenses etc etc.

I will leave it right there my brothers..you fill in the blanks