10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
2 Samuel 5:13
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13 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
1 Kings 11:3
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3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
2 Chronicles 11:21
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21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
Deuteronomy 21:15
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15 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:
Here is a small quote from a Christian (R.M.) who agrees with Polygamy:
Hello,
I was just reading your article on polygamy. I am a Christian who
actually believes polygamy is a righteous form of marriage. Despite the
modern secular church you probably usually see, there are Christians who
are serious about God and Truth over men's traditions.
Matthew 5:17-18
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17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
New Testament:
1 Timothy 3:2
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2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1 Timothy 3:12
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12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Keep in mind Paul said:
1 Corinthians 7:1-9
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7 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
6 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
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.
"7 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman." but it has "2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;" but Paul was like a Bishop over many Churches, so did it mean he must be married or just The Bishop should have one wife? if this is so then its not talking to Non-Bishop and other verse Non-Deacons therefore Men are allowed more then one Wife.
Well I got married Aug 2010 to a woman who I have known from high school who I loved back then and lost contact with for sometime, then we started talking again and we fell in love again well it started off great but then it felt as if satan himself was ripping us apart. Anyways she left me and it caused me to go to the E.R but she did not care, she filed divorce papers and that was the last time I seen her.
But it does not end there it goes on, even tro this nation allows us to get divorced for any cause GOD tells us this is not so. If you read the other post I did you will know what I mean, but I am now stuck with this problem...
(a) I could be heartless and let her face her own doing all by herself before GOD and most likely she will go to hell. This meaning if she gets with another man in a fake marriage or just sleeps around.
(b) I could keep my end of this deal because I could never walk away and let her face it alone and always have my hand out for her return and Pray she will Repent but stay alone for all my life in loneliness.
(c) Christian Polygamy.. First I would never just jump into something less I know what I was doing, I have looked at the whole Bible and made sure GOD Allowed. I did not look into it so I could find a loophole, but I made sure it was Okay by GOD and it is.
So no matter what if I marry just one woman it would be Polygamy even if my First Wife ever returns or not, so being faced with all this GOD has Lead me here in my life. I Trust HIM in ALL Things so I know HE will not let me down, but on the other hand it just will not be easy to find what I seek but I will keep Faith.
So The Idea this is something for my own doing would be way off, it would be far easier to give up and just find one woman who just looks cute and who cares about everything but I'm not that way. I would need a Woman who would be Faithful to me and GOD and not like so many today.
Also if Churches did not Teach stuff thats not true I would not need to find away to Open your eyes they would be doing it, yet they are clueless and they Teach others even less then they know.
This Path is not easy but its the hardest Road you can take, even if I am able to get everything done most of you will joke yourselves right into hell without ever knowing where you are going.
But I Pray for you night and day so you might eye and be Saved.
Well I guess now we see why you're trying to defend polygamy so hard, because it makes you less guilty in your own eyes, not because it's glorifying to God. Doesn't change the facts though and the only person you've convinced so far is yourself.
I was looking at your profile and notticed you call your self a Pastor.
So you are willing to give up being a pastor to have multiple wives? Since the bible specifically teaches that pastors, elders are to be husbands of one wife.
Well I guess now we see why you're trying to defend polygamy so hard, because it makes you less guilty in your own eyes, not because it's glorifying to God. Doesn't change the facts though and the only person you've convinced so far is yourself.
A:
I have never tried to Convinced you, nor do I care if you get convinced.
Everything I do is for GOD'S GLORY yet you are too blind to see that.
GOD LEAD'S us into stuff that we must see even if its something that was something that caused us pain, you hear my words but you do not understand. I was put in that pain so that I would be here where I am at,
but because GOD knew I would never let my wife go for her not me for her Soul not Mine as I have every Right to leave her at anytime and would be Right in GOD'S EYE'S but have not because I am no caring for her Soul.
Yet your blind and speak in this way as if it was just for me.
I was looking at your profile and notticed you call your self a Pastor.
So you are willing to give up being a pastor to have multiple wives? Since the bible specifically teaches that pastors, elders are to be husbands of one wife.
A:
1 Timothy 3:2
King James Version (KJV)
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1 Timothy 3:12
King James Version (KJV)
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
First you added stuff that is not in the Bible so your wrong and I am not a Bishop nor a Deacon, nowhere does it say Pastors can't have more then one Wife.
Plus why is it that only "They" and set aside and Told should be a Man of One Wife? Paul was The First Bishop.....
Lets use History in the time of Paul to try and understand why he said what he did... At this time Christians are being killed and top leader are the main target so if you are a leader or teacher you would most likely be killed so if you have a wife and kids they would have no father to pay for their bills and it would be better for them to have no wife as Paul Stated only because it would be hard for a leaders family but this was never said to Paul by GOD, yet Jesus told HIS 12 to leave their Wives and Follow HIM but that did not mean all men who become Christian should leave their wives just because they became saved.
I use Pastor because I am a Pastor but I am more then a Pastor yet I do not fall into an area it would be closer just to say servant of GOD yet you would not fully understand this statement so I just use Pastor.
Words are for men and I say Pastor but you get hung up with words, I am a man who has no set Church and no set nation my land where I belong is everywhere my Brothers and Sisters are Everywhere. I am not a Bishop as I am not over more then one Church nor do I hold a Deacon tittle a well.
I do not drink nor smoke or do drugs and I try to only eat clean foods,
but no man is without sins so GOD is still working on me as HE with all of you.
If you do not understand how GOD WORKS pulling you from here pushing you to there then you will just need to feel it for yourselves to believe it and that will only happen in GOD'S TIME.
The Hardest part is I seek and sometimes I find yet they are not called to this and they leave, there is a girl or girls who I like or liked and they seem or seemed to be women who have been sent yet they fall away from me. Also I will say many time Christ or non-Christian women seem almost the same in how they live, and just as many are bad who say they want one Wife or Husband their are also many who say they want Many or more Wives and then you have them who are just without words and do many evil things yet say Christians are to blame.
But I must say that it would be very hard to find a Church that is Teaching GOD'S TRUE WORD.
But because I am human it makes me sad when people just show lack of respect to each other and who are here just to confuse the masses.
