Is this Biblical or is it your worldly thinking?If people cannot afford a wedding, and the law of the land allows them to live together. They proclaim their marriage to the lord and tell family, to me that is a common law marriage.
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Is this Biblical or is it your worldly thinking?If people cannot afford a wedding, and the law of the land allows them to live together. They proclaim their marriage to the lord and tell family, to me that is a common law marriage.
Nope just repeating what the Word says u can argue with YH on that since ur words supersedes His.. not my monkies not my circusI live in Texas and here your point is mute because a couple has only to agree they are united and they are. But to your point, Yahovaś law supersedes man's law and His marriage procedure has remained, as explained earlier, by another poster in this string.
Why did Jesus consider five other men to be her husband, but not the one she was shacking up with now?
That isn't my definition of fornication. Google it yourself, and let me know if you find another definition.
fornication (n.)
c. 1300, from Old French fornicacion "fornication, lewdness; prostitution; idolatry" (12c.), from Late Latin fornicationem (nominative fornicatio), noun of action from past-participle stem of fornicari "to fornicate," from Latin fornix (genitive fornicis) "brothel" (Juvenal, Horace), originally "arch, vaulted chamber, a vaulted opening, a covered way," probably an extension, based on appearance, from a source akin to fornus "brick oven of arched or domed shape" (from PIE root *gwher- "to heat, warm"). Strictly, "voluntary sex between an unmarried man and an unmarried woman;" extended in the Bible to adultery. The sense extension in Latin is perhaps because Roman prostitutes commonly solicited from under the arches of certain buildings.
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Fornication - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
"fornication, lewdness; prostitution; idolatry" (12c.), from Late Latin fornicationem… See origin and meaning of fornication.www.etymonline.com
A few bits to chew over
... however, the word fornicator/fornication is not necessarily correct, especially with our modern understanding of it.
Looking at/from the Greek, we see another word or two used. It can shed some light upon the more correct understanding that the reader will benefit from.
One is 'whoremonger'
Another, 'sexually immoral'.
It does depend on the translation and/or version of the Bible you refer to/with.
Looking at the Greek, we might also note that the word/term used is applicable to men. Changes the plot a bit.
πόρνος
pornos
There is also:
πόρνοι
(pornoi) — 2 Occurrences
1 Corinthians 6:9
GRK: πλανᾶσθε οὔτε πόρνοι οὔτε εἰδωλολάτραι
NAS: neither fornicators, nor...
KJV: neither fornicators, nor...
INT: Be misled neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters...
Revelation 22:15
GRK: καὶ οἱ πόρνοι καὶ οἱ
NAS: and the sorcerers and the immoral persons and the murderers...
KJV: and whoremongers, and...
INT: and the the sexually immoral and the...
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A few bits to chew over
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Then explain Jacob's SURPRISE in the morning. Aere you even familiar with the story???You are straight out wrong on this point. Laban arranged a wedding feast for Jacob and Leah.
Wrong again. David FORCED himself on her, and Joined flesh. They were married at that point. The ceremony that they had afterwards was nothing but window dressing. Old testament folks (because of the "hardness of their hearts", and the impossibility of change) were legally allowed to to participate in Bigamy, as long as they did it according to Mat 5 :31:32.See also the story of Bathsheba in 2 Samuel 11. David sleeps with Bathsheba and she becomes pregnant. Only after the period of mourning for her husband Uriah is over do they get married.
Read the texts. They don't support your claims.Then explain Jacob's SURPRISE in the morning. Aere you even familiar with the story???
Wrong again. David FORCED himself on her, and Joined flesh. They were married at that point. The ceremony that they had afterwards was nothing but window dressing. Old testament folks (because of the "hardness of their hearts", and the impossibility of change) were legally allowed to to participate in Bigamy, as long as they did it according to Mat 5 :31:32.
BUT HEY!!!! in the NEW COVENANT, Jesus brought us back to the original intent: ONE man, and ONE Woman, for life, and anything else is a SIN, which can be repented of, and forgiven/cleansed.
Correction: "My interpretation of the texts doesn't support your claims". It's called "Theology" which is like noses. Everybody's got one.Read the texts. They don't support your claims.
Theology is unlike noses, in that it's not possible to have a wrong nose.Correction: "My interpretation of the texts doesn't support your claims". It's called "Theology" which is like noses. Everybody's got one.
That only works if you admit, at that point she has 2 husbands.They were married at that point
And David had any number of wives. This is OLD Testament, rememberThat only works if you admit, at that point she has 2 husbands.
To Take a look at the compass you are referencing is not a bad thing at all it is even a necessity, but to fail to understand that the boat our lives are in did not begin and may not even yet be in a safe harbor and still has some sailing to do would be a position of error. A person's concept and even the substance of the reality of their life and their very personal identity can in a single moment crumble to the ground. At that moment the perspective you are left with, being apart of God's merciful plan, is oriented upward since at such a moment down offers no view of any redemption.This conversation needs to look at the moral and spiritual compasses and forget personal points. In the Old Testament, Adam and Eve were married without a J.P., Judge, or Pastor and other examples to examine. People dislike this truth because of their use of the infamous Back Seat for Sexual Release. They married and divorced those Hotties without license nor divorce decree. Yahova does not judge by man made laws.
I would offer the fall the foundationThis conversation needs to look at the moral and spiritual compasses and forget personal points. In the Old Testament, Adam and Eve were married without a J.P., Judge, or Pastor and other examples to examine. People dislike this truth because of their use of the infamous Back Seat for Sexual Release. They married and divorced those Hotties without license nor divorce decree. Yahova does not judge by man made laws.
Simple!!! if you "JOIN FLESH", you're married (just ask Jacob).Different countries and cultures have their own protocol for marriage (weddings).
I don’t know how to word my question.
If a man and woman live together as man and wife without being married,how is it sin?
I find nowhere in scripture where they must have a license.
If they are faithful to each other,is there fornication taking place?
Man makes laws,but how would God look at it,
Roger that... turning on Dog Leg to Runway 10 Left.Simple!!! if you "JOIN FLESH", you're married (just ask Jacob).