salvation101:
Polygamy is not supported in Christianity. Non of Christ teaching on the subject matter supports polygamy

Ferisidowu:


the situation is, I had a conversation with a bro, he was like since it's not written in the law then how can I prove that marrying two wives is a sin, he even said he is ready to marry two wives, he is a Christian and does read his Bible

salvation101:
for this purpose shall a man leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife(not wives) and they twain (not triple or quadruple) shall be one flesh.. Its is in the Bible na
Matt19:5, mark 10:7, Ephesians 5:31

CandidSeeker:


Ephesians.5:31 refers to Genesis 2:24

Genesis 2:24 NKJV
Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.


After which God didn't condemn polygamy.

Abraham (righteous friend of God) had other women aside Sarah & Haggar:


Genesis 25:1, 6 NKJV
Abraham again took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

[6] But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had; and while he was still living he sent them eastward, away from Isaac his son, to the country of the east.


Jacob had four wives:
Leah, Rachael, Bilha & Zilpha -Gen.35:23-27


Jewish Law:

Deuteronomy 21:15-17 NKJV
"If a man has two wives, one loved and the other unloved, and they have borne him children, both the loved and the unloved, and if the firstborn son is of her who is unloved,
[16] then it shall be, on the day he bequeaths his possessions to his sons, that he must not bestow firstborn status on the son of the loved wife in preference to the son of the unloved, the true firstborn.
[17] But he shall acknowledge the son of the unloved wife as the firstborn by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.


Exodus 21:10 NKJV
If he takes another wife, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marriage rights.


God didn't condemn David for taking other wives except Batsheva (who even ended up giving birth to Solomon):

1 Kings 15:5 NKJV
because David did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

2 Samuel 12:8 NKJV
I gave you your master's house and your master's wives into your keeping, and gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if that had been too little, I also would have given you much more!


Gideon (choice judge):
Judges 8:30-31 NKJV
Gideon had seventy sons who were his own offspring, for he had many wives. [31] And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.


There's now only one & new commandment:

John 13:34 NKJV
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

salvation101:
for this purpose shall a man leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife(not wives) and they twain (not triple or quadruple) shall be one flesh.. Its is in the Bible na
Matt19:5, mark 10:7, Ephesians 5:31

salvation101:
see how you try to muddle up scripture.. The Gen 2:25 you quoted where the institution of marriage was established, was it before or after the fall of man?

can you check the topic of the thread again? Can a "Christian".. A Christian follows the teachings of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ came to restore man from his fallen state. There is no where in the new testament where Jesus or Apostles approved to polygamy. Infact Jesus even condemned divorce and said it was given in the old testament because of hardeness of mans heart..

jamescross:
have you ever seen a wedding ceremony for three or more individuals (a man and 2 women)?

jamescross:
wait how does condemning divorce have anything do with with having 2 wives

is it not simple, don't divorce your unloved wife just marry another but treat them both fairly.

EVarn:
The bible never specifically said it is a sin, its the way most modern christians interprete the bible that makes the matter more controversial.

salvation101:
you haven't? Fela married 20+ ladies in a day.

ifenes:
Religion does indeed controls the mind. Well done to those who created Christianity! I am yet to see a more efficient mind control system.

salvation101:
how more do you expect the Bible to say it was a sin when Jesus already said "two shall be one flesh"?

salvation101:
in the same place he condemned divorce, he brought them back to the book of Genesis where the marriage was instituted. He said "in the beginning it was not so" "they two shall be one flesh "

EVarn:
The bible never specifically said it is a sin, its the way most modern christians interprete the bible that makes the matter more controversial.

jamescross:
it evolved into a modern sin

women slowly taking over the world

jamescross:
nope , but ofcourse it's possible and that is a ceremony


only bishops (those in pastoral ministring) were instructed to have one wife. if all the men had one wives has a norm i don't think that would have been mentioned.

CAPSLOCKED:

jamescross:
salvation101 it's the pastoral ministries criteria.

there is a reason for those criteria. it is not a criteria for making heaven, it's a message (it displays, teaches and reflects a message) and has little to do with if the bishop (pastor) will make heaven or not.


your last question a big NO. it doesn't matter where the bishops are selected from but who is doing the selection.

it's not a list for any other office, or all offices how much more the congregation. if it were so then paul should have married a wife then.

the point is to reflect the person of Jesus has head of the church, it's said the first bishop was peter.

an evangelist can decide to remain single, a prophet can decide to take a second wife that doesn't change the fact a bishop must be married and to only one wife (it's job description) like the priests were not allowed to just marry anyone and their laws were more than that of the israelites (for a reason anyway)

ifenes:
Religion does indeed controls the mind. Well done to those who created Christianity! I am yet to see a more efficient mind control system.

Ubenedictus:
see issues settled thousands of years ago.

I don't understand why some people enjoy confusing themselves.

there is no polygamy in Christianity, Jesus has restored marriage to its original prefall state, it was not so in the beginning.

Ferisidowu:


oh I see you missed your way here, I said at the beginning of the post, that it's for Christian edification, not atheistic criticism. thanks.

ifenes:

Was Jesus married ?

ifenes:


It’s an open thread and I’m sure I could be saving one person at least from the Christian matrix.