Polygamy Is Not A Sin, But Only A Recommendation To Christian Ministers

Go ahead and marry two or more wives if you want to.  Make sure you don't deceive the first wife about your intentions.

Sorry but I have heard this opt out statement many times especially from people who have no self control over their sex life.

In every part of the bible the mention of wife is in the singular and not plural .

 Eph. 5:23, "For the husband is the head of the wife ( NOT WIVES ), even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour

 Eph. 5:31-32, "31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife ( not wives ), and they two shall be one flesh. 32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church."

I can go on and on , but Jesus Explicitly told us in no uncertain terms that marriage is for one man and one woman and that anything else is adultery.

It surprises me how people, especially from my igbo tribe, try to twist the scriptures to fulfill their own agendas.

It is not worth it, forbid the thought - It is a sure way down to Hell.

Polygamy is not a recommendation for Christians - whether ministers or others. Each man to his wife; each woman to her husband.

THEN MOSES WAS CONTENT TO LIVE WITH THE MAN [i.e. Jethro the priest of Midian] , AND HE GAVE ZIPPORAH HIS DAUGHTER TO MOSES. AND SHE BORE HIM A SON,  EXODUS 2: 21-22 THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION

THEN MIRIAM AND AARON SPOKE AGAINST MOSES BECAUSE OF THE ETHIOPIAN WOMAN WHOM HE HAD MARRIED. FOR HE HAD MARRIED AN ETHIOPIAN WOMAN, NUMBERS 12: 1  THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION.

Perhaps Moses might have divorced Zipporah before marrying the Ethiopian woman.

@Orikinla,

I can crack the joke that you are implying here and can see your sense of humour
You can also click on the link below and see another light hearted humour about what happened to a king who married four wives;    #17

http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-69334.0.html

On a serious note Jesus our perfect example referred us to the beginning of the creation of mankind:

  5 And said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be united firmly (joined inseparably) to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?

    6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder (separate).  Matt.19:5-6.

Those who want to follow the examples of marriage laid by David, Solomon and Jacob should also be prepared to live with the consequences that plagued their family lives

@IDINRETE

 Moses was not married to two wives at the same period , the Ethiopian woman (Cushite otherwise nubian precisely) was married after Zipporah had probably died or divorced.  Rom.7:2,3;Matt.5:31,32.  (I am open for correction here if I am wrong)

@all

Check out the following references to give you an idea that God is against the idea of multiplying wives to ourselves both in the O.T and in the N.T.  Deut.7:1-4;Mal.2-14;Rom.7:2,3;Eph.5:31-33;Matt.5:31-32;19:3-9;Gen.2:24;20:3,7.

God bless you abundantly.

   
 

As you can see, Moses was way ahead of his time. The first man to have a BlackBerry !


(I wonder how many lobbies I can upset with that one? Black, Jewish, Womens, etc  )

@Ndipe,

Thanks for the clarification on Zipporah.  Remain blessed.

@TV01,

I made researches about who the nubians were apart from the fact that they were blacks I also learnt that they used to be the original occupants of Egypt before they were displaced by the present egyptians due to their idolatory, can anyone confirm or disprove this theory?

May God richly bless and keep you.

I have to read your views well before my reply.

What matters most to God is obeying his commandments. And I did not read where God rebuked or condemned Jacob or David for having more than one wife.
Even Leah and her sister Rachel gave their maids to Jacob to marry and Jacob did not reject the offers and God did not tell him to return them.

There are so many widows in Nigeria and many are still young,
So, what should they do?
Become nuns?

There are more women than men.
The over 500 men killed during the last April elections in Nigeria had women and now the women are bereaved and lonely. And it would be wicked to starve them. So, why not marry them and since sharing is caring, we should be glad to share our love with them.

In traditional African society, widows are given to the husbands to care for them.
This is very realistic.

Most women who support one husband and one wife, do so out of selfishness.

Do you know what lonely women go through?

When you hook a man, you forget that he has actually left another woman for you.
And what should the forsaken woman do?
Look for another man?
What if there is none available on the loacation and in the situation?

I knew a lonely widow that always kept a banana in her bedroom and she never ate it.
Of course I know what she was using the banana for.

No wonder women love bananas.
It is very useful.

Monogamy is not realistic.

I will only stick to one wife in compliance with the rule of the Redeemed Christian Church of Church (RCCG).
But I will ask for the permission of God to practice Federal Charater in marriage.

7 wives would do.

1. Ngozi - Igbo
2. Inih - Akwa Ibom/Cross River
3. Ivie - Edo
4. Funke (Funky baby) - Yoruba
5. Lantana - Hausa
6. There is one from Benue and
7. One hot Kogi babe.

They will have 3 children each.

I have inherited 30 plots of land. So, we can develop the plots to a have an estate and have tenants to pay rent to give us enough money for other provisions and ventures.

The Igbos will grow palm trees and my Malaysian girlfriend will teach them how Malaysia makes more dollars from palm oil than we make from crude oil. Cross pollination may occur in the process of the exchange program. Cross breeding pays.
Another Ramsey Nouah can make it in Nollywood and make us more millions.

The Akwa Ibom/Cross River will collect allocation from oil revenue and if the government fails to pay us, they can kidnap the foreign oil workers and a ransom of $500, 000 should be enough to build a gas station in Benin Republic to generate regular hard currency.
And they will also do fishing and sell dog pepper soup.

The Edos will grow rubber and banana.
No. I have banned any of my daughters going professional in Italy.

The Yorubas will grow Cocoa and collect Owo Ile Levies from the tenants. And produce Aso Oke for local and international market.

The Hausas must revive the groundnut pyramids in our estate. Two pyramids of groundnut would do. And help to do forex business with the dollars and pounds we make from our foreign trade.

The ones from Kogi and Benue will grow roots, pepper and other crops
 
Now you can see why and how polygamy actually helped our Nigerian economy to boom in the 1960s and 1970s until our traditional ways of life changed.

Who says plygamy does not pay?
Give me seven healthy and fertile women and give me 14 years to prove that polygamy pays.
If I fail, then i will settle for monogamy.
Finis.

Who can challenge me?

I prefer seven single village women who can farm and who can cook and keep on responding for four hours in the bedroom.
One woman a day.

We are going to live in the rural areas. And we are going to be devout Christians.
One family, and only one God under the sun.
And the ten commandments will guide and guard us.
Like the twelve tribes of Israel.

So Jacob, David, Solomon and the others anointed by the Almighty God and had more than one wife were not real people.

In the name of monogamy, my father married my mother and left the woman who gave him his first child. And the child who is now 52 still feels that my mother deprived her of the love of living and growing up with her beloved father. She looks like him more than any of the other children. I would have preferred my father married my mother and her mother.
Her mother never married and had five other children for other men. Because, she felt betrayed by her first man.

When love is shared, it would be multiplied.


I like being honest.
If have an erection, I won't deny it even in public.
A man can love more than one woman.

My point is, a monogamist is not holier than a polygamist.
What matters most is to obey the commandments of God.
Thou shall not commit adultery is not thou shall not commit polygamy.