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Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by cjudy(m): 5:36pm On Apr 28
SIRTee15:


Matthew 19.5

and Jesus said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?

Stop picking verse, start from verse 3 and see why Jesus said such: you people problem is you don’t read to understand bible: Jesus was only condemning divorce there and so he gave them an illustration. What happened to songs of Solomon? What happened to Abraham and David?

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Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by banks(m): 5:36pm On Apr 28
omojeesu:
1. God's PERFECT WILL IS MONOGAMY as established in the garden of Eden.

2. Polygamy entered after sin entered the world.

3. Before the law Abraham (the Friend of God), Jacob (Israel), etc were polygamists.

4. After the law came polygamy continued. David and Solomon were polygamists.

5. Jesus' discussion with the religious hypocrites, the Pharisees, was about divorce not polygamy and Jesus told them that DIVORCE IS NOT THE PERFECT WILL of God! ....

6. CHRISTIANITY RESTORED GOD'S PERFECT WILL FOR MONOGAMY because Jesus is symbolically the "husband" of "one wife", His "Bride", "Body", "Church".

7. If UNMARRIED BEFORE BECOMING A CHRISTIAN you MUST MARRY ONLY ONE WIFE who MUST be a Christian.

8. If ALREADY MARRIED BEFORE BECOMING A CHRISTIAN you don't need to divorce your UNBELIEVING wife / wives . You should encourage her / them to give her / their own life / lives to Christ. HOWEVER, if she decides to leave you, you can't force her to stay...

9. MARRIAGE or SEX OUTSIDE a MONOGAMOUS Christian marriage is SIN of ADULTERY.

10. POLYGAMISTS BEFORE BECOMING CHRISTIANS are welcome. It is up to each wife to personally give her life to Christ just as applied to number 8 above.

11. The POLYGAMIST IN CHURCH however SHOULD NOT be GIVEN RESPONSIBILITY for official SPIRITUAL OVERSIGHT so that no precedent is laid (Sebi brother Lagbaja niyawo meji! 😞)

12. In essence GOD ISN'T BOTHERED ABOUT POLYGAMY OUTSIDE CHRISTIANITY. What HE WON'T ACCEPT is WANTING to BECOME a POLYGAMIST AFTER you HAVE BECOME BORN AGAIN & MARRIED the CHRISTIAN WAY!

This is a summary on the discussion. Anything outside this is man made. This is Bible's non-denominational position. No one needs to accept it.

According to your first point on God's perfect will. If It was just one man and one woman, what was God's intention on multiplication? Did he intend to create more men and women in order for their children not to marry each other, to avoid the sin of incest? Or was incest part of his plan? Because according to the bible God really frowns at the sin of Incest.
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by StillDtruth: 5:38pm On Apr 28
banks:

With this you will agree that God changes. Meanwhile, Jesus said, he did not come to condemn the law of Moses (Old testament) but to fulfill it. Also, bible says God is not an author of confusion. So why will God change?

Since when did making changes mean that a person has changed?
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by akan102: 5:40pm On Apr 28
Raymond84:
In the Bible, there are instances of individuals having multiple wives, particularly in the Old Testament. However, it's important to note that the Bible does not explicitly endorse or condemn polygamy. Instead, it records various accounts of individuals who engaged in polygamous relationships, such as King Solomon, who famously had many wives.

While polygamy was culturally accepted in some ancient societies, the New Testament emphasizes the importance of monogamous marriage. For example, in the New Testament, Jesus referred to the divine plan for marriage as being between one man and one woman, citing the Genesis account.

Ultimately, interpretations of biblical teachings on marriage vary among different religious traditions and individuals.




When you use the word "culturally" are you saying it was not of God but of culture of these people, you referred to, and though it was not the will of God but was ok with God, sorry I want to be clear on it.
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by banks(m): 5:42pm On Apr 28
omojeesu:
1. God's PERFECT WILL IS MONOGAMY as established in the garden of Eden.

2. Polygamy entered after sin entered the world.

3. Before the law Abraham (the Friend of God), Jacob (Israel), etc were polygamists.

4. After the law came polygamy continued. David and Solomon were polygamists.

5. Jesus' discussion with the religious hypocrites, the Pharisees, was about divorce not polygamy and Jesus told them that DIVORCE IS NOT THE PERFECT WILL of God! ....

6. CHRISTIANITY RESTORED GOD'S PERFECT WILL FOR MONOGAMY because Jesus is symbolically the "husband" of "one wife", His "Bride", "Body", "Church".

7. If UNMARRIED BEFORE BECOMING A CHRISTIAN you MUST MARRY ONLY ONE WIFE who MUST be a Christian.

8. If ALREADY MARRIED BEFORE BECOMING A CHRISTIAN you don't need to divorce your UNBELIEVING wife / wives . You should encourage her / them to give her / their own life / lives to Christ. HOWEVER, if she decides to leave you, you can't force her to stay...

9. MARRIAGE or SEX OUTSIDE a MONOGAMOUS Christian marriage is SIN of ADULTERY.

10. POLYGAMISTS BEFORE BECOMING CHRISTIANS are welcome. It is up to each wife to personally give her life to Christ just as applied to number 8 above.

11. The POLYGAMIST IN CHURCH however SHOULD NOT be GIVEN RESPONSIBILITY for official SPIRITUAL OVERSIGHT so that no precedent is laid (Sebi brother Lagbaja niyawo meji! 😞)

12. In essence GOD ISN'T BOTHERED ABOUT POLYGAMY OUTSIDE CHRISTIANITY. What HE WON'T ACCEPT is WANTING to BECOME a POLYGAMIST AFTER you HAVE BECOME BORN AGAIN & MARRIED the CHRISTIAN WAY!

This is a summary on the discussion. Anything outside this is man made. This is Bible's non-denominational position. No one needs to accept it.

And on point 12. If you are a Christian and you go on to become polygamous, does that mean you can not repent and become a Christian again or God will not forgive you if you come back to him?
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by StillDtruth: 5:43pm On Apr 28
cjudy:


Stop picking verse, start from verse 3 and see why Jesus said such: you people problem is you don’t read to understand bible: Jesus was only condemning divorce there and so he gave them an illustration. What happened to songs of Solomon? What happened to Abraham and David?

Did you see God praise and call any of these perfect? Unlike Noah, Job and Daniel?

"Follow not the multitude to sin" God Said!
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by banks(m): 5:48pm On Apr 28
yewit37486:


Please go and marry your multiple wives. If your conscience is clear about it, you wouldn't be getting worked up about my comment.

It's not about go and marry your multiple wives, but it's about educating one another or sharing knowledge. If you know something and it's clear you, then you prove it.
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by Danmisra(m): 5:49pm On Apr 28
Entusky:
E get wan certain prophet wey marry a 5 year old pikin con knack her wen she dey 9 year old as if dat wan no do am hin con marry d wife of hin adopted son come tell hin followers say hin GOD revoked d adoption naim mek hin marry d woman
When people are talking, a donkey cannot speak, because when he eventually does, he is going say something unreasonable and out of point, but he must speak, because he doesn't know when to speak and when to remain silent.
You are disgrace to Christianity, even one quote from from the Bible you cannot say, a grown up like you. I don't that they are many people that waste their hard earned money on Sunday without learning anything.
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by banks(m): 5:52pm On Apr 28
Krankhead:
come to USA and see baby mama and baby daddy galore. That's why you will see the double standard of the west. Whenever they say Nigerians has many wives, I always replied them by saying you have five chidren and 5 Baby DADDY and the men series of baby mama's. I have an American friend who has 9 children with 8 women, he doesn't even work No child support,

Hmmm! It means they don't have problem with many women but the responsibility that comes with it.
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by razzydoo(m): 5:52pm On Apr 28
In the Gospel of Barnabas, Paul is referred to as the ‘deceived’.
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by SlavaUkraini: 5:54pm On Apr 28
BodyCount:

Oloriburuku mumu
I'll show you after you show me where it is written in the Qur'an as well that Muhammad married someone at 5 as you wrote.
Dumb morōn, go treat all your confusion and BARBARIC nonsense in your bible first before you bring Islam into your stupidity.

Useless Mumu

Even your Imams and Mallams are aware that their prophet was Pedophilic

and are even emulating him by engaging in child marriages especially in Northern Nigeria

Only a Stupid Brainless Fool like yourself will deny this fact..

You have done some serious damage to your useless brain during those agonizing head slamming sessions in that Shrine you called a mosque..

You need urgent mental health attention

because the same madness and stupidity that characterized the life of your useless Pedophilic Prophet Mohammed is now troubling you ....

Like Prophet, Like People...

Useless Oloriburuku...

Death to Islam and all Supporters of Terrorism
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by Kobojunkie: 5:54pm On Apr 28
cjudy:
∆ Stop picking verse, start from verse 3 and see why Jesus said such: you people problem is you don’t read to understand bible: Jesus was only condemning divorce there and so he gave them an illustration. What happened to songs of Solomon? What happened to Abraham and David?
Jesus Christ never condemned Divorce as He instead said it came as a result of the revolt of men. He went on to raise remarriage instead we potential sin against God. undecided

Also, in regards to marriage as a whole, Jesus Christ said it is not of the Kingdom of God -- Luke 20 vs 34 -36. So dragging His mention into this reveals you are yourself disconnected from His message contained in that same book which you pretend to be versed in. undecided
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by cjudy(m): 5:55pm On Apr 28
StillDtruth:


Did you see God praise and call any of these perfect? Unlike Noah, Job and Daniel?

"Follow not the multitude to sin" God Said!

David, a man after my own heart
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by banks(m): 5:55pm On Apr 28
StillDtruth:




But the word "thou shalt not commit adultery" and other Laws are there.

So please, how can a person do polygamy without breaking The Law?


I think as long as you have married the women (Wives) legally, you have not committed adultery by sleeping with them.
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by Kobojunkie: 5:58pm On Apr 28
razzydoo:
In the Gospel of Barnabas, Paul is referred to as the ‘deceived’.
Paul, i am afraid was not deceived, rather it is those who cling to religion that are. undecided
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by Kobojunkie: 5:58pm On Apr 28
cjudy:
∆ David, a man after my own heart
That meant David was a holy and righteous man of God just like the other Prophets of God before and after him. A man after God's heart is a man who lives his life in continuous submission and obedience to the teachings and commandments of God's very own Law to Him. David and all the prophets did this and as such they reaped the benefits of the Law by it. undecided
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by akan102: 5:59pm On Apr 28
princefunm:
The Law that God gave the Israelites stipulated that Kings must have only one wife.

Even though God permitted polygamy, it was never his will. When he made a wife for Adam he made only one.

As a Christian though, the standard is one man one wife.

The Bible clearly stipulates this as a requirement for those who are overseers or leaders.

If the leader of a so-called Christian church is verifiably polygamous, then it simply means that he was unfit to lead.

Its very simple and clear.

It also makes him adulterous by bible standards.



You said even though God permitted polygamy it was not his will.
Pls are you saying that men persuaded God to change his standard or will to suit man?

You said bible say leaders of the church should be monogamist, between apostle Paul and father Abraham who was and is a greater leader?

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Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by otherway: 5:59pm On Apr 28
StillDtruth:


I'm arguing on you people saying "The bible have not once condemned the idea of having two wives or more" whereas the bible via God's Laws and Ordinances has already killed polygamy especially the sin of Adultery and covenant breaking and bigamy is right in the middle of it?

So, do you think polygamy can be done without breaking A Law?

How can you be putting adultery and polygamy in one equation?

Is monogamy and fornication not in the same boat abi how many people marry their fiancee without having prior carnal knowledge of them?

This was why I said your argument is totally baseless.

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Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by DrMuzungu(m): 6:05pm On Apr 28
No REAL prophet was a pedophile. Oh wait, one was...
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by Kobojunkie: 6:05pm On Apr 28
DrMuzungu:
No REAL prophet was a pedophile. Oh wait, one was...
You Christians are terrible people. The God of Israel put a seal on His Prophets and visions about 1900 Years ago - Daniel 9 vs 24 - at the close of His Last Days. You lot pretend you believe all that is declared in the book yet here you are insinuating the God of Israel lied and this man's father was in fact one of His prophets. Why are your minds this broken? undecided
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by Enemyofpeace: 6:06pm On Apr 28
BodyCount:


And I thought it was Isaac who married Deborah at 3 years old shocked shocked shocked shocked

Or Joseph the old man of about 90 who married the mother of your god at 9 or 12.

Christianity stinks

You can't have common sense and be a Christian.
It's impossible.

You can not also not be a hypocrite and be a Christian.

Even in this your contradictory and stupid debate where different Christians are in confusion and have different opinions on a subject pertaining to your BARBARIC beliefs, you will still drag Islam into it.

Awọn Ho lori burukus
e pain am grin grin
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by banks(m): 6:08pm On Apr 28
StillDtruth:


Since when did making changes mean that a person has changed?


Please, don't come with this kind of narrative. Why are you trying to play over my intelligence?
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by Veecruz: 6:14pm On Apr 28
banks:


Please, don't come with this kind of narrative. Why are you trying to play over my intelligence?

How!

Are you not inteligent full to know that a person may command eg father, boss may say that you can not go with the car and may later say go with the car.

So does it mean your father/boss has changed?
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by razzydoo(m): 6:15pm On Apr 28
Kobojunkie:
Paul, i am afraid was not deceived, rather it is those who cling to religion that are. undecided
do you know know that Paul was not one of the Apostles? So based on that, he could have been deceived?
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by olamoses75(m): 6:23pm On Apr 28
omojeesu:
1. God's PERFECT WILL IS MONOGAMY as established in the garden of Eden.

2. Polygamy entered after sin entered the world.

3. Before the law Abraham (the Friend of God), Jacob (Israel), etc were polygamists.

4. After the law came polygamy continued. David and Solomon were polygamists.

5. Jesus' discussion with the religious hypocrites, the Pharisees, was about divorce not polygamy and Jesus told them that DIVORCE IS NOT THE PERFECT WILL of God! ....

6. CHRISTIANITY RESTORED GOD'S PERFECT WILL FOR MONOGAMY because Jesus is symbolically the "husband" of "one wife", His "Bride", "Body", "Church".

7. If UNMARRIED BEFORE BECOMING A CHRISTIAN you MUST MARRY ONLY ONE WIFE who MUST be a Christian.

8. If ALREADY MARRIED BEFORE BECOMING A CHRISTIAN you don't need to divorce your UNBELIEVING wife / wives . You should encourage her / them to give her / their own life / lives to Christ. HOWEVER, if she decides to leave you, you can't force her to stay...

9. MARRIAGE or SEX OUTSIDE a MONOGAMOUS Christian marriage is SIN of ADULTERY.

10. POLYGAMISTS BEFORE BECOMING CHRISTIANS are welcome. It is up to each wife to personally give her life to Christ just as applied to number 8 above.

11. The POLYGAMIST IN CHURCH however SHOULD NOT be GIVEN RESPONSIBILITY for official SPIRITUAL OVERSIGHT so that no precedent is laid (Sebi brother Lagbaja niyawo meji! 😞)

12. In essence GOD ISN'T BOTHERED ABOUT POLYGAMY OUTSIDE CHRISTIANITY. What HE WON'T ACCEPT is WANTING to BECOME a POLYGAMIST AFTER you HAVE BECOME BORN AGAIN & MARRIED the CHRISTIAN WAY!

This is a summary on the discussion. Anything outside this is man made. This is Bible's non-denominational position. No one needs to accept it.
according to theologians, Eve was not Adam's first wife. In the same vein, the Bible never expressly condemned polygamy. 36-40 author wrote the Bible, though by inspiration from God, but they all have different perspectives about some issues. For instance, Apostle Paul never married, but does that mean Apostles can't marry?
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by Veecruz: 6:25pm On Apr 28
otherway:

How can you be putting adultery and polygamy in one equation?

Is polygamy not a married person committing adultery on his first wife to the extent of marrying the person he commited adultery with like this man has confessed?

Re: Marrying A Second Wife Good Or Bad I Need Ur Opinion by Blunttruth: 5:27pm On Aug 05, 2022
Trustedapparel:
I am a married man with 2kids but their is one big lady that I met she loves me very much ....since I Bleep that lady I can't get my eyes of her ....I have been thinking about her since after the marathon sex we hard last month .... honestly[b] I want to make her my second wife[/b]....she has agreed that she will b my second....but some of my family' n friends are not in support of it....

And Is adultery not about married people committing a sin called adultery?

otherway:

Is monogamy and fornication not in the same boat abi how many people marry their fiancee without having prior carnal knowledge of them?

This was why I said your argument is totally baseless.

Is it not already settled that there is adultery in monogamy? So the focus now is in polygamy, so your response here is off point!
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by banks(m): 6:30pm On Apr 28
Veecruz:


How!

Are you not inteligent full to know that a person may command eg father, boss may say that you can not go with the car and may later say go with the car.

So does it mean your father/boss has changed?

When they say God never change, it simply means he can not change his policy or standard. Haven't you heard that God never changes his standard? And in your example, why are you equating God with man or comparing God with man.
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by JuanDeDios: 6:32pm On Apr 28
Image123:


Names or Bible verse?
Abraham: Sarah (wife) and Haggar (concubine)
Moses: Jethro's daughter (1st wife) and the Cushite (2nd wife, the one he married that made Mariam to do cho cho cho and God struck Mariam)
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by CharlesofJesus: 6:34pm On Apr 28
Abraham was a prophet married one wife. Corrected by God when he made a mistake with Haggah and the later was ketura after the death of serah


Moses was a prophet married one wife, the later wife he took would be after the death of zeporah

Samuel was a prophet married one wife, it wasn't recorded how many wife's he had but we all know he obeyed God and was the next God spoke by ear after Moses..

Isaiah was a prophet married one wife with the prophetes...not recorded he had more than one wife..

Jeremiah never married that was also recorded...

Ezekiel married one wife and she died in Babylon God told him never to mourn her death, he might have married in future but that was not recorded...

I know you can't be referring to David, Solomon etc as prophets..
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by Dottore: 6:36pm On Apr 28
Natbrowny:
After plenty observation.

The West selling the baby mama culture to women but condemning polygamy is something i will never understand!

Future has 8 baby mamas
Nick Canon has 6 baby mamas

but polygamy is evil according to the WEST!
They say LGBT is normal and legal but polygamy is illegal.
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by DOM7: 6:38pm On Apr 28
The criminal and adulterous monster don't know the Bible he claimed to follow. Just want to back your randy manhood like the other prophet that legalized it, but any faithful and holy minded person will forbid that from entering his spirit. Anyway everybody is free to practice what he or she wants however your right, choices and decisions will cease when you stand before the judgment seat of God His standard cannot be compromised because of your looseness.
Re: No Prophet Married Only One Wife In The Bible - Olatosho Oshoffa by Veecruz: 6:38pm On Apr 28
banks:

When they say God never change, it simply means he can not change his policy or standard. Haven't you heard that God never changes his standard? And in your example, why are you equating God with man or comparing God with man.

Which policy? Which standard?

Is it a policy of character like the one whose policy is to support the good and to be against the evil always?

Or is it the One Whose standard is that "He will never justify the wicked?

Stop listening to hearsay

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