From spiritual perspectives, it is better to maintain peace and harmony in a family.
From available information, it seems like Yul didn't get the consent of his first wife before this second wife got into the family.
THAT may bring problems.
Most of the time, the debate around polygamy gets lost in the practical application of it.
One man may harmoniously marry 10 women, while another man may not marry even two harmoniously.
The devil is in the practice rather than the concept.

Meanwhile below is the babe in question.
I can see why Yul fell flat.

The major issues with most people in our society is hypocrisy and manipulative attitudes. Everyone just acting smart. Someone got a side chick pregnant and he's now turning the matter into marriage plan? Funny people

9japride:
The major issues with most people in our society is hypocrisy and manipulative attitudes. Everyone just acting smart. Someone got a side chick pregnant and he's now turning the matter into marriage plan? Funny people

Yea, your right, e get as e be ... BUT,
Is it better for him to leave her unmarried and his son "family-less"?
One of the most important spiritual laws is to never judge anyone.
All I would say is that if I were Yul, I would do EVERYTHING HUMANLY POSSIBLE to appease my first wife.
IMHO, that is the only spiritually just way to settle this matter.
I don't know whether this whole thing was premeditated per se, after all men tend to fall for beautiful women.
We will not kill Yul our brother for falling... for a dangerously good looking woman.
But we can advise him to appease his first wife.
Polygyny (African style) if well contracted, is not a sin.
The other available option would be divorce, which is far worse than what he did.

Positiveminds:


Show me one scripture where God condemned them or any other for marrying more than one wife. You people should stop being overzealous and walking in lame paths of ignorance.

As much as God didn't condemned it doesn't mean He supports it either. In the beginning it was a man to his wife not wives. 2 Timothy 3:16 will broaden your understanding of the essence of the scripture. No overzealousness here.

PDJT:


-What you are quoting is the outcome of the western adulteration of the bible. Don't be a western slave forever.

I'm not being a western slave. Marriage is honorable with the bed undefiled. Without the scripture stating otherwise if we may consider that, have you considered the much disadvantages of polygamy?

tonyuny12:


That they did such didn't make it right. Even Jesus pointed same by saying it was not so in the beginning. It means God's plan for marriage wasn't so but for the hardiness of man's heart.
Apostle Paul echoed same

Is it a sin or not?!

samuelson06:
Polygamy may not be a sin, but it's morally wrong. Those of you backing up your claims with the guys in the Old Testament, you are wrong. When it comes to marriage, the original idea was one man with a woman.

God created only one woman for Adam and that was Eve. He should've created more but in His wisdom, he knew one was okay. So, what's the point with marrying many women? You don't have any justification. In fact, you are looking for trouble.

Assistant Jesus!

onumadu:


Yea, your right, e get as e be ... BUT,
Is it better for him to leave her unmarried and his son "family-less"?
One of the most important spiritual laws is to never judge anyone.
All I would say is that if I were Yul, I would do EVERYTHING HUMANLY POSSIBLE to appease my first wife.
IMHO, that is the only spiritually just way to settle this matter.
I don't know whether this whole thing was premeditated per se, after all men tend to fall for beautiful women.
We will not kill Yul our brother for falling... for a dangerously good looking woman.
But we can advise him to appease his first wife.
Polygyny (African style) if well contracted, is not a sin.
The other available option would be divorce, which is far worse than what he did.

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I agree with you. Though, he's just acting smart and I believe he's first wife will be greatly hurt. Anyways, it's just a normal level in our society.

samuelson06:
Polygamy may not be a sin, but it's morally wrong. Those of you backing up your claims with the guys in the Old Testament, you are wrong. When it comes to marriage, the original idea was one man with a woman.

God created only one woman for Adam and that was Eve. He should've created more but in His wisdom, he knew one was okay. So, what's the point with marrying many women? You don't have any justification. In fact, you are looking for trouble.

where was it quoted that the original idea was one woman to a man? Was it not divorce that was.the.argument when Christ made that statement?

tonyuny12:


As much as God didn't condemned it doesn't mean He supports it either. In the beginning it was a man to his wife not wives. 2 Timothy 3:16 will broaden your understanding of the essence of the scripture. No overzealousness here.

God is no author of confusion...if he neve condem it...when did He have a board meeting with you to say he did not support it? were there not a lot of practices that were held in the old testament that Jesus him self revised? or the Holy spirit revealed were now acceptable to God? so where even when divorce was spoken about did having several wife's was quoted a sin? There are no grey areas with God.

Davido,wizkid and several Nigerian artistes have children with different women they are not even married, the society thinks it’s the norms because the oyinbo dey do am and it’s cool now the same society is going crazy because an AFRICAN MAN married another wife and has a child with her ??

We’ve lost it as Africans asswear

The world population as it stands has a ratio of 3:1 of women to men

There are lots of unmarried women(not girls) out there looking for husband, not to talk of girls looking for ordinary boyfriend , that’s why Adultery is easy now, even a man without money in this Nigeria can still fornicate it’s just level

Why is all this happening, it’s pure science

Ratio 3 :1

For every 1000 men we have 3000 women

If the 1000 men marries 1 woman each we have 2000 women left, each married man will have 2 side chicks comfortably

Just think of this

We Africans are supporting lgbtq community, but polygamy is bad

We’ve lost it

I’m not even saying anything related to religion here , no be everything we must drive towards religion it’s just psychology

How many married men with one wife isn’t cheating ??

How many??

It’s biology and it’s science

Men will look for new women, but most don’t marry them they just get sex from them

And an African man bold enough to marry another African woman is crazy?

Look at the woman self , she’s a very beautiful lady, even with her beauty she’s settling for a married man

That explains the ratio

Niece:
A Nigerian activist and Pastor of Mind of Christ Christian Center, Reno Omokri has reacted to Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie’s second marriage.

Earlier today, the Nollywood actor had posted a picture of himself and his son whom he welcomed with his second wife.

The post generated many reactions by celebrities and fans.

A loyal follower of Reno Omokri called his attention to it and asked for his views concerning Yul Edochie’s second marriage.

Reacting to it, the pastor stated that being polygamous is not bad. “Polygamy is not a sin”, he said. Reno went further and said that God Himself gave David many wives. He drew his submission from 2 Samuel 12:18.

The pastor made it known that polygamy is scriptural and only forbidden for bishops and elders of the church.

Pastor Reno said that it’s saddened that the Africans accepted the concept of monopoly which according to the clergyman, is the constructure of the Western world.
His statement reads;

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc3lilsITS2/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

lalasticlala

End time Pastor....how did God gave David many wives

Aufbauh:
I'm equally thinking of making my Igbo side chick Nelly as my second wife after 15yrs of marriage to my wife.

Walahi same with me bro. My ibo side chick has been very loyal since I met her 2yrs now. I'm seriously considering walahi

ivolt:

Marriage then has nothing to do with love or any other romantic bullshit you
watch on TV today.

Many of them actually do more than complaining.
Going diabolical was a common way of dealing with rivals.
Ask your elders for more detail.

OK! Mr Ancestor, I've heard you

benardtotti:


Follow this guy at your peril ,even the scripture he quoted is totally wrong 2samuel 12:18 has nothing to do with wives .smh

Yes there is more to 2samuel than the vers 18, within the whole Chapter 12 there is a part that shows how much God loves and cherish polygamy even a child from a polygamous family here some vers in the same 2samuel chapter 12.

This is not an issue of polygamy, Yul dey knack since, it's just that one of the knacking resulted into pregnancy.

To save face he declared he has a son and a second wife. If she married the lady truly before the pregnancy wahala the first wife shouldn't be pained like she is now bkus everything is a shock to her.

Bible evidence

benardtotti:


Follow this guy at your peril ,even the scripture he quoted is totally wrong 2samuel 12:18 has nothing to do with wives .smh

Polygamy is not the will of God
But that doesn't make polygamy a sin.

Stanweezy:
This is not an issue of polygamy, Yul dey knack since, it's just that one of the knacking resulted into pregnancy.

To save face he declared he has a son and a second wife. If she married the lady truly before the pregnancy wahala the first wife shouldn't be pained like she is now bkus everything is a shock to her.

Yul that time wey dey knack dey give girls 5k after the kpanshing. We know him story well.

Reno? The one that welcomed a daughter with a side hen last year? Why's anyone expecting him not to side with Yul....when they're both in the same boat? Nawa o.

Before Reno was exposed for cheating, he liked to castigate women who jokingly told him he's handsome or that they liked him.

He will embarrass them and claim that his wife is the only woman he sees and adores. All that stopped the moment he welcomed his daughter.
A hypocrite like him... can't be my mentor or pastor. That's how they lead people astray

YUL SHOULD ADD DESTINY ETIKO AND GIVE US HEALTHY BREEDS OF ACTORS AND ACTRESSES.

Righteousness2:
Lies From the Pit of Hell.
Don't let anyone Deceive you to go against GOD'S Word.

David is not the standard,
Solomon is not the standard,
Your Forefather is not the standard,
Reno is not the standard,
Religion or tradition is not the standard
The Word of the Lord is the standard.
GOD is not an author of Confusion.


Any other man or woman apart from the first person who legally married you is a Sin Partner. You both are Decieving yourselves.

Except in a case where a spouse is dead. Then you are Biblically free to marry again.

Back it up with a scripture

Righteousness2:
Lies From the Pit of Hell.
Don't let anyone Deceive you to go against GOD'S Word.

David is not the standard,
Solomon is not the standard,
Your Forefather is not the standard,
Reno is not the standard,
Religion or tradition is not the standard
The Word of the Lord is the standard.
GOD is not an author of Confusion.


Any other man or woman apart from the first person who legally married you is a Sin Partner. You both are Decieving yourselves.

Except in a case where a spouse is dead. Then you are Biblically free to marry again.

And why are those prophets not the standard if I may ask? Even Moses is not your standard. Do you know he had two wives? Who exactly is your standard in bible? Paul? Find an endless list of evidence of polygamy in your bible, now tell me who is the author of confusion:


Exodus 21:10 ESV / 228 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marital rights.

Deuteronomy 21:15-17 ESV / 187 helpful votes

“If a man has two wives, the one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved have borne him children, and if the firstborn son belongs to the unloved, then on the day when he assigns his possessions as an inheritance to his sons, he may not treat the son of the loved as the firstborn in preference to the son of the unloved, who is the firstborn, but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the firstfruits of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his.

Isaiah 4:1 ESV / 183 helpful votes

And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach.”

2 Chronicles 24:1-3 ESV / 153 helpful votes

Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba. And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest. Jehoiada got for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.

2 Samuel 12:8 ESV / 143 helpful votes

And I gave you your master's house and your master's wives into your arms and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah. And if this were too little, I would add to you as much more.

Matthew 25:1-46 ESV / 126 helpful votes

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. ...

Genesis 4:19 ESV / 105 helpful votes

And Lamech took two wives. The name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

Judges 8:30 ESV / 101 helpful votes

Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, for he had many wives.

2 Chronicles 13:21 ESV / 86 helpful votes

But Abijah grew mighty. And he took fourteen wives and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

2 Chronicles 11:21 ESV / 85 helpful votes

Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and concubines (he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters).

1 Chronicles 3:1-9 ESV / 84 helpful votes

These are the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelite; the second, Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelite, the third, Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith; the fifth, Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth, Ithream, by his wife Eglah; six were born to him in Hebron, where he reigned for seven years and six months. And he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem. These were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan and Solomon, four by Bath-shua, the daughter of Ammiel; ...

2 Chronicles 24:3 ESV / 79 helpful votes

Jehoiada got for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.

Ezekiel 23:1-4 ESV / 76 helpful votes

The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother. They played the LovePeddler in Egypt; they played the LovePeddler in their youth; there their breasts were pressed and their virgin bosoms handled. Oholah was the name of the elder and Oholibah the name of her sister. They became mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 5:13 ESV / 76 helpful votes

And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David.

Genesis 30:9 ESV / 76 helpful votes

When Leah saw that she had ceased bearing children, she took her servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

1 Chronicles 4:5 ESV / 72 helpful votes

Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah;

Deuteronomy 25:5-10 ESV / 71 helpful votes

“If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her husband's brother shall go in to her and take her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her. And the first son whom she bears shall succeed to the name of his dead brother, that his name may not be blotted out of Israel. And if the man does not wish to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate to the elders and say, ‘My husband's brother refuses to perpetuate his brother's name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother to me.’ Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him, and if he persists, saying, ‘I do not wish to take her,’ then his brother's wife shall go up to him in the presence of the elders and pull his sandal off his foot and spit in his face. And she shall answer and say, ‘So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother's house.’ ...

1 Kings 11:1-4 ESV / 67 helpful votes

Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the people of Israel, “You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love. He had 700 wives, princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart. For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.

Numbers 12:1 ESV / 67 helpful votes

Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman.

Genesis 30:4 ESV / 66 helpful votes

So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.

1 Timothy 3:2 ESV / 65 helpful votes

Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

1 Samuel 1:1-2 ESV / 65 helpful votes

There was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephrathite. He had two wives. The name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other, Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

1 Corinthians 7:1-5 ESV / 63 helpful votes

Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Titus 1:5-8 ESV / 55 helpful votes

This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you— if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.

Matthew 19:4-6 ESV / 54 helpful votes

He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Song of Solomon 6:8 ESV / 54 helpful votes

There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.

Deuteronomy 17:14-20 ESV / 51 helpful votes

“When you come to the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and you possess it and dwell in it and then say, ‘I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me,’ you may indeed set a king over you whom the Lord your God will choose. One from among your brothers you shall set as king over you. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother. Only he must not acquire many horses for himself or cause the people to return to Egypt in order to acquire many horses, since the Lord has said to you, ‘You shall never return that way again.’ And he shall not acquire many wives for himself, lest his heart turn away, nor shall he acquire for himself excessive silver and gold. “And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law, approved by the Levitical priests. ...

1 Timothy 3:12 ESV / 46 helpful votes

Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well.

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 45 helpful votes

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Mark 10:5-9 ESV / 29 helpful votes

And Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Deuteronomy 17:17 ESV / 29 helpful votes

And he shall not acquire many wives for himself, lest his heart turn away, nor shall he acquire for himself excessive silver and gold.

Malachi 2:14-15 ESV / 27 helpful votes

But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth.

Proverbs 18:22 ESV / 26 helpful votes

He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.

Genesis 25:6 ESV / 23 helpful votes

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

Titus 1:6 ESV / 21 helpful votes

If anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination.

Matthew 19:9 ESV / 21 helpful votes

And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”

Genesis 16:4 ESV / 21 helpful votes

And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress.

Titus 1:6-7 ESV / 20 helpful votes

If anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,

2 Kings 10:1 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the rulers of the city, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying,

1 Kings 11:3 ESV / 20 helpful votes

He had 700 wives, princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart.

1 Corinthians 7:2 ESV / 19 helpful votes

But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.

Deuteronomy 21:15 ESV / 19 helpful votes

“If a man has two wives, the one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved have borne him children, and if the firstborn son belongs to the unloved,

Matthew 19:8 ESV / 17 helpful votes

He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

Judges 12:9 ESV / 17 helpful votes

He had thirty sons, and thirty daughters he gave in marriage outside his clan, and thirty daughters he brought in from outside for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.

Leviticus 18:18 ESV / 15 helpful votes

And you shall not take a woman as a rival wife to her sister, uncovering her unclothedness while her sister is still alive.

Genesis 28:9 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Esau went to Ishmael and took as his wife, besides the wives he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth.

Malachi 2:15 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth.

Leviticus 20:14 ESV / 14 helpful votes

OKOATA:
As long as King David, Solomon stories are in the Bible Polygamy is right, so you better shut your mouth and never you mock God. Always talking as if you know more than your creator, Are you the one that made the Bible? If the word of God which is the Holy Bible is against polygamy the story won't be in the Bible. why did God create man to have millions of sperm and woman to have one egg that could freeze when she enters menopause? It's because God created man to multiply and not stick to one woman but religion has eaten deep into your head that you can't use your sense anymore.

People who read the Bible the way you are portraying here are not Christians but people just looking for things in the Bible to validate their desires. Your mind is shown clearly when you start condemning religion and advocating senses.

God told Prophet Hosea to marry a prostitute for a reason. Now will you say because it is in the Bible you should marry prostitutes? In the same Bible you see Mosaic Laws and several ancillary laws from God but you are not concerned about obeying them, it is marrying multiple wives that catches your fancy.

The mind of God on marriage is clear as expressed in severally in the Bible including the following: Genesis 2:22-24, Matthew 19:4-6, Mark 10:6-9, Ephesians 5:32-33, 1 Timothy 3:2, 1 Timothy 3:12. Jesus himself confirmed it in Matthew as being one man and one woman.

Reno is not a genuine Christian but masquarding as one. It is not strrange he calls himself a Pastor because that title has already been bastardized by Africans. It may surprise you to know that his proclamations on Polygamy started after he was involved in an extra-marital affair that led to a baby and he was exposed in the media. When David was exposed of his sin, he repented but when Reno was exposed he began trying to use the Bible to support his actions. Such a person is very dangerous. Please beware of him and his self-serving theology!

Reno is absolutely correct. Africa adopting white man culture and call it religion.

ikennaoma:


Back it up with a scripture

He obviously don't have one.

Babinski:


People who read the Bible the way you are portraying here are not Christians but people just looking for things in the Bible to validate their desires. Your mind is shown clearly when you start condemning religion and advocating senses.

God told Prophet Hosea to marry a prostitute for a reason. Now will you say because it is in the Bible you should marry prostitutes? In the same Bible you see Mosaic Laws and several ancillary laws from God but you are not concerned about obeying them, it is marrying multiple wives that catches your fancy.

The mind of God on marriage is clear as expressed in severally in the Bible including the following: Genesis 2:22-24, Matthew 19:4-6, Mark 10:6-9, Ephesians 5:32-33, 1 Timothy 3:2, 1 Timothy 3:12. Jesus himself confirmed it in Matthew as being one man and one woman.

Reno is not a genuine Christian but masquarding as one. It is not strrange he calls himself a Pastor because that title has already been bastardized by Africans. It may surprise you to know that his proclamations on Polygamy started after he was involved in an extra-marital affair that led to a baby and he was exposed in the media. When David was exposed of his sin, he repented but when Reno was exposed he began trying to use the Bible to support his actions. Such a person is very dangerous. Please beware of him and his self-serving theology!

I'll read these verses and get back.

drlateef:





And why are those prophets not the standard if I may ask? Even Moses is not your standard. Do you know he had two wives? Who exactly is your standard in bible? Paul? Find an endless list of evidence of polygamy in your bible, now tell me who is the author of confusion:


Exodus 21:10 ESV / 228 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marital rights.

Deuteronomy 21:15-17 ESV / 187 helpful votes

“If a man has two wives, the one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved have borne him children, and if the firstborn son belongs to the unloved, then on the day when he assigns his possessions as an inheritance to his sons, he may not treat the son of the loved as the firstborn in preference to the son of the unloved, who is the firstborn, but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the firstfruits of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his.

Isaiah 4:1 ESV / 183 helpful votes

And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach.”

2 Chronicles 24:1-3 ESV / 153 helpful votes

Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba. And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest. Jehoiada got for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.

2 Samuel 12:8 ESV / 143 helpful votes

And I gave you your master's house and your master's wives into your arms and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah. And if this were too little, I would add to you as much more.

Matthew 25:1-46 ESV / 126 helpful votes

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. ...

Genesis 4:19 ESV / 105 helpful votes

And Lamech took two wives. The name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

Judges 8:30 ESV / 101 helpful votes

Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, for he had many wives.

2 Chronicles 13:21 ESV / 86 helpful votes

But Abijah grew mighty. And he took fourteen wives and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

2 Chronicles 11:21 ESV / 85 helpful votes

Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and concubines (he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters).

1 Chronicles 3:1-9 ESV / 84 helpful votes

These are the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelite; the second, Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelite, the third, Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith; the fifth, Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth, Ithream, by his wife Eglah; six were born to him in Hebron, where he reigned for seven years and six months. And he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem. These were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan and Solomon, four by Bath-shua, the daughter of Ammiel; ...

2 Chronicles 24:3 ESV / 79 helpful votes

Jehoiada got for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.

Ezekiel 23:1-4 ESV / 76 helpful votes

The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother. They played the LovePeddler in Egypt; they played the LovePeddler in their youth; there their breasts were pressed and their virgin bosoms handled. Oholah was the name of the elder and Oholibah the name of her sister. They became mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 5:13 ESV / 76 helpful votes

And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David.

Genesis 30:9 ESV / 76 helpful votes

When Leah saw that she had ceased bearing children, she took her servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

1 Chronicles 4:5 ESV / 72 helpful votes

Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah;

Deuteronomy 25:5-10 ESV / 71 helpful votes

“If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her husband's brother shall go in to her and take her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her. And the first son whom she bears shall succeed to the name of his dead brother, that his name may not be blotted out of Israel. And if the man does not wish to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate to the elders and say, ‘My husband's brother refuses to perpetuate his brother's name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother to me.’ Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him, and if he persists, saying, ‘I do not wish to take her,’ then his brother's wife shall go up to him in the presence of the elders and pull his sandal off his foot and spit in his face. And she shall answer and say, ‘So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother's house.’ ...

1 Kings 11:1-4 ESV / 67 helpful votes

Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the people of Israel, “You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love. He had 700 wives, princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart. For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.

Numbers 12:1 ESV / 67 helpful votes

Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman.

Genesis 30:4 ESV / 66 helpful votes

So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.

1 Timothy 3:2 ESV / 65 helpful votes

Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

1 Samuel 1:1-2 ESV / 65 helpful votes

There was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephrathite. He had two wives. The name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other, Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

1 Corinthians 7:1-5 ESV / 63 helpful votes

Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Titus 1:5-8 ESV / 55 helpful votes

This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you— if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.

Matthew 19:4-6 ESV / 54 helpful votes

He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Song of Solomon 6:8 ESV / 54 helpful votes

There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.

Deuteronomy 17:14-20 ESV / 51 helpful votes

“When you come to the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and you possess it and dwell in it and then say, ‘I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me,’ you may indeed set a king over you whom the Lord your God will choose. One from among your brothers you shall set as king over you. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother. Only he must not acquire many horses for himself or cause the people to return to Egypt in order to acquire many horses, since the Lord has said to you, ‘You shall never return that way again.’ And he shall not acquire many wives for himself, lest his heart turn away, nor shall he acquire for himself excessive silver and gold. “And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law, approved by the Levitical priests. ...

1 Timothy 3:12 ESV / 46 helpful votes

Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well.

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 45 helpful votes

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Mark 10:5-9 ESV / 29 helpful votes

And Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Deuteronomy 17:17 ESV / 29 helpful votes

And he shall not acquire many wives for himself, lest his heart turn away, nor shall he acquire for himself excessive silver and gold.

Malachi 2:14-15 ESV / 27 helpful votes

But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth.

Proverbs 18:22 ESV / 26 helpful votes

He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.

Genesis 25:6 ESV / 23 helpful votes

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

Titus 1:6 ESV / 21 helpful votes

If anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination.

Matthew 19:9 ESV / 21 helpful votes

And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”

Genesis 16:4 ESV / 21 helpful votes

And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress.

Titus 1:6-7 ESV / 20 helpful votes

If anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,

2 Kings 10:1 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the rulers of the city, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying,

1 Kings 11:3 ESV / 20 helpful votes

He had 700 wives, princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart.

1 Corinthians 7:2 ESV / 19 helpful votes

But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.

Deuteronomy 21:15 ESV / 19 helpful votes

“If a man has two wives, the one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved have borne him children, and if the firstborn son belongs to the unloved,

Matthew 19:8 ESV / 17 helpful votes

He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

Judges 12:9 ESV / 17 helpful votes

He had thirty sons, and thirty daughters he gave in marriage outside his clan, and thirty daughters he brought in from outside for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.

Leviticus 18:18 ESV / 15 helpful votes

And you shall not take a woman as a rival wife to her sister, uncovering her unclothedness while her sister is still alive.

Genesis 28:9 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Esau went to Ishmael and took as his wife, besides the wives he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth.

Malachi 2:15 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth.

Leviticus 20:14 ESV / 14 helpful votes

You've done too well.

From the beginning, it was not so.

He made them MALE and FEMALE.

kingthreat:


Yul that time wey dey knack dey give girls 5k after the kpanshing. We know him story well.

This particular pregnancy exposed his promiscuous lifestyle.

He even gave the lady money to abort the pregnancy she refused, that will tell u no be today he dey knack nollywood ladies with reckless abandon.

He no dey even use condom bkus if he does we won't know about this pregnancy.

Nezzjnr:
Our morals has been thrown to the dogs

Read your Bible very well and you'll know God actually frowns at having more than one wife.

Leviticus 18:18
You shall not marry a woman in addition to her sister as a rival while she is alive, to uncover her unclothedness.

1 Corinthians 7:2
But because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband

1 Timothy 3:2
An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

1kings 11:1-4


He even committed adultery to start from.

All these so called Woke Christians sef

don't mind them most bible actors that practised polygamy had issues, the old testament is to warn us of such but nde woke christains will interprete the Bible to suit the flesh which is lust in this case. Thank you for you Bible backup nice

Babinski:


People who read the Bible the way you are portraying here are not Christians but people just looking for things in the Bible to validate their desires. Your mind is shown clearly when you start condemning religion and advocating senses.

God told Prophet Hosea to marry a prostitute for a reason. Now will you say because it is in the Bible you should marry prostitutes? In the same Bible you see Mosaic Laws and several ancillary laws from God but you are not concerned about obeying them, it is marrying multiple wives that catches your fancy.

The mind of God on marriage is clear as expressed in severally in the Bible including the following: Genesis 2:22-24, Matthew 19:4-6, Mark 10:6-9, Ephesians 5:32-33, 1 Timothy 3:2, 1 Timothy 3:12. Jesus himself confirmed it in Matthew as being one man and one woman.

Reno is not a genuine Christian but masquarding as one. It is not strrange he calls himself a Pastor because that title has already been bastardized by Africans. It may surprise you to know that his proclamations on Polygamy started after he was involved in an extra-marital affair that led to a baby and he was exposed in the media. When David was exposed of his sin, he repented but when Reno was exposed he began trying to use the Bible to support his actions. Such a person is very dangerous. Please beware of him and his self-serving theology!

One thing I dislike so much about full time christians is that you will never reason in a rational way no matter what you say, you must always find a way to say things that suite you, if God told someone to marry a prostitute and he did, are you now contradicting God or opposing his decisions. Why don't you tear out the places that you don't like in your Bibles, tear the pages out, tear the old testament out because God says in the new testament that marriage with one woman is the best. Tear out the old testament where God didn't condemn David and Solomon. You lots always trying to revolve religion in everything and saying you know Gods mind. is there a difference in the God of old/new testament? Because for all I know God never change so how can you say you know Gods mind when God himself created man with millions of sperm and a woman one egg. Biologically you must know this thing in school right? So why are you now putting religion into everything. I'm a christian and I don't reason the way you do .