Annul Illegitimate Marriage: Think of your eternity; not the pleasure of this life. |
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Genetics: The Jewish Are Not Hebrew |
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FAITH BRINGS WORKS
“Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.” (James 2:18) If Jesus is in a person's heart, that man will manifest it through his works, through the changes he makes for Jesus. Many of us have made changes because we know what God wants from us, works that please, following his commandments. If we have to give up booze, so be it. If we have to give up bad relationships, so be it. It is what God thinks is important that matters to us, not our fleshly desires. (Galatians 5:19-24) Today, we have a terrible problem with fornication. There are pastors of large congregations that don't acknowledge the virgin female premarital sex bond (Ex. 22, Dt. 22) and marry off unchaste women to an unlearned man. The point I want to get at is this: a Christian will have to acknowledge God's commandments through studying the Bible, not listening to men. He will have to overcome ignorance of God's word by learning and studying. Then, a Christian will make changes even with close relationships if he or she has to, but there are many today that are not in chaste marriages. So, how about those who say they have faith and do not have works, will they change later? Or will they continue as they are? If they really belong to God, I believe God will bring conviction upon them and they will even make marital change if they are in error.
Links:
Chaste Marriage
John MacArthur Premarital Sex Heresy
John MacArthur on Focus On The Family
Learn The Marriage Law By Eras
Folly/Fornication (Biblical explanation of why unchaste women should not marry)
Biblical studies on rape
Annulment of illicit relationship
Hebrew Patrilineal, Inheritance Law