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Will Polygamy Be Next?
1. Evidently, the primary legal argument for same sex marriage is that the powers and benefits empowered by the state to individuals by marriage are in fact “civil rights.
2. As a consequence - same sex marriage is being recognized in more and more states.
3. Islam is the fastest growing religion in America.
4. There are presently millions of Muslims in America.
5. The religion Islam allows Polygamy.
6. 21 out of 22 of Arab League Nations Muslims allow Polygamy.
Women in Islam - Part 14- Polygamy?
This article does a wonderful job of describing why some form of Polygamy is a much better form of relationship and/or marriage that Monogamy. It addresses the issue from a Biblical perspective as well as from a socialogical perspective. In fact it plainly demonstrates that some form of Polygamy is much more “Christian” in spirit than Monogamy.
And finally it points out how that some form of Polygamy could greatly alleviate the ills that are brought about by monogamous relationships – especially in the WEST. That would include infidelity, adultery and divorce with all the of their negative consequences.
I am sooooooooooooo thankful TODAY for I am truly "blessed"! And so are you! Just think. Because of Jesus Christ - "Blessed" means that we have ALL of the benefits of being God in a body! That is because the God that was fully embodied in the body of Jesus is now fully embodied in each of us! You can’t get any more "blessed" than that! Therefore, THAT is THE "blessings" that we need to be claiming as ours. Not only will it bring us more BENEFITS than any OTHER "blessing", but it will also PLEASE GOD more than anything else! And those are the two goals that we should have WHEN we claim blessings that are ours because the LOVE of God for us. (Ephesians 1:3Ephesians 1:3
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3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;; Ephesians 1:17-23Ephesians 1:17-23
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17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
18 having the eyes of your hearts TR reads “understanding” instead of “hearts” enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
20 which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,
21 far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come.
22 He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,
23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.; Ephesians 2:6-10Ephesians 2:6-10
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6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;
8 for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9 not of works, that no one would boast.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.; Ephesians 3:16-21Ephesians 3:16-21
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16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
19 and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
20 Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
21 to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. & Colossians 2:9-10Colossians 2:9-10
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9 For in him all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily,
10 and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power;)
I hope that what I have shared on “marriage” so far has provoked you to do some serious thinking about this matter. One word of caution. Just make sure that those thoughts are your own - not someone else’s. One thing that keeps us from thinking for ourselves (having our own “original” thoughts) about this or anything else is a lack of information and/or experience. The other reason is that we do not really understand WHO we are.
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Face it. The former interpretations of monogamy as the only acceptable form of marriage is no longer the whole-hearted interpretation of spiritual Bible believing people today. Why?
1. Statistics show that there is more incest, child-molestation, infidelity and divorce among professing Christians than among professing “sinners”. And over half of “sinners” marriages end in divorce. It appears that in our relatively “liberated” society – monogamy just isn’t a model of marriage that appears to be working very well.
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It is so clear from various scriptures in the Bible that what wants is a “family”. In fact THAT is what the human “experiment” is really all about. So that humanity can relate to that - God set up creation to exist and function via the institution of family. Everyone understands the idea of “family” whether their’s was an example of a “good” famiy or not.
Not only that but to further help us understand how God feels about family and how God’s family is meant to function - we are “hardwired” with those same feelings in regard to the idea of family. God has ingeniusly “stacked the deck in his favor” regarding this matter.
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During my daily devotions I have been reading the same passages over and over on a regular basis. (Some of thise are Romans 8:28-39Romans 8:28-39
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28 We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
29 For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
30 Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.
31 What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
32 He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?
33 Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies.
34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 Even as it is written, “For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
37 No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.; Ephesians 1:3-23; 2:6-10; 3:14-21Ephesians 1:3-23; 2:6-10; 3:14-21
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3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;
4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love;
5 having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,
6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved,
7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him
10 to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him;
11 in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will;
12 to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:
13 in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Gospel of your salvation,—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
14 who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.
15 For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which you have toward all the saints,
16 don’t cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
18 having the eyes of your hearts TR reads “understanding” instead of “hearts” enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
20 which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,
21 far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come.
22 He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,
23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;
8 for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9 not of works, that no one would boast.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
14 For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
19 and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
20 Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
21 to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.; Colossians 1:9-20; 2:-10Colossians 1:9-20; 2:-10
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9 For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
10 that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
11 strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy;
12 giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
13 who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love;
14 in whom we have our redemption, TR adds “through his blood,” the forgiveness of our sins;
15 who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
16 For by him were all things created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him.
17 He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.
18 He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
19 For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him;
20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself, by him, whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.
Štetje svetopisemskih vrstic se za?ne z 1! Vrstica 0 ne obstaja! & Romans 9:6-3Romans 9:6-3
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God’s ultimate purpose is that all things in heaven and in earth that extenuated out OF “Him” - and have become “estranged” FROM “Him’ - be “reconciled” back TO Him. His means of accomplishing that is through Jesus Christ. (Ephesians 1:9-10Ephesians 1:9-10
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9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him
10 to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him; & Colossians 1:19-20Colossians 1:19-20
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19 For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him;
20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself, by him, whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.)
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This post is just going to be a barebones introduction to the concept of PREDESTINATION. In fact I suggest that you listen to these videos in order to get a basic grasp of the subject. Also you might want to check out a couple of good books on the subject. To do so you can simply click on the image of the book in this post or on the book images in the right sidebar of this page.
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