frosbel2:


You are redefining Adultery on your own terms and not according to scripture. Polygamy is not borne out of greed, it is a natural phenomenon that happens because it does.

I would rather listen to the scripture than religious folk, and scripture refers to Adultery in the context of divorce or putting away one's wife. The bible also says " thou shall not covet they neighbor's wife " , it does not make a reference to marrying another wife. Remember that this was part of the ten commandments where God did not provide any restriction on how many wives a man can/should marry.

Even Moses who God praised very highly had 3 wives.

Note : My aim is not to promote the marrying of more than one wife but to debunk the erroneous notion that a man who has four wives before coming to know the truth must chase away the last 3 wives and stay with the first, this is so so wrong and is actually promoting anarchy , chaos, confusion and creating children without a father and women who can never marry again because anyone who marries them is committing adultery, yet you will say that God never recognised their marriages in the first place, but how do you know ?? Why are you religious folk so presumptuous and judgemental like the pharisees ?

frosbel2:


There is a big difference between sleeping with an unmarried woman and marrying an unmarried woman, you are confusing the two.

Organs:



This bible verse does not answer the question, pls understand the question asked, and if you dont know say you dont know period, and not cause more confusion.

eph12:

Lol.. If Christians have problems believing some part of the Bible then it's safe to say they are gradually sliding away from the faith. If the content of the Bible is a problem to you you have no business being a Christian sir.

frosbel2:


Okay, so Moses , David, Abraham , Jacob and Ezra to name a few , were all 'PERVERTS' .

And your forefathers who did not hear about Christ till almost 1,500 years after his death were all 'PERVERTS' and 'ADULTERERS'

My friend go and sit down....

frosbel2:


Okay, so Moses , David, Abraham , Jacob and Ezra to name a few , were all 'PERVERTS' .

And your forefathers who did not hear about Christ till almost 1,500 years after his death were all 'PERVERTS' and 'ADULTERERS'

My friend go and sit down....

Abra4real:


So, what you're saying is, after a man says he's born again, sanctified by the blood of the Lamb, and have made Jesus his master, he can still sleep on the same bed with his many wives and have sex with them abi?

Nowhere in my text did I say not live with. Some of those wives may be old. The man has to cater for them and their children. BUT NOT HAVE SEX WITH THEM. And they are no more his wives.

frosbel2:


Let us apply your logic to scripture and remember even Paul referred to scripture ( not the new testament ) as ;
"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness," - 2 Timothy 3:16

Now , in the so called New Testament, Jesus said that the only reason why Moses permitted divorce in the ancient days , was due to the hardness of heart of his people in the context of divorce. It was never about marrying another wife , it was about putting away a wife or wives. There is no other reason Jesus gave in relation to their hardness of heart, like marrying multiple women for example.

The Bible says that God does not change, in other words he expects the same standards from ALL mankind whether they lived 1 million or 10 years ago.

Using your logic we can call David, Jacob, Abraham and many others SERIAL ADULTERERS because they married MORE THAN ONE WOMAN, yet God never condemned them, in fact he called them righteous and loved them. David was condemned and punished for adultery not because he had many wives but because he slept with , and impregnated another man's wife and then had him killed. Solomon was not condemned because he had many wives and even concubines, he was condemned and punished because he married heathen women who took his heart away from God. None of these great men were told to drive away their other wives and remain with the first one.

The suggestion that a man who has 4 wives should get rid of the later 3 with their children is unscriptural, evil, wicked, mad , stupid, devilish and not from GOD at all, it is a figment of imagination in the minds of MOG followers who stick to the words of their pastors and their warped interpretation of scripture, without reasoning things out for themselves.

I personally have ONE WIFE and would not marry another purely because more than ONE WOMAN = STRESS AND TROUBLE and increased Financial commitment in this modern time, not because I can't !!!

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Dont giv me this absurd response.

I asked a simple question. What do you call a married man sleeping with an unmarried woman?

If you are still confused please download google search engine or in lay terms, type define adultery.

ettaetta:
is polygamy not a sin?

ojabel:
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You are still talking about the law when we've moved on to GRACE. Which part of the bible said he can no longer have sex with his wives after been born again? You are trying to introduce doctrine that is not in the bible.

Don't form the habit of always approaching the bible from the angle of the law. We're not God. Judah, Rahab, David were all ifrom the lineage of Jesus, yet God accepted them after they repented and He never winged any rope of the law around their necks. None of them qualified to be in the lineage of Jesus, but for GRAcE!

Think about this, the man had paid dowry on those wives, he's bound by the same law you've quated to remain with them for life.

The word of God is simple and clear. Having sex with the wives doesn't reduce or increase his chance of making or losing eternity.

kanmyokoya:

Polygamy is not a sin going by the Holy Qur'an
Qur'an 4:3

ettaetta:
I know Modern day christianity condems polygamy and the bible condems divorce, so my quetion now is? If a man has multiple wives and becomes a Christian, what is he supposed to do?

nairalandankrah:
. my dear, if polygamy is not a sin to YOU, Its definitely a sin to GOD.

ojabel:
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You are still talking about the law when we've moved on to GRACE. Which part of the bible said he can no longer have sex with his wives after been born again? You are trying to introduce doctrine that is not in the bible.

Don't form the habit of always approaching the bible from the angle of the law. We're not God. Judah, Rahab, David were all ifrom the lineage of Jesus, yet God accepted them after they repented and He never winged any rope of the law around their necks. None of them qualified to be in the lineage of Jesus, but for GRAcE!

Think about this, the man had paid dowry on those wives, he's bound by the same law you've quated to remain with them for life.

The word of God is simple and clear. Having sex with the wives doesn't reduce or increase his chance of making or losing eternity.

ettaetta:
where in the bible did You see it? David and other great men married more than one wife

Myde4naija:
me? Xtian? Lae law, I can never be part of confused and blindfolded people that has to cogent nor geninue record to back there faith.

Abra4real:


Who doesn't know that? I don't even have to read the Quran to know. How many wives did Muhammed had again? anybody?

doll912:


Yes... but it wasn't right. Pls read your Bible with understanding from the Holy Spirit. Abraham tried to get a child from a slave but the promised child was from the wife. Righteousness didn't mean they weren't sinners. The only thing is that they acknowledged God in all their deeds. Don't be deceived. The new testament written majorly by apostle paul talks on one man and one woman. I wish I could give you passages now. It's perversion that made man have more than one wife.

ettaetta:
is polygamy not a sin?

eph12:

The first is the recognized wife.

craziebone:


stop telling lies! If you are going to make a claim, why don't you just back it up with the bible?

Scholar8200:
Indeed God hates divorce, but divorce only comes up where marriage existed. Malachi 2:14-16 speaks on terms of the wife (not wives) of thy youth. It also said God made BOTH ONE. Emphasizing that it is between 2 not more. Besides, Jesus established this when He quoted Genesis that they are no more 2( not 3 or more) but 1.

Now realise that certain things passed under the OT due to hardness of heart and limited revelation which we cannot emulate in the NT! Eg polygamy. For a married man to think of taking another wife means he had been committing adultery in his heart, admiring and desiring another woman while his wife was alive!!!

Hence the other 'wives' will go and the first remains! But of course, the children of the other women are to be catered for by the man.

Since Jesus taught that marriage to a divorcee is adultery, I wonder how some here seek to justify marriage to a married man!!!

eph12:

A Bible verse to show that not the 2nd 3rd or last but 1st wife is the legitimate wife?

craziebone:
the question was clear enough

craziebone:


how exactly is Polygamy a sin? And that matt whatever you quoted has got nothing to do with polygamy! When a man marries another wife, does he put away his first? Why don't you look at that passage again and tell me if there is any link between the topic at hand and that matt you quoted!

frosbel2:


Let us apply your logic to scripture and remember even Paul referred to scripture ( not the new testament ) as ;
"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness," - 2 Timothy 3:16

Now , in the so called New Testament, Jesus said that the only reason why Moses permitted divorce in the ancient days , was due to the hardness of heart of his people in the context of divorce. It was never about marrying another wife , it was about putting away a wife or wives. There is no other reason Jesus gave in relation to their hardness of heart, like marrying multiple women for example.

The Bible says that God does not change, in other words he expects the same standards from ALL mankind whether they lived 1 million or 10 years ago.

Using your logic we can call David, Jacob, Abraham and many others SERIAL ADULTERERS because they married MORE THAN ONE WOMAN, yet God never condemned them, in fact he called them righteous and loved them. David was condemned and punished for adultery not because he had many wives but because he slept with , and impregnated another man's wife and then had him killed. Solomon was not condemned because he had many wives and even concubines, he was condemned and punished because he married heathen women who took his heart away from God. None of these great men were told to drive away their other wives and remain with the first one.

The suggestion that a man who has 4 wives should get rid of the later 3 with their children is unscriptural, evil, wicked, mad , stupid, devilish and not from GOD at all, it is a figment of imagination in the minds of MOG followers who stick to the words of their pastors and their warped interpretation of scripture, without reasoning things out for themselves.

I personally have ONE WIFE and would not marry another purely because more than ONE WOMAN = STRESS AND TROUBLE and increased Financial commitment in this modern time, not because I can't !!!