Quote From: gwarrior6 I'm a Christian too, but the poster you responded to doesn't have the same beliefs. I don't think a religious diatribe is going to endear her to you, but drive her away. God doesn't want someone to love him because they HAVE to, but because they want to, it's the gift of free will.
That applies to the marriage thing, you don't want someone forced into an unhappy relationship when they're not ready. They have to come together mutually, with no qualms or hesitations. Otherwise, the relationship is a joke, all one-sided. Anyway, just a fellow Christian's thought.
Great you are a christian too! Praise be to God! I realize that the person I responded to does not have the same beliefs. I responded with what God thinks about marriage.Sometimes there are people out there who need to know God's truths about marriage. I speak boldly for Christ and christians such as yourself should not come against me. We do not know how close or how far a person is from receiving Christ, it is our responsibility to share the messages of the gospel. This message just happened to be about marriage.
I NEVER said anything about anyone having to love Him--why did you add that into your post. I talked about how God views marriage, that's it!
If two people are living together and they are happy then God would rather have them married. If they do not marry each other He would rather have them not living together. Where did I say that people should live in an unhappy marriage?
My post simply stated God's views on marriage because He is the one who originally instituted marriage, not man!! I realize anyone reading my post who is not a believer is going to be offended, but that's okay because you know as a fellow believer that just mentioning the name of Jesus offends people. I was delivering God's viewpoint, not my own. As you stated people have free will, they can choose to read about God's viewpoint on marriage or they can ignore it. If they ignore it then they will suffer the consequences associated with that.
I am also not saying that all who are not married and live together are unhappy. The issue is not about being happy or unhappy, the issue is about living our lives God's way or our own way.
