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Replies to '12/20 Marry Me or Else!'
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December 20, 2006, 6:32 am PST
 Quote From: jojobeaner 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.
I didn't have a problem with you spreading the message. What I did take issue with was the way you did it. I don't think a nonChristian would respond well to paternalistic sermons. I never said i was okay with her situation, but as Christians, we should use tact.
It seemed that you were trying to force something on someone, when that is not the way to recruit anybody. They have to take Christ into themselves and want to change and transform their lives.
I was talking about the marriage thing, because our relationship with Christ is mirrowed in our marital relationships, and also ties into the topic of the show.
As a Christian, I'm not "going against you" but merely questioning your approach to the poster as something that would draw her in, or drive her away, and it seemed that it would more likely repel someone, than draw them in.
I'm trying to relieve the conflict and make peace, because she is our sister, and the peace leads her to us. |
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