Friday, April 8, 2011

Is it wrong to live together and not be married?

Here is a recent facebook message I received. Tell me what you think. Remember, she is a friend, so she will read it:
I need some help. Do you have any sermons or discussions on marriage and the bible? What is the Bible's description of marriage? Can you be "married" in God's eyes but not be legally married? I don't think God's idea of being married meant you have to file taxes together, buy a home together and share each others debt! If two people are committed to one another and intend on spending their lives together then wouldn't that be considered "married" in the eyes of God? Does someone have to sign a piece of paper and file taxes together for God to consider them married?

Friday, April 1, 2011

Were you meant to be single?

There Adam was in the garden--single. God said that he needed a helper. He wasn't complete. God brings Adam eve in his sleep.

Today, we have become so frustrated with the institution of marriage that many end sentences about being married, but God might call me to singleness.

A calling to singleness is rare. I have a calling to ministry and that is rare. God didn't come from the clouds one day and say Chris you are going to be a preacher. One day in the height of my success as an Army Officer going into the Special Forces, I felt God say in words louder than audible, "It's time." That meant time to go to seminary.

I wasn't sad about it. I was relieved and excited that I was now going to be able to go and pursue my dream of being a pastor. So now when it comes to singleness, you will know you were meant to be single when while walking in the Spirit the only thing you want to be is single.

Your thoughts?