Incredible. I found this article at Focus on the Family — “Does sex equal marriage?”
The article begins by answering a reader’s question — “When a couple has sex, aren’t they essentially married in God’s eyes? It seems to me that if the younger generation understood this and believed it, things would change fast. Dating as we know it would cease. Virgin women wouldn’t dream of putting themselves in a compromising position with a man. A young man would be far more careful if he knew that the moment he crossed the line he was committed. Wouldn’t you agree that this is the message we need to be communicating?“
Focus on the Family replies — “Technically speaking, you’re right on target in suggesting that, in God’s eyes, marriage has more to do with the sex act than it does with church ceremonies or legal documents. According to Scripture, marriage is fundamentally a matter of a man and a woman becoming one flesh (Genesis 2:24). Sexual intercourse is central to that process.”
“….he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.” James 1:8
FOTF says, “marriage has more to do with the sex act…” and then proceeds to speak out of the other side of the mouth by implying the ‘one flesh’ concept is something other than simply Sexual Intercourse.
This is a classic example of a Hireling. Their conscience knows the truth, but ‘Self’ and ‘popularity’ prevail. So they appeal to the masses — the broad road.
Becoming one flesh is simply and purely = Sexual Intercourse. There is no other interpretation. One Flesh, or becoming One Flesh is nothing other than sexual intercourse. Period. End of Story. For anyone to say otherwise, is deceived, a Heretic; a false teacher; a Hireling.
The deception is in the words — ‘Becoming’ and ‘Process’.
As if to imply that One Flesh is more than just a single act of Sex. It is not. One Flesh is simply Sex. There is no ‘process’. There is no ‘becoming’. You are either joined as one flesh; or you are not. A woman is either a Virgin or she is not. There is no “in between”.
But yet the “itching ears” accepts this erroneous teaching.
The amazing aspect to this article is in the Question. I could write an entire book on just this one question. The reason the world is in the shape that it is today is simply because Man has not followed God’s desire for sex and marriage, which is a Natural Law. I would imagine 90% of those couples who are ‘married’ are not married after all. They are “legally” married with the approval of the State, but I would venture to say over 90% of Christian couples today are practicing adulterers – Romans 7:2-3.
The Scriptures say that God does not hear Sinners. How can a person “Hear” the Holy Spirit while they are in continual sin. Paul says “adulterers” will not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
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What I find amazing about this article is that Focus on the Family actually admits that having sex in the eyes of God is marriage.
They say — “Technically speaking, you’re right on target in suggesting that, in God’s eyes, marriage has more to do with the sex act than it does with church ceremonies or legal documents.”
They also say — How do we get them to care about the fact that sexual activity equals marriage in the eyes of God?
FOTF comes right out and says it! “…sexual activity equals marriage in the eyes of God.”
Unbelievable. Unbelievable, because they admit that sex is marriage in God’s eyes, ‘but not in ours’. Is this not the epitome of arrogance/pride?
Is this not the perfect example of a people who have completely lost the ‘fear of the Lord’?
How does a man sleep at night when he can admit that God recognizes Sex is Marriage, but then do nothing about it. ???
Even given the idea of Spiritual Blindness (deception), you would think that just having a basic sense of logic and reasoning skills, would cause a person to seriously examine this reality. But, no one cares. No one cares because no one fears the Lord. They just don’t fear Eternity. 500 Years of Calvinistic Baggage that evolved into Modern Evangelical “judeo-christianity” — that Changed the Definition of God’s Grace and turned it into a license for immorality – Jude 4. God forgives Adultery — even in the very act of it. Blasphemy.
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I am willing to bet that if I were to ask 100 Christian pastors/teachers whether Biblical Marriage should be “subjective” or “objective”, they would almost all say biblical marriage should be objective. Especially in light of the gay marriage controversy. They would have to say biblical marriage should be objective.
How is Romans 7:2-3 anything other than an Objective statement? A woman can remarry upon the death of her spouse. Death is an emphatic statement. Death is final. Death is not subjective. Death is decidedly objective. You are either dead or you are alive. Period.
This must be the definition of Hypocrite. The Scripture says ‘death’ can only separate the marriage bond; spiritually dead christians say ‘death’ is not the only remedy.
This Hireling over at the http://www.theos.org blog has written practically a book explaining his sin. http://www.thenarrowpath.com/ta_divorce.php
I copied his “research” paper onto Word and counted his words.
19,553 Words.
250 paragraphs.
Wow! Subjective or Objective?
I will explain Biblical Marriage and lets compare:
— When a virgin girl has sex, she is now known by the man. She is joined to the man as ‘one flesh’. Society should recognize this couple as ‘man and wife’. Society’s failure to recognize this couple as ‘man and wife’ is not the fault of the Scriptures.
This ‘one flesh’ union is only severed by death.
You take this simple formula and apply it to EVERY passage related to sex and marriage and it fits. No subjective interpretation necessary. The Scriptures will speak for themselves.
Take the challenge. Prove me wrong. — END — 56 words by the way, compared to 20,000.
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Focus on the Family says — Where we may see things differently is in the area of practical application. What are the implications of this theological truth for couples living in the cultural context of 21st century America?
Wow! As if 2000 years since the time of Jesus and His Apostles changes the way in which God intended for us to live. We must ‘adapt’ our theological convictions because of “Culture”? Culture, dictates how we apply God’s Laws. Shameful.
How did we get here? This is an argument I have in my mind all the time. Kind of like the ‘chicken or the egg’ conversation.
Jude writes — “For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.”
I believe the teaching of Once Saved Always Saved is the final product of this apostasy that first began during the time of the Apostles. I don’t know exactly what was being taught during that time, but I could imagine it was very similar to what we have today. This idea that once a person believes in Jesus Christ and receives “Salvation”, such a person is saved and will always be saved despite their actions in the future. 99% of Christians today believe in Eternal Security.
Is this how Man lost the desire to “follow” Jesus in all things pertaining to life and Godliness? Deciding to be married is probably the second most important decision one makes in their lifetime. Why do men and women just trust their church or trust tradition to explain marriage and how to be married? Could the belief in OSAS be partly responsible?
At the end of the day, the belief in Once Saved Always Saved is “a different Jesus” — 2 Corinthians 11:4. There is an aspect to “knowing Jesus”. Jesus implies that He will turn many away because He “does not know them”. So it is true that our Salvation is a relationship with the Lord Jesus. Just as any relationship requires a knowledge of one another; so too is our relationship with the Messiah. We must ‘know’ Him in order to follow Him. The idea that Jesus took our punishment so that we can continue to sin and not be held accountable for that sin, is simply — “another Jesus”.
Now will be the time to read — “God’s Natural Law of Marriage and the Erroneous Marriage Covenant” — https://areyoumarried.wordpress.com/2024/02/07/biblical-marriage-and-the-erroneous-marriage-covenant/
Are You Married? Or, committing Adultery (for Christians) 