Civil Marriage vs Religious Marriage.

[Classik]

Civil marriage or Church marriage? Which one does the bible teach??? Which is more powerful? :dunno

 

[for_his_glory]

Matthew 19:
4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

It was not civil or Church related in the beginning so why should it be even now as it's God that joins them together as one. It only became law to have a marriage license for the purpose of legal property.

There is no place in the Bible that constitutes having to have a marriage license. Man incorporated this into the law. In the Hebrew tradition a mohar or dowry was paid to the father of the bride by the groom in exchange for the daughter, Exodus 22:17. Genesis 2:23-25 explains the bond of marriage. The two are united as one in the eyes of God. Ephesians 5:22-29 wives are to submit to their husbands as unto the Lord for the husband is the spiritual head of the wife. Man is the provider and protector of his family. Husbands, you are to love your wives like Christ loves his church. This is an unconditional love that looks on the inside of a person and not the adorning of the outside. It is a love with a pure heart.

 

[farouk]

Marriage has a public as well as private aspect. The many references in the Bible to this institution would bear this out.

That being said, while Christians may wish if possible to accompany any marriage ceremony with prayers and thanksgiving, whether during the ceremony itself or shortly afterwards at another venue, there is no Biblical obligation for the event to take part in an 'ecclesiastical' setting.

 

[Deborah13]

Most of us have known people who have entered into either one of the above.
Which is more powerful?
I've seen people who were married by a justice of the peace have life long fulfilling marriages and others end in divorce.
I've seen people married in the church having the same outcomes.
The power of a marriage is in the commitment that continues throughout the marriage. Two people who are willing to give and take.
I have seen marriages where both people are christians and have sad, awful marriages and I have seen people who are not christians who have had life long happy, loving relationships and vice versa.

God in any marriage no matter how a ceremony is performed is a blessing if and only if the people in the marriage are willing to live by the guidance of the Holy Spirit. To believe God when He says that a man should love His wife and the wife should respect her husband.

 

[Classik]

That's a powerful one:nod In some countries only civil or Catholic marriages are considered legitimate. :dunno And yes, Civil one seems to possess more power than the others