Do marriage vowels have to be accomplished through Church?

[Hall7]

Do you believe it's the same to get married through a direct prayer to God by saying our vows to Him between two Christians, or should a Christian be married through a preacher in Church?

[ayin jade]

At the risk of giving an opinion, I think a marriage should be recognized by society. A direct prayer to God without being recognized as a legal marriage I think is improper.

[Hall7]

Does the word of God specify a way in the way we should be married? I don't know the answers that's why I'm asking, thank you...

[ayin jade]

Does the word of God specify a way in the way we should be married? I don't know the answers that's why I'm asking, thank you...

 

 

No, only that it is recognized as a marriage. Jesus and the woman at the well, He noted she had husbands, and then noted that she is living with a man who was not her husband. So it seems as if marriage was something that had to be recognized by society as such. 

 

 

Im sure others will disagree with me.

[Estrella]

I agree. Marriage is a vow made between a man and a woman in the presence of God and people as witness. A marriage is actually a proclamation that I am one with him or her.

[Estrella]

I don't know if anyone gets married without having a person with an authority to solemnize a marriage?

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[other one]

 

Does the word of God specify a way in the way we should be married? I don't know the answers that's why I'm asking, thank you...

 

 

No, only that it is recognized as a marriage. Jesus and the woman at the well, He noted she had husbands, and then noted that she is living with a man who was not her husband. So it seems as if marriage was something that had to be recognized by society as such. 

 

 

Im sure others will disagree with me.

 

Is it important that society hear that spoken vow made to your spouse as God as a witness....   or can they just tell everyone about it.   It takes two witnesses to be politically married, but how many does it take to marry in Gods eyes.     Can my wife and I just go down to the beach or the deep woods and vow to each other the things we do in a wedding ceremony and ask God to be our witness does it count......   God is a trinity.     We can then tell everyone we are married....   civil marriages don't seem to be all that binding.

[Qnts2]

Marriage is more then a vow. It is a covenant. I compare covenants to contracts, as each side agrees to do certain things, and their failure to do such things results in some form of penalty. Contracts/covenants require witnesses. While God is One witness, it still requires 2 or 3 witnesses, so there must be 2 or 3 people. I am basing my statements on OT, but I do not see that marriage has changed between the OT and the NT.  

 

I agree with others that the marriage must be recognized by the people in our community. That would fall under avoiding the appearance of evil.

[gdemoss]

God recognizes any covneant agreement between any two people BECAUSE he is God. Therefore when a man and woman agree to be married one to another God governs their agreement.

As touching the woman at the well, we must consider that the one she was with that she was not married to could very well have been anothers husband and Jesus was discretely calling her out on it. So there are not enough deTails given to use it as a reference in this matter.

The best biblical reference that I know of showing the lack of civic intervention in a marriage is Isaac with Boaz and Ruth being a close second. Solomon had 700 wives over 40 years. Which if they came in regular intervals makes a new wife every 20 days and there is no record of any ceremonies.

There is no shortage of people who will use every angle possible to try to force you to accept some doctrine that marriage must be recognized by government or some other garbage to be recognized by God but nothing can be proven true. It is all baseless specualtion based in the imagination by the individual hell bent on proving God only recognizes their warped view of marriage.

The bottom line is that marriage is a direct result of rebellion and will not be necessary in the resurrection. That is why the name Mary means 'their rebellion'. Unfortunately, there exists a lot of religious teaching on marriage that puts false information in the minds of believers and they become bound by it due to conscience. If it is not of faith it is sin. A sin against conscience brings condemnation to the one who does it. Be fully persuaded in your mind before doing anything.

God bless

[other one]

God is a trinity of three witnesses.....   and should be sufficient.