Four Myths About "Living Together" Without Marriage

[Marnie]

In the United States, living together instead of marrying has become the norm for couples -- half of young adults aged 20-40 are cohabiting instead of getting married. Cohabitation has increased nearly 1,000% since 1980, and the marriage rate has dropped more than 40% since 1960.

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[apothanein kerdos]

In a marriage you are saying before God and man that you are with this person the rest of your life. Living with a person is just saying, "Welp, let's see how it works out." It's absurd....marriage is viewed as just something else to do with no commitment.

[peaches]

funny, we were talking about this today and one of my friends sited #1 as a legit reason giving an example of how her aunt married this guy and right after they moved in he completely changed. "he turned psycho" she said.

i personally dont see the point of it. i mean, what the point of even getting married after u do that?

[branchesofHim]

funny, we were talking about this today and one of my friends sited #1 as a legit reason giving an example of how her aunt married this guy and right after they moved in he completely changed. "he turned psycho" she said.

i personally dont see the point of it. i mean, what the point of even getting married after u do that?

Good point.

(Been there and done that ..... enough said .....)

Did your friend seek the Lord earnestly about who she was marrying?

I'm absolutely serious about this.

Both the man and the woman have extreme responsibility in a marriage. If either one falls short it affects the other. And there's been a lot of that in today's world of selfishness. In a marriage or any relationship, the Lord should be the Head of it. If He's not, then who is?

Husbands are to love their wives as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for it.

Wives are to submit themselves to their own husbands as unto the Lord.

See that? Both the husband and the wife have spiritual responsibilities in the Lord.

Marriage is a natural reflection of a spiritual reality.

Ephesians 5

22: Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

23: For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

24: Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

25: Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

26: That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

27: That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

28: So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

29: For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

30: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

31: For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

32: This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

33: Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

If one or the other isn't maintaining their spiritual responsibility, what do you think is going to happen?

Peace.