http://www.marriagemissions.com/inspection-questions-for-marriage/ a Christian Marriage Website Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:25:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 http://www.marriagemissions.com/inspection-questions-for-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-385 thandi Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:09:01 +0000 http://www.marriagemissions.net/inspection-questions-for-marriage/#comment-385 (SOUTH AFRICA) Myself and my partner are both Christians. We come from a background where the groom pays a bride-price for her to her family,once that is done the families consider them to be husband and wife. Due to our background, he paid the bride price for me and was welcomed in my family as their son in law. Our dilemma is that we are Christians and our wedding is scheduled for late this year, but at the same time according to our tradition we are husband and wife. Our question is this,when does God say that two are married? What I'm trying to say is that we have been struggling to find a scripture that says our "marriage" is not biblical,and a scripture that says a priest or pastor must marry a couple in order for them to be married in a biblical way. We have read scriptures though that confirm that a bride-price was paid during biblical times and the man would take the woman as his wife, one of them being in Ruth 4:9-12. There are other examples also in the Bible where if a man slept with a virgin he would pay a bride-price and take her as his wife. When Esther became queen, the king found favor in her and put a crown on her head making her his queen (wife). There was no wedding done. Please help us with scriptures that will help us in this dilemma as we want to do God's will but cannot find any scripture that says we must be married by a priest to have our marriage recognized by God to be a marriage. Confused and in need of guidance. Blessings (SOUTH AFRICA) Myself and my partner are both Christians. We come from a background where the groom pays a bride-price for her to her family,once that is done the families consider them to be husband and wife. Due to our background, he paid the bride price for me and was welcomed in my family as their son in law. Our dilemma is that we are Christians and our wedding is scheduled for late this year, but at the same time according to our tradition we are husband and wife. Our question is this,when does God say that two are married? What I’m trying to say is that we have been struggling to find a scripture that says our "marriage" is not biblical,and a scripture that says a priest or pastor must marry a couple in order for them to be married in a biblical way. We have read scriptures though that confirm that a bride-price was paid during biblical times and the man would take the woman as his wife, one of them being in Ruth 4:9-12. There are other examples also in the Bible where if a man slept with a virgin he would pay a bride-price and take her as his wife. When Esther became queen, the king found favor in her and put a crown on her head making her his queen (wife). There was no wedding done. Please help us with scriptures that will help us in this dilemma as we want to do God’s will but cannot find any scripture that says we must be married by a priest to have our marriage recognized by God to be a marriage. Confused and in need of guidance. Blessings

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