Comments on: Does God Promise You a Spouse? http://onthebema.com/2009/08/18/does-god-promise-you-a-spouse/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:43:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Alan Rudnick http://onthebema.com/2009/08/18/does-god-promise-you-a-spouse/#comment-280 Alan Rudnick Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:58:31 +0000 http://onthebemainballston.wordpress.com/?p=652#comment-280 Let's not miss the point of taking the descriptive for the prescriptive in the Bible. Just because God says that it is good for a man to leave his parents for a wife does not mean we all get a wife. Again, where does it explicitly state in the Bible God promises EVERYONE a spouse? No where. Sure, the Bible states that God give us the desires of our heart, but what happens when our desires are not God's desires? Also, Paul tells us that is good for the unmarried to remain unmarried. So, we can see that not everyone is promised a spouse. Let’s not miss the point of taking the descriptive for the prescriptive in the Bible. Just because God says that it is good for a man to leave his parents for a wife does not mean we all get a wife.

Again, where does it explicitly state in the Bible God promises EVERYONE a spouse? No where. Sure, the Bible states that God give us the desires of our heart, but what happens when our desires are not God’s desires?

Also, Paul tells us that is good for the unmarried to remain unmarried. So, we can see that not everyone is promised a spouse.

]]> By: Gilles http://onthebema.com/2009/08/18/does-god-promise-you-a-spouse/#comment-279 Gilles Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:03:08 +0000 http://onthebemainballston.wordpress.com/?p=652#comment-279 Of course God is sovereign in his actions towards us. He knows what is best for us, and will grant us what is best for us at the right time. Consider the life of Job. His creed was that God bless those who are just but all he got is desolation. What he got does not change anything in the fact that God is not a man that can lie. And Job was vindicated later at the end. The promises of God will come at the right moment. I trust in God and stay faithful to Him praying that my house will not forecloses, but it does foreclose... One year later I bought a better house at a great prize! Did God fulfill His promises? There's God's promises for a woman in Genesis 2:18. I bet you don't believe that either! Of course God is sovereign in his actions towards us. He knows what is best for us, and will grant us what is best for us at the right time. Consider the life of Job. His creed was that God bless those who are just but all he got is desolation. What he got does not change anything in the fact that God is not a man that can lie. And Job was vindicated later at the end. The promises of God will come at the right moment. I trust in God and stay faithful to Him praying that my house will not forecloses, but it does foreclose… One year later I bought a better house at a great prize! Did God fulfill His promises?
There’s God’s promises for a woman in Genesis 2:18. I bet you don’t believe that either!

]]> By: Alan Rudnick http://onthebema.com/2009/08/18/does-god-promise-you-a-spouse/#comment-277 Alan Rudnick Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:17:56 +0000 http://onthebemainballston.wordpress.com/?p=652#comment-277 I said it was a book of wise sayings... general truths, but not a book of promises. Don't always take the descriptive for the prescriptive in the Bible. What I trust in God and stay faithful to him praying that my house will not foreclosed, but it does foreclose. I said it was a book of wise sayings… general truths, but not a book of promises. Don’t always take the descriptive for the prescriptive in the Bible. What I trust in God and stay faithful to him praying that my house will not foreclosed, but it does foreclose.

]]> By: Gilles http://onthebema.com/2009/08/18/does-god-promise-you-a-spouse/#comment-275 Gilles Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:30:59 +0000 http://onthebemainballston.wordpress.com/?p=652#comment-275 You said Proverbs are not a promises? What about this, "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not on thy own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths" (Proverbs 3:5-6) You said Proverbs are not a promises? What about this, “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not on thy own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths” (Proverbs 3:5-6)

]]> By: Alan Rudnick http://onthebema.com/2009/08/18/does-god-promise-you-a-spouse/#comment-175 Alan Rudnick Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:49:28 +0000 http://onthebemainballston.wordpress.com/?p=652#comment-175 Proverbs are a book of general sayings, and not promises. Proverbs are a book of general sayings, and not promises.

]]> By: Paul http://onthebema.com/2009/08/18/does-god-promise-you-a-spouse/#comment-174 Paul Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:54:21 +0000 http://onthebemainballston.wordpress.com/?p=652#comment-174 Proverbs. 18.22. : "whosoever findeth a wife, findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord. " Proverbs. 18.22. : “whosoever findeth a wife, findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord. “

]]> By: Alan Rudnick http://onthebema.com/2009/08/18/does-god-promise-you-a-spouse/#comment-149 Alan Rudnick Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:44:12 +0000 http://onthebemainballston.wordpress.com/?p=652#comment-149 So if I'm faithful and I desire a new Hummer God will give it to me? So if I’m faithful and I desire a new Hummer God will give it to me?

]]> By: Jimmie http://onthebema.com/2009/08/18/does-god-promise-you-a-spouse/#comment-146 Jimmie Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:23:45 +0000 http://onthebemainballston.wordpress.com/?p=652#comment-146 Psalm 37:4 promises "Delight yourself also in the LORD, and He shall give you the desires of your heart." A spouse should just be a desire and not a need. Your true delight needs to be the Lord. It all starts with him. It kinda like the promise in Matthew 6:33: "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you." Psalm 37:4 promises “Delight yourself also in the LORD, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.” A spouse should just be a desire and not a need. Your true delight needs to be the Lord. It all starts with him. It kinda like the promise in Matthew 6:33: “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”

]]> By: Alan Rudnick http://onthebema.com/2009/08/18/does-god-promise-you-a-spouse/#comment-112 Alan Rudnick Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:19:03 +0000 http://onthebemainballston.wordpress.com/?p=652#comment-112 True... good reference. Thanks for your comment. True… good reference. Thanks for your comment.

]]> By: onlyseano http://onthebema.com/2009/08/18/does-god-promise-you-a-spouse/#comment-109 onlyseano Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:45:07 +0000 http://onthebemainballston.wordpress.com/?p=652#comment-109 Also, if you look at what Paul says in the Bible, it is better for Christians to stay single. Also, if you look at what Paul says in the Bible, it is better for Christians to stay single.

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