Monogamy/Non-Monogamy/Divorce

[stuart lawrence]

I'm sorry, I do not have any energy left to use prayer as a means to overcome sins of the flesh. That is what the Cross was supposed to do. That is what grace is supposed to do...Give me power over sin. but it hasnt, and it wont.

The power of sin is the law( of righteousness) 1cor5:56

The Bible plainly states that is where the power of sin lies.
So can I challenge you to do something?
Believe you are saved simply because Jesus died for you. He is your rightstanding before the Father. Not your ability to obey the law( in this case not commit adultery) Then the power of sin has been removed from you.
If you in your heart want to see victory over the flesh in this matter, only two things are then possible. Either you stop believing Jesus is your righteousness, or the affairs stop.

 

[AFrazier]

I need some advice.

My wife and I have been married for almost 14 years, and I have not been faithful to her for a single 12 month period. We have 3 children together between ages 6 and 11. She knows of all the times I have cheated, and chose to remain for any number of reasons. I love this woman, and she loves me, but the problem is that I never been able to gain victory over sins of the flesh. I’ve done all I know to do, gave my life to Jesus (before we got married actually) I‘ve had accountability partners, counseling, confession, prayer, fasting, yielding to the Sprit, and none of it seems to work. I told my wife that she should divorce me, because I’m pretty confident that a person like me cannot be saved by God. The problem is that she has very few options, and that makes me sad because I did this to her. At any rate, I know she is not willing to be in a non-monogamous relationship, and I told her that I would never lie to her again. I want to stay married, and one day I will make a really good husband, and that will be the day I get some self-control, because I have none. I tried to kill self at the Cross of Jesus, but that didn’t help either. Self-denial is not a strong point.

What should I do? I want other partners and she doesn’t. I want my marriage, but God won’t take away this evil desire for other women, and I cannot take it away myself. I know this sounds like I’m blaming God, but I’m not. I take the full blame….But God never once gave me the strength to overcome when I asked him to….Not one time, and that is supposed to be one of the benefits of Salvation, freedom from the power of sin. I’m so messed up.

She can’t afford to move and neither can I. I told her that I would move into the attic if she wanted to leave me. I still advise her to leave, but it seems like she wants to stick around. She can see the effort I put in to try and make myself a good husband. I do all the things a husband should do except for one. The only thing I cannot do is be monogamous.

Jesus Help Me please.

Dude, I don't want to make light of your problem, but to put it as simply as I can, everything we do is a choice. You're married. It's not like you don't have a woman at home to satisfy your physical needs. The situation might be different if you did not.

So quit with the personal pity party and make the decision to be faithful. It's not weakness. It's selfishness. I want plenty of other women myself. I think any man with a healthy libido does. Attractive women are attractive women, and we are biologically programmed to notice. But I choose not to betray my wife or my God by being an adulterer. You can make the same choice.

 

[Alithis]

I need some advice.

My wife and I have been married for almost 14 years, and I have not been faithful to her for a single 12 month period. We have 3 children together between ages 6 and 11. She knows of all the times I have cheated, and chose to remain for any number of reasons. I love this woman, and she loves me, but the problem is that I never been able to gain victory over sins of the flesh. I’ve done all I know to do, gave my life to Jesus (before we got married actually) I‘ve had accountability partners, counseling, confession, prayer, fasting, yielding to the Sprit, and none of it seems to work. I told my wife that she should divorce me, because I’m pretty confident that a person like me cannot be saved by God. The problem is that she has very few options, and that makes me sad because I did this to her. At any rate, I know she is not willing to be in a non-monogamous relationship, and I told her that I would never lie to her again. I want to stay married, and one day I will make a really good husband, and that will be the day I get some self-control, because I have none. I tried to kill self at the Cross of Jesus, but that didn’t help either. Self-denial is not a strong point.

What should I do? I want other partners and she doesn’t. I want my marriage, but God won’t take away this evil desire for other women, and I cannot take it away myself. I know this sounds like I’m blaming God, but I’m not. I take the full blame….But God never once gave me the strength to overcome when I asked him to….Not one time, and that is supposed to be one of the benefits of Salvation, freedom from the power of sin. I’m so messed up.

She can’t afford to move and neither can I. I told her that I would move into the attic if she wanted to leave me. I still advise her to leave, but it seems like she wants to stick around. She can see the effort I put in to try and make myself a good husband. I do all the things a husband should do except for one. The only thing I cannot do is be monogamous.

Jesus Help Me please.

You gave your life to Jesus???? There's problem number one.
To be saved the bible states you are to believe..repent be baptizd (burried) into his Death...recieve the holy spirit and then live according to his spirit of new life inside you.
You never repented and died in JESUS.if you did you would have stopped sinning.you don't love jesus you love sin .how do we know we love him..?we obey him.
So your still a slave to flesh and sin.

You have to repent..turn from ..change cease sinning and then Die in Christ so you can recieve a new heart..

 

[GirdYourLoins]

You gave your life to Jesus???? There's problem number one.
To be saved the bible states you are to believe..repent be baptizd (burried) into his Death...recieve the holy spirit and then live according to his spirit of new life inside you.
You never repented and died in JESUS.if you did you would have stopped sinning.you don't love jesus you love sin .how do we know we love him..?we obey him.
So your still a slave to flesh and sin.

You have to repent..turn from ..change cease sinning and then Die in Christ so you can recieve a new heart..

So you dont sin at all?

 

[JacksBratt]

I told my wife that she should divorce me, because I’m pretty confident that a person like me cannot be saved by God.

Firstly.... This part here "I’m pretty confident that a person like me cannot be saved by God" is totally false. Did Jesus not save Mary Magdeline?

The problem is that you put yourself in the situation that allows this to happen....

Do you come straight home from work, attend bars and clubs without your wife or at all.. Where is it that you are that you can:
1/ Meet another woman.
2/ Be alone with her
3/ Repeat the cycle.

 

[Mynamechef]

Frick man, sounds hard.

I can say don't let go of God, but also don't ONLY pray about it, take practical steps to overcome this, because you can do it.
You're not going to no longer be attracted to other women and therefor have no desire to sleep with them, I don't think that's how it works.

If you don't have self control, then maybe don't put yourself in places where it is easy to cheat. Set up your internet so inappropriate content isn't accessible and have your wife in control of it. Don't go out to places where you know the temptation will be too much, spend more time with your family or when you go out just hang with the boys.

2 Thessalonians 3:10 (NIV)
For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”

I know that is pretty literal, but also I can see it relating to other things. You have to physically work in order to have money for food, and so it makes sense you would have to physically work, take practical steps to see change in your life, as well as keep with God.

I'm not a pro but this is what I would do if faced these problems. Also I wouldn't insult God by calling him a liar, love him some more maybe, he wants to see you get through this.

Hope this helps mate.

 

[aiki]

I am struggling the very same as you. God doesnt help me with desire and i also consider him a liar. I am starting to walk away from him and think he is an uncaring [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] that he would mess with my faith and salvation. What kind of loving god is that? People who don't struggle with it, spew their stupid scriptures and dont give any real answers. They dont understand how difficult this struggle is.

1 Corinthians 10:13
13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.

Sin, whatever it may be, is always just a symptom of a deeper problem: Self. And so, whether its inappropriate content or pride, adultery or anxiety, temper or gluttony, or whatever, the remedy for the sin-symptom is fundamentally the same. The real problem is we want to stop doing this or that bit of wickedness, but we don't really want to go the route God is calling all of His children to take if they want consistent victory over sin. What route is that? Paul the apostle explains:

Romans 6:11-12
11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.

Every genuinely born-again child of God has been made "dead indeed to sin" through trust in Christ as their Saviour and submission to him as Lord. All that remains is to know it, to believe it, and to begin to "reckon," or count on it, being so. When the old cycle of thinking that leads you to sin kicks in, interrupt it with this truth: You are dead to sin. No matter what you feel, or how often you have sinned in the past, the truth is that you are "dead indeed to sin." Stand on this truth and don't be moved from it. As you do, the truth of your position of co-crucifixion with Christ will begin to manifest in your experience. This is how it always works in God's realm: First you believe and then you receive. "For we walk by faith, not by sight."

Romans 8:12-13
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors--not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.
13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

It is God in you (in the Person of His Spirit) that is the Power Source for all Christian living. There can be no victory over sin without Him. But we stop up His transforming work in our lives when we are not living in moment-by-moment surrender to Him. Our lives are not our own. We have been bought with a price. We are, therefore, bondservants to Christ. God's will is our will - or it should be. And when it is not, we turn to our own way, to Self, and inevitably into sin. Victory over sin requires, then, a regular submitting to God and a full dependence upon Him to "put to death the deeds of the flesh."

2 Corinthians 10:3-5
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.
4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds,
5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

Believers struggle with the same sin over and over again in large part because there has been no true repentance. By that I mean, not just sorrow over having fallen morally, not just a sense of guilt and conviction that provokes a person to resolve never to sin again, but changing the thinking that led to sin. Repentance, you see, really means "a change of mind." When we sin it is always because we have accepted certain lies and trains of thought that prepare us to sin. We must cast down these false ideas, these wicked arguments for sin, the thinking that exalts itself above God and His truth - we must repent - if we are to find true freedom from our besetting sins. We must bring our evil thinking into conformity and obedience to Christ. We must make the lies that induce us to sin prisoners to God's truth. If we don't do this, if we don't truly repent, we will find ourselves drawn again into the cycle of thinking that has led us into sin in the past.

Romans 12:2
2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

 

[disciple1]

I need some advice.

My wife and I have been married for almost 14 years, and I have not been faithful to her for a single 12 month period. We have 3 children together between ages 6 and 11. She knows of all the times I have cheated, and chose to remain for any number of reasons. I love this woman, and she loves me, but the problem is that I never been able to gain victory over sins of the flesh. I’ve done all I know to do, gave my life to Jesus (before we got married actually) I‘ve had accountability partners, counseling, confession, prayer, fasting, yielding to the Sprit, and none of it seems to work. I told my wife that she should divorce me, because I’m pretty confident that a person like me cannot be saved by God. The problem is that she has very few options, and that makes me sad because I did this to her. At any rate, I know she is not willing to be in a non-monogamous relationship, and I told her that I would never lie to her again. I want to stay married, and one day I will make a really good husband, and that will be the day I get some self-control, because I have none. I tried to kill self at the Cross of Jesus, but that didn’t help either. Self-denial is not a strong point.

What should I do? I want other partners and she doesn’t. I want my marriage, but God won’t take away this evil desire for other women, and I cannot take it away myself. I know this sounds like I’m blaming God, but I’m not. I take the full blame….But God never once gave me the strength to overcome when I asked him to….Not one time, and that is supposed to be one of the benefits of Salvation, freedom from the power of sin. I’m so messed up.

She can’t afford to move and neither can I. I told her that I would move into the attic if she wanted to leave me. I still advise her to leave, but it seems like she wants to stick around. She can see the effort I put in to try and make myself a good husband. I do all the things a husband should do except for one. The only thing I cannot do is be monogamous.

Jesus Help Me please.

I love this woman,

You say you love her but I don't think you do, if you loved her I don't think you ever would have cheated.
Study the bible maybe you'll learn what love is, it's not selfish.
Matthew chapter 4 verse 4
Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"
Romans chapter 1 verse 28
Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.

John chapter 8 verse 31,32
To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, " If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
2 John
9 Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.
Job chapter 23 verse 12
I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.

Matthew 11
28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Luke chapter 21
33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
Romans chapter 10
17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.
Mark chapter 13
31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
James chapter 1
25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.
James chapter 4
8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Isaiah chapter 45 verse 19
I have not spoken in secret, from somewhere in a land of darkness; I have not said to Jacob's descendants, 'Seek me in vain.' I, the LORD, speak the truth; I declare what is right.
Jeremiah chapter 9
24 but let the one who boasts boast about this:
that they have the understanding to know me,
that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness,
justice and righteousness on earth,
for in these I delight,”
declares the Lord.
Jeremiah chapter 5 verse 1
5 “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem,
look around and consider,
search through her squares.
If you can find but one person
who deals honestly and seeks the truth,
I will forgive this city.

 

[Catherineanne]

I need some advice.

My wife and I have been married for almost 14 years, and I have not been faithful to her for a single 12 month period. We have 3 children together between ages 6 and 11. She knows of all the times I have cheated, and chose to remain for any number of reasons. I love this woman, and she loves me, but the problem is that I never been able to gain victory over sins of the flesh. I’ve done all I know to do, gave my life to Jesus (before we got married actually) I‘ve had accountability partners, counseling, confession, prayer, fasting, yielding to the Sprit, and none of it seems to work. I told my wife that she should divorce me, because I’m pretty confident that a person like me cannot be saved by God. The problem is that she has very few options, and that makes me sad because I did this to her. At any rate, I know she is not willing to be in a non-monogamous relationship, and I told her that I would never lie to her again. I want to stay married, and one day I will make a really good husband, and that will be the day I get some self-control, because I have none. I tried to kill self at the Cross of Jesus, but that didn’t help either. Self-denial is not a strong point.

What should I do? I want other partners and she doesn’t. I want my marriage, but God won’t take away this evil desire for other women, and I cannot take it away myself. I know this sounds like I’m blaming God, but I’m not. I take the full blame….But God never once gave me the strength to overcome when I asked him to….Not one time, and that is supposed to be one of the benefits of Salvation, freedom from the power of sin. I’m so messed up.

She can’t afford to move and neither can I. I told her that I would move into the attic if she wanted to leave me. I still advise her to leave, but it seems like she wants to stick around. She can see the effort I put in to try and make myself a good husband. I do all the things a husband should do except for one. The only thing I cannot do is be monogamous.

Jesus Help Me please.

It is time to stop feeling sorry for yourself and think of your wife.

If she wants you to stay then you must stay. If she wants you to carry on trying to make the marriage work, then you must do that. You have had your own way all these years; now it is time for you to recognise that you have hurt your wife and family, and to make amends.

As for the 'I can't help it' comments, they are tosh. You don't want to stop; plain and simple. If you wanted to be faithful you could do it. You just don't want to. Nobody is forcing you to find other women; nobody is forcing you to be unfaithful. You are making a deliberate choice to betray your marriage vows over and over again, knowing that you are doing so.

Lord knows what your wife sees in you, but given that she still wants to maintain a marriage with you, I would say that is what you now need to focus on. Forget submitting to Jesus; that has not stopped you. Now it is time to submit to your wife and focus on your family. in 30 or 40 years time all those other women will be gone, and it looks as if your wife will be there to look after you. It is about time you gave her the husband she deserves.

And the next time you break your marriage vows, go to see your Vicar and tell him or her. If the Vicar has any sense he or she will make you stand up in church and tell the whole congregation.

You can stop if you wanted to. You just don't want to.

If you were my husband you would not get a second chance, let alone a 10th or 12th. Your wife is a real treasure.

Lord have mercy!

 

[Catherineanne]

Sir, this is much deeper than inappropriate content. Yes I know inappropriate content is bad, and yes I watch it, but God won't help me stop lol. More than 20 years of damage to my mind. But inappropriate content is not the issue although it is connected to it, just like the others, which I will not mention.

Stop blaming God.

Really, this is not a pleasant thread to read. You are constantly blaming God for not stopping you. YOU have to stop you. It is YOUR responsibility. You are an adult; start behaving like one.

 

[Alithis]

So you dont sin at all?

Sin that I know to be sin? Lie ,steal murder idolatry adultery ,have other gods, etc..no I don't practice these things.because I love God..how can I love God and then do those things?

 

[Tree of Life]

….But God never once gave me the strength to overcome when I asked him to…

It takes quite a bit of work to have sex with someone. How far down that path do you normally get before you ask God to give you strength to overcome temptation?

 

[rockytopva]

I think you to to find a place where you have God speaking in your life. I believe hearing from God is a seven step process...

1. The Outer Court - Justification - Faith to enter in.
2. The Altar - Salvation by acknowledging and believing on Jesus
3. The Laver - The clean effects of sanctification.
4. Table of Showbread – Partaking of the Word of God.
5. Light at the Lightstand - Faith, hope, charity, joy, grace, spiritual fruit, etc.
6. The Golden Incense Altar - Prayer and Praise meetings.
7. The Holy of Holies - The Shekinah Glory and Baptism of the Holy Ghost.

And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him. - Numbers 7:89

It was in the Holy of Holies that God spoke to Moses. It is also the place where you can hear from him too. This is Pentecostal doctrine whose architect, William Seymour, issued this disclaimer...

William Seymour warned that, “Whenever the doctrine of the baptism in the Holy Ghost will only be known as the evidence of speaking in tongues, that work will be an open door for witches and spiritualist and free loveism. That work will suffer because all kinds of spirits can come in.”

So, I believe that hearing from God is something applicable to all denominations that CF holds Orthodox.

And a short little video...

 

[Kit Sigmon]

This thread isn't much different from this one and so I still refer you to advice
given in that thread: Gods Broken Promises are more than I can take - Curse the day I was born.

In closing...
20 years of inappropriate content usage, near 14 years of adultery and Lord only know what else...it's little wonder the OP be sooo messed up and his values skewed.

Let's all lift up this man in our prayers.

 

[Blade]

Xavier Cane.... 1st.. I am not against this site.. but questions like this.. should not be asked here. Well you will get MANY different answers. ALL of us are out side the loop. Yet you asked..

I have been married over 30y. Never been with any other woman. Now.. by GODS rules/law.. just in my mind..I have. In His eyes its the same. Just putting that out there.. what so many dont understand is John 8:36 So if the Son frees you, you will really be free! Rom 6:14 For sin will not have authority over you; because you are not under legalism but under grace. 2 Cor 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things have become new.

I can keep going. You need to SEE through Christ. Meaning.. its DONE..its OVER! Though the flesh has not been changed and we ALL EVERYONE that is in Christ battles something. Yet.. see through HIS eyes.. your being LIED TO! Yes.. a lie. This SIN has no hold on you. Are you in Christ? Then old things have passed off and ALL THINGS have become new. See we walk by FAITH..this FAITH comes by HIS WORD! Read it. Find what the word says and speak it. Like... NO.. whom the son sets free is free indeed! That sin no longer has a hold on me.. like fear? God has not given me the spirit of fear but of power and love and a sound mind <-----you speak HIS word.. you resist the devil and he HAS to flee.

Faith.. you walk NOT by what you see feel or hear. You walk by FAITH! My dear brother.. you have been set free. IT that SIN lies.. it does NOT want to go.. it has no choice. As long as that sin or any sin can get us to believe in which ALL things are possible to them that believe.. so for GOOD or BAD faith WORKS!

Speak TRUTH! You have been set free. Heart.. desires? Psa 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. <----speak this.. I do all the time.

For you Isa 41:10... I mean FOR YOU.. HE SAID IT..for YOU! Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Speak His word.. KNOW that you know.. not by how you FEEL..but HE CANT LIE.. HE is faithful and true. No matter what it looks like sounds like feels like.. walk by faith by HIS WORD! Its HIM you serve. And HE does not judge you nor condemn you. He has NEVER EVER EVER EVER given up on you. There is no sin that controls you...haha.. yeah.. all a lie. THINK.. I have been set free.. I am really FREE..there are no more chains that bind me.. they dont want to let go.. THEY HAVE TO! yet as long as you confess you are still? What ever it is.. see if the WORD OF GOD says YOUR ARE FREE! THEN BELIEVE IT! I dont care if 7 BILLION people tell me something else..can PROOF what ever.. if GOD says different.. I am with HIM! For up to this very day HE has never ever ever ever failed me...nor you.

You are free my brother in Jesus name. The Jewish word says it like this "Then God’s shalom (peace), passing all understanding, will keep your hearts and minds safe in union with the Messiah Yeshua. So He gave you HIS peace.. not like the world....this SIN does NOT have any right to you.. unless you FREELY give it. I know of what speak. And I can only steak on what I know.

 

[DOKS]

I was in your state sometime back, but not any longer. thank you for your honesty. let me give you a very weird advice based on JAMES:4:7- that says resist the devil and he shall flee from you. the devil is that desire of immorality in us in the circumstances of temptations. go into a battle field with him and resist him in the battle field which is the very circumstance of temptation. in short, just be with a woman in a very tempting circumstance and resist the devil in that heat of temptation and don't sin. it is very easy not to sin when you know what you really want do. after about the seventh minute of resisting the devil who would wish to push you to commit the sin, the pressure of the temptation will begin dying down in your heart. that is the devil fleeing from you as the word of God promises. and write back your experience to help others.

 

[Poppyseed78]

It takes quite a bit of work to have sex with someone. How far down that path do you normally get before you ask God to give you strength to overcome temptation?

Seriously.

My advice is to take it one day at a time. Each day, focus on your wife. Don't keep doing the same things you've been doing and expect a different outcome. Make a conscious effort each day to distract yourself from temptation. Cut off contact with any affair partners. It is a choice, and it is in your power. If people can quit a drug or alcohol addiction, you can quit this addiction as well.

 

[Tetra]

Don't you see that these 2 statements are contradictory?

Logically speaking, not contradictory statements.

As for polygamy, it's never denounced as a sin in the Bible. In fact, I'd claim that historically speaking, there may have been situations when it would be immoral to not take a second wife.

Martin Luther once wrote:
"I confess that I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict the Scripture. If a man wishes to marry more than one wife he should be asked whether he is satisfied in his conscience that he may do so in accordance with the word of God. In such a case the civil authority has nothing to do in the matter."

At any rate... they're not contradictory...

 

[JRichard68]

As for polygamy, it's never denounced as a sin in the Bible. In fact, I'd claim that historically speaking, there may have been situations when it would be immoral to not take a second wife.

Martin Luther once wrote:
"I confess that I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict the Scripture. If a man wishes to marry more than one wife he should be asked whether he is satisfied in his conscience that he may do so in accordance with the word of God. In such a case the civil authority has nothing to do in the matter."

As for polygamy, it's not supported by CF rules regarding Christian marriage:

CF Statement on Marriage
CF has taken the stand that marriage was established by God who created us male and female (Genesis 1:27-28). We regard marriage as a sacred institution that symbolizes the mysterious bond between Christ and His church (Ephesians 5:23-24, Ephesians 5:32). We believe that marriage is much more than a civil contract between two persons, it is a sacred joining together of a man and a woman into one flesh, "Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh." (Genesis 2:21-25). Therefore, we only recognize heterosexual marriages here at CF. If you are in a same sex marriage you must select a marital status of either "Legal Union (Other)" or "Private" in your profile.
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[Tetra]

As for polygamy, it's not supported by CF rules regarding Christian marriage:

... and whats the issue? lol

All I said was that polygamy isn't denounced as a sin in the Bible... and it's not. Don't really know what that has to do with CF's TOS.