Pastor Chris Online Transcripts: Sep 12, 2010

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Episode 7 [Part 1] :: Question 3 on Christians and Traditional Marriage

10:59 PM | Posted by St. Burnish |

Question 3 – Jane (United Kingdom): Hello Pastor, is it right for a born again Christian to have a traditional marriage?

Answer 3: Well, you know, they asked Jesus one time, “is it right to pay taxes [tributes] to Caeser?” Jesus answered, “…give that which is Caesar’s to Caesar and that which is God’s to God.” [Mathew 22: 17 – 21]. A traditional marriage is often called for by family members. And, they want to carry out that ceremony according to their traditional rites. Now, if the family that you’re marrying from [especially for the woman; it’s often from the family of the woman] requires it, you really have no options because those are their demands if you are taking their daughter in marriage; those are their demands. But, where both families are Christians, they ought to realize that they have a new tradition. And it’s the Christian tradition, which means, everything is based on the word of God - can’t be based on the tradition of some ethnicity or some nationality. It’s got to be the tradition of the word of God: “how do we do whatever we are going to do in Christ Jesus?” So, if both families are Christian families, they should realize that whatever tradition they are thinking about is Christian tradition and that means church - that’s what it means. So, if the families are going to get together outside the four walls of the church building, it’s still church, because everything they are going to do there is according to the word of God, according to the Spirit. It’s just like when Christians have a party; their parties must be in accordance with the word, in accordance with the Spirit. Often [no, always] it should be something that glorifies God - glorifies the name of Jesus.

Watch the full episode 7 - Part 1 [July 7, 2009] video here!