ONE
MAN, MULTIPLE WOMEN (PART 2)
So this pastor I mentioned in my
last edition, told me clearly in the face that there is nothing wrong with marrying
or dating more than one woman; he also like those I alluded to earlier on cited
some scriptures in support of his view. He mentioned that God did not have
problem with Abraham, Jacob, David, Solomon and host of men of God in the past
who had multiply wives and concubines. I remember he would argue from the
scriptures and ask me to show him in the bible were did God explicitly say,
thou shall not marry more than one wife. In all these conversation I had with
these Christians, there is one thing that always stands out, that is, anybody
can always pick scriptures to justify his or her inordinate desire or even
advance their hidden motives. The clear example in the bible was, when Satan
cherry picked scriptures to tempt Jesus Mathew Chapter 4. The bible said:
“Then the Devil took Jesus to Jerusalem, the Holy
City, set him on the highest point of the Temple, and said to him, ‘If you are God's Son, throw yourself down, for the
scripture says, 'God will give orders to his angels about you; they will hold
you up with their hands, so that not even your feet will be hurt on the
stones.' Jesus answered, ‘But the scripture also says, 'Do not put the Lord
your God to the test.' Then the Devil took Jesus to a very high mountain and
showed him all the kingdoms of the world in all their greatness. All this
I will give you," the Devil said, "if you kneel down and worship me.’ Then Jesus answered, ‘Go away, Satan! The scripture says, 'Worship the Lord
your God and serve only him!” [1]
So this is not new. The point I
want to make here is, that someone quoting scriptures to justify their
worldview or behavior does not necessarily mean that what they are saying is
right; it doesn’t matter who the person is. The person can be a deacon, a
pastor like me, a bishop or the Pop himself, no human being is the originator of
all scripture truth or revelation, hence every view should be interrogated in
the light of scripture like Jesus did when he was tempted by Satan. It is the
surest way to guide ourselves from being swept away by any wind of doctrine. Remember
Satan quoted the scriptures to Jesus in Mathew 4:6, but look at Jesus’s
response, He also used the scripture to bring a balance and the truth to the
view Satan was advancing to him in verse 7 of Mathew 4. What we must
understand in the application of scriptures is that there must be a balancing act. Hence we have a responsibility as believers to interrogate the views we are developing in
the light of the wholeness of scripture. Before we go on to look at these
strange doctrines of a man marrying more than one wife, I want us to look at how
to study the scripture wholly and draw conclusions that are balanced and
consistent with the absolute truth of God.
To be continued in the next
edition
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