Also on marrying a non-witness
2007-05-13 15:17:31 · 4 answers · asked by BIG AL13 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm a little confused. Are you suggesting that you are a Jehovah's Witness ("brothers and sisters (Jehovah Witness's)")? That would be hard to believe...
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God condems adultery.
"You must not commit adultery." -- Exodus 20:14
"Now a man who commits adultery with another man’s wife is one who commits adultery with the wife of his fellowman. He should be put to death without fail, the adulterer and the adulteress as well." -- Leviticus 20:10
"And as he was going out on his way, a certain man ran up and fell upon his knees before him and put the question to him: “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit everlasting life?” Jesus said to him: " ... You know the commandments, ‘... Do not commit adultery...'" -- Mark10:17-19
"Let marriage be honorable among all, and the marriage bed be without defilement, for God will judge fornicators and adulterers." -- Hebrews13:4
The faithful mate has to choose if he wants to save his marriage. Also, the guilty mate must show sincere repentance.
"'You people must guard yourselves respecting your spirit, and with the wife of your youth may no one deal treacherously. For he has hated a divorcing,’ Jehovah the God of Israel has said." -- Malachi 2:15,16
"I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except on the ground of fornication, and marries another commits adultery." -- Matthew 19:9
"You heard that it was said, ‘You must not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone that keeps on looking at a woman so as to have a passion for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart." -- Matthew 5:27
It is preferable for a true Christian to marry someone who has the same beliefs, hence with another Jehovah's Witness.
"... she is free to be married to whom she wants, IN THE LORD." -- 1 Corinthians 7:39
"Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers. For what fellowship do righteousness and lawlessness have? Or what sharing does light have with darkness?" -- 2 Corinthians 6:14
For more information go to:
http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2004/5/8a/article_01.htm
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/1999/2/15/article_02.htm
http://www.watchtower.org/e/20030915/article_01.htm
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2000/7/15/article_01.htm
2007-05-13 22:15:20 · answer #1 · answered by Alex 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This question seems to use the word "infidelity" to refer to marital sexual unfaithfulness, or adultery. Jehovah's Witnesses understand the bible to teach that adultery is a serious sin.
(Romans 13:9) You must not commit adultery
(1 Corinthians 6:9-10) Do you not know that unrighteous persons will not inherit God’s kingdom? Do not be misled. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men kept for unnatural purposes, nor men who lie with men... will inherit God’s kingdom.
The bible also plainly instructs a true worshipper to marry only another true worshipper. However, marrying outside the religion is not a "serious sin" such as could result in disfellowshipping from the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses.
(Exodus 23:32) You are not to conclude a [marriage or other] covenant with them or their gods.
(Deuteronomy 7:3) And you must form no marriage alliance with [unbelievers]. Your daughter you must not give to his son, and his daughter you must not take for your son.
(1 Corinthians 7:39) She is free to be married to whom she wants, only in the Lord.
(Nehemiah 13:25) You should not give your daughters to [the unbeliever's] sons, and you should not accept any of their daughters for your sons or yourselves.
(2 Corinthians 6:14) Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers.
The Scriptures also warn against elevating human desires above godly teachings.
(2 Thessalonians 2:1-3) We request of you not to be quickly shaken from your reason... Let no one seduce you in any manner
(Romans 16:17-18) Keep your eye on those who cause ... stumbling contrary to the teaching that you have learned, and avoid them. ...by smooth talk and complimentary speech they seduce the hearts of guileless ones.
(2 Timothy 4:3-5) For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching, but, in accord with their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves to have their ears tickled... You, though, keep your senses in all things, suffer evil, do the work of an evangelizer, fully accomplish your ministry.
Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/19990215/article_01.htm
2007-05-14 23:24:39 · answer #2 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
JW's actively teach against infidelity but I have seen a blind eye turned toward it in more than one case. For people who are so quick to disfellowship over the tiniest of things, they don't touch adultery, infidelity and heterodox teachings (ie Mohammed is an equally good way to get to God's kingdom, it is OK to dabble in the occult) too quick.
2007-05-15 09:12:10 · answer #3 · answered by Buzz s 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This article may help, as well as many others. Feel free to surf the entire sight for scriptural teachings on certain things you wish to know of.
http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2001/1/8/article_04.htm
2007-05-13 22:41:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋