Actions For Single Christians
By Isaac Aluochier
All scripture quotations are from the World English Bible published at http://www.ebible.org/Bible/WEB/.
CONTENTS
Are You An Unmarried Christian?
Are you a spinster, a bachelor, divorced or widowed? Do you desire to be married? Have you prayed to the Almighty, Yahweh, to give you a marriage partner but have yet to receive your marriage partner? Are you wondering why Yahweh has not yet given you your marriage partner?
Why Are You An Unmarried Christian?
Why are you still single, yet you profess to follow Christ and desire a marriage partner? Why are you still single, yet you have asked Yahweh to give you a marriage partner? If you believe that Yahweh answers prayers that he give good things to those who ask him, why haven't you received your good thing - your marriage partner? Could it really be that your eyes have been blinded and your ears dulled? Could it really be that you need to turn again to Yahweh that he may heal you, that you may see and hear? And once healed, seeing and hearing, will you not see your good gift - your marriage partner as given you by Yahweh?
Deuteronomy 28:15-19 reads,
28:15
But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day, that all these curses shall come on you, and overtake you. 28:16Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the field. 28:17Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading-trough. 28:18Cursed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground, the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock. 28:19Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.Deuteronomy 28:30 reads,
28:30
You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not use the fruit of it.Does not 28:30 show that the planned marriages of those who do not listen to Yahweh, to do all of his word, do not take place on account of curses having come upon them? Isn't it the case that those upon whom curses come do not marry?
Is the reason you are not married the existence of a curse that has come upon you? Has the curse come upon you because you do not listen to the voice of Yahweh, to do all his word?
How To Be Freed From The Curse Of Not Marrying
Does not Yahweh's word imply that the manner one is freed from such a curse is to listen to the voice of Yahweh, to do all his word?
Will you listen to Yahweh's voice, that you may be freed of such a curse? Will you do all his word, that you may indeed receive the blessing of marriage?
Are you aware of Yahweh's voice with respect to marriage? Do you know his word with respect to marriage?
Do you abide by his word against prostitution? Do you abide by his word that a man should not sexually lie with a person who is not his wife? Do you abide by his word that a woman should not sexually lie with a person who is not her husband?
How Do Two Become Husband And Wife?
Are you aware of whom a man's wife is? Are you aware of whom a woman's husband's is? Are you aware of how a man and a woman rightfully become husband and wife? Are you aware of how a rightful husband and wife marry?
Yahweh's Marriage Restrictions
Are you aware that Yahweh does not permit his people to enter into marriages with those who are not his people? Do you know who Yahweh's people are? Do you fellowship with Yahweh's people, those who serve him? Or do you fellowship with those who are not Yahweh's people, those who do not serve Yahweh?
Are The Numbers Of Male And Female Servants Of Yahweh Equal?
Among Yahweh's people, are the number of men and women equal? Or are the numbers of women greater than that of men, as has been true for significant historical periods?
Yahweh's Marriage Practices Versus Human Tradition
Are you aware of how Yahweh has facilitated the marriages of his people who faithfully serve him, even when the number of his female servants greatly supersedes that of his male servants? Or are you aware only of human tradition that does not facilitate the marriages of all men and women when women outnumber men?
Do You Disobey Yahweh's Word To Follow Human Tradition?
Matthew 15:1-9 reads,
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Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying, 15:2"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread."15:3
He answered them, "Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition? 15:4For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’ 15:5But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God," 15:6he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition. 15:7You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,15:8
‘These people draw near to me with their mouth,15:9
But in vain do they worship me,
Does Following Human Tradition Explain Your Not Having A Husband?
Are you without a husband because in the religious environment you are in you have been taught as doctrine rules made by men rather than the word of Yahweh? Have you been taught that when in an environment of people purporting to serve Yahweh and the women outnumber the men, those women who are not married will have to remain unmarried, as there are no men to marry men? Is this the teaching of Yahweh or the teaching for doctrine rules made by men?
Yah'shuah's Marriage To 144,000 Virgins!
Are you aware of the marital practices of the kingdom of heaven? Are you aware that in the marriage of the Lamb there is one bridegroom and 144,000 virgins being married to him?
Marriages Of Servants Of Yahweh
Are you aware of the marital practices of Yahweh's servants throughout various historical periods? Are you aware that some of Yahweh's faithful servants, including Abraham, Jacob, Moses and David, had more than one wife? Have you been aware that it is not sinful for you to be one of many wives married to a faithful servant of Yahweh? Are you aware that Yahweh commended a wife for facilitating her husband taking another wife in addition to her, and blessed her for her action? Are you aware that Yahweh's word gives instruction concerning matters among his people in households whereby a man is married to more than one wife?
Yahweh's Prophecy On The Marriage Of His Servants
Isaiah 3:25-4:6 reads,
3:25Your men shall fall by the sword,
3:26Her gates shall lament and mourn;
4:1Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, "We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing: only let us be called by your name. Take away our reproach."
4:2In that day, Yahweh’s branch will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the beauty and glory of the survivors of Israel. 4:3It will happen, that he who is left in Zion, and he who remains in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even everyone who is written among the living in Jerusalem; 4:4when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from its midst, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning. 4:5Yahweh will create over the whole habitation of Mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory will be a canopy. 4:6There will be a pavilion for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a refuge and for a shelter from storm and from rain.
Unmarried Women Are In Reproach
Are you aware that it is a reproach, according to Yahweh, for a woman not to be married? Are you aware of how Yahweh will remove the reproach of his holy female servants in Jerusalem shortly after the return of Yah'shuah to this earth, at a time when the number of women will greatly outnumber that of men? Does not Isaiah 4:1 show us that seven holy women will be married to one holy man in that day, when the number of men will have been reduced substantially by war? Is not it through such polygynous marriages that Yahweh will indeed remove the reproach experienced by his holy female servants?
Polygynous Marriages Are Righteous
Seeing that marriages that Yahweh is involved in, whether that of the Lamb, or those of his faithful servants in history, or those of his holy servants shortly after Yah'shuah's return to earth, show a man married to more than one woman, is it not the case that such marriages are righteous? Is it not the case that those teaching that such marriages are evil have been teaching for doctrine their own rules? Have not such people, by their human teaching, called Yahweh's practices evil, including calling evil the holy marriage of the Lamb and also those marriages involving his holy servants? Do Yahweh's true servants call his practices evil? Are people who call Yahweh's word on marriage evil, and his marriage practices evil, really serving Yahweh at the times when they so disparage Yahweh and his way?
Did Isaiah Prophesy About You?
Are you one of those Isaiah prophesied about? Are you one of those who draw near Yahweh with their mouths, and honour Yahweh with their lips, but whose hearts are far from Yahweh? Do you worship Yahweh in vain, following as doctrine human rules?
Why You Have Been Blind And Deaf
Is not this why you have been blind and deaf, not perceiving or understanding that Yahweh has indeed provided a way for you to be married, in harmony with his word? Has not Yahweh now opened your eyes to see that if you choose his way, worshipping him in spirit and in truth, according to his word, rather than that of those who vainly worship him, you will indeed be married? Is not this the manner the holy women in Jerusalem will be married to holy men after Yah'shuah's return to earth, when the number of women will greatly outnumber that of men, even seven women to one man?
Will You Now Follow Yahweh's Way?
What will you now do? Will you continue to fellowship with those who vainly worship Yahweh, teaching for doctrine human rules? Or will you seek out Yahweh's true servants, those who strive to worship him in spirit and in truth, according to his word? Will you continue with human tradition outside Yahweh's word, and remain unmarried, bearing your reproach? Or will you seek out and fellowship with Yahweh's true servants, who seek to worship him according to his word, and have your reproach taken away from you? Will you remain with those who call evil Yahweh's righteous way, and are thereby defiled for disparaging Yahweh? Or will you seek out and fellowship with Yahweh's true servants, and be cleansed of your filth, thereby being made holy and pure?
John 14:15 reads,
14:15
If you love me, keep my commandments.John 14:21 reads,
14:21
One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.John 14:23-26 reads,
14:23
Jesus answered him, "If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him. 14:24He who doesn’t love me doesn’t keep my words. The word which you hear isn’t mine, but the Father’s who sent me. 14:25I have said these things to you, while still living with you. 14:26But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.Do you really love Yah'shuah? Are you prepared to keep his commandments, even when those around you do not? Are you prepared to keep his commandments even when those around you oppose you? Are you prepared to keep his commandments, even when those around you threaten to banish you from their presence if you do so?
Are You Prepared To Forsake All To Follow Yahweh?
Luke 18:28-30 reads,
18:28
Peter said, "Look, we have left everything, and followed you."18:29
He said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake, 18:30who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life."Do not Yah'shuah's true disciples follow him even when it means they have to leave everything? Do not Yah'shuah's true disciples follow him even when it means they are separated from family members as a result of so doing?
Yah'shuah Promises You Great Rewards For Following Him
Nevertheless, has not Yah'shuah promised his followers rewards in this life many times more than what his followers have forsaken on account of loving him more than they love others?
Will You Now Follow Yah'shuah?
Will you follow Yah'shuah, loving him more than you love others? Will you seek out true servants of Yahweh and together worship him in spirit and in truth, worshipping him according to his word - the teaching he gave Yah'shuah for us?
Is Your Reproach About To End?
Is not your reproach as an unmarried Christian about to end when you join with Yahweh's true servants and are healed and cleansed? Is not Yahweh about to bless you with your husband or wife, as the case may be, when you choose him rather than human beings vainly worshipping him?
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