Monogamy
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· 12 viewsThe practice of having and remaining faithful to only one marriage partner at one time. It is set out as God’s ideal for human relationships; an ideal demonstrated in the use of the marriage bond to portray the relationship between God and his people.
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Monogamy as God’s original intention for marriage
Monogamy as God’s original intention for marriage
And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said,
“This at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called Woman,
because she was taken out of Man.”
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
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Monogamy is shown in God’s relationship with his people
Monogamy is shown in God’s relationship with his people
God’s marriage with Israel
God’s marriage with Israel
“When I passed by you again and saw you, behold, you were at the age for love, and I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness; I made my vow to you and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord God, and you became mine.
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God’s exclusive commitment to Israel
God’s exclusive commitment to Israel
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Monogamy in marriage
Monogamy in marriage
The commitment to a lifelong, loving companionship
The commitment to a lifelong, loving companionship
; The satisfaction that may be found in marriage makes marital unfaithfulness and polygamy unnecessary.
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Polygamy undermines full commitment
Polygamy undermines full commitment
Favouritism within polygamous relationships undermines the close companionship which should characterise marriage.
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Monogamy is implicit in teaching about divorce
Monogamy is implicit in teaching about divorce
And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”
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Monogamy is commanded
Monogamy is commanded
This is an implicit, but clear prohibition of polygamy; Monogamy is obligatory in leaders.
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