King David found a woman. Her name was Bathsheba. There was nothing wrong with David finding another woman to love even as the bible declares this issue. There was a problem with Bathsheba already being with another man, Uriah. Check the scripture yourself, but it says that Uriah only had a monogomous marriage. Maybe he did and maybe he didn't, but it does declare that no other women suffered because "poor man" Uriah was murdered by David, so that in and of itself indicates a monogomous marriage for Uriah. Jesus is mentioned to have been a descendant of "the wife of Uriah".....so her identity is given Matt 1. So much for the liberated Christian belief in "abortion"......goes along with swinging....they are anti-Christ when they support that.
Go to the story of Abe and Sarah before the giving of the "laws" in the bible. Abe was with multiple women and Sarah was sent to another man's house. There is nothing said that Abe and Sarah's relationship was "strained" because of these issues. Rather it was because of sin issues that arose by other means. One could say they had an "open marriage" of some sort. The Liberated Christian loves that reality. It is true the bible says that the marriage and relationship between this couple was not "strained" as many Christians believe that outside "forces" ALWAYS break apart marriage covenants.....which outside forces DO NOT break apart covenants.
In the next generation. Isaac married Rebecca. He was in a monogamous relationship as far as I know. The bible indicated he was only married and with Rebecca. No one else in his life. The bible itself declared that Isaac and Rebecca only had a "disagreement" with how to "love" their own children. They did not have issues within their relationship per say. The Liberated Christian HATES the idea that love CAN and does occur in monogomous one-man, one-woman marriages, even if there are issues in how to handle the children.
In the third generation. Jacob. He was married to more than one woman. In fact, the women were sisters. Laban kept "tricking" Jacob before he could get access to his wives the way he wanted to get access to his women. Does this mean that Laban was "wrong" and Jacob was always "right" about how to handle things? Perhaps not, it was a lesson on whom a person should trust. They should not trust in the concept of "marriage" in and of itself, but in the one who created the possibility of marriage in the first place. The Liberated Christian LOVES the idea of allowing a man to have more than one wife, but hates the reality that there are "consequences to man's sinful ways and trickery". Which happens in every generation. Even in polygyny marriages a man is accountable to the creator and redeemer! Even in polygny relationships there could be infidelity problems! There could be a "Naboth" who only cares about himself. There could be a Jezabel or Potiphar who wants more than what she needs. So don't be fooled by believing in "polygny" or "liberated Christian" beliefs if those beliefs do not include the WHOLE SCRIPTURE.
Rather, rely ONLY on the bible within the realm of discernible reasoning. What if David had confessed directly to Uriah that he wanted his ONLY wife for himself and prevented such horror? Could Uriah's life had been spared? Would Uriah (not of Hebrew laws and ways) have allowed Bathsheba to go to David in an honorable way?
All in all, there is nothing opposed even in the bible to the "single life," "monogomous life" or the "polygyny life" (a man who has children or sleeps with multiple women is polygynous already) or even a little "open marriage" as there are needs out side of long-term commitment that required kind heart people.....not the narcissistic clutter we deal with in our mechanical world which can be a result of much religious oppression, that is not based upon God's word, but is based upon sin-filled hearts not admitting the truth of our need for Christ (Jesus said that a woman who divorces her husband and marries another, commits adultery. That is that.). The Liberated Christian is ONLY liberated if they are IN Christ and respectable towards his word and his people. That is all.
In order to avoid the concept that it is now OKAY to live a sin filled sexual-free lifestyle because people recognized the religion errors and oppression of the people in our past, or perhaps even beneficial to return to the "free sex" polyamourous lifestyle of the tribal people before us, do consider this article. before approaching that issue and way of life, as it WON'T always lead to what you wanted it to be in the end! Acting and playing with fire does cause people to get burned and hurt. Trusting in JESUS is the only real truth whether single, married or poly life.
Note: the writer of this article has read and heard about the lives of people in ALL three of these types of relationship conditions. In all three conditions, single, monogomous marriage, and poly marriage there ARE going to be people who hurt others for no reason and there are going to be people who are KIND hearted and care about others in the relationship and out of the relationship. The relationship condition is not the "bad guy," the heart of the person and their being the good Samaritan under trial is what matters.
1Co_7:27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
Jas_1:23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
Jas_1:25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
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