There was a time, decades ago, when I thought that a man having more than one wife was immoral, unethical, and lawless. It was NOT until I kept seeing statements on the internet back around the turn of the millennium that this wasn't a sinful practice. I thought I would find enough scripture to prove that this simply wasn't the case. I was wrong. In my efforts to gather solid and substantial scriptural proofs that it was a sin for a man to have more than one wife I quickly learned that I was in fact mistaken. The only thing left for me was to pray about it. I did not have to wait long for an answer.

I believe the public should be educated about this as so many falsehoods are being aimed at biblical marriage and so much marriage proper is under attack. The Scripture states that for a lack of knowledge GOD's people are destroyed.

Had I known it was not immoral for me to have more than one wife when I was a younger man I likely would have been spared from immense misery and guilt. Instead I lived monogamously and suffered for it. I was robbed.

Yes, GOD has called us to peace. Even so, that so much misinformation and disinformation has been circulating about marriage for thousands of years the time for coming against these lies and falsehoods is long overdue. There can be no peace in the churches while they continue to embrace the lies and false doctrines of Roman Popery.

GOD called me to more than one wife over and over and I ignored my calling at nearly every turn. I now pay the price of doing that but I have since repented of my error. I am an elder now and I see young, well-intentioned men and women struggling in the churches and in the world because they too have embraced the lies that were handed down to them from the pulpit.

I think it is vital that we should publish the truth about biblical marriage throughout the earth. With GOD all things are possible.

I wish my pastor had taught us the truth about marriage. He didn't because he did not know the truth. I wish some elder had taken me aside and taught me the truth about marriage but there was no one. Instead I lived my life in misery hating on myself and on others because I didn't know the truth either. If not for those few dedicated individuals who were adamant about this I don't know that I would have ever learned about marriage as it is stated in Scripture.

You mentioned carnality. Well, as long as you dwell in that temple of flesh and blood you are going to have to deal with your own carnality. The Messiah referred to marriage as being one flesh. Marriage with a man and a woman is in fact, carnal. There is no way of getting around this. Unless we subject our flesh to our Maker and submit ourselves to the Holy Spirit there will continue to be problems. The apostle did warn about this matter regarding marriage stating that there would be trouble in the flesh. The matter should be clear then that some are called to marry in the flesh while others are not.

Author: Edward Kingg