Scripture would not condemn polygamy the least bit. It approves polygamy – Reno Omokri replies Fr Oluoma and others who kick in opposition to polygamy

In a publish shared on Instagram, Reno insists that the scriptures do not condemn polygamy and that infact it approves it. He warned that folk shouldn’t be manipulative when finding out and deciphering the bible.

Study what he wrote below..

”Many people who label themselves Christians do not even understand the faith they declare to profess. Positive, they might understand the religion, however, Yeshua Hamashiach (the precise Title of the Man additionally known as Jesus Christ) did not arrange a religion. He established a faith.

Religion is the outward points that we do in a futile attempt to obtain out to God. Faith is an inward connection that we have got with God, devoid of any sort of religion. That is the explanation Scripture says “God has dealt to each man a measure of faith”-Romans 12:3.

In case you aren’t cautious, you can bear life rising in religiosity and suppose you may be rising in faith and Godliness. Prayers, fasting, church attendance, prophesying, and miracles are all indicators of religion. Loving God to the most effective of your capability, and loving your neighbour as your self is a sign of Godliness.

Why do I say this? Throughout the delicate of actor Yul Edochie’s second marriage, I was requested a question about polygamy by a extremely excellent Nigerian, who moreover happens to be a gubernatorial candidate, and I responded. And all hell broke lose.

Scripture would not condemn polygamy the least bit. There is not a argument about it. What Scripture advises in opposition to is for Bishops and elders to be monogamous. We see this in 1 Timothy 3:2. Nonetheless, this does not apply to the laity.

Positive, there are numerous people, usually lay people, who try to provide their very personal interpretations or draw their very personal conclusions, which they then try and go off as God’s instructions. Nonetheless the fact, as theologians will let you understand, is that Scripture would not condemn polygamy.

In actuality, pretty the opposite. Scripture approves of polygamy. The phrase of God would not encourage it or discourage it. It does, however, make room for it.

Scripture is crystal clear that God Himself gave David many wives. We see this in 2 Samuel 12:8. Abraham, Jacob, and many Godly males have been polygamists, and it was an on a regular basis way of life in Scripture. For example, Samuel’s father, Elkanah, was a polygamists-1 Samuel 1:2.

That is the explanation Moses made quite a lot of authorized tips guiding polygamy, along with in Exodus 21:10.

There are a choice of those who responded to my reply to Mr. Uche Chuta, who it was that requested me the question, by saying that we dwell beneath grace and by no means beneath laws.

I suggest that is merely spiritual gobbledygook. Scripture would not say that. Moderately, it is the people who say that that are their very personal Scripture. These are points that they heard in a church denomination they often have now accepted these dogmas as Scripture, as an alternative of being identical to the Berean Christians of Acts 17:11 and looking the Scriptures themselves.

One educated fellow named Ikechi despatched me a DM on Twitter and quoted Matthew 19:4-8 and talked about “Jesus already clarified circumstances like these” and that Christ was clearly in opposition to polygamy. I noticed that many alternative people jumped on to that bandwagon.

Matthew 19:4-8 is certainly about divorce and by no means about polygamy or monogamy! What people who use these verses to condemn polygamy have accomplished is to interpret Christ’s phrases to go effectively with their biases. And it’s a fairly widespread observe in fashionable Pentecostal Christianity.

What Christ talked about in these verses is as follows:

“Have ye not study that He which made them initially made them feminine and male.

And talked about, for this set off shall an individual go away his father and mother and shall cleave to his wife: they often twain shall be one flesh.

Wherefore they’re no additional twain, nonetheless one flesh. What subsequently God has joined collectively, let no man put asunder.

They’re saying unto him, why did Moses then command to supply a writing of divorcement, and to position her away?

He saith unto them, Moses as a result of hardness of your hearts suffered you to position away your wives, nonetheless from the beginning it was not so.”

You’ll see clearly that Christ proper right here is talking solely regarding the concern of divorce. Nonetheless, these people have taken “shall an individual go away his father and mother and shall cleave to his wife: they often twain shall be one flesh” and interpreted it as being a command in opposition to polygamy.

Nonetheless that is not what Christ talked about and it’s quite, very dangerous in order so as to add or subtract from Scripture.

To take that Scripture out of context, after which use it to justify a personal bias in route of monogamy, which is certainly a Western assemble has Scriptural factors.

To start with, we see in 2 Samuel 12:8 that God Himself, gave David quite a lot of wives. Are we now saying that God did improper? That verse could possibly be very clear. To people who have not study it, it says:

“I gave you your grasp’s house and your grasp’s wives.”

How do you reconcile that verse with that interpretation of Christ’s phrases?

Secondly, that exact same Scripture (Christ was quoting Genesis 2:24) was utilized in describing what happens when an individual sleeps with a industrial intercourse worker. We see that in 1 Corinthians 6:16:

“Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one collectively along with her in physique? For it is talked about, “The two will become one flesh.”

Now, by sleeping with a industrial intercourse worker, do you become one collectively along with her by marriage? In spite of everything not!

Any individual emailed me and talked about “we’re not beneath the laws” and he cited Romans 6:14, which says:

“Sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not beneath the laws, nonetheless beneath grace.”

Now, that is one different manipulation of Scripture to go effectively with non-public bias.

In that chapter (Romans 6), Paul was not saying that believers in Christ mustn’t need to be guided by the Earlier Testament.

That chapter (please study it in your self) should not be talking about abandoning the laws or the Earlier Testament. It is talking about sin, and the way in which on account of Christ died for our sins, we’re not beneath the bondage of Earlier Testament authorized tips that make us sinners and require us to produce animal sacrifices.

Paul is saying that on account of Christ died for our sins, we have got grace and we’re not obligated to hold out any additional sacrifices, as a result of the ancients Israelites did (the Extreme Priest wanted to kill a crimson heifer as a sacrifice for sin-Hebrews 9:13).

That verse would not make the Earlier Testament outdated. It solely makes the Temple sacrifices for sins outdated.

Even Christ Himself talked about in Matthew 5:17 as follows:

“I’ve not come to destroy the laws. I’ve come to fulfil it.”

Everytime you take Scripture out of context, that Scripture turns right into a pretext.

These people who try and say polygamy belongs throughout the Earlier Testament will themselves accumulate tithes and uncover an answer to justify it. Tithes are part of the laws. Why do they not stop taking tithes on account of we’re not beneath the laws, nonetheless we’re beneath grace?

A variety of them are very manipulative with Scripture and may say Abraham paid tithes to Melchizedek, so tithes existed sooner than the laws. Successfully, Abraham was moreover a polygamist. So using their very personal interpretation, polygamy existed sooner than the laws!

You see, as quickly because it touches their money, their eyes might be clear, in a short while!

In spite of everything, a complete lot of ladies will help people who motive this style, and their help largely, nonetheless not always, has nothing to do with religion or Scripture.

These women don’t need polygamy, and so they’ll do, say and picture one thing that helps their need. It is about self curiosity. They should be the one certainly one of their husband’s lives, and it is understandable.

One girl really study my response to Mr. Chuta, which was supported by Scripture, and accused me of being an anti Christ and talked about “thank God I am safe beneath the ministry of Pastor Kumuyi.”

Me, an individual that backed up EVERYTHING I discussed with Scripture is an anti Christ, nonetheless she who basis her Christianity on the reality that she is beneath the banner of a fellow human being like her, is Christlike.

No shock Scripture in Romans 1:25 warns us of people “who worship the creature larger than the Creator”.

As I discussed at first of this piece, you can spend your entire life rising in religion, and suppose you may be rising in faith and Godliness.

Lastly, let me warn my readers that there are people who would study this and may disagree and accuse me of being an anti Christ, on account of I’ve merely punctured their dogma (notion of their church). Ask them to counter what I’ve written with Scripture they often can’t.”