Why does the subject of Biblical Family Values (BFV) bring out such a violent reaction in so many people? I was demonized and given the left foot of fellowship just for stating that the Bible does not teach that it is a sin for a man to have more than one wife, and refusing to recant that truth when my then- Senior Pastor could not show me from Scripture that the statement is false. That one statement is ALL that the church officials who gave me the left foot knew about my belief! (Both the Pastor and his Overseer at the state office knew only that about my belief in BFV, but when I first started studying the subject, before formulating my present belief in BFV, I asked both of them a bunch of questions they could not or would not answer.) I shudder to think what those self-righteous "leaders" would do should they stumble across some of the things I have posted on this BF website since more-or-less completing my study of the subject! (Burned at the stake...?)
IMHO, by believing/living/teaching BFV instead of the traditional family values-monogamy only position (TFV-MOP), we are attacking one of Satan's most powerful strongholds. He has managed to deceive the Church into teaching this false doctrine for about 10 centuries, more or less.
Just look at the destruction that this one false doctrine has caused. In the local church where I was an Assistant Pastor before the denomination gave me the left foot, there were about 20+/- kids, age 6 or 7 to early teen, when I first started attending there. Only three of them had both parents, even though the father of two of them (two beautiful sisters) is really their step father. All others were being raised by single moms. Of those twenty or so kids, one 14-yo boy committed suicide and his 13-yo girlfriend attempted to do so. (That was about three years ago.) One of those ~20 kids is now in the Marine Corps, and three are still in church. (The girl who attempted suicide is still a teen, and is being raised by a single mom. She, the girl with both parents, and the sister of the Marine are still in church. The Marine and her sister are the ones with a step-father. I don't know about the Marine's church attendance.) All others left the church as soon as they graduated from (or dropped out of) high school. The girl with both parents has married an on-again-off-again "christian" (a state license and the whole TFV-MOP "nine yards") and her church attendance is slowly declining. Thanks to false TFV-MOP doctrine, there was NO available born-again Christian man to become her Covenant Union partner ("husband," if you prefer TFV terminology) so she went outside the body of believers to find her man. Her spiritual life is suffering as a result, but until I was given the left foot, her man loved my Sunday School class and attended regularly.
From what I have read, most evangelical churches have similar statistics. The younger generation is leaving church, and most will never return, but will live what we call a sinful lifestyle. (I question whether or not most of them were ever truly born again, because of the lifestyle they choose as soon as they leave church. They had no father to train them in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.) Most young ladies look outside of the body of believers to find a man, and will end up in relationships that Paul warned us against - do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. (2 Corinthians 6:14) (That applies to nearly any type of partnership, not just man-woman unions.) The Church as we know it will disappear real soon if this trend continues.
Those percentages could be reversed if the Church would teach truth (BFV) instead of the enemy's lies (TFV-MOP.) Those widows whose kids are leaving church after high school could find men for themselves and fathers for their orphans. (James 1:27) (The Greek word for "orphan" means "fatherless," not "no parents at all," and the word for "widow" means "not in a covenant union with a man," not just "a woman whose man has died" as we think of when we say "widow." {"No husband" if you prefer the TFV terminology.})
If BFV would become the norm in our churches instead of TFV-MOP, Ephesians 6:4 could be followed for most kids, rather than most kids being raised by a single mom.
So, quite naturally, Satan will do all that he can to defend and protect the ground he has gained in this area. He has too much to lose if Truth prevails. (And it does - I read the last chapter of the Book!)
And since the enemy doesn't cheat, lie, kill, steal, and destroy by playing fair, he uses anyone who will believe his lies in order to achieve his goal of keeping widows widows and orphans orphans - even leaders like Hagee, Dobson, and other nationally-known evangelicals. And even our born-again, Bible-reading, praying, church-attending Christian family members who have been taught TFV-MOP since they were knee-high to Bildad the Shoe-Height. (Uh, Bildad the Shuhite, see the book of Job. :lol: )
Brothers, we are in spiritual warfare. Put on the full armor of God!
IMHO, by believing/living/teaching BFV instead of the traditional family values-monogamy only position (TFV-MOP), we are attacking one of Satan's most powerful strongholds. He has managed to deceive the Church into teaching this false doctrine for about 10 centuries, more or less.
Just look at the destruction that this one false doctrine has caused. In the local church where I was an Assistant Pastor before the denomination gave me the left foot, there were about 20+/- kids, age 6 or 7 to early teen, when I first started attending there. Only three of them had both parents, even though the father of two of them (two beautiful sisters) is really their step father. All others were being raised by single moms. Of those twenty or so kids, one 14-yo boy committed suicide and his 13-yo girlfriend attempted to do so. (That was about three years ago.) One of those ~20 kids is now in the Marine Corps, and three are still in church. (The girl who attempted suicide is still a teen, and is being raised by a single mom. She, the girl with both parents, and the sister of the Marine are still in church. The Marine and her sister are the ones with a step-father. I don't know about the Marine's church attendance.) All others left the church as soon as they graduated from (or dropped out of) high school. The girl with both parents has married an on-again-off-again "christian" (a state license and the whole TFV-MOP "nine yards") and her church attendance is slowly declining. Thanks to false TFV-MOP doctrine, there was NO available born-again Christian man to become her Covenant Union partner ("husband," if you prefer TFV terminology) so she went outside the body of believers to find her man. Her spiritual life is suffering as a result, but until I was given the left foot, her man loved my Sunday School class and attended regularly.
From what I have read, most evangelical churches have similar statistics. The younger generation is leaving church, and most will never return, but will live what we call a sinful lifestyle. (I question whether or not most of them were ever truly born again, because of the lifestyle they choose as soon as they leave church. They had no father to train them in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.) Most young ladies look outside of the body of believers to find a man, and will end up in relationships that Paul warned us against - do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. (2 Corinthians 6:14) (That applies to nearly any type of partnership, not just man-woman unions.) The Church as we know it will disappear real soon if this trend continues.
Those percentages could be reversed if the Church would teach truth (BFV) instead of the enemy's lies (TFV-MOP.) Those widows whose kids are leaving church after high school could find men for themselves and fathers for their orphans. (James 1:27) (The Greek word for "orphan" means "fatherless," not "no parents at all," and the word for "widow" means "not in a covenant union with a man," not just "a woman whose man has died" as we think of when we say "widow." {"No husband" if you prefer the TFV terminology.})
If BFV would become the norm in our churches instead of TFV-MOP, Ephesians 6:4 could be followed for most kids, rather than most kids being raised by a single mom.
So, quite naturally, Satan will do all that he can to defend and protect the ground he has gained in this area. He has too much to lose if Truth prevails. (And it does - I read the last chapter of the Book!)
And since the enemy doesn't cheat, lie, kill, steal, and destroy by playing fair, he uses anyone who will believe his lies in order to achieve his goal of keeping widows widows and orphans orphans - even leaders like Hagee, Dobson, and other nationally-known evangelicals. And even our born-again, Bible-reading, praying, church-attending Christian family members who have been taught TFV-MOP since they were knee-high to Bildad the Shoe-Height. (Uh, Bildad the Shuhite, see the book of Job. :lol: )
Brothers, we are in spiritual warfare. Put on the full armor of God!
