Quote:
Originally Posted by Evangelical
We have some posters who are adamant that the elders arrange marriages, supposedly contrary to the person's will, and this is a bad thing as evidenced by a few examples of failed marriages:
|
Spin it however you want EV. There is no comparison between what I have seen regarding how deeply LC elders regularly get involved in people’s marriages, and the pressure and power they exert and wield versus how most elders or pastors outside the LC do it. Good verses by the way. It is good to seek counsel from wise elders, including regarding marriage. Lording it over people and being busybodies in others business are another matter, and what I take issue with.
Issac and Rebekah’s marriage is an Old Testament type of Christ’s marriage to the church being arranged by God the Father, not a prescription for church elders’ New Testament practice. Show me some New Testament support for this practice you deny with one breath then support with the next.