Living "unmarried" SO Baptism then Marriage or....

[BeenThinkin]

Originally Posted by LOVE JESUS

Brother, I am not quite following you. If I understood correctly one has been divorced 13 yrs and the other one's husband/wife died in a foreign country. I don't understand the newspaper and the divorce process. Maybe I am missing something. If I am, will you explain it to me even if it is in a private message?

HOWEVER, I do not agree with a "ceremony" and it not being legal in the sight of man. If we are allowed to stand before a preacher and make a union of 2 people without the marriage license, thousands of people would be doing that all the time. There would be no divorce decree at all. People would be changing partners whenever there was a disagreement - nothing would bind them together - no committment. My husband is a preacher and would never ever marry someone without the marriage license. We have to obey the laws of the land. We are an open Bible to the world as we are the light of the world. In fact, the minister has to mail the license himself, he is not allowed to even let the married couple mail it in. I know an elderly couple who got married and the groom was good friends with the pastor and he asked the pastor to not mail it in. In fact, he gave it to the groom. About 5 years later, the wife found it in the safe. Naturally she was upset. She started using her former last name and moved out even to another state. This is not part of your situation but I am telling you this to stress the importance of the license and the mailing of it.

Not so in Texas. We have courthouses in Texas that actually tell the bride & groom that they can have the minister sign the license and give them back to them and they can bring the license to the court house Monday and they will certify them and give them right back to the bride and groom. Not hear say! I do many weddings and know this for a fact. May be so in other states but not in Texas.

Been Thinkin