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Originally Posted by Russ B
Just an amendment - for a marriage to be recognised by God it has to take place in His presence at a place of worship, so a state marriage is not legitimate in God's eye.
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bible quote for that ?
there is no part of the bible showing how to conduct a marriage for christians
in jewish law marrige was more of a contract that started with what we would call an engagemnet and ( lasted about a year ) then all you had to do was take your partner to your house and you were considered married
there is however a instruction to respect any governments wishes to register a marriage Titus 3:1: "Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good,"
before any one jumps on that to say they have to obey the rules on other things
when conflict occurs between gods laws and government then this applies
Acts 5:29 "Peter and the other apostles replied: "We must obey God rather than men!"