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Marriage Ordained By God
"I now pronounce you Husband and Wife"
I (Bride/Groom), take you (Groom/Bride), to be my (wife/husband), to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part. Marriage (Missouri) Requirements for a Valid Marriage There are many legal consequences that arise from a marriage which affect a couple's future life together, including, but not limited to the following: filing of tax returns, employment-related benefit programs, the legal right to inherit assets if your spouse dies and, in the result of a divorce, issues of support, maintenance (formerly called alimony), child custody and division of property. When you have made the decision to marry, both of you must go to the local county courthouse to obtain a marriage license well in advance of the actual ceremony. You should call the local county courthouse in advance of going to obtain the marriage license to ascertain the fee that is charged (many counties require cash). You will need to take with you a form of identification, such as a driver's license. After applying for your license, there is a short waiting period. After this waiting period has expired, you need to pick up your license at the courthouse and get married within 30 days. Missouri does not require blood tests. There are laws in Missouri which place restrictions on marriages with regard to mental capacity and age. For instance, if you married your spouse under any pretense of fraud or coercion, the marriage may not be valid and the law may treat the marriage as if it never existed. In other words, there are certain factual requirements that must be met prior to individuals entering into marriage, such as age and voluntary consent. The minimum age one can enter into a valid marriage without parental consent is 18. Teenagers between the ages of 15 and 18 may marry, provided the teenager obtains consent of either a parent or guardian. The parent or guardian must consent to the marriage in person or in the form of writing, stating the residence of the person giving such consent, and said writing must be signed and sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths. If you are under the age of 15, you need to obtain a court order prior to getting married. The actual marriage may be solemnized by any clergyman, either active or retired, who is in good standing with any church or synagogue in the state of Missouri or by any judge of a court of record other than a municipal or city judge. If you live with a significant other, in the state of Missouri common law marriage does not exist (Sorry! Not legally married).God is against shacking up. FORNICATION: Sexual intercourse between partners who are not married to each other. 1Co 7:2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 1 Cor. 6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. 2Co 12:21 And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed. Gal 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery,fornication , uncleanness, lasciviousness, Rom 1:29 Being filled with all unrighteousness,fornication , wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, ADULTERY:(Even if these partners are not having a sexual relationship) You have uncovered her nakedness You have put her in your heart You have committed adultery. Mat 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a partner other than the lawful spouse. Mat 5:27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery : Pro 6:32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. INCEST: Sexual relations between persons who are so closely related that their marriage is illegal or forbidden by custom Leviticus 20:17 And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity. Leviticus 20:19-20 19 And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity. 20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. The law says that if a person was legally married with an official marriage liscence that if at some time in the marriage they want to get out of it they can get a divorce. Any other agreement such as common marriage (did not obtain an official marriage liscence) can not obtain a divorce because it was not seen as an official marriage. Matthew 19:7-8 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. Mark 10:4-5 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. 1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it . 2 Corinthians 6:14-17 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them ; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing ; and I will receive you, Sodomite marriages are not acceptable either. Leviticus 20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. Rev 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
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