WHAT ABOUT RACISM & INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE?
American racists (like those in the KKK, the White Citizens' Council,
the Aryan leagues, the Nazis, the Skinheads, a surprising number of So.
Bapt. ministers, certain race supremists, etc.) have dared to use the Word
of God to validate and confirm their erroneous and nonChristlike teachings
that one race is (or some races are) inherently superior to another (or to
others) and therefore some people have rights and privilieges that other
people don't have ----- and for sure they must never intermarry. Well, we
know what these evil doers think, --let's see if the Bible agrees.
First of all, during the civil rights movement of the 1940's -70's, many
Bible belters and So. Baptists taught that all Blacks were ordained to
servitude and/or slavery by God because Noah cursed one of his descendants
to be "a servant of servants" to his brethren, the rest of us, since only
Noah and his descendants survived the flood. Gen. 9:22 makes it crystal
clear that Ham, Noah's son, erred seeing his father's/parents' genitals.
Gen. 9:24, 25 makes it equally clear that even though Ham is the one who
erred, it was Ham's son Canaan --- NOT HAM ---that was cursed to be
"servant of servants" to the rest of us. If you check Gen. 10 with 1
Chronicles 1 and any orthodox Bible atlas, you will see that Canaan settled
in Canaan (Surprise?!?!), aka the Promised Land, which is part of the Mid
East, not Africa. I think even the KKK admits that Africans/Blacks came
from Africa where THE REST of Ham's children settled and parented Africans.
So according to the Bible, it was Canaanites, NOT AFRICANS, who were
cursed to be "servant of servants" to the rest of us.
Whether God honored Noah's curse on Canaan, or Noah's curse was a
prophecy,the point remains that in the time of Moses and Joshua we see the
Canaanites under God's curse of destruction. Why? Even in Abraham's time,
the Canaanites manifested their ungodly inclination in Sodom and Gomorrah
with their fornication, sodomy and homosexuality. By the time of Moses,
the Canaanites peoples under God's curse of destruction had given
themselves over to live human infant sacrifices to their gods, sex with
temple/grove/high place prostitutes as an act of worship of their gods,
sodomy, homosexuality, witchcraft, sorcery, and attempts to contact the
dead. God would curse any people with destruction who did such things
(Romans 1:22-32).
It makes no difference to the spiritually blind and hardened that modern
ethnological biology confirms what the Bible tells us, that we are all
descendants of "Eve", one ancestor, making us all kinfolks. Only the most
ignorant and unlearned believe as fact that Africans, like Moses's wife --
Joseph's wife, Solomon's Shulamite, Jeremiah's Ethiopian Ebedmelech,
Phillip's Ethiopian Eunech --- are not homo sapiens like Asians and
Caucasians. The writings of Ashley Montagu and Frederick S. Hulse alone
document the fact that there is no fixed or significant inherent difference
between the races (except for hair, face shape and skin color), even
Caucasian and Black/African.
It makes no difference to the spiritually blind and hardened that "He has
made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth.
. Therefore, then, as we are the offspring/race of God. . . He has given
assurance to all, in that He raised Him from the dead." [Acts 17:24-31;
Rom. 9:21]. Science had to wait until the 20th century to prove what the
Bible said almost 2000 years ago, that all nations of men are made of one
blood, with all its various types.
Is interracial marriage a sin? Is it a "sexual perversion" as some
preachers and teachers maintain (See the New Open Bible's Topical Index
under "Abominations" by Wick Broomall)? Thomas Nelson publishers of the
New Open Bible have put it in writing that they are going to remove "Racial
intermarriage" from "Abominations" because the idea of racial intermarriage
being an abomination to God is so inappropriate scripturally.
[I] Interracial marriage, in and of itself, is never described in the Bible,
defined or listed as a sin, trespass, transgression or an evil.
In the Old Testament Israel was commanded not to marry the pagan people
of Palestine . . .the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and
the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, the Jebusites, and
certain peoples of Canaan, specifically because they had been appointed to
death for their gross sins. [Exodus 23:20-33;34:10-16; Deut. 7:1-3; Ezra
9 & 10. See also Ezra 9 and Nehemiah 9.] In the New Testament after
Pentecost, the Church is commanded not to marry sinners, saints snared in
sin, "saints" living in sin and unrepentant, and the unsaved. The Church
was commanded not to marry peoples based on the unsaved or undelivered
spiritual status of peoples, not based on any physical, racial or ethnic
criteria. In fact, after Acts 10-15 and Galatians 2, Christ gave us Gal.
3:28; Colos. 3:10, 11; 2 Cor. 4:18 and 5:12,16.
Before Acts 10 the apostles were obeying Christ's word in Matt. 23:1-3
and therefore they would not eat with, marry or associate with non-Jews.
As long as they were Jews, whether devout Ethiopians (Acts 8) or devout men
from every other nation under heaven (Acts2:5), there was no social
discrimination based on race or ethnicity. The world dwelt in two camps
based on spiritual criteria, Jews and non-Jews. Any devout Jew of any race
or nation was free to marry any devout Jew of any race or nation, except for
those few Palestinian nations condemned in Deut. 6, Ezra 9 and Nehemiah 9.
After Acts 10 - 15 the world lay in two new camps, those in Christ and
those outside of Christ, those in the Bride of Christ and those outside of the
Bride of Christ. Christ tells us in Gal. 3:28 + Col. 3:10,11 terms of
eternal reality, that there is neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor
free, neither male nor female, neither barbarian nor Scythian. The eternal
reality of our relationships is no longer based on our bodies, our national
origin, our race, or our social status. These are not the factors that
determine our behavior towards each other, including marriage. The factors
that determine our behavior towards each other, including marriage, are
unseen - invisible - spiritual. [> 2 Corinth.
4:17,18; 10:7; Luke 16:15].
We no longer are to take pride in, have confidence in, boast of, lift up or
exalt that which appears, our appearance; but we are to take pride in, have
confidence in, lift up and exalt the spiritual realities of the regenerated
heart
or soul [ 2 Corinth. 5:12; 10:7;Luke 16:15] . We pick our mates based not
on their physical appearance or physical heritage, but on the nature of their
regenerated hearts and souls. We are commanded by God Himself to NO
LONGER be acquainted with, stand in relationship to or have knowledge [ 2
Cor. 5:16; 10:7; Luke 16:15: See Arndt and Gingrich Greek & English Lexicon
p. 558.] of another human being "on the physical plane" or "simply as a
physical being" [ 2 Cor. 5:16; 10:7;Luke 16:15: See Arndt & Gingrich
Greek & English Lexicon pp. 408, 409.]
We must look at and relate to each person in terms of their soul and spirit
for therein lies the reality with which we are called by Christ to deal. We
must not relate to or know anyone on the basis of their physical appearance
or physcial heritage. That means that a husband and wife should celebrate
and enjoy sex , a very physical act and experience, not on the basis of the
attractiveness or unattractiveness of their physical appearance or physical
ancestry, but on the basis that they are commanded by God to sexually have
each other and be sexually affectionate [1 Corinth. 7:2,3,4,5; Titus 2:4;
Prov.
5:18,19; Song of Solomon].
Marital sex is as much a Spiritual God ordained ministry as is feeding the
hungry, clothing the naked and giving drink to the thirsty. Isn't it
obvious that the husband and wife should be as creative, zealous and
devoted in their sexual ministry to each other, being sexually dependent on
each other, as they would be in their ministry to the thirsty, hungry and
unclothed who are dependent on them. Since they are called to do their
sexual ministry to each other, doing it as unto the Lord (meaning they
would do their very best in order to please Jesus), you would expect
excellence, creativity, originality and first class performance. That is
an example of how a Spiritual people who know each other in terms of the
Spirit, not in terms of their bodies or the visible, use the opportunity of
their bodies or the visible to serve each other and the God who called
them.
It is fairly common knowledge that we don't "wrestle against flesh and
blood" [ Ephes. 6:12; 2 Corinth. 10:3,4,5,6,7] in the spiritual battles we
fight daily and some of us see ourselves in that struggle, but we also
should daily reckon ourselves to be "blessed with all spiritual blessings"
and seated together in the spirtual realm in Christ [ Ephes. 1:3-14;
2:5-10] because that IS the reality of our daily lives and we miss mark and
the blessing when we live and act without that awareness.
[II.] Marriage and/or engagement with certain specific peoples was
expressly and explicitly forbidden in the Word of God
[a] Israelite marriage and/or engagement with the people of the Land of
Canaan, Palestine, was expressly and explicitly forbidden. Exodus 23:20-
33;34:10-16; Deut. 7:1-3; Ezra 9 & 10: the pagan people of Palestine . . .the
Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the
Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites ...You shall make no . . .
marriages with them ... See also Ezra 9 and Nehemiah 9.
[b] Marriage and/or engagement with people who do not obediently believe
in and submit to Jehovah/Jesus was and is expressly and explicitly
forbidden in the Word of God . 2 Cor. 6:14-7:10; Psalms 1:1-2;1 Cor.
5:9,11; 2 Thess. 3:6-14.
[c] Christians are forbidden to marry or become engaged to people of any
race who hold or believe in false doctrines, those which contradict and
differ from the Word of God (1 Tim. 6:3-5; 2 Tim. 3:1-5; 2 John 7-11; 2
Cor. 6:14-7:1)
[d] Christians are forbidden to marry or become engaged to people of any
race who are unsaved, unregenerated and/or unbelieving (2 Cor. 6:14-7:10;
Psalms 1:1-2; Ezra; Nehemiah.
[e] Christians are forbidden to marry or become engaged to people of any
race who are deliberately and intentionally doing sin, trespass,
transgression, iniquity, ungodliness and/or uncleanness. 1 Cor. 5:9,11; 2
Thess. 3:6-14.
[III.] When people of Canaan became believers in Jehovah and came under the
covenant of Moses, marriage was not forbidden or punished by God. Two
actually became ancestors of Jesus in His birth/incarnation.
Mat. 1:5 Salmon begat Boaz, ancestor of David and Christ, by Jericho's Rahab.
Josh 6:25 And Joshua saved Rahab . . . , and ...she lives in Israel to this
day..
Heb 11:31 By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish . . . Jas 2:25 . . .
was not
Rahab the harlot also justified by works . . . ?
Mt 1:5 . . . Boaz fathered Obed of Ruth, and Obed fathered Jesse ... Ru
1:4 . .
wives ... from the women of Moab. The name of the ... other Ruth. ...
Deut. 23 :3 -6 discourages marriage to Moabites and gives the reason, but
that diddid not stop Obed from marrying Ruth, with God's blessings, Ruth
the Moabitess who had converted to faith in Jehovah and become a Jew. SEE
ALSO Ezra 1:1 & 2 and Nehemiah 13: 23 - 27
Deut. 23:7 , 8 ----"You shall not despise an Edomite . . . You shall not
despise
an Egyptian, . . ." In Ezra 9 it was the people who added Egyptians to the
forbidden list, and of course pagan Egyptian wives would be as unacceptable
to God as pagan Israeli or pagan Cushite wives, because they were pagans,
not because of their race or ethnic heritage.
[IV.] Marriage with the following people after they became obedient
believers in Jehovah/Jesus was never forbidden or condemned: Edomites,
Egyptians,Philistines, Aramites, Asshurites, Cushites, Ethiopians and
Joktanites. In fact, except for those listed previously above in [2], no other
races or ethnic groups were named by God as unacceptable for marriage after they became obedient believers in Jehovah/Jesus.
[4a] Abraham MARRIED Hagar, the Egyptian descendant of Ham's African
Mizraim. She was acknowledged fully as his wife, not his mistress or
slave. God never in Scripture condemned Abraham's marriage to Hagar, done
in obedience to Sara. If there was any sin, it was not waiting on God, no
the act of marrying Hagar. (Deut. 23:7,8) Abraham approved of marriage
with Mesopotamians (Iraq, Syria, Turkey; Gen 24:1-10)
[4b] Gen. 28:1-5 shows Rebekah and Issac approving of marriages with Syrians.
[4c] Joseph married an Egyptian descendant of Ham, with no condemnation or
denunciation by God or the prophets (Gen. 41:45, 50, 51, 52; Deut 23:7,8)
[4d] Moses married an Ethiopian Cushite and God punished those who spoke
against this interracial marriage. Numbers 12:1-16; Jeremiah 13:23.
[4e] Mat. 1:5 Salmon begat Boaz, ancestor of David and Christ, by
Jericho's Rahab the harlot, with no condemnation or denunciation in
scripture. Heb 11:31 "By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish . . ."
Jas 2:25 ". . . was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works . . . ?"
She believed, therefore she acted --- sincere and genuine faith results in
God working His works through her.
[4f] Marriages with Moabites, like Ruth, were not condemned but were
greatly discouraged (Deut. 23:1-8) Mt 1:5 " . . . Boaz fathered Obed of
Ruth, and Obed fathered Jesse ..." who fathered King David and later came
his offspring, the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ.
[4g] Samson's Philistine marriage (Judges 14, 15; not Delilah) did not
violate the letter of God's law (Ex. 23:23, 28,31,32; 34:14-16; Deut.
7:1-3) but it certainly violated spiritual principles dear to his parents,
Abraham and Issac (Gen. 24:1-10; Gen.27:46-28:1-9; Judges 14:3,4)
[4h] Solomon married a black Shulamite. She was not just tanned. The
Hebrew word translated as black in Song of Solomon 1:5 ("I [am] black, but
comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains
of Solomon.") is the very same Hebrew word to describe her husband's hair
(Song 5:11 "his locks [are] bushy, [and] black as a raven."). Now a raven
is BLACK, GLOSSY BLACK, not tanned or brown. Not only is this obvious
interracial marriage in the Word of God, it is seen as a picture of
Jehovah and Israel, Jesus and the Church.
[V.]. Bias, discrimination, prejudice and bigotry are sins and have no
place in the Christians life, thoughts or marriages.
THESE ARE ALL FROM DARBY'S VERSION UPDATED.
LEV. 19:15 You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; you shall not
respect the person of the lowly, nor honour the person of the great; in
righteousness shalt you judge your neighbour.
DEUT. 1: 17 You shall not respect persons in judgment: you shall hear the
small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid of the face of man, for
the judgment is God's; and the matter that is too hard for you shall
youbring to me, that I may hear it.
PROV. 24:23 � These things also come from the wise. It is not good to have
respect of persons in judgment. 24 He that says unto the wicked, You are
righteous, peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him . . .
PROV. 28: 21 � To have respect of persons is not good; but for a piece of
bread will a man transgress.
ISAIAH 10:1 � Woe unto them that decree iniquitous decrees, and to the
writers that prescribe oppression, 2 to turn away the poor from judgment,
and to take away the right from the afflicted of my people . . .
ISAIAH 59:1 � Behold, Jehovah's hand is not shortened that it cannot save,
neither his ear heavy that it cannot hear; 2 but your iniquities have
separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid [his] face from
you, that he does not hear. 3 For your hands are stained with blood,
and your fingers with iniquity; your lips speak lies, your tongue muttereth
unrighteousness: 4 none calls for justice, none pleads in truthfulness.
They trust in vanity, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and
bring forth iniquity. 9 � Therefore is justice far from us, and righteousnes
s overtakes us not: . .14 And judgment is turned away backward, and
righteousness stands afar off; for truth stumbles in the street, and
uprightness cannot enter. 15 And truth fails; and he that departs from evil
makes himself a prey. And Jehovah saw [it], and it was evil in his sight
that there was no judgment.
ACTS 10:15 And [there was] a voice again the second time to him, What God
has cleansed, do not *you* make common.. . . 28. . . to *me* God has shewn
to call no man common or unclean. 15:8 And the heart-knowing God bore
them witness, giving [them] the Holy Spirit as to us also, 9 and put no
difference between us and them, having purified their hearts by faith.
ROMANS 2:9 tribulation and distress, on every soul of man that works evil,
both of Jew first, and of Greek;10 but glory and honour and peace to every
one that works good, both to Jew first and to Greek: 11 for there is no
acceptance of persons with God.
ROMANS 14:12 So then each of us shall give an account concerning himself to
God.13 Let us no longer therefore judge one another; but judge you this
rather, not to put a stumbling-block or a fall-trap before his brother. . .
15 For if on account of meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer
according to love. Destroy not him with thy meat for whom Christ has died.
. 19 So then let us pursue the things which tend to peace, and things
whereby one shall build up another.
ROMANS 15:7 � Wherefore receive you one another, according as the Christ
also has received you to [the] glory of God.
GALAT. 2:6 . . . it makes no difference to me: God does not accept man's
person . . .
1 TIM. 5:19 Against an elder receive not an accusation unless where there
are two or three witnesses. 20 Those that sin convict before all, that the
rest also may have fear. 21 I testify before God and Christ Jesus and the
elect angels, that thou keep these things without prejudice, doing nothing
by favour.
JAMES 2:1 � My brethren, do not have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ,
[Lord] of glory, with respect of persons: . . . 4 have you not made a
difference among yourselves, and become judges having evil thoughts? . . .
8 � If indeed you keep [the] royal law according to the scripture, You
shalt love your neighbour as thyself, you do well. 9 But if you have
respect of persons, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as
transgressors.
Righteous, just and fair judgment and justice; protection for the rights of
the afflicted and the poor; pursuit of that which promotes peace and
personal maturity/growth; acting without prejudice or bias; no biased
respect of persons, no intimidating biased influences, no one is to be
considered common or unclean, no putting of stumbling blocks and fall-traps
in the way of another -----sounds like a pretty darn good way to live.
It's a shame that so few countries in the world even come close to this
standard. That should not deter us, for we can, to the best of our
ability, struggle to achieve this in our own sphere of influence and leave
our microworld a better place when we are finished.
What about those who do practice racism, discrimination, partiality, bias
and bigotry? A Christian has his marching orders on how to deal with them
from Luke 6; Ephes. 5:7,11; Galat. 6:1; 1Tim.2:1-4; 5:20,21; Matt.
18:15-18; 2 Cor.5:18-20; 2Tim.2:24-26 and all the cross references of these
passages. Warning! If you set out to obey the truth and principles in
these passages, you may find yourself nailed to a cross. A minor problem
for those who have become children of God through faith in and acceptance
of Jesus Christ and His perfect work to save us, for being nailed to a
cross is followed by a resurrection in to supernatural and eternal life
with Him who is Compassionate Cherishing, Truth, Eternal Life, Perfect
Light and the Way.
APPENDIX TWO: WHAT DO YOU THINK? THE FEEDING OF TWO LEGGED OXEN.
I am not trying to meddle or cause trouble. I just want to know if there
are any mistakes in the ideas above in terms of scripture alone, not in
terms of man's condemned traditions (Mark 7).I really want to know what the
Bible says about the subjects discussed above. I want to live by every
Word of God, not by the commandments and traditions of man (Mat. 15, Mark 7
and Colos 2).
This document before you now is an appendix to MY LOVE IS A GARDEN OF
DELIGHTS! (my commentary on the Song of Solomon for concubines and
polygynists) and is available in MacWrite or Microsoft Word on a Mac DD 3.5
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Ro 15:27 Truly it has pleased them, and they are their debtors. For if the
nations have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also
to minister to them in carnal things.
1 Cor. 9:9 For it is written in the law of Moses, "You shall not muzzle the
mouth of the ox treading out grain." Does God take care for oxen? 10 Or does
He say [it] altogether for our sakes? It was written for us, so that he who
plows should plow [in] hope, and so that he who threshes [in] hope should be
partaker of his hope. 11 If we have sown to you spiritual things, [is it] a
great
thing if we shall reap your carnal things? 12 If others have a share of [this]
authority [over] you, rather [should] not we? But we have not used this
authority, but we endured all things lest we should hinder the gospel of
Christ.
13 Do you not know that those who minister about holy things live [of the
things] of the temple? And those attending the altar are partakers with the
altar. 14 Even so, the Lord ordained those announcing the gospel to live
from the gospel.Galatians 6:6 But let him who is taught in the Word share
with the [one] teaching in all good things.
1Ti 5:17 Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor,
especially those who labor in word and doctrine. 18 For the Scripture says,
"You shall not muzzle the ox treading out grain," and, "The laborer [is]
worthy of his reward."
AS THE LORD LEADS.
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TOPICS: FOREVER MARRIAGES CROSS CULTURALLY, FORMAL AND INFORMAL CHRISTIAN
MARRIAGE, COMMON LAW MARRIAGE, CHRISTIAN DIVORCE, CHRISTIAN REMARRIAGE,
CHRISTIAN CONCUBINES, CHRISTIAN POLYGYNY (POLYGAMY), RACISM,
ETHNOCENTRICITY, AND THE SWEARING OF OATHS
TITLE: DIVORCE, REMARRIAGE, CONCUBINES, & JESUS; Another Look for Christians.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (These page numbers are correct with Palatino 14 ,left
and right margins of 1.25"each, and top and bottom margins at 1" each.)
I. INTRODUCTION: PRIORITIES RECONSIDERED. P. 4
II. DIVORCE! A PLAGUE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. P. 8
III. DIVORCE DEFINED. P. 23
IV. VARIETIES OF MARRIAGE IN THE BIBLE, OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS -- LET
THE WORD SPEAK ABOUT POLYGYNY AND CONCUBINES! P. 25
V. WHAT DO CHRISTIAN LEADERS SAY ABOUT CONCUBINES & POLYGYNY? P. 50
VI. ADULTERY DEFINED: A SURPRISE! ISN'T POLYGYNY ADULTERY? P. 66
VII. SO, WHAT ABOUT CONCUBINES & POLYGYNY TODAY IN MY COUNTRY? P. 73
VIII. ARE POLYGYNISTS AND CONCUBINES LIVING IN ERROR TODAY? P. 82
IX. MARRIAGE, CONCUBINES, CIVIL LAW, PERSONAL LIBERTY AND A LOVING
CONSCIENCE! P. 87
X. DOES GOD FORGIVE BROKEN VOWS, DIVORCE AND ADULTERY? P. 91
XI. CAN YOU COME BACK TOGETHER & REMMARY AFTER ADULTEROUS REMARRIAGE? P. 99
XII. WHAT ABOUT THE HEALTH QUESTIONS INVOLVED IN SUCH REUNIONS? P. 108
XIII. CAN ADULTERY, DIVORCE, VOWS AND REPENTANCE RESULT IN
POLYGYNY/CONCUBINAGE? P. 112
XIV. ADULTERY, DIVORCE, CONCUBINES, POLYGYNY AND THE UNSAVED. P. 119
XV. THE MARRIED MAN WHO WOULD ADD WIVES/CONCUBINES TO HIS "HAREM". P. 121
XVI. ARE POLYGYNY & CONCUBINES OPTIONS FOR THE ABANDONED MAN? P. 126
XVII. POLYGYNISTS, CONCUBINES AND THE LEADERS OF GOD'S PEOPLE. P. 129
XVIII. POLYGYNY & CONCUBINES AND THE WESTERN CHRISTIAN WOMAN. P. 130
XIX. WHAT'S WRONG WITH POLYANDRY? P. 134
XX. HUSBAND RULE OVER THE WIFE? IF SERVANT-TEACHERS RULE .P. 137
XXI. THREE CHEERS FOR MONOGAMY! THE BEST FOR MOST! P. 141
XXII. LISTEN TO THE WORD! P. 145
XXIII. BIBLIOGRAPHY P. 147
APPENDIX ONE -- WHAT ABOUT INTERRACIAL AND INTERETHNIC MARRIAGE? P.150
APPENDIX TWO -- WHAT DO YOU THINK? THE FEEDING OF TWO LEGGED OXEN. P.157
APPENDIX THREE -- A WEDDING COVENANT FOR NONSWEARERS - P. 159
APPENDIX FOUR -- WHAT MAKES A WEDDING/MARRIAGE? - P. 161
APPENDIX FIVE -- MARRYING THE UNSAVED AND "SAINTS" LIVING IN ERROR. - P.163
APPENDIX SIX -- WHEN DO I HAVE TO MARRY? - P. 167
APPENDIX SEVEN -- THE ERRR OF SWEARING, OF OATHS AND SWEARING OATHS. -P.182
