Spiritual Tension with a spouse/loved one
Jul 27, 2017 21:18:34 GMT -6
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Post by cwood85 on Jul 27, 2017 21:18:34 GMT -6
I want to start this thread for those of us who have spouses or close loved ones who are like a brick wall when it comes to talking about Christianity or the Bible.
I was quiet shocked and heartbroken with my husbands reaction the other night and have not said anything to him about it again. I am not sure if I have it in me emotionally to go there again. At least not without some serious prayer and strength from the Lord.
My husband believes there is a God and understands that God is very much real (at least he says he does). He is a very intelligent person and has read through the Bible as a child/teenager. I saw the news of the micro chipping now being offered here in the US and we started talking about it and the danger of it. I made a statement ( and that is as far as I got ) that this sort of technology is straight out of Revelation and will be used against people. He laughed and said how do you know that? So I read him the passage about the mark of the beast. He laughed again and said that does not say people will be microchipped. So it does not mean that this is biblical. I shook my head and said people at work today were talking about this and said this is straight of the Bible. He said so, that is their interpretation of it. It is not fact. Nothing in the Bible is fact except for the historical parts. Everything else is just interpretation.
So I countered with not true and there are lots of things in the Bible that have been foretold and came true. He said no, that is just interpretation and it just seems to match with those events. He stated where in the Bible does it say that specific dates of this specific event will happen? Like the September sign that I have briefly mentioned to him a few weeks ago. His statement was, does the Bible say that will happen on September 23rd, 2017? The Bible is not a book of prophecy, it is to learn significant historical events and how to be a good person. I asked him if he believed that Jesus was returning and he just rolled his eyes at me.
I am not proud, but things from that point just started to get ugly. The whole time I prayed for patience and gentleness, but my quick temper got the best of me. Not out of anger for my husband not agreeing with me or basically saying most of the Bible is stories and foretells nothing, but out of pity and the realization he has no faith. My frustration with this revealing of his mindset caused me to end the debate and telling him he needs to reread the Bible because clearly he did not understand what he read the first time around. (I know, I know...)
I am praying and praying for my husband. His salvation is a desicion that he needs to be in control of. My church is praying for his salvation. Other than having in faith in the Lord and believing what His word says, I had no other response to his statement about the Bible not saying specific dates of events. I am not going to argue and cause problems in regards to the Bible. This is in the Lords hands at this point. I however had no idea if my husbands viewpoint on the Bible and am heartbroken. Please pray for my husband. If anyone is going through something similar, lets pray for each other.
I was quiet shocked and heartbroken with my husbands reaction the other night and have not said anything to him about it again. I am not sure if I have it in me emotionally to go there again. At least not without some serious prayer and strength from the Lord.
My husband believes there is a God and understands that God is very much real (at least he says he does). He is a very intelligent person and has read through the Bible as a child/teenager. I saw the news of the micro chipping now being offered here in the US and we started talking about it and the danger of it. I made a statement ( and that is as far as I got ) that this sort of technology is straight out of Revelation and will be used against people. He laughed and said how do you know that? So I read him the passage about the mark of the beast. He laughed again and said that does not say people will be microchipped. So it does not mean that this is biblical. I shook my head and said people at work today were talking about this and said this is straight of the Bible. He said so, that is their interpretation of it. It is not fact. Nothing in the Bible is fact except for the historical parts. Everything else is just interpretation.
So I countered with not true and there are lots of things in the Bible that have been foretold and came true. He said no, that is just interpretation and it just seems to match with those events. He stated where in the Bible does it say that specific dates of this specific event will happen? Like the September sign that I have briefly mentioned to him a few weeks ago. His statement was, does the Bible say that will happen on September 23rd, 2017? The Bible is not a book of prophecy, it is to learn significant historical events and how to be a good person. I asked him if he believed that Jesus was returning and he just rolled his eyes at me.
I am not proud, but things from that point just started to get ugly. The whole time I prayed for patience and gentleness, but my quick temper got the best of me. Not out of anger for my husband not agreeing with me or basically saying most of the Bible is stories and foretells nothing, but out of pity and the realization he has no faith. My frustration with this revealing of his mindset caused me to end the debate and telling him he needs to reread the Bible because clearly he did not understand what he read the first time around. (I know, I know...)
I am praying and praying for my husband. His salvation is a desicion that he needs to be in control of. My church is praying for his salvation. Other than having in faith in the Lord and believing what His word says, I had no other response to his statement about the Bible not saying specific dates of events. I am not going to argue and cause problems in regards to the Bible. This is in the Lords hands at this point. I however had no idea if my husbands viewpoint on the Bible and am heartbroken. Please pray for my husband. If anyone is going through something similar, lets pray for each other.
