Marriage and Relationships According to Christians
The principles that Christians believe should guide their personal
relationships are:
* Trust
* Tolerance
* Understanding
* Forgiveness
* Caring
* Respect
The first principle that I believe should play a large role in a
Christian’s personal relationship is trust, without trust the couple’s
relationship would crumble. The whole relationship must be based on
trust.
The second principle I think is tolerance no matter how many problems
or bad past relationships a person has had the Christian attitude is
to be nice and have patience with the other person.
Understanding is also needed in a relationship so that the two people
involved can meet the needs and problems of the other person in the
relationship.
For the two people involved in the relationship, it is very important
to forgive, because everybody commit sins and you should enter into a
relationship knowing this. Although I have said this I do believe that
some sins cannot be forgiven e.g. murder or adultery.
Another principle needed in a Christian relationship is caring.
Christians need to care for each other in their relationships to
follow Jesus’ example. Jesus cared for the woman that committed
adultery. She was being stoned and Jesus said, “Let he who is without
sin cast the first stone” after this all who had stones dropped them
and went away because they all knew that they were not without sin.
The last principle that I think is needed in a Christian
relationship is respect if you show respect for your spouse then you
shall receive the same res...
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try their best to sort out any marriage problems they may have, I
think that it is better for both man and wife to be happy together
than to be miserable together. In a Christian marriage, the couple do
not necessarily have to divorce because separation and co-operation is
another option. This would be, for example, if the couple had a child
and the father left them, but kept regular contact with his wife and
children, or even just the child the couple could maintain a friendly
relationship with each other.
Marriage is a sacrament for a reason and should be given the respect
it deserves. The promises the couple make are to each other, and to
God so I do not think the church will abolish this sacrament because
the couples involved would be breaking a promise made to each other
and to God.
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