Estudio de las Escrituras: Matrimonio
Cristo dio a Pedro, el apóstol principal, el poder de atar en los cielos lo que se ata en la tierra. Los mormones creen que esto se aplica a vínculo matrimonial y familiar. Al igual que una familia se mantiene unida en la tierra, alguien con la misma autoridad de Pedro puede unir a las familias en el cielo.
Matthew 16:18-19:
- And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
- And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Dios dio un mandamiento a Adán y Eva, diciéndoles a casarse y reproducirse.
Genesis 1:28:
- And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Dios vio que no era bueno que el hombre esté solo y volvió a insistir en la importancia del matrimonio.
Genesis 2:18, 24:
- And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
- Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Cristo mismo, citando el Antiguo Testamento, reiteró la importancia del matrimonio.
Matthew 19:5-6:
- And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
- Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
El apóstol Pablo explicó que Dios desea que los hombres y mujeres se casen.
1 Corinthians 11:11-12:
- Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
- For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.
Pablo previó el día en que algunos se apartarán de la fe y enseñarán que los hombres y las mujeres no deben casarse.
1 Timothy 4:1, 3:
- Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
- Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
En el libro bíblico de Hebreos, el adulterio es específicamente condenado, pero el matrimonio se considera honorable para todos.
Hebrews 13:4:
- Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.