Thread by @GbengaWemimo

Her husband attacked the issue from a scriptural perspective
He quoted the story of Abraham and Sarah
He felt Sarah was the epitome of marital submission for believers and her life was an example for all Christian women to follow
He said Sarah called Abraham her Lord and followed

Him out of Ur of the Chaldees to a city shown to Him by God
Abraham was the first of His kind
The first Hebrew and the foundation upon which many religions were built till this day
His wife's obedience and support despite her background was instrumental to the success of their

marriage
Because Sarah obeyed Abraham at the right time when Sarah asked Abraham to obey her in raising a child through Hagai, Abraham obliged her, and when Sarah said she was no longer comfortable with Hagai and her son
Abraham, despite his reservations, threw both mother and

child out of his home with some bread and water
Sarah's submission led to Abraham's deference to her will on many issues and God didn't stand against Sarah's choices, regardless of how carnal and selfish her motives were.
Her submission earned her the right to her husband's ear

and will.
He said he wanted his wife to take a cue from Sarah for their marriage to work
His wife said she wanted clarity on certain things
When she met her husband he was a born again Christian, and both of them got married under the Christian covenant
After the marriage, she

had some issues relating to conception
They prayed and fasted
Her husband's mother decided to seek spiritual guidance on the issue
She was told her son was from a lineage of priests to an idol and for him to prosper in life, he had to return to the gods of his ancestors and be a

priest also
He said he had always suspected he would follow that path even before he met his wife
It was only unfortunate that it was after they had gotten married that he decided to take the step and as a result, his house had been divided against itself
He was heading in a

direction and his wife was heading in another
He said he was a polytheist (one who believes in a plurality of gods) & had no issues with the Christian Covenant as well as other religions
He would gladly pray with his wife the Christian way but he wanted his wife to be open-minded

enough to explore the alternatives he had put on the table based on his polytheistic worldview
In other words, since he was willing to pray with her the Christian way, she should also be willing to explore traditional means of divination as a means of solving the challenges they

face as a couple
The wife said her parents went through their struggles in order to conceive her and they had to go through the traditional route
The consequence was the battle she was facing in her own marriage and she didn't want to explore another short cut that will kick the

problem down the road for her own children
She said she wanted the spiritual challenge solved once and for all and would rather do that in Christ than worshipping her husband's many gods
The options before them were steep!
Stay married and remain divided in the issues of faith?

the husband drops his polytheism and returns to Christ or the wife drops her monotheism and joins her husband's polytheistic worldview
The scriptures have a solution
They can go their separate ways
You don't have to stay married to anyone whose gods and worldview will put you at

a disadvantage
The husband's worldview is not absolute
It is liberal and allows for many things
He can marry a second or third or a fourth wife at will
His worldview allows it
He can impregnate anyone and be with anyone other than you
His worldview allows it
You cannot hold him

accountable based on your own beliefs
You no longer share the same belief system!
Her husband said "Ruth chose Naomi's people and god and he believes a good wife should follow that example and follow the husband in whatever direction he chose to go"
The wife was asked to speak

she said she prayed and believes the Holy Spirit was telling her to follow him just as Jacob was told to go to Egypt by God...
God didn't tell her anything of such
That is not god's way
They avoided the new testament in their arguments
The husband chose Sarah, Ruth and Abraham as

the champions of his argument
The wife chose Jacob and another passage in Ezekiel (adapted out of their true concept) to state her case
The brother in Jeans and T-shirt sat and watched the couple
They are very good friends and obviously very much in love
They have been married

for six years and had fought many battles together
Emotions have been clearly well invested but there is no future in that union
Apostle Paul in addressing this issue in 1 Corinthians 7 stated that an unbelieving spouse and a believing spouse can be together as long as both are

comfortable with each other's reality
In this case, the wife is not comfortable with the husband's polytheistic religion and the husband is equally uncomfortable with the wife's monotheistic faith
It was the opening statement of the husband
"I believe my house is divided against

itself" he said
It was the concluding statement of the wife "For my husband to drop the Christian covenant for polytheism, perhaps he was never really a believer" she said
It was clear that they had been to many places seeking a means to come to terms with each other's reality

It was clear the only reason they were still together was hope.
She was hoping he would change and return to his first love
He was hoping she would come to see reason and follow him down the path he had chosen
They were already separated for economic reasons (living in different

states within the country)
The spiritual challenge that led the husband down the path he took was minor and embracing polytheism had not solved it
He insisted polytheism didn't solve it because his wife had refused to follow him down that path
The husband was a very intelligent

and thoughtful person
Someone to be admired for his cerebral acuity
Well-articulated chaff is still chaff
Regardless of the smoothness of the talk and the admiration the Brother in jeans and T-shirt had for him, the fact remains that the path he had taken would lead to a lot of

regret, wasted time, and disappointment
The husband was worshipping NOTHING and nothing cannot give anyone anything
The Brother in jeans and T-shirt turned to the couple and said "Absolute and relative worldviews don't do well together! A relative worldview will always be ungodly

Christianity is absolute
Polytheism is relative
Under Christianity we have guiding principles and we believe in absolute truths
"God is one
Jesus is the son of God
Whosoever believes in Jesus shall have eternal life
Only Jesus can save etc
but a relative worldview says "there are

many paths to God and we can mix Jesus and other gods and worship them all"
This marriage cannot work out
The husband had known this all along but didn't want to be the one to break her heart
He sat there nodding in agreement without saying a word
while she shook her head...

She was unwilling to face the truth
A truth her husband had come to terms with
Why couldn't Israel dwell in Egypt peacefully
Egypt had many gods
Israel had one God
The former was relative
The latter was absolute
It's like water and oil
That marriage had been dead for a long time

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The brother in jeans and T-shirt told the
wife to go and think about it
Then he took her to the church auditorium
in the company of another minister and
prayed for her
The Holy Spirit took her over