We really need to be careful who we take advice from. I'm 54 and single. Marriage is not my goal but if the Lord blesses that's fine. If he doesn't , I'm fine. Make sure the master is first and foremost.
I have been married twice they both turn out to be fierce narcissists of 2 different types and races (hard to detect coverts) ..but I know now and run the other way...I am single now and I am not against marriage but will wait on God if it's his will
Right,and on top of that they're winning by standing in the way of a sinner. They believe that they're the authority on being a believer even though they're not one themselves. These folks are organizing for this new world order. They know it's wrong to be engaging in activities that's in direct opposition of God's word and direction
On a hand there's the feels good gospel and on the other hand there's the Jesus Knight gospel (feminist tradcon) This two kind of mainstream evangelical churches pander to women in general
Bruh these people want to be accepted by the world so bad! How can Kirk say that Cam’s lifestyle is good? That’s ridiculous just stupid. Sometimes I feel like these Christian’s are ashamed of God’s decree and commands. It’s horrible.
I think, and I’m not judging, though, but I think we need to stop calling these false teachers Christians. Paul addressed the Galatians as being foolish or stupid. Some of these people, especially those that are famous, need to stop compromising with doctrines of devils.
Yes they do! I’m sick of it! They would kick me out of Hollywood and the entertainment industry because I will give them straight Bible!! They would probably try to stone me and I don’t care! I want to be with Jesus and I’m going to defend his word to my last breath boldly!
@@sylvesterjohns7968 I totally agree with you on stop calling them Christian’s. Even the false teachers I want to stop calling them pastors. But that’s what they label themselves as sadly 😔
@@KingOfKingsLordOfLordz you are right. The thing that is bad is God's word is pushed aside to sit and teach their carnal minds. It's scary to see how great Deception the church is under listening to these so call ministers.
God doesn’t call everyone to get married. And there’s nothing wrong with that. A single Christian can be whole and holy in Christ. Singleness is a gift, just like marriage.
You are speaking facts, but Kirk missed an opportunity to truly minister to someone who lives a fornicator lifestyle. The backing you gave isnt what Kirk gave. Kirk coming from a stance of marriage being weaponized, when marriage "can be" a solution for someone struggling with fornication in their walk with Christ. Even Paul says (in the same passage Kirk spoke of) it's better to marry than to burn because you cant control yourself. No sex isnt the only reason to get married (though it is a bonus haha) but if you cant abstain then take that off the plate of struggles that could keep you out the kingdom...
Too many people online talk about what the Bible says, but they don't quote scripture, and they don't give context to scripture. They just use generic words like the church says.
Christians mindset. I no longer call myself a Christian, because that came from the Roman Catholic Church. I am instead, a believer who is an Israelites. No more an African American, although I live in America. We need to embrace who we are & whose we are.
There is definitely some truth to what Kirk said, people constantly put marriage on a pedestal as opposed to God. There are certainly benefits to marriage. But the reality is, there are not a lot of Christian marriage-minded men. The majority of black churches are mostly women. So inevitably, there are going to be a lot of single people. Folks put marriage on a pedestal to the point where many people end up with partners who are unequally yoked, just to say they are married.
💯Agreed. Marriage to a godly, equally yoked partner is beautiful and a blessing, but being single is also because you can devote yourself more fully to God and not have to divide your time with marital duties (1Cor. 7:32-34). Many, especially women, have made an idol of marriage, paying thousands for marriage seminars and conferences and partnering with the wrong men out of desperation. There's nothing wrong with seeking marriage as long as it doesn't take precedence before God.
This verse is talking to the ones who are already engaged. Rather than to burn in your lust for one another get married earlier than the date that was originally set for the wedding
@@Kontroversial84no one said marriage helps sin but commitment to Gods will does. He is making a statement about something no one brought up but sinner. SMH
@@rickmay2053 you want me to explain why he rejects the gospel? I have plenty of scriptures why but first let’s review his lifestyle, flaunts his money (pride), boastful and a show off (more pride), has multiple children out of wedlock (also known as adultery). Now just based off of those few known things we must judge a tree by its fruit. That’s the fruit he has produced and continues to produce. He fought a teenager at his camp…He curses and has an unrepentant heart and certainly brother if you have proof that he has repentant heart and he gives evidence of his conversion I think you ought to point it out for all to see. But based on the fruit that we see on a regular this man is at Enmity with God. Scriptures to support this IN CONTEXT are as follows: THE WHOLE BOOK OF First John…. Romans 1… Mathew 7:1-23 I’m surprised anyone can look at this man’s life and then question someone who states that this person is at emnity with God.
What really irks me is how people like Kirk love to go into non Christian spaces and talk about all the things they believe the church and church people have done wrong and never discuss repentance, forgiveness, holiness, etc. It's like they want to prove that, hey, you're really not that bad so you can keep doing what you're doing. It's all good
EXACTLY….GOD IS GOING TO HOLD PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE ALSO FOR BEING STUMBLING BLOCKS….He should have gave Cam Newton this poem. The Death Express When The Death Express rolls up to your door, the things that you’re doing, right or wrong you can’t do anymore! Life on earth is short at its best, for we all are facing the acid test. So when writing the poem (of life) make it rhyme, and it must be written on the shores of time. We must write it by faith, though we all like to see. But we can’t write this poem in eternity, so don’t sit on your seat until you hear the beep, get up and start now, awake out of your sleep! What am I sending on the other side? Before The Death Express comes (those wheels) to give us our ride? So get busy, do good, and get involved. And when The Death Express comes, your problems will be solved. Slow down; slow down, so that you may learn, don’t run ahead of our leader, you don’t know where to turn. Learn how to give, how to bear, how to share, Learn how to do good to men everywhere. Now you can watch for the signs as we go. Stay under the blood of Jesus, that washes white as snow. . When The Death Express rolls up to give you your first ride, who is your escort, with a heart full of pride? Too proud to listen, too stubborn to hear, But Wait! Those wheels, those dreadful wheels are rolling near. There’s an escort for every one and who will yours be? I want Jesus in the Holy Ghost to escort me! Speaking of space, there’s room to spare, for this train picks up men everywhere. It transport the rich and it transports the poor. It drops off one generation and returns for more. Those wheels, those dreadful wheels, those death wheels. Let’s face the facts now, and turn around. For why would you let sin forever hold you down? Repent, quit, be baptized in Jesus Name for the remission of sins and receive the Holy Ghost and He will escort you in!
@lawrencetucker1505 ok yea but, out of the billions of people who have walked this earth, how many do you think have been given the gift of celibacy? If a person doesn’t have the gift of celibacy, then he or she should marry “for it is better to marry than to burn with passion” (1 Corinthians 7:8).
There are many people who desire to be married, but have not been blessed to meet a compatible person to marry. The Word also instructs people not to be unequally yoked as well. Unfortunately, not everyone is blessed to find the right person early in life, so some people end up being single longer than they would like to be.
He is absolutely right.. i am 30F and unmarried, never been in a relationship. It has been horrible to find a Christian husband, let alone find a date. I made the mistake to listen to others to "wait, focus on other things, and God will send him." All of these things said by married women or women with 2+ baby daddies. I have given up and if it happens down the road then i will be content with whoever it is. It is better than being alone. Young people please don't fall for the trick. Use your youth wisely.
I agree! I was told to “wait on God, just pray” . I did serve and travel, I did not go to bars and clubs so I’m not exactly sure what I’ve done wrong but there are not many God fearing men seeking to flee sexual immorality.
Hey ladies. Im 32--dont give up if it really is your desire to be married. There is always a remnant. Dont let other people discourage you. Ive learned over the years that people project their failures onto other people, and sometimes I wonder if its a misery loves company type thing. I'm currently dating someone who may be my husband. I prayed for 16 specific things i wanted in a man, (only three were physical appearance related), and he checked off all 16. For context, i started putting myself out there and did a Christian dating app a few months before i turned 29. I'm a virgin, didnt really know a lot about men, had one guy cheat on me, met a few bad apples. But I've met someone who is solid and down for me. Keep praying ladies. God can do exceedingly abundantly above all we can ask or think (Ephesians 3:20), and the effectual, fervent prayers of a righteous man avail much (James 5:16). I almost wanted to give up, i didnt think it would happen for me, but i know i didnt want to be alone for the rest of my life. Dont give up!!❤
I did wait on God and didn't get into a serious relationship until 35 when I got pregnant. BTW my youth wasn't wasted as I am still young (38) and learned a lot and am still learning and growing daily.
The Bible upholds both marriage and singleness IN THE LORD as a GIFT. Both states of being present believers with unique challenges, unique joys, unique means for growth in grace, and unique opportunities to honor, love, and serve the Lord and reflect Him to others that one may never experience in the other marital. We need to be careful about injecting some of our personal bias into this subject and confusing this with God's preference. This is a problem within the Church even among sound pastors and teachers. Every scripture that teaches on marriage is exalted and singleness is conceded as having some benefits but still being less desirable. That's actually NOT what the bible teaches. Some confuse Jesus as saying that only those with a grace called "the gift of singleness" should remain single when what He actually taught was that singleness itself was also gift, though not all will receive this revelation. and this is certainly the case within the Church. Sound exegesis focuses equally on the blessings and pitfalls of both states while also recognizing both singleness and marriage as a gift that can be offered up to the Lord. Because that is what scripture does! My point is that there are no second-class Christians based on marital status and neither marriage nor singleness can make one believer inherently more obedient, holy, self-controlled, and fruitful than another. The key qualifier is that we navigate marital state by remaining "in the Lord" according to His Word. ❤
Not everyone who wants to get married can get married, ESPECIALLY beautiful, intelligent, BLACK, living for Jesus, unwilling to compromise WOMEN. So stop asking black women, “When are you going to get married?” as if it were their choice NOT to get married! That’s just as painful as asking a married Christian couple, “So, when are you going to have children?” How painful do you think that question is to a couple who can’t?
Yes I believe it's harder for us as black men and women to get married the lords way especially in America.... Many of us fall short, and I don't think it's because we don't love God or have faith enough it's just the way it is.
I got married young, 22. All my friends followed suit also married. We were all active in ministry and Believers. Since then we have all divorced... some married a couple more times. I remained single
@Beencouraged777 I don't know,but ik God isn't at all pleased with kirk continuous blasphemy 😑 An furthermore my statement stands he was on the stage mocking God he fell now years later he wear lipstick and has got worse than he was. Leaving me to come to the conclusion, he didn't hit his head hard enough. I didn't say it out of anger or ill will just facts I hope that answered u not being please with my comment.
@Inarcidye-yh3jq 😆 I guess you remembered, and that didn't wake him up when that happened. He gotten expeniually worse it's crazy they aren't terrified. I was a young girl, and I used to hear the choir and kirk, and as a 7-year-old like it, then he was warned. Instead of falling to his knees, he put 💄 💋 on and made a song smile. Smh!
I am 31 and I came to Christ at 28 years old. I have been abstaining from any sexual activity or dating for the past 3 1/2 years and I will say I am considering remaining single throughout my walk simply because i don’t know if marriage is something that the Lord even has for me, and it seems extremely difficult at this age during such a transitional phase of my life to even meet someone let alone get married.
Sis,I feel you it seems there's this new thing for these choir directors jumping up and all of sudden wanna be so called Pastors this is one of many examples why they should stick to the singing.
It's not. That's why you have to seek a spouse with God's guidance, and then be submitted to one another in reverence of Christ. It's not easy to find someone who is truly seeking the Lord, and is willing to do it with you.
They have to be Christian Then they have to be at the same stage of Christian maturity and growth Then they have to be compatible Then it has to be Gods will. If you're a Christian single seeking marriage, you basically have to win the lottery
@@johnmark1582 It is very risky, because so much depends on your second point. You and your spouse each have to have a commitment to God that will make the marriage work. And that's why making sure it's God's Will is huge, because they're going to be difficulties both within and outside of your marriage.
What does he mean by “Western Christianity”? ? If he has a problem with masculinity and patriarchy in “Western Christianity” he would absolutely flip if he ever saw how the Eastern Orthodox, Coptic or Assyrian Churches operate.
Because feminists - and white knights - don't care actually about oppressed women and only want enforce the feminism and enforce misandry in the western countries
I thought he meant location wise. I thought we practiced the same way around the world but as I traveled and learned from other Christians around the world I realized we don't. We don't have the same struggles or hardships and practices can be very different. Even the focus of our teachings can look different depending on the culture
@@WillNelson73 he just follows the feminist way; these people don't care about the women who actually are oppressed (middle Eastern) and therefore they misrepresent western women as opposed to seek more and more privileges for women and spread misogyny
@@dahliaherrod4301 Here in the US, we “play” with our Christianity. In Ethiopia, for example, they fast communally for almost half the year. The women also cover their heads and dress modestly inside the church. And there are no female preachers. I invited an Ethiopian friend to come to my church and he told me “no offense but American church is not serious”. I looked into his church and honestly, it was indeed a little “too much” for me. American churches (especially some black churches) have turned into a complete clown show as has been demonstrated on this channel. There is no sense of sacredness. And as for hardship, in many countries they are in danger of Muslim mobs burning their church down (like in northern Nigeria)
I am a single woman,but because of my history with men, i became not fit for marriage. Not getting into details, but its not wrong to be a single woman as a christian
Wow! I've never until today heard a woman being UNFIT for marriage. Thank you for your candid response and transparency. God can and will transform you because of your repentant heart
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Kirk Franklin disrespected his wife big time on the Amanda Seales show. It was cringe and embarrassing. Kirk is not qualified to talk about the beauty of marriage.
Marriage is not the answer to sexual sin,a heart fill relationship with GOD will. People with a high sex drive needs help from GOD and I speak on my experience.
Marriage is the original outlet for that drive. If that alone doesn’t completely satisfy then add the layer of working out plus marriage. After that it’s a beating the body into submission.
Fruits of the Spirt that believers should seek to mature in through the grace and faith in Christ Jesus whom all things are possible and nothing is impossible with? Patience and self control. Also David’s lust for Bathsheba and King Herod marrying his brother’s wife to the objection of God through John the Baptist are biblical examples of what’s mentioned in the original thread above.
@@shelbysittig1047 yes it was but sin and people In marriage fully don't understand that because sex in marriage should be the proper way but the truth Is it's not unfortunately
I don’t why some feel that they need to comment on what “backsliders” like Kirk Franklin talk about, who cares what he has to say about anything there is much more to highlight concerning the word of God than to continue to even give him any form of recognition….thank God that He gave us a “blueprint” on how we should live it’s called the Bible and there are plenty of truth telling, God fearing men of God that we can listen to, excellent leaders who not only follow the inerrant word but understands and relay the scriptures without bending to suit their narrative….no more Kirk 🤨🤨☺️
I think the main issue is the platform he has. He's more than just a guy yelling on a street corner...he has clout...and with that clout he's MISrepresenting what our faith means and what it teaches to the secular world. It's an unfortunate truth. He also has sway with Christians who arent that deep in their word or lack understanding. So for Kirk giving credence for many to never turn away from sin cause God loves you anyway, should be addressed. I dont know who can kick him out the club, because my membership status dont reach that high, but we need to shed light on what he's doing so the VP-level saints can address it
I believe that for a woman, if you don't want sex, you more than likely won't want it with some poor guy that you marry and then torture by denying it to him. I am said woman and enjoy being alone. I chose to stop dating because I knew I would not want that relationship with a husband. I'm not same sex attracted. I came from a lot of abuse and just knew that marriage and babies was not for me. But if any Christian person has a sex drive Paul the Apostle said it's better to marry than burn with lust. Sex outside of marriage is ALWAYS WRONG.
I agree with Kirk on this one. Young single and divorced christians are made to feel incomplete and unqualified for being single in the church. However, the WORLD accepts it. Also there are couples in unhealthy marriages as well. We need to call this out. God loves us for where we are . We need to educate the body in the value of being single and the value of fighting for marriage in tough times.
Kirk should have gave Cam Newton this poem The Death Express When The Death Express rolls up to your door, the things that you’re doing, right or wrong you can’t do anymore! Life on earth is short at its best, for we all are facing the acid test. So when writing the poem (of life) make it rhyme, and it must be written on the shores of time. We must write it by faith, though we all like to see. But we can’t write this poem in eternity, so don’t sit on your seat until you hear the beep, get up and start now, awake out of your sleep! What am I sending on the other side? Before The Death Express comes (those wheels) to give us our ride? So get busy, do good, and get involved. And when The Death Express comes, your problems will be solved. Slow down; slow down, so that you may learn, don’t run ahead of our leader, you don’t know where to turn. Learn how to give, how to bear, how to share, Learn how to do good to men everywhere. Now you can watch for the signs as we go. Stay under the blood of Jesus, that washes white as snow. . When The Death Express rolls up to give you your first ride, who is your escort, with a heart full of pride? Too proud to listen, too stubborn to hear, But Wait! Those wheels, those dreadful wheels are rolling near. There’s an escort for every one and who will yours be? I want Jesus in the Holy Ghost to escort me! Speaking of space, there’s room to spare, for this train picks up men everywhere. It transport the rich and it transports the poor. It drops off one generation and returns for more. Those wheels, those dreadful wheels, those death wheels. Let’s face the facts now, and turn around. For why would you let sin forever hold you down? Repent, quit, be baptized in Jesus Name for the remission of sins and receive the Holy Ghost and He will escort you in!
2 very confused individuals sitting around patting each other on the back, validating the other's lifestyle and decisions. A lot of these people need to keep their opinions to themselves. You Tube is getting crazy in 2024.
God knew that the "Kirk Franklins" of the world were going to fudge this topic up since Genesis, so he made it clear that presenting our bodies holy and acceptable is true worship. Without this, our music is just melodies that don't have anything to do with heaven.
To be single is a gift...it isn't for everyone...but as a disciple you would need to abstain from sex...if you can do it do it..if you can't God has someone for you...just seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness...
I love the marriage topic. It helps me understanding what God divine design and purpose for us. And Corey I agree with 1000% with the biblical teaching of marriage. And I can witness as many other Christians who live contrary to what the biblical teaching of marriage is. It is not ideal but through it God can cause you to depend on Him in a way that draws you nearer to Him.
5:58 in my opinion, I don’t think that is what Kirk met when he said marriage is not going to fix your sin. If you have a lustful spirit , marriage won’t fix it unless you actually love you other half , and allow God to change your Heart. If you are in love with someone and care for them but are not married , then I feel for that situation marriage will help you.
I think you may have missed the point here as a married man. This isn't explained by Kirk Franklin and he may not have been the best person to do so. Therefore as a single 30 year old christian woman, never dated or had sex, I would appreciate being able to elaborate on my experiences as a women who has experienced life long singleness and has also been a Christian her whole life. And before you write this off, I do not have the gift of celibacy which is far too often conflated with the gift of singleness. However, I must abstain in obidience to God. The gift of singleness is literally that it is a gift and should you be able to live life in a God-honouring way, you can experience the benefits of being unmarried (one of which is being concerned of the things of the Lord whereas a married person is concerned with the things of this world and how to please their spouse - 1 Corinthians 7:32-34) Definition of weponised - exploited for the purpose of attacking a person or group, or for spreading discord. The group that is being attacked in this case is the single christian (in particular women) often by married people placing marriage on a higher pedestal than it needs to be to make themselves feel better than the single person. The point that I would like to add here is that marriage although a good thing is not guaranteed to all Christians. Marriage is a gift from God like the story of the denarius, not something that we are entitled to because we have lust issues or simply want a spouse like we want a to purchase a house. Growing up, whether you like it or not, the message of "good Christians get married, bad ones remain single" was taught subtly so the desire to get married to prove that you are a good Christian woman especially is there. There clearly not enough Christian men to marry the multitude of single Christian women in churches. What a lot of people then go on to say is you should desire marriage and get married, but to which men? Unless there is a gender specifc revival bringing men to Christ, the Church needs to start getting very comfortable with a higher number of singles instead of gaslighting them suggesting that they are a problem if they are not married leading women especially into despair or easily explotable with silly seminars and sermons on how to find your spouse. Single women are a very exploited market in Christendom and married people should be doing more to support them in building and fostering friendships instead of pushing singles only into romantic relationships. Not every single is out here being wild or unmarried because they have no morals. In fact a lot of us are out here because the women refuse to compromise but the men are far and few between or there is massive compromise from men leading to an absolute shortage. The question isn't should Chritsians get married but should singles be treated as second class citizens in the body of Christ. Unless married people are actively including single people in friendships and discussions they are weaponising their status against them making them vulnerable to the lies of the enemy.
Too many black women want to use failed relationships as an excuse not to be married again but you're letting the previous relationship deter your blessings from God he will give you a better man if you stay submissive I don't think you can do everything in your life by yourself I see a lot of tired black women now try to do everything by their self men will put on this Earth to be a helpmate allow them to do that
Marrige is not a fix for everything though, we often see adultery be an end to most marriages. You marry not to fornicate, yet you commit adultery. 😂 Make it make sense to me. Unless it is ordained by God, don't do it. People will know if God bas chosen them for marrige or not. Some people DO NOT have to be married.
@@cameraredeye3115 People will know if God had chosen them for marriage? No... scripture says he that finds a wife finds a good thing. We're supposed to be the ones making marriage work. So, what you're talking about is people who are refusing to do that, not the institution itself. The ones talking about you don't need to be married, still do things only married people should. So what are you really saying?
This issue is like the biggest conflict in my life. As a Christian my dating experiences have made me hate relationships. I trust no one , i dont want to be living w someone i dont trust . Not too mention ppl getting divorced left and right. I really dont see how marriage benefits me and how its not a detriment. You putting everything at stake for someone and you don't know their true intentions.
Just my lil ol opinion...but what would other people's marriage have to do with yours? Date and vet a potential wife for YOU! Everyone else marriage falling apart would have nothing to do with yours. Submit to God, do your part and lead your family. Your worry is almost an admission of not trusting God. That's the real trust issue. All dating is, is the vetting process. It shouldn't work with everybody, that's what makes finding a wife so special. The specialness of finding that one suitable to marry is the benefit along with all the favor that comes with finding a wife. If you dont desire to marry, have sex or have kids this a different convo...lol
Perhaps you should stop putting yourself out there and going to dates and focus on YAHUAH and in being qodesh and when the time is right YAHUAH will bring you a husband or not! Sounds like you have a lot of healing to do but it will only happen if you take your eyes out of the world and focus on YAHUAH! At the end of the day weather you get married or not you must still have your own relationship with YAHUAH and I can tell you first hand that when you do you are content either way!
@Kenneybthedream good comment. Ive seen so many people give up when (if theyre honest with themselves, they do want to get married, and they dont want to be alone for the rest of their lives. Im 32--dont give up if it really is your desire to be married. There is always a remnant. I'm currently dating someone who may be my husband. I prayed for 16 specific things i wanted in a man, (only three were physical appearance related), and he checked off all 16. For context, i started putting myself out there and did a Christian dating app a few months before i turned 29. I'm a virgin, didnt really know a lot about men, had one guy cheat on me, met a few bad apples. But I've met someone who is solid and down for me. God can do exceedingly abundantly above all we can ask or think (Ephesians 3:20), and the effectual, fervent prayers of a righteous man avail much (James 5:16). I almost wanted to give up, i didnt think it would happen for me, but i know i didnt want to be alone for the rest of my life. Dont give up!
Nowhere in scripture tells people they have to get married. In fact Paul said it's better that you dont (1 Corinthians 7:8 9). Jesus said marriage is for those for whom it is given, but its clearly not for everyone (Matthew 19:11).
Then you clearly do not understand scripture. Paul always said that this was his words, when he said things that God did not say. Paul said that concerning him being sigle, by using his own words, those were Paul's words not God's word to stay single. Furthermore you passed the ten commandments, were it clearly states you are to not formicate, meaning having sex without marriage and you are not to comitt adultery, meaning having sex with another person, outside of marriage. Just because the commandments were in the old Testament does not mean you are to throw the scriptures away, we still have to honor all of God's commandments and God made those commandments not Paul. And, scriptures says, God hates divorce, in Malichi 2:16. And God said all formicators and adulterers will not inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Corinthians rinthians 6:9. All of these scriptures were God's word. God honors marriage the scriptures says. So, if God did not honor marriage he would not have put it in the commandments and said all sexual immorality you will not inherit the kingdom of God. So you are wring and twisting God's word for Paul's word. God honored Adam and Eve the first marriage in the beginning of Genesis, 2::23. If you remain sigle you must stay celibate and not have sex period. This is God's word not Paul's. It's better to marry if you cannot obstain from sex, that's what it means, it's better to marry than to burn.
And what did he say immediately after he said that?? 1 cor 7:9 “but if they cannot control themselves its then they should marry because its better to marry than to burn with passion”. Don’t half quote scriptures because you only mislead ppl. There’s a lot of folks going to hell because of the very thing you just did. Quoting only the parts of the scriptures that benefit them and their arguments
As someone who used to be under the it's better to marry than burn,BRIDGE. I wish i knew better then. I wonder now why the church didn't go equally as hard as to preach and teach that God can and will keep us from sexual sin. God will never require us to do a thing that he hasn't made provision for. Perhaps some of the preachers were struggling themselves and this is why that doctrine wasn't taught as hard. I think it did the church a disservice.
I am divorced. My ex-husband is a drug addict. According to the Bible, I must stay single, and celibate or reconnect with my husband. I understand that. It feels like a sentence though. If he never sobers up, I'm stuck being alone for the rest of my life. God doesn't make mistakes but it's tough. I got married at 18 and shouldn't have. People, choose well.
If you can go without sex, don't want to have sex. You live a celibate life and devoted to God. If you can't go without sex. You need to be married. If he said you don't have to get married. Divorce your wife and go without sex. Then say the same thing.
Okay okay hold up!What is with Christianity being misogynistic?anyway about marriage the church is as lost just as the world when it comes to marriage,I feel like it is being idolised just like the world is idolizing it.Churches ought to preach marriage from the point of one's marriage to Jesus Christ.We have many believers who don't honor being married to Christ and that is where the problem starts.
It is easier too can only speak from my own experience in that I have found a deeper relationship and understanding of Father God as a parent myself. Many atheists for example I believe grapple with who God is because they do not understand discipline is from love. God bless everyone. This was a thought provoking video thank you for sharing.
Actually you have authority to speak on your experience as God's design because what you stated is EXACTLY the point of The Bible telling us we have a Heavenly Father, Jesus calling us little children and family, etc.. The Bible is parallel after parallel so that we can better know, understand, relate, and grow closer to our creator. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
I listened to the whole interview and Kirk is right. You will have to listen to the whole interview to understand what he was saying. He was stating that the church pushes the narrative of marriage too much which makes singles feel less valuable to be used in ministry within the church. The Apostle Paul himself is single according to 1 Corinthians 7. So therefore I agree with what Kirk was saying! The interview I’m referring to is the one with Lecrae btw.
I've only listened to the snippet here, and well... It's hard to overstate the importance of marriage, as the FIRST commandment God ever gave mankind, was to be fruitful and multiply. God even said that it is NOT GOOD for man to be alone. Hence the creation of the woman. Being single is certainly treated by God as the exception and not the norm. However, in these times, we are trying to treat the exception as the norm, especially as we lose hope in finding partners in a world that prioritizes sexual immorality in all its forms. Also, I do not think making marriage a goal lessens the value of a single person (though some may certainly look down on unmarried folk), but there are valid reasons to be married, as Corey mentioned some, that are a blessing to those involved, as well as to the body: companionship, responsibility, selflessness, stability, education, child-rearing, sexual sanctification (which means running away from the sin of sexual immorality), and the advancement of the Kingdom. Being single in the church is not wrong, but it ought to be a desire for those who wish to love the Lord with their entire being. The first place where evangelization begins in the household. Remember, God first told Abraham to teach his household the commands and statutes of the Lord, not to go about proclaiming Him among the heathens. And if a stranger wishes to join his household, they would have to submit themselves to those same commands and statutes the Lord gave him.
Also, if I may ask, could you share some of the reasons why singles would prefer not to be married? I'd like to better understand the resistance to marriage, other than the church "pushing" that narrative "too much."
But the man is a rotten fruit or rotten tree who bears rotten fruit b Paul stats a opinión and in Matthew and other books we are commanded by.God the Holy Spirit ❤ we are not meant to be alone
I've been saved for over 25 years and I have never not one time heard anyone be pressured to be married in the service I have attended. My issue here is when he says the church the church he is speaking of is the body of Christ which means he's talking about something that the world is going to take as a whole and we're all going to be the ones ridiculed for that. Whereas every service is not like that the ones he attended are the ones his wife attended are
In the west, unlike in the rest of the world, religion has so used marriage as THE only way for a man to be complete and live his full God given potential and calling. If one is not then married by a certain number of years, then the church basically let's them occupy a sear, but not fellowship with the body. Doesn't matter if they have a relationship with Jesus, and understand more revelation then the average believer. That isn't enough, they need to also be married in the church's eyes. Just look at going into a minister position. Religion doesn't take them seriously unless they have a wife. It should be based off of loving God's Word, and calling and being able to hear from God clearly, but the church has become more worldly and so, relationship with Jesus is not enough for them. They need to always hold marriage in some way or another .
@@MrSilence99 I've learned to go to any Bible study that a church has. That way people can't focus on whether or not I am married or not. That's how I do church now a days. I don't rely upon the main service.
I think what society has labeled A-Sexuality is actually what Paul described as the gift of singleness. It’s a small fraction but some people out there really just don’t experience sexual attraction
Kurt Franklin is THE WRONG PERSON TO BE COUNSELING this man, because HE, needs to get himself RIGHT with GOD, DISTORTING THE WORD OF GOD!!! People need to READ THE WORD for themselves, and ASK GOD for The Holy Spirit, to get an UNDERSTANDING!!!
I think you should suggest it but not put pressure on it. Its a difference between suggesting it and putting pressure on it. Suggest it is to make you aware that marriage is something God would like. Pressure on it is when you condemn them and make people feel like they are not saved and going to hell because they are not. Always suggest but don't put pressure. Some find their good thing early and some later. Either way thank God if you find it or not.
It seemed like people on FB clamored to share and applaud that video. But to me, there appears to be this trend among Christians and "Christians" to see how much they can discredit God's order. It's like "oh look at this thing that God likes, but we've subverted, and now we view it in a warped way, so now it's weaponized or misunderstood even though we SHOULD know better"!😂😂
Christianity is a growth religion. Each area needs to be developed Isaiah 28:10 and 2 Peter 1:5-8. A third grader can't be taught calculus if only multiplication has been taught. Read it all day long, but you won't get it.
The goal should not be actions to check a box and look "Christian". Too many do that nowadays. The goal is to do things correctly, i.e. when you get married and have children - be faithful, loving, honorable, righteous and just. Dont just get married, but marry for the right reasons, to the right person, and do it correctly. Same with kids - dont just have them, but raise them correctly and righteously. It does not matter what you do, but it does matter how you do it. I respect a person who never married, had kids, and lived a righteous life as opposed to a believer with a miserable marriage and pitiful children.
If Kirk could flourish in secular music, I believe he would. But gospel music is what pays his bills. Being a gospel artist doesn’t make you a believer though. We should know him by his fruit.
Cam is a son of a minister, he knows better. Together they will find comfort in evil doings. These celebrities are trying to use their status to promote "Lukewarmness". That's their agenda! We know that no man can serve two masters.
My ex husband was a minister of music in the church and a Pastor's son, who cheated throughout our marriage with women in and out of the church. When he left our marriage, the church covered him. They did not make him sit down. He was allowed to continue in ministry and I was shunned. True story.
@@justliss1827 lol i just went on a date with a man who had that same story, has many church lovers and even a child out of wedlock…still works in the church tho. Went to lunch either him and a stranger, a woman from his church walked up and told me he’s bad news with her eyes. 😂😂
That is terrible I know how that can be in the Church. I got pregnant and was shunned but baby daddy was not. Men get away with anything in the church.
Marriage does not prevent or correct sexual sin, integrity does. Yes marriage is honorable, but marriage is not a requirement. Rather than forcing people into marriage, the church should have taught and encouraged the importance of sexual purity and integrity
Yes, of course God can use single people and some people are called to be single, but we are talking about single and chaste, single and pure, not single and still out there reaping the rewards of a marriage- which is what these men seem to be talking about.
If I'm too afraid to commit to one person by marrying them, how does it make sense to commit to making a human being with them and be completely ok with abandoning both whenever the expectations exceed their willingness to sacrifice what it takes to stay married? I'm twice divorced and have an adult child. I am a new christian and now choose to remain single and celibate so I can focus as much as possible on my Lord. But this is not how I use to think before and that thinking didn't bring me anything but heartbreak. And all who call themselves christians should feel a need to read the bible. I mean, nobody needs to try to convince me to want to spend time with someone I adore, so why should anyone have to tell me to want to know more about the one I say I love and belong to? I dont mean to judge, but to make you see that He is the treasure! 🥰 Not his blessings nor his creation, but Him! ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥 His word is all we trully have concrete at the tip of our fingers. When others are dying to just get to hear or read a verse in secret due to persecution. He tells us who he is, what he wants, what he promises his children, what pleases him or angers him. What is offensive so we may love him the way he deserves to be loved and much more. He tells it all... But do we really wamt to know him? The one who gave his life for us? The only one who will never leave us nor forsake us? The only one who loves us unconditionally. Salvation is conditional, but not his love. We have and will betray him, we will prioritize him last if at all. 😭😭😭 Do we really want to settle for the fractuted version of him that suits our expectaions. 💔 Or do we really want to seek to experience as much of his glory as he wishes to grant us? ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥 I tell you, if I find something in scripture that I disagree with or dont understand, then I need to be corrected or I need to understand. For He is perfect and Holy in ALL his ways. He is faithful and he is most worthy of ALL my efforts and to receive ALL his childrens Glory, Honor and Praise forever! Halleluja! 🎉🎉🎉
“let every man be a liar and God be true” “Be fruitful and multiply” God command. “Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing” these are just a few passages that i can remember off the top of my head.
He needs to clarify THE SERVICE that she experienced those things in because when he says THE CHURCH he's accusing THE BODY and he's wrong about that! Marriage is going to fix the fornication not sin in totality. And why he's not talking about the porn addiction he had and played a role in wrongful treatment towards the women in his group "God's Property " . Speaking on how someone can be delivered from it and how to do it. I'm just saying he is being dysfunction in his interview
I much prefer biblical patriarchy over worldly feminism. The Church is the Bride of Christ, of which Christ is the head. Marriage is to emulate this. How is Kirk Franklin going to speak so poorly of an institution that God ordained in the beginning, even before the fall? Just because fallable men sin while fulfilling their role God gave them, that doesn't mean that women should have that role.
Thank you for using reason. Marriage doesn’t fix sin, well if you were ok with being unmarried before and now you’ve had a change of heart and want to obey God do you decide to get married, well yes that includes repentence and obedience. If you just happen to get married and had no problem with fornicating up to your wedding, well then you may still have a problem with disobedience.
I think there is an issue within the church where if you are single after a certain age something is wrong with you. I agree marriage has been weaponised BUT Kirk Franklin is one of those who loves to throw stones at the church and goes to the unsaved or people who are like him in thinking to do it . Yes there are issues within the body of Christ regarding how marriage and singleness is viewed but this is not something peculiar to the church. Wisdom says a pastor is married and marriage counselling should be something offered to couples particularly young ones. Yes Kirk has made good points in this area but Kirk is all kinds of wrong just in this interview. Kirk talks about still experiencing trauma every day yet he still claims to minister for Christ, something is wrong.
You don't have to get married as a Christian, but if you going to live for Christ you can't have premarital sex, or full of lust
Say it louder for those in the back of the room!!!
@@rodddb The front too.
It sounds like those Sexy And The City girls who suddenly turned into miss chaste when decided to find a stable, nice guy
@@bookerwilliams1383 Exactly
Hebrews 13:4 NIV
Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.
Marriage can never fix lust.Jesus Christ can.
Yes he can! Halleluja! 🎉🎉🎉
That's not point. A civilization cannot sustain without family.
Exactly! 👍🏾
@@peacegod7337True, but every one isn’t called to be married. Single people can be whole and purposeful in Christ.
@diginandpitchin most people aren't virgins. So most people are called to be married. The black church keeps black wm-n single.
We really need to be careful who we take advice from. I'm 54 and single. Marriage is not my goal but if the Lord blesses that's fine. If he doesn't , I'm fine. Make sure the master is first and foremost.
Preach!! 🙏🏿
I have been married twice they both turn out to be fierce narcissists of 2 different types and races (hard to detect coverts) ..but I know now and run the other way...I am single now and I am not against marriage but will wait on God if it's his will
Amen. What is God saying? That should be your first concern.
@@teresagarcia7580Yep.
Maybe your mate lives in an area other than where you currently live and you refuse to move.
Why does every “Christian celebrity” feel that they can get up and apologize for sinners feeling bad about sinning? Tell them to repent
By their fruit you will know them.
They're lukewarm AT BEST!
Right,and on top of that they're winning by standing in the way of a sinner. They believe that they're the authority on being a believer even though they're not one themselves. These folks are organizing for this new world order. They know it's wrong to be engaging in activities that's in direct opposition of God's word and direction
On a hand there's the feels good gospel and on the other hand there's the Jesus Knight gospel (feminist tradcon)
This two kind of mainstream evangelical churches pander to women in general
@@ElaineSewelland standing in the path of sinners.
The moment Kirk Franklin said he wrote all of his gospel songs butt naked while sitting on the piano bench, I knew his mind had left him😐😶
😂he said that oh my my my lol😂
So perverted for him to publicly say that smh
Yep he said that during his interview on Club Shay Shay! I was like Bruh what?! Why?!…it seemed so out of place even Shannon was lost like🤔…🙄🫤🤦🏾♀️
Bruh these people want to be accepted by the world so bad! How can Kirk say that Cam’s lifestyle is good? That’s ridiculous just stupid. Sometimes I feel like these Christian’s are ashamed of God’s decree and commands. It’s horrible.
I think, and I’m not judging, though, but I think we need to stop calling these false teachers Christians. Paul addressed the Galatians as being foolish or stupid. Some of these people, especially those that are famous, need to stop compromising with doctrines of devils.
@@sylvesterjohns7968 that’s what they love to do! They love to compromise their Christian beliefs to be loved by the world, rather than to please God!
Yes they do! I’m sick of it! They would kick me out of Hollywood and the entertainment industry because I will give them straight Bible!! They would probably try to stone me and I don’t care! I want to be with Jesus and I’m going to defend his word to my last breath boldly!
@@sylvesterjohns7968 I totally agree with you on stop calling them Christian’s. Even the false teachers I want to stop calling them pastors. But that’s what they label themselves as sadly 😔
They are not Christians. They are false.. including Kirk Franklin.
This man is chamileon he shapes into what he has to appease the crowd, interviewer, etc.
So true
Great example!
@@KingOfKingsLordOfLordz you are right. The thing that is bad is God's word is pushed aside to sit and teach their carnal minds. It's scary to see how great Deception the church is under listening to these so call ministers.
Exactly…he’s “shape shifting” he doesn’t even look the same.
He’s not a Christian he’s a Chameleon 😂😂😂❤❤❤love it. Imma start saying that 😂😂😂
God doesn’t call everyone to get married. And there’s nothing wrong with that. A single Christian can be whole and holy in Christ. Singleness is a gift, just like marriage.
You are speaking facts, but Kirk missed an opportunity to truly minister to someone who lives a fornicator lifestyle. The backing you gave isnt what Kirk gave. Kirk coming from a stance of marriage being weaponized, when marriage "can be" a solution for someone struggling with fornication in their walk with Christ. Even Paul says (in the same passage Kirk spoke of) it's better to marry than to burn because you cant control yourself. No sex isnt the only reason to get married (though it is a bonus haha) but if you cant abstain then take that off the plate of struggles that could keep you out the kingdom...
It’s not a gift for people who desire marriage
May I have chapter and verse, please. Thank you.
@@Kenneybthedream Agreed 👍🏾😇. And I don’t know if Cam Newton is a Christian, if not he wouldn’t understand this. Pray for his salvation. 🙏🏾
@@sharronstreeter8751 1 Corinthians 7:7.
Too many people online talk about what the Bible says, but they don't quote scripture, and they don't give context to scripture. They just use generic words like the church says.
💯
Christians mindset. I no longer call myself a Christian, because that came from the Roman Catholic Church. I am instead, a believer who is an Israelites. No more an African American, although I live in America. We need to embrace who we are & whose we are.
What they need to do, is quote WHERE is is, like, Hebrews 10:25, John 3:16
Numbers 12:1, for those against interracial marriage
@@loisbullock3151
Not all blacks are Israelites
Also, have you read
Acts 15?
Nailed it.
There is definitely some truth to what Kirk said, people constantly put marriage on a pedestal as opposed to God. There are certainly benefits to marriage. But the reality is, there are not a lot of Christian marriage-minded men. The majority of black churches are mostly women. So inevitably, there are going to be a lot of single people.
Folks put marriage on a pedestal to the point where many people end up with partners who are unequally yoked, just to say they are married.
💯Agreed. Marriage to a godly, equally yoked partner is beautiful and a blessing, but being single is also because you can devote yourself more fully to God and not have to divide your time with marital duties (1Cor. 7:32-34). Many, especially women, have made an idol of marriage, paying thousands for marriage seminars and conferences and partnering with the wrong men out of desperation. There's nothing wrong with seeking marriage as long as it doesn't take precedence before God.
It’s better to marry than to burn so yes marriage does stop one from fornication
It was better for men to marry in the days of Paulus of Tarsus
But in these days of ginocentric State?
This verse is talking to the ones who are already engaged. Rather than to burn in your lust for one another get married earlier than the date that was originally set for the wedding
Yes. However, marriage doesn't prevent adultery. And if you ain't livin' right, marriage doesn't fix that. That's what he's referring to.
@@lawrencetucker1505show me scripture.
@@Kontroversial84no one said marriage helps sin but commitment to Gods will does. He is making a statement about something no one brought up but sinner. SMH
Here’s a question…. Why is Kirk out there trying to state his Christian position and interpretation with someone who is at enmity with God?
Because he desires popularity
@@pearl0818 it doesn’t even seem like he’s calling cam to repentance…
How or why is cam newton at enmity with God?
@@rickmay2053 you want me to explain why he rejects the gospel?
I have plenty of scriptures why but first let’s review his lifestyle, flaunts his money (pride), boastful and a show off (more pride), has multiple children out of wedlock (also known as adultery). Now just based off of those few known things we must judge a tree by its fruit. That’s the fruit he has produced and continues to produce. He fought a teenager at his camp…He curses and has an unrepentant heart and certainly brother if you have proof that he has repentant heart and he gives evidence of his conversion I think you ought to point it out for all to see. But based on the fruit that we see on a regular this man is at Enmity with God.
Scriptures to support this IN CONTEXT are as follows: THE WHOLE BOOK OF First John…. Romans 1… Mathew 7:1-23
I’m surprised anyone can look at this man’s life and then question someone who states that this person is at emnity with God.
Great question
Don't we forget that adultery is as bad as fornication, marriage can't stop lust , Jesus can.
You should not be committing adultery nor fornication
What really irks me is how people like Kirk love to go into non Christian spaces and talk about all the things they believe the church and church people have done wrong and never discuss repentance, forgiveness, holiness, etc. It's like they want to prove that, hey, you're really not that bad so you can keep doing what you're doing. It's all good
EXACTLY….GOD IS
GOING TO HOLD PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE ALSO FOR
BEING STUMBLING BLOCKS….He should have gave Cam Newton this poem.
The Death Express
When The Death Express rolls up to your door, the things that you’re doing, right or wrong you can’t do anymore! Life on earth is short at its best, for we all are facing the acid test.
So when writing the poem (of life) make it rhyme, and it must be written on the shores of time. We must write it by faith, though we all like to see. But we can’t write this poem in eternity, so don’t sit on your seat until you hear the beep, get up and start now, awake out of your sleep!
What am I sending on the other side?
Before The Death Express comes (those wheels) to give us our ride?
So get busy, do good, and get involved.
And when The Death Express comes, your problems will be solved. Slow down; slow down, so that you may learn, don’t run ahead of our leader, you don’t know where to turn. Learn how to give, how to bear, how to share, Learn how to do good to men everywhere. Now you can watch for the signs as we go. Stay under the blood of Jesus, that washes white as snow. .
When The Death Express rolls up to give you your first ride, who is your escort, with a heart full of pride? Too proud to listen, too stubborn to hear, But Wait! Those wheels, those dreadful wheels are rolling near. There’s an escort for every one and who will yours be? I want Jesus in the Holy Ghost to escort me! Speaking of space, there’s room to spare, for this train picks up men everywhere. It transport the rich and it transports the poor. It drops off one generation and returns for more.
Those wheels, those dreadful wheels, those death wheels. Let’s face the facts now, and turn around. For why would you let sin forever hold you down? Repent, quit, be baptized in Jesus Name for the remission of sins and receive the Holy Ghost and He will escort you in!
"You can be single and stupid, tweet that"...Lol
God ordained and blessed marriage
God also ordained singleness 1Corinthians 7:32, 34
@lawrencetucker1505 ok yea but, out of the billions of people who have walked this earth, how many do you think have been given the gift of celibacy? If a person doesn’t have the gift of celibacy, then he or she should marry “for it is better to marry than to burn with passion” (1 Corinthians 7:8).
Yes, and He also calls some to singleness. (Talking about Christians.)
Singleness only ordained if you ok with not having sex
@@NostalgicPocket Yes. Single Christians can be whole and holy. Some of us are called to ministry, and are busy serving the Lord. 🙏🏾
There are many people who desire to be married, but have not been blessed to meet a compatible person to marry. The Word also instructs people not to be unequally yoked as well. Unfortunately, not everyone is blessed to find the right person early in life, so some people end up being single longer than they would like to be.
He is absolutely right.. i am 30F and unmarried, never been in a relationship. It has been horrible to find a Christian husband, let alone find a date. I made the mistake to listen to others to "wait, focus on other things, and God will send him." All of these things said by married women or women with 2+ baby daddies. I have given up and if it happens down the road then i will be content with whoever it is. It is better than being alone.
Young people please don't fall for the trick. Use your youth wisely.
I agree! I was told to “wait on God, just pray” . I did serve and travel, I did not go to bars and clubs so I’m not exactly sure what I’ve done wrong but there are not many God fearing men seeking to flee sexual immorality.
Hey ladies. Im 32--dont give up if it really is your desire to be married. There is always a remnant. Dont let other people discourage you. Ive learned over the years that people project their failures onto other people, and sometimes I wonder if its a misery loves company type thing.
I'm currently dating someone who may be my husband. I prayed for 16 specific things i wanted in a man, (only three were physical appearance related), and he checked off all 16.
For context, i started putting myself out there and did a Christian dating app a few months before i turned 29. I'm a virgin, didnt really know a lot about men, had one guy cheat on me, met a few bad apples. But I've met someone who is solid and down for me. Keep praying ladies. God can do exceedingly abundantly above all we can ask or think (Ephesians 3:20), and the effectual, fervent prayers of a righteous man avail much (James 5:16). I almost wanted to give up, i didnt think it would happen for me, but i know i didnt want to be alone for the rest of my life. Dont give up!!❤
Amen.
Broken homes have produced men that are not accountable to God, Faith, family, or community.
I did wait on God and didn't get into a serious relationship until 35 when I got pregnant. BTW my youth wasn't wasted as I am still young (38) and learned a lot and am still learning and growing daily.
The Bible upholds both marriage and singleness IN THE LORD as a GIFT. Both states of being present believers with unique challenges, unique joys, unique means for growth in grace, and unique opportunities to honor, love, and serve the Lord and reflect Him to others that one may never experience in the other marital. We need to be careful about injecting some of our personal bias into this subject and confusing this with God's preference. This is a problem within the Church even among sound pastors and teachers. Every scripture that teaches on marriage is exalted and singleness is conceded as having some benefits but still being less desirable. That's actually NOT what the bible teaches. Some confuse Jesus as saying that only those with a grace called "the gift of singleness" should remain single when what He actually taught was that singleness itself was also gift, though not all will receive this revelation. and this is certainly the case within the Church. Sound exegesis focuses equally on the blessings and pitfalls of both states while also recognizing both singleness and marriage as a gift that can be offered up to the Lord. Because that is what scripture does! My point is that there are no second-class Christians based on marital status and neither marriage nor singleness can make one believer inherently more obedient, holy, self-controlled, and fruitful than another. The key qualifier is that we navigate marital state by remaining "in the Lord" according to His Word. ❤
Not everyone who wants to get married can get married, ESPECIALLY beautiful, intelligent, BLACK, living for Jesus, unwilling to compromise WOMEN. So stop asking black women, “When are you going to get married?” as if it were their choice NOT to get married! That’s just as painful as asking a married Christian couple, “So, when are you going to have children?” How painful do you think that question is to a couple who can’t?
Yes I believe it's harder for us as black men and women to get married the lords way especially in America.... Many of us fall short, and I don't think it's because we don't love God or have faith enough it's just the way it is.
I got married young, 22. All my friends followed suit also married. We were all active in ministry and Believers. Since then we have all divorced... some married a couple more times. I remained single
When Kirk fell through the stage I guess he didn't fall hard enough.
🤭😌😆
Is God pleased with your statement?
@Beencouraged777 I don't know,but ik God isn't at all pleased with kirk continuous blasphemy 😑 An furthermore my statement stands he was on the stage mocking God he fell now years later he wear lipstick and has got worse than he was. Leaving me to come to the conclusion, he didn't hit his head hard enough. I didn't say it out of anger or ill will just facts I hope that answered u not being please with my comment.
@Inarcidye-yh3jq 😆 I guess you remembered, and that didn't wake him up when that happened. He gotten expeniually worse it's crazy they aren't terrified. I was a young girl, and I used to hear the choir and kirk, and as a 7-year-old like it, then he was warned. Instead of falling to his knees, he put 💄 💋 on and made a song smile. Smh!
@@LovedbyNature777 your comment is on point .🤨
I am 31 and I came to Christ at 28 years old. I have been abstaining from any sexual activity or dating for the past 3 1/2 years and I will say I am considering remaining single throughout my walk simply because i don’t know if marriage is something that the Lord even has for me, and it seems extremely difficult at this age during such a transitional phase of my life to even meet someone let alone get married.
9 min of this is enough for me. Anyone but Kirk.
Sis,I feel you it seems there's this new thing for these choir directors jumping up and all of sudden wanna be so called Pastors this is one of many examples why they should stick to the singing.
IT IS NOT THAT EASY TO FIND SOMEONE TO MARRY.
It's not. That's why you have to seek a spouse with God's guidance, and then be submitted to one another in reverence of Christ. It's not easy to find someone who is truly seeking the Lord, and is willing to do it with you.
They have to be Christian
Then they have to be at the same stage of Christian maturity and growth
Then they have to be compatible
Then it has to be Gods will.
If you're a Christian single seeking marriage, you basically have to win the lottery
@@gevdargIts easy for men but very difficult for women. If it were easy for women (in America) then they would all be married.
@@johnmark1582 It is very risky, because so much depends on your second point. You and your spouse each have to have a commitment to God that will make the marriage work. And that's why making sure it's God's Will is huge, because they're going to be difficulties both within and outside of your marriage.
@@sylvester7320 right and I wish more people understood this instead of settling
Kirk Franklin sticks up for that community because he's an active part of that community.
True!!
What does he mean by “Western Christianity”? ?
If he has a problem with masculinity and patriarchy in “Western Christianity” he would absolutely flip if he ever saw how the Eastern Orthodox, Coptic or Assyrian Churches operate.
Because feminists - and white knights - don't care actually about oppressed women and only want enforce the feminism and enforce misandry in the western countries
What I was thinking lol
I thought he meant location wise. I thought we practiced the same way around the world but as I traveled and learned from other Christians around the world I realized we don't. We don't have the same struggles or hardships and practices can be very different. Even the focus of our teachings can look different depending on the culture
@@WillNelson73 he just follows the feminist way; these people don't care about the women who actually are oppressed (middle Eastern) and therefore they misrepresent western women as opposed to seek more and more privileges for women and spread misogyny
@@dahliaherrod4301 Here in the US, we “play” with our Christianity. In Ethiopia, for example, they fast communally for almost half the year. The women also cover their heads and dress modestly inside the church. And there are no female preachers.
I invited an Ethiopian friend to come to my church and he told me “no offense but American church is not serious”. I looked into his church and honestly, it was indeed a little “too much” for me.
American churches (especially some black churches) have turned into a complete clown show as has been demonstrated on this channel.
There is no sense of sacredness.
And as for hardship, in many countries they are in danger of Muslim mobs burning their church down (like in northern Nigeria)
I am a single woman,but because of my history with men, i became not fit for marriage.
Not getting into details, but its not wrong to be a single woman as a christian
Wow! I've never until today heard a woman being UNFIT for marriage. Thank you for your candid response and transparency. God can and will transform you because of your repentant heart
Nor is it wrong for a man to remain single if he chose provided he is celibate
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Divorce, in the Church is SUPER HIGH.... Because of this kind of thinking.
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Singleness should not equal sinfulness. Today's church does NOT take sinfulness seriously enough to stand on the premise of the gospel.
Kirk gotta let them know that if someone is going to be single theN you gotta LIVE LIKE PAUL...NO FORNICATION!
Kirk Franklin disrespected his wife big time on the Amanda Seales show. It was cringe and embarrassing. Kirk is not qualified to talk about the beauty of marriage.
Marriage is not the answer to sexual sin,a heart fill relationship with GOD will. People with a high sex drive needs help from GOD and I speak on my experience.
Marriage is the original outlet for that drive. If that alone doesn’t completely satisfy then add the layer of working out plus marriage. After that it’s a beating the body into submission.
Fruits of the Spirt that believers should seek to mature in through the grace and faith in Christ Jesus whom all things are possible and nothing is impossible with? Patience and self control. Also David’s lust for Bathsheba and King Herod marrying his brother’s wife to the objection of God through John the Baptist are biblical examples of what’s mentioned in the original thread above.
@@shelbysittig1047 yes it was but sin and people In marriage fully don't understand that because sex in marriage should be the proper way but the truth Is it's not unfortunately
I don’t why some feel that they need to comment on what “backsliders” like Kirk Franklin talk about, who cares what he has to say about anything there is much more to highlight concerning the word of God than to continue to even give him any form of recognition….thank God that He gave us a “blueprint” on how we should live it’s called the Bible and there are plenty of truth telling, God fearing men of God that we can listen to, excellent leaders who not only follow the inerrant word but understands and relay the scriptures without bending to suit their narrative….no more Kirk 🤨🤨☺️
I think the main issue is the platform he has. He's more than just a guy yelling on a street corner...he has clout...and with that clout he's MISrepresenting what our faith means and what it teaches to the secular world. It's an unfortunate truth. He also has sway with Christians who arent that deep in their word or lack understanding. So for Kirk giving credence for many to never turn away from sin cause God loves you anyway, should be addressed. I dont know who can kick him out the club, because my membership status dont reach that high, but we need to shed light on what he's doing so the VP-level saints can address it
@@Kenneybthedream I agree
I believe that for a woman, if you don't want sex, you more than likely won't want it with some poor guy that you marry and then torture by denying it to him. I am said woman and enjoy being alone. I chose to stop dating because I knew I would not want that relationship with a husband. I'm not same sex attracted. I came from a lot of abuse and just knew that marriage and babies was not for me. But if any Christian person has a sex drive Paul the Apostle said it's better to marry than burn with lust. Sex outside of marriage is ALWAYS WRONG.
Kirk is really fighting hard to dissociate himself from the body of Christ. He's close to saying "I'm not like those people, I'm more like you"
I agree with Kirk on this one. Young single and divorced christians are made to feel incomplete and unqualified for being single in the church. However, the WORLD accepts it. Also there are couples in unhealthy marriages as well. We need to call this out. God loves us for where we are . We need to educate the body in the value of being single and the value of fighting for marriage in tough times.
Love you're show brother Corey I have learned so much from your channel about the LORD love you brother
The only offices in the church where you have to be married as a qualification are Pastor/Elder/Bishop and Deacon.
You don't have to be married to preach. You just cant have more than one wife.
Kirk should have gave Cam Newton this poem
The Death Express
When The Death Express rolls up to your door, the things that you’re doing, right or wrong you can’t do anymore! Life on earth is short at its best, for we all are facing the acid test.
So when writing the poem (of life) make it rhyme, and it must be written on the shores of time. We must write it by faith, though we all like to see. But we can’t write this poem in eternity, so don’t sit on your seat until you hear the beep, get up and start now, awake out of your sleep!
What am I sending on the other side?
Before The Death Express comes (those wheels) to give us our ride?
So get busy, do good, and get involved.
And when The Death Express comes, your problems will be solved. Slow down; slow down, so that you may learn, don’t run ahead of our leader, you don’t know where to turn. Learn how to give, how to bear, how to share, Learn how to do good to men everywhere. Now you can watch for the signs as we go. Stay under the blood of Jesus, that washes white as snow. .
When The Death Express rolls up to give you your first ride, who is your escort, with a heart full of pride? Too proud to listen, too stubborn to hear, But Wait! Those wheels, those dreadful wheels are rolling near. There’s an escort for every one and who will yours be? I want Jesus in the Holy Ghost to escort me! Speaking of space, there’s room to spare, for this train picks up men everywhere. It transport the rich and it transports the poor. It drops off one generation and returns for more.
Those wheels, those dreadful wheels, those death wheels. Let’s face the facts now, and turn around. For why would you let sin forever hold you down? Repent, quit, be baptized in Jesus Name for the remission of sins and receive the Holy Ghost and He will escort you in!
Read your Bible and follow what the Lord says!!! Kirk will not be the final judge😊
I hate when they take these kinds of arguments to these kind of platforms. Theyre just misguiding unbelievers. He looks like hes projecting.!! 🤦🏽♀️
ABSOLUTELY!
He seems like he is projecting 😂
Kirk doesn't seem to like scripture or Christianity. Whenever I see him being interviewed, he's complaining about the church and what the word says.
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🕎James 1:14
“But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.”
Christian marriage culture doesnt align with bible marriage culture. The practices are totally different. Kurt trippin
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2 very confused individuals sitting around patting each other on the back, validating the other's lifestyle and decisions. A lot of these people need to keep their opinions to themselves. You Tube is getting crazy in 2024.
God knew that the "Kirk Franklins" of the world were going to fudge this topic up since Genesis, so he made it clear that presenting our bodies holy and acceptable is true worship. Without this, our music is just melodies that don't have anything to do with heaven.
To be single is a gift...it isn't for everyone...but as a disciple you would need to abstain from sex...if you can do it do it..if you can't God has someone for you...just seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness...
I love the marriage topic. It helps me understanding what God divine design and purpose for us. And Corey I agree with 1000% with the biblical teaching of marriage. And I can witness as many other Christians who live contrary to what the biblical teaching of marriage is. It is not ideal but through it God can cause you to depend on Him in a way that draws you nearer to Him.
5:58 in my opinion, I don’t think that is what Kirk met when he said marriage is not going to fix your sin. If you have a lustful spirit , marriage won’t fix it unless you actually love you other half , and allow God to change your Heart. If you are in love with someone and care for them but are not married , then I feel for that situation marriage will help you.
I think you may have missed the point here as a married man. This isn't explained by Kirk Franklin and he may not have been the best person to do so. Therefore as a single 30 year old christian woman, never dated or had sex, I would appreciate being able to elaborate on my experiences as a women who has experienced life long singleness and has also been a Christian her whole life. And before you write this off, I do not have the gift of celibacy which is far too often conflated with the gift of singleness. However, I must abstain in obidience to God. The gift of singleness is literally that it is a gift and should you be able to live life in a God-honouring way, you can experience the benefits of being unmarried (one of which is being concerned of the things of the Lord whereas a married person is concerned with the things of this world and how to please their spouse - 1 Corinthians 7:32-34)
Definition of weponised - exploited for the purpose of attacking a person or group, or for spreading discord. The group that is being attacked in this case is the single christian (in particular women) often by married people placing marriage on a higher pedestal than it needs to be to make themselves feel better than the single person.
The point that I would like to add here is that marriage although a good thing is not guaranteed to all Christians. Marriage is a gift from God like the story of the denarius, not something that we are entitled to because we have lust issues or simply want a spouse like we want a to purchase a house.
Growing up, whether you like it or not, the message of "good Christians get married, bad ones remain single" was taught subtly so the desire to get married to prove that you are a good Christian woman especially is there. There clearly not enough Christian men to marry the multitude of single Christian women in churches. What a lot of people then go on to say is you should desire marriage and get married, but to which men? Unless there is a gender specifc revival bringing men to Christ, the Church needs to start getting very comfortable with a higher number of singles instead of gaslighting them suggesting that they are a problem if they are not married leading women especially into despair or easily explotable with silly seminars and sermons on how to find your spouse. Single women are a very exploited market in Christendom and married people should be doing more to support them in building and fostering friendships instead of pushing singles only into romantic relationships. Not every single is out here being wild or unmarried because they have no morals. In fact a lot of us are out here because the women refuse to compromise but the men are far and few between or there is massive compromise from men leading to an absolute shortage.
The question isn't should Chritsians get married but should singles be treated as second class citizens in the body of Christ. Unless married people are actively including single people in friendships and discussions they are weaponising their status against them making them vulnerable to the lies of the enemy.
Too many black women want to use failed relationships as an excuse not to be married again but you're letting the previous relationship deter your blessings from God he will give you a better man if you stay submissive I don't think you can do everything in your life by yourself I see a lot of tired black women now try to do everything by their self men will put on this Earth to be a helpmate allow them to do that
@@darleboler7404 Men determine whether a marriage happens, women have to wait on a proposal. Too many men (Black men) are NOT seeking marriage.
When people don't have a healthy respect for authority they'll always attempt to justify and walk the line with the world.
Marrige is not a fix for everything though, we often see adultery be an end to most marriages. You marry not to fornicate, yet you commit adultery. 😂 Make it make sense to me. Unless it is ordained by God, don't do it. People will know if God bas chosen them for marrige or not. Some people DO NOT have to be married.
Yeah, people also need prayer and counseling from elders.
@@xNaeja Obviously that's not true.
@@meandepiphany Obviously it IS true. I've seen it happen in the church I used to attend.
@@cameraredeye3115 People will know if God had chosen them for marriage? No... scripture says he that finds a wife finds a good thing. We're supposed to be the ones making marriage work. So, what you're talking about is people who are refusing to do that, not the institution itself. The ones talking about you don't need to be married, still do things only married people should. So what are you really saying?
This issue is like the biggest conflict in my life. As a Christian my dating experiences have made me hate relationships. I trust no one , i dont want to be living w someone i dont trust . Not too mention ppl getting divorced left and right. I really dont see how marriage benefits me and how its not a detriment. You putting everything at stake for someone and you don't know their true intentions.
Just my lil ol opinion...but what would other people's marriage have to do with yours? Date and vet a potential wife for YOU! Everyone else marriage falling apart would have nothing to do with yours. Submit to God, do your part and lead your family. Your worry is almost an admission of not trusting God. That's the real trust issue. All dating is, is the vetting process. It shouldn't work with everybody, that's what makes finding a wife so special. The specialness of finding that one suitable to marry is the benefit along with all the favor that comes with finding a wife. If you dont desire to marry, have sex or have kids this a different convo...lol
Perhaps you should stop putting yourself out there and going to dates and focus on YAHUAH and in being qodesh and when the time is right YAHUAH will bring you a husband or not! Sounds like you have a lot of healing to do but it will only happen if you take your eyes out of the world and focus on YAHUAH! At the end of the day weather you get married or not you must still have your own relationship with YAHUAH and I can tell you first hand that when you do you are content either way!
@Kenneybthedream good comment. Ive seen so many people give up when (if theyre honest with themselves, they do want to get married, and they dont want to be alone for the rest of their lives.
Im 32--dont give up if it really is your desire to be married. There is always a remnant.
I'm currently dating someone who may be my husband. I prayed for 16 specific things i wanted in a man, (only three were physical appearance related), and he checked off all 16.
For context, i started putting myself out there and did a Christian dating app a few months before i turned 29. I'm a virgin, didnt really know a lot about men, had one guy cheat on me, met a few bad apples. But I've met someone who is solid and down for me. God can do exceedingly abundantly above all we can ask or think (Ephesians 3:20), and the effectual, fervent prayers of a righteous man avail much (James 5:16). I almost wanted to give up, i didnt think it would happen for me, but i know i didnt want to be alone for the rest of my life. Dont give up!
@Kenneybthedream Respect this . Appreciate you brother in Christ, this gave me some insight
Yeah Kirk don’t apologize for his sin, you do not speak for the “church”!
Nowhere in scripture tells people they have to get married. In fact Paul said it's better that you dont (1 Corinthians 7:8 9). Jesus said marriage is for those for whom it is given, but its clearly not for everyone (Matthew 19:11).
Its for everyone
You aren't chosen by God to marry someone
No it does not but at the same time Most people who are not married Fornicate..... Therefore its best to get married
Then you clearly do not understand scripture. Paul always said that this was his words, when he said things that God did not say. Paul said that concerning him being sigle, by using his own words, those were Paul's words not God's word to stay single. Furthermore you passed the ten commandments, were it clearly states you are to not formicate, meaning having sex without marriage and you are not to comitt adultery, meaning having sex with another person, outside of marriage. Just because the commandments were in the old Testament does not mean you are to throw the scriptures away, we still have to honor all of God's commandments and God made those commandments not Paul. And, scriptures says, God hates divorce, in Malichi 2:16. And God said all formicators and adulterers will not inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Corinthians rinthians 6:9. All of these scriptures were God's word. God honors marriage the scriptures says. So, if God did not honor marriage he would not have put it in the commandments and said all sexual immorality you will not inherit the kingdom of God. So you are wring and twisting God's word for Paul's word. God honored Adam and Eve the first marriage in the beginning of Genesis, 2::23. If you remain sigle you must stay celibate and not have sex period. This is God's word not Paul's. It's better to marry if you cannot obstain from sex, that's what it means, it's better to marry than to burn.
And what did he say immediately after he said that?? 1 cor 7:9 “but if they cannot control themselves its then they should marry because its better to marry than to burn with passion”. Don’t half quote scriptures because you only mislead ppl. There’s a lot of folks going to hell because of the very thing you just did. Quoting only the parts of the scriptures that benefit them and their arguments
As someone who used to be under the it's better to marry than burn,BRIDGE. I wish i knew better then. I wonder now why the church didn't go equally as hard as to preach and teach that God can and will keep us from sexual sin. God will never require us to do a thing that he hasn't made provision for. Perhaps some of the preachers were struggling themselves and this is why that doctrine wasn't taught as hard. I think it did the church a disservice.
I am divorced. My ex-husband is a drug addict. According to the Bible, I must stay single, and celibate or reconnect with my husband. I understand that. It feels like a sentence though. If he never sobers up, I'm stuck being alone for the rest of my life. God doesn't make mistakes but it's tough. I got married at 18 and shouldn't have. People, choose well.
@@electedandchosen sounds like he abandoned you for his drug addiction . Why wouldn’t you be free to marry ?
@beeroyalty2210 She will commit adultery if she marries again.
@@FatimaLuv agreed.
If he abandoned her and he was unsaved she is not under bondage in such cases 1st Corinthians 7 v 15 read it for yourself.
They always try to find excuses for their sinful ways
I wish getting married was as easy as you are making it seem. It's so hard out here for us. It's not that simple to just "get married".
He tried to use the classic half truth with a bit of wokism.
If you can go without sex, don't want to have sex. You live a celibate life and devoted to God. If you can't go without sex. You need to be married. If he said you don't have to get married. Divorce your wife and go without sex. Then say the same thing.
Okay okay hold up!What is with Christianity being misogynistic?anyway about marriage the church is as lost just as the world when it comes to marriage,I feel like it is being idolised just like the world is idolizing it.Churches ought to preach marriage from the point of one's marriage to Jesus Christ.We have many believers who don't honor being married to Christ and that is where the problem starts.
It is easier too can only speak from my own experience in that I have found a deeper relationship and understanding of Father God as a parent myself. Many atheists for example I believe grapple with who God is because they do not understand discipline is from love. God bless everyone. This was a thought provoking video thank you for sharing.
Actually you have authority to speak on your experience as God's design because what you stated is EXACTLY the point of The Bible telling us we have a Heavenly Father, Jesus calling us little children and family, etc.. The Bible is parallel after parallel so that we can better know, understand, relate, and grow closer to our creator. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
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I listened to the whole interview and Kirk is right. You will have to listen to the whole interview to understand what he was saying. He was stating that the church pushes the narrative of marriage too much which makes singles feel less valuable to be used in ministry within the church. The Apostle Paul himself is single according to 1 Corinthians 7. So therefore I agree with what Kirk was saying! The interview I’m referring to is the one with Lecrae btw.
I've only listened to the snippet here, and well... It's hard to overstate the importance of marriage, as the FIRST commandment God ever gave mankind, was to be fruitful and multiply. God even said that it is NOT GOOD for man to be alone. Hence the creation of the woman.
Being single is certainly treated by God as the exception and not the norm. However, in these times, we are trying to treat the exception as the norm, especially as we lose hope in finding partners in a world that prioritizes sexual immorality in all its forms.
Also, I do not think making marriage a goal lessens the value of a single person (though some may certainly look down on unmarried folk), but there are valid reasons to be married, as Corey mentioned some, that are a blessing to those involved, as well as to the body: companionship, responsibility, selflessness, stability, education, child-rearing, sexual sanctification (which means running away from the sin of sexual immorality), and the advancement of the Kingdom. Being single in the church is not wrong, but it ought to be a desire for those who wish to love the Lord with their entire being.
The first place where evangelization begins in the household. Remember, God first told Abraham to teach his household the commands and statutes of the Lord, not to go about proclaiming Him among the heathens. And if a stranger wishes to join his household, they would have to submit themselves to those same commands and statutes the Lord gave him.
Also, if I may ask, could you share some of the reasons why singles would prefer not to be married? I'd like to better understand the resistance to marriage, other than the church "pushing" that narrative "too much."
I mean if you single and don't fornicate then I don't see a problem with being single..... Well at least how Paul explained it
But the man is a rotten fruit or rotten tree who bears rotten fruit b
Paul stats a opinión and in Matthew and other books we are commanded by.God the Holy Spirit ❤ we are not meant to be alone
I've been saved for over 25 years and I have never not one time heard anyone be pressured to be married in the service I have attended. My issue here is when he says the church the church he is speaking of is the body of Christ which means he's talking about something that the world is going to take as a whole and we're all going to be the ones ridiculed for that. Whereas every service is not like that the ones he attended are the ones his wife attended are
In the west, unlike in the rest of the world, religion has so used marriage as THE only way for a man to be complete and live his full God given potential and calling. If one is not then married by a certain number of years, then the church basically let's them occupy a sear, but not fellowship with the body. Doesn't matter if they have a relationship with Jesus, and understand more revelation then the average believer. That isn't enough, they need to also be married in the church's eyes. Just look at going into a minister position. Religion doesn't take them seriously unless they have a wife. It should be based off of loving God's Word, and calling and being able to hear from God clearly, but the church has become more worldly and so, relationship with Jesus is not enough for them. They need to always hold marriage in some way or another .
I agree. I'm a single 25 year old male and I'm mostly ignored at my church. Most Sundays I leave church feeling more depressed than when I went in.
@@MrSilence99 I've learned to go to any Bible study that a church has. That way people can't focus on whether or not I am married or not. That's how I do church now a days. I don't rely upon the main service.
I think what society has labeled A-Sexuality is actually what Paul described as the gift of singleness. It’s a small fraction but some people out there really just don’t experience sexual attraction
Kurt Franklin is THE WRONG PERSON TO BE COUNSELING this man, because HE, needs to get himself RIGHT with GOD, DISTORTING THE WORD OF GOD!!! People need to READ THE WORD for themselves, and ASK GOD for The Holy Spirit, to get an UNDERSTANDING!!!
I love how you honored your wife by saying she's the perfect mate. Praise the Lord for you doing that!!
I think you should suggest it but not put pressure on it. Its a difference between suggesting it and putting pressure on it. Suggest it is to make you aware that marriage is something God would like. Pressure on it is when you condemn them and make people feel like they are not saved and going to hell because they are not. Always suggest but don't put pressure. Some find their good thing early and some later. Either way thank God if you find it or not.
It seemed like people on FB clamored to share and applaud that video. But to me, there appears to be this trend among Christians and "Christians" to see how much they can discredit God's order. It's like "oh look at this thing that God likes, but we've subverted, and now we view it in a warped way, so now it's weaponized or misunderstood even though we SHOULD know better"!😂😂
Christianity is a growth religion. Each area needs to be developed Isaiah 28:10 and 2 Peter 1:5-8.
A third grader can't be taught calculus if only multiplication has been taught. Read it all day long, but you won't get it.
The goal should not be actions to check a box and look "Christian". Too many do that nowadays. The goal is to do things correctly, i.e. when you get married and have children - be faithful, loving, honorable, righteous and just. Dont just get married, but marry for the right reasons, to the right person, and do it correctly. Same with kids - dont just have them, but raise them correctly and righteously. It does not matter what you do, but it does matter how you do it. I respect a person who never married, had kids, and lived a righteous life as opposed to a believer with a miserable marriage and pitiful children.
TRADITION OF MAN WILL ALWAYS BE AT ODDS WITH SCRIPTURES, BECAUSE TRADITION OFTEN CONTRADICTS SCRIPTURES.
The number of souls on his hands is scary.
SOME ARE CALLED TO SINGLENESS…PAUL CALLED IT A GIFT!!!!!!
If Kirk could flourish in secular music, I believe he would.
But gospel music is what pays his bills. Being a gospel artist doesn’t make you a believer though. We should know him by his fruit.
Cam is a son of a minister, he knows better. Together they will find comfort in evil doings.
These celebrities are trying to use their status to promote "Lukewarmness". That's their agenda! We know that no man can serve two masters.
My ex husband was a minister of music in the church and a Pastor's son, who cheated throughout our marriage with women in and out of the church. When he left our marriage, the church covered him. They did not make him sit down. He was allowed to continue in ministry and I was shunned. True story.
@@justliss1827 lol i just went on a date with a man who had that same story, has many church lovers and even a child out of wedlock…still works in the church tho. Went to lunch either him and a stranger, a woman from his church walked up and told me he’s bad news with her eyes. 😂😂
That is terrible I know how that can be in the Church. I got pregnant and was shunned but baby daddy was not. Men get away with anything in the church.
I thought my mother was the only one who used the term, "Tell the truth, shame the devil"😅
But Kirk is not a Christian, I'm confused
Those "issues" and "comparisons" to others will choke the life out of a good marriage.
Marriage does not prevent or correct sexual sin, integrity does. Yes marriage is honorable, but marriage is not a requirement. Rather than forcing people into marriage, the church should have taught and encouraged the importance of sexual purity and integrity
Its almost as if people forgot about growing the fruits of the spirit such as self control.
Ouch, Corey, u sprayed stray bullets 😂you said your wife😂
Kirk has gone over the edge
Yes, of course God can use single people and some people are called to be single, but we are talking about single and chaste, single and pure, not single and still out there reaping the rewards of a marriage- which is what these men seem to be talking about.
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Proverbs 16 : 16
Singleness is not for "most" Christians. The is are you "really" single? not messing around and still going to Church (like I once did)
If I'm too afraid to commit to one person by marrying them, how does it make sense to commit to making a human being with them and be completely ok with abandoning both whenever the expectations exceed their willingness to sacrifice what it takes to stay married?
I'm twice divorced and have an adult child.
I am a new christian and now choose to remain single and celibate so I can focus as much as possible on my Lord.
But this is not how I use to think before and that thinking didn't bring me anything but heartbreak.
And all who call themselves christians should feel a need to read the bible.
I mean, nobody needs to try to convince me to want to spend time with someone I adore, so why should anyone have to tell me to want to know more about the one I say I love and belong to?
I dont mean to judge, but to make you see that He is the treasure! 🥰 Not his blessings nor his creation, but Him! ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥 His word is all we trully have concrete at the tip of our fingers. When others are dying to just get to hear or read a verse in secret due to persecution.
He tells us who he is, what he wants, what he promises his children, what pleases him or angers him. What is offensive so we may love him the way he deserves to be loved and much more.
He tells it all... But do we really wamt to know him? The one who gave his life for us? The only one who will never leave us nor forsake us? The only one who loves us unconditionally.
Salvation is conditional, but not his love.
We have and will betray him, we will prioritize him last if at all. 😭😭😭
Do we really want to settle for the fractuted version of him that suits our expectaions. 💔
Or do we really want to seek to experience as much of his glory as he wishes to grant us? ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
I tell you, if I find something in scripture that I disagree with or dont understand, then I need to be corrected or I need to understand.
For He is perfect and Holy in ALL his ways.
He is faithful and he is most worthy of ALL my efforts and to receive ALL his childrens Glory, Honor and Praise forever! Halleluja! 🎉🎉🎉
That was terrible for him to deceive Cam and others with the mess he was saying. He went there and told that man everything he wanted to hear.
“let every man be a liar and God be true” “Be fruitful and multiply” God command. “Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing” these are just a few passages that i can remember off the top of my head.
Genesis 2:18 says, "It is not good for the man to be alone". Marriage is a way for people to complete each other and experience intimacy.
They complement each other. Not complete. Only God completes us.
He needs to clarify THE SERVICE that she experienced those things in because when he says THE CHURCH he's accusing THE BODY and he's wrong about that! Marriage is going to fix the fornication not sin in totality. And why he's not talking about the porn addiction he had and played a role in wrongful treatment towards the women in his group "God's Property " . Speaking on how someone can be delivered from it and how to do it. I'm just saying he is being dysfunction in his interview
The perfect mate joke at the end😂😂
I much prefer biblical patriarchy over worldly feminism. The Church is the Bride of Christ, of which Christ is the head. Marriage is to emulate this. How is Kirk Franklin going to speak so poorly of an institution that God ordained in the beginning, even before the fall? Just because fallable men sin while fulfilling their role God gave them, that doesn't mean that women should have that role.
When did he speak poorly of marriage?
Thank you for using reason. Marriage doesn’t fix sin, well if you were ok with being unmarried before and now you’ve had a change of heart and want to obey God do you decide to get married, well yes that includes repentence and obedience. If you just happen to get married and had no problem with fornicating up to your wedding, well then you may still have a problem with disobedience.
I think there is an issue within the church where if you are single after a certain age something is wrong with you. I agree marriage has been weaponised BUT Kirk Franklin is one of those who loves to throw stones at the church and goes to the unsaved or people who are like him in thinking to do it . Yes there are issues within the body of Christ regarding how marriage and singleness is viewed but this is not something peculiar to the church. Wisdom says a pastor is married and marriage counselling should be something offered to couples particularly young ones. Yes Kirk has made good points in this area but Kirk is all kinds of wrong just in this interview. Kirk talks about still experiencing trauma every day yet he still claims to minister for Christ, something is wrong.
I am ready to learn