Archbishop Agyinasare Shares 20 Red Flag Marriages to Avoid: "Don't Marry for Papers"
- Archbishop Charles Agyinasare has advised singles against going into certain kinds of marriages
- In a video, the renowned Ghanaian preacher warned singles not to marry for papers, among other things
- Netizens who saw the video were divided and expressed mixed reactions in the comments section
Presiding Archbishop of Perez Chapel International, Charles Agyinasare, has issued a stern warning to individuals considering marriage.
In a video, the renowned preacher urged singles to recognise and avoid what he described as “red flag marriages.”
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Speaking during a sermon that has since gone viral, the respected clergyman outlined 20 types of marriages that people should avoid.
Evangelistic marriage
The first kind of marriage the preacher spoke about was Evangelistic Marriage. The preacher explained that with this kind of marriage, a person finds or falls in love with an unbeliever, and believes he/she is going to win that person (convert them) and marry them. He said this was not advisable.
He quoted 2 Corinthians 6:14, which cautions Christians against mingling with unbelievers, and advised Christians to heed the scripture.
Someone’s spouse
Archbishop Agyinasare warned Christians against marrying a person's marital partner.
"Someone’s husband, someone’s wife, don’t do it," he emphatically stated in the now-viral video.
Immigration marriage
The preacher warned against marrying someone because you or your partner needs papers. Sounding this warning, he recalled how a Ghanaian church member was persuaded into marrying a man from another country because he wanted papers and later regretted it. He noted that the marriage hit the skids after the man got his papers and left their kids for her to raise alone.
"Once he got the papers, he divorced her and left the children, somehow bi," the preacher said in his video.
Marriage ultimatum
Dr Agyinasare warned singles against marrying because they have set an ultimatum for themselves, warning of its implications in his sermon.
"When I’m 27, I’ll get married. Don’t do that. Don’t just set yourself a deadline and rush to do it," he said.
Watch Archbishop Agyinasare's video warning of the kind of marriages to avoid below:
Don’t get into a revenge marriage
The preacher stated that normally, when people break up, instead of taking their time to heal, some don’t do that. And probably because the guy or the lady deceived them, and went ahead to marry someone, they also rush into marriages to prove that they are also there.
"So even though they are not healed, as soon as they see someone passing, they accept the persons proposal and they get married. Don’t engage in revenge marriage," he warned.
Don't engage in Escapee marriage
He explained that an Escapee marriage is when somebody gets married because they want to flee their parents' home.
"Say you're living in your parents' house and maybe you’re three in a room or your parents are always giving you trouble, so you want to marry so that you leave the house, it’s an escapee marriage. Don’t marry because of that."
Don’t get yourself into a sympathetic marriage
He warned against marrying because out of sympathy or allow anyone marry you out of sympathy.
Don't marry because of beauty
Don’t marry only because of beauty or handsomeness. Because the scripture tells us beauty is vain.
Don’t get involved in a missionary marriage
This is when he believes that after you marry the person, you can change the person. If the person has problems now, let them change first. Don’t marry somebody to change them.
Marrying because you are close
Don’t marry because you were close. Don’t marry because you feel you have been spending time together so you feel you should get married. It’s good to marry a friend but not just because you are close, the preacher said.
Don’t marry because of accidental pregnancies
Speaking in his video, the preacher warned against going into marriage because one engaged in premarital sex, got pregnant and wants to cover up the pregnancy with a marriage.
"Instead of praying, you were playing, and so like play like play, you got pregnant and are rushing to marry because of that. Don’t do that. You can’t use a mistake to correct a mistake. Marry because you love the person," the preacher warned.
Source: YEN.com.gh
