1 Corinthians 7 vs. 2| Bible on polygamy

Evils of polygamy

1 Corinthians 7 vs. 2  – Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband

What is polygamy? What are the evils of polygamy?

1. Polygamy is the act of marrying many wives
2. Polygamy is against the will of God of One man, One wife
3. Polygamy is the product of a lack of self-control
4. Polygamy is the product of a lack of self-contentment
5. Polygamy is the product of greed
6. If one wife cannot satisfy you, 1000 wives will not
7. Polygamists are not only the men married to several women
8. If you are dating more than one person at a time, you are a baby polygamist
9. If you have promised marriage to more than one person at a time, you are a potential polygamist
10. Polygamy destroys marital peace
11. Polygamy is an error
12. Polygamy can be inherited. If your father or grandfather is a polygamist, you may end up becoming one.
13. Polygamy is a spirit; every man has the potential of becoming a polygamist
14. Children of polygamists often end up being polygamists
15. Polygamous homes are a breeding ground for rape, armed robbery, hired assassins, prostitution, and ritual murders
16. God is not the author of Polygamy
17. Polygamy breeds Jealousy
18. Polygamy is against the law of God
19. Polygamy is against the Bible
20. Polygamy is caused by the hardness of the heart
21. Polygamy is the product of lusts
22. Polygamy breeds strife
23. Polygamous homes are often not peaceful
24. Several broken homes can be traced to polygamy
25. Polygamy steals the heart of the polygamist from God.
26. Polygamous breeds strive that lasts for generations yet unborn
27. Polygamists are prone to high blood pressure
28. Polygamy breeds hypertension
29. Polygamous marriage, if not carefully handled, causes sudden, tragic, unexplainable deaths and tragedies.
30. Polygamy breeds infighting, rivalry, and physical/spiritual attacks among the children and wives.
31. Another word for Polygamy is poly problems
32. Polygamy is a self-inflicted problem
33. Polygamy is the fuel for witchcraft
34. Polygamy is the mother of witchcraft
35. David was a polygamist in the Bible, but his son ended up raping his daughter.
36. Abraham was a polygamist in the Bible, but his wife ended up chasing the other wife away.
37. Solomon was a polygamist, but his many strange wives led him astray.

1 Kings 11 vs. 1-3 – But King Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:

² Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

³ And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

1. God loves Solomon, but when he became established, he poured his love on women instead of God.
2. He had over one thousand women as wives and concubines, and they turned his heart after Idols.
3. Samson was a polygamist and ended up losing his eyes and life to his enemies.

Prayer

• Strange women shall not lead me away from God in Jesus name.

11 Samuel 5 vs. 13 – And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

David was a polygamist; a lot of evils happened to David because of his polygamous life. For instance, his son raped his daughter.

Genesis 25 vs.6 – But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had; and while he was still living, he sent them eastward, away from Isaac his son, to the country of the east.

1. Even in the Bible, before Jesus came to fulfil the law, polygamy was associated with troubles.
2. Well, it was true that Abraham was a polygamist, yet this affected his marital peace and happiness.
3. He could not father his children under the same roof and had to send away the children of his concubines.

Prayer

• Oh Lord, deliver me from the spirit of polygamy.

1 Samuel 1 vs. 2 – And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

1. Eli was a Priest of the Lord and had two wives.
2. Some Christians use cases like this as a Bible reference for practising polygamy.
3. If you study the story of Eli and his wife carefully, you will discover that there was no peace in his house. As a matter of fact, the Bible described Peninnah, the second wife of Eli, as an adversary of Hannah, which means she was her enemy. Read: 1 Samuel 1 vs. 6.
4. If you want the peace of God and peace in your home, be contented with one wife.

Prayer

• Thou power of inherited polygamy, die in the name of Jesus
• Polygamous witchcraft of my father’s house, polygamous witchcraft of my mother’s house, die in the name of Jesus
• Every problem programmed by Polygamous witchcraft into my life, die in the name of Jesus
• Every battle programmed by Polygamous witchcraft into my life dies in the name of Jesus.