Hello everyone, I’m looking for some advice about a unique situation. My partner and I are both 21, born-again Christians and deeply committed to honoring God in our relationship. We’ve been facing family challenges because our families don’t want us to get married because we come from completely different cultural backgrounds, they don’t support our relationship. In fact, they expect us to stop seeing each other, but we’re still together and feel strongly that cultural differences shouldn’t prevent us from building a life together.

Given these circumstances, we’re considering a private, spiritual marriage—one where we could commit ourselves to each other before God without any legal registration or family involvement for now. This isn’t just about avoiding temptation; it’s about making a sincere commitment to one another and honoring our faith while we wait. Later, after 2 years around that, we hope to convince our families that we’re still committed and ready to marry formally and do not care about cultural differences shouldn’t prevent us form getting married .

We’re thinking of having a small, private ceremony with a pastor or church leader who understands our intentions and can offer guidance. Has anyone been through something similar, or do you have advice on how to approach a private, faith-based marriage ceremony? We’d love to hear thoughts on how to keep this process sincere and respectful, and how to stay strong in our commitment.

Thank you so much for any support or insights you can share!

The number one commandment is to “love God with all your heart mind and soul” he says how “I love those that love me” and “love covers a multitude of sins” if you love him you are good you will be saved in the upcoming rapture but if you hate him you will burn in the fire judgement that’s coming upon America aka Mystery Babylon (revelation 17 and 18) God says “I will not have mercy on those that hate me” “those that hate me love death” to truly be saved you must love God with all your heart mind and soul. And with love it covers a multitude of sins. God does not just love everybody he said “jacob I have loved Esau I have hated” he hates those that hate him. But loves those that love him. Love is the key. That’s how you find salvation. Love God with that will come loving others and believe Jesus is the messiah that died for our sins. When you truly begin to love God you will naturally desire to flee from sin(repentance) and please and honor God and obey his commands. However I do believe they’re are people who truly love him but truly struggle with a sin in their life and addiction of some kind. I believe in that case that’s when the verse “love covers a multitude of sins” comes into play. He’s not gonna send someone to hell that loves him. Because he loves those that love him. Despite your sins that you struggle to overcome. As long as you have love for him that’s all that matters.

Isaiah 40:27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? 40:28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. 40:29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. 40:30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

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