Asawa

Ang pagiging Obispo ay isang banal na gawain na ipinagkaloob ng Espiritu Santo sa sinomang nais na maglingkod sa loob ng Iglesia ng Dios.

Acts 20:28 Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Spirit hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

Kaya nga, kung ang sinoman ay nagsisikap na maging obispo at diakono, ay mabuting gawa ang kanyang ninanasa at siya ay may katangian ng isang mabuting lingkod at walang kapintasan.

1 Tim 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Tit 1:7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

Ang mga katangiang ito’y titingalain at gagawing modelo ng mga nagiibig maging dapat na magsisibalik sa pagkaligaw patungo sa mabubuting gawa.

1 Pet 2:25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned to the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

Bagama’t ipinahihintulot na ang mga Obispo ay asawa lamang ng iisang babae, iminungkahi rin ng kasulatan ang pagiging walang asawa upang mawalan ng abala sa paglilingkod sa Dios.

1 Cor 7:32 But I would have you without anxious care. He that is unmarried, is anxious for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

1 Cor 7:33 But he that is married, is anxious for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

1 Cor 7:34 There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy, both in body and in spirit: but she that is married, is anxious for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

1 Cor 7:35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

Ang pagkakaroon kung gayon ng asawa o walang asawa ng isang naglilingkod sa Dios ay isang sariling pagpapasya kung kanyang inaakala na magiging katulong niya ito sa paglilingkod o magiging abala lamang. Sabi nga ni Apostol Pablo:

1 Cor 7:6 But I speak this by permission, and not as a commandment.

1 Cor 7:7 For I would that all men were as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.

1 Cor 7:9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

Kung ang samahan na iyong kinaaaniban ay nagbabawal at nag-uutos sa Obispo na huwag mag-asawa, naaayon ba ito sa payo ni Apostol Pablo at diwa ng Bibliya?