Your marriage is invalid
What will you do if you wake up one morning and you heard the news that the company you went to register your marriage wasn't approved by the government, How will you react to it ?
A few days ago, there was a trend about a marriage registry office, According to the news source, they said that the popular marriage registry office wasn't approved by the government, which means they are illegal, this office has been registering marriages for more than 10 years and a lot of people have their marriage certificate from them, how can the government not know that they were unregistered under the government, the government organization said that all marriage registered under the company is hereby invalid, that means all the couples that did their marriage registration there will have to register it again elsewhere.
A lot of people was commenting about the issue and how funny it sounds to them, how can someone that has been married for 10 years plus just wake up and discover that his/her marriage certificate it's invalid, so they have been fornicating for more than 10 years, lol.
My favorite author (Reno Omokri) commented on it and as usual, he got a point, he said that no government or religion has the right to declare a marriage invalid, according to him, marriage is valid when both families bless the marriage, all other organizations or religions are not relevant in making a marriage valid, most people believe that without marriage certificate or blessing of marriage in a religious gathering, the marriage won’t be complete, you won't blame us though, it's what we were thought from childhood and it's kind of hard to just admit it's a lie, even if the picture it's clear.
He said that there's no verse in the Bible written that a church or a government should bless a marriage before it becomes valid, he also added some Bible verse to back up his claim, one thing I like about the man is that before he starts writing about anything, he always has a backup to it, he wrote few verses to back up his claims, but I will only talk about one, Christ went to a marriage ceremony as a guess, yes, he turned water into wine in the marriage, but he didn't bless the marriage because he knows that he's not in his power to do so, there's no place in the Bible that said couples should seek for the pastor approval before they get married because marriage is more like a family thing and only the family blessings are important, religions blessings or marriage registration center are optional, depends on what the couple wants.
Closing thought
I know that most couples will be looking for another government approve marriage registration center to register their marriage again because they believe that is very much valid, which is true due to the digital age that we are in now, a lot of things has changed and there has been advancement on how marriage can be considered legal now, family blessings its no enough, in most countries, before your marriage is considered valid, you will have to bring a government proved company that will validate your marriage, a court marriage certificate, religions marriage certificate, etc. The reason is best known as some people will just forge a marriage certificate and say that they are legally married and also just in case something rise (good or bad) and they want a paperwork of their marriage, that’s when the marriage certificate comes in to save the day.
Had a really stressful day, from the studio to church for rehearsals because my boss and his band are working on an online worship program next year, they did one this year and you can check it here.
The title of the program is Solace and I will like to use this medium to get ready for it because it’s going to be a beautiful ride on the 23rd of January 2022
then from the church back to the studio again, now I am exhausted and tired, I won’t be able to visit your article this night, maybe by the grace of God I will be active tomorrow, though I have some recording to do, I will try my best to make it work.
17/12/2021
Nigeria is a joke. Something must have transpired between the registry and the Government, you know Nigeria now. Because, it even sound somehow. The registry is very popular and I can say it's the most used