Marriage by Rev. Timothy Gbadebo Oshokoya

(Given during the 1982 Camp meeting)

Q: How does anyone know the ordained spouse for him/her? What are the signs if any?

Knowing the Mind of God

A:  Only the prayerful and the consecrated can know the will of God and these are the things we tell those who claim to be praying to know the mind of God. Some would kneel and pray. We are never there when they pray, but they would explain they prayed as if they were seeking salvation and that God had shown them so and so person. Some would claim God told them the person’s name is Mary? I do tell them, there are many Marys in the Church. They never imagined we are not by ourselves, we stand by God in all we do.

They would think they could deceive us, we would ask them to go back and ask for a clear guidance from God through more consecrated prayer. He may know the full name but for fear we might accuse him of having a relationship with the person, he would not want to talk but we will make it clear to him, this thing you want to embark upon is eternal because marriage does not end in this terrestrial world: