Pastor Aloysius Bugingo delivered shocked his sheep and his own wife when he dropped a heavy bomb after he said the wedding vows every couple recites at the alter are not backed by any biblical teaching.
The vows, as known by the church are as follows :
"I [Name] take thee [Name] to be my lawfully wedded wife/husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part..."
Unfortunately, the House of Prayer Ministries Head Pastor came out and said these particular vows are very misleading. He mentioned that people recite these vows yet they are entirely lying about them. He mentioned that no scripture quotes that it is death that will separate a married couple. He called upon anyone who could to show him one scripture that states that the only way for a wedding to end is for either spouses to meet their demise.
"Aren't you the ones who deceive yourselves during weddings? There is nowhere it's written that it's death that will separate you. Do you wed to die? Do you wed because you want to die? I asked for that verse and I've never seen it. From the beginning to the end, someone should come and show me where it's written that a marriage should end only after a partner dies." he said.
Of course there were many people clapping by the time he mentioned this, while others looked on, confused. Pastor Bugingo went ahead to mention that some times in a marriage, things may get too difficult and one has no option but to run away. He then said he will not add on to these few words of wisdom he had said.
"Things may refuse. And it's not death that separates you. I've stopped there. Keep thinking about it." He said.
Bugingo said it's after death that some people regret staying in some relationships because of the abusiveness they endured. He also said that some people fear ending relationships because they are under family and societal pressure.
"People suffer in marriages and refuse to separate because they are worried about public opinion, yet the public opinion is not from the Bible, but hell. No verse in the Bible says one should die so the other can move into a new relationship. So, when they die at the same time, does that mean they sinned?” he said.
With the video going viral however,, some netizens have come out to disagree with him, saying there are scriptures that support the vows. One commenter quoted the King James Version of the Bible and gave a scripture, Romans 7:2 which reads:
“For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.”
Some even started to remind him that he had promised to live with Suzan Makula until death do them part but he is suddenly changing his mind, which makes them think he is on the agenda of finding another woman for himself.
