{"id":2970,"date":"2025-07-03T13:47:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T13:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nrb.ttm.mybluehost.me\/?p=2970"},"modified":"2025-07-03T13:47:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T13:47:19","slug":"samskost-ali-poroka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nrb.ttm.mybluehost.me\/sl\/singleness-or-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Samskost ali poroka: Kaj je za kristjana bolje?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ta prispevek priznava, da poroka ni konec kr\u0161\u010danske poti, in obravnava objektivne prednosti in slabosti samskosti in zakonske zveze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tl-dr-the-summary\">TL;DR: Povzetek<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Postavimo si vpra\u0161anje: \"Ali je bolje biti samski kot se poro\u010diti kot kristjan? Mislim, da vpra\u0161anje ni o tem, kaj je bolje. Pravo vpra\u0161anje se glasi: \"Ali lahko Bog dobi najve\u010d slave iz mojega \u017eivljenja kot samska ali kot poro\u010dena oseba?\" Glede na to raz\u010dlenimo, kako lahko najbolje odgovorimo na to zapleteno vpra\u0161anje:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#h-both-singleness-and-marriage-are-divine-gifts\">Tako samskost kot poroka sta bo\u017eanska darila<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#h-it-s-about-god-s-plan-for-your-life\">Gre za Bo\u017eji na\u010drt za va\u0161e \u017eivljenje<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#h-free-will-plays-a-role\">Svobodna volja igra pomembno vlogo<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#h-fulfilment-comes-from-god-not-relationship-status\">Izpolnitev prihaja od Boga, ne od statusa razmerja<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#h-you-can-impact-the-kingdom-either-way\">Na vsak na\u010din lahko vplivate na kraljestvo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Kot lahko vidite, ne gre za to, da bi bil eden bolj\u0161i od drugega. \u010ce ste samski, to ne pomeni, da ste manjvredni, in \u017eelja, da bi si \u017eivljenje delili z nekom, ni napa\u010dna. Obe poti sta veljavni in dragoceni. Poglobimo se v to, da boste lahko ugotovili, kje v tem spektru se nahajate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Biti samski je bolj\u0161e od biti poro\u010den\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WlDt0BOZ9SA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-intro\">Uvod<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Mogo\u010de je bolje, da se ne poro\u010dim.\" Ne morem vam povedati, kako pogosto sli\u0161im kr\u0161\u010danske samske, ki se sami prepri\u010dujejo o trajni samskosti, ker so \u017ee dolgo samski. Dose\u017eejo dolo\u010deno starost in pomislijo: \"Morda je to Bo\u017eja volja,\" namesto da bi ohranili upanje, ker si \u0161e vedno \u017eelijo poroke. Nekateri celo citirajo Pavla, da bi utemeljili svoje stali\u0161\u010de, vendar je pomembno, da podrobneje pogledamo, kaj je Pavel dejansko rekel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Kajti \u017eelim si, da bi bili vsi ljudje tak\u0161ni, kot sem sam. Toda vsak ima svoj dar od Boga, eden tak, drugi tak\" (1 Korin\u010danom 7,7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ali to vidite? \"Vsak ima svoj Bo\u017eji dar.\" To pomeni, da so nekateri ljudje obdarjeni s samskostjo, drugi pa z \u017eeljo po poroki. Kako torej lahko ugotovite, kateri ste vi? Mislim, da je to preprosto. \u010ce ste <em>nikoli <\/em>\u017eelel poro\u010diti in bi se raje poro\u010dil na ta na\u010din, ste verjetno <a href=\"https:\/\/nrb.ttm.mybluehost.me\/sl\/dar-samskosti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poklicani k samskosti<\/a>. \u010ce pa si \u0161e vedno \u017eelite poroke, lahko prejmete dar poroke. In samo zato, ker ste dolgo \u010dakali, \u0161e ne pomeni, da se poroka ne bo zgodila za vas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-both-singleness-and-marriage-are-divine-gifts\">Tako samskost kot poroka sta bo\u017eanska darila\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Toda \u017eelim, da si brez skrbi. Kdor je neporo\u010den, skrbi za Gospodove stvari - kako bi bil v\u0161e\u010d Gospodu. Kdor pa je poro\u010den, skrbi za stvari tega sveta - kako bi ugajal Gospodu.&nbsp;<em>njegov<\/em>&nbsp;\u017eena,\" (1 Korin\u010danom 7,32).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaj pravi Pavel? Govori o \"sedanji stiski\" v svetu. Preganjanje kristjanov v \u010dasu zgodnje Cerkve je bilo grozljivo. Pavel je omenil tudi, da je \"\u010das kratek\", saj je ve\u010dina kristjanov verjela, da se lahko Jezus vrne vsak trenutek. Ostati samski je pomenilo imeti manj mote\u010dih dejavnikov, zlasti kadar je lahko ogro\u017eeno tvoje \u017eivljenje.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-life-s-focus\">Osredoto\u010denost na \u017eivljenje<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Kot neporo\u010dena oseba se lahko popolnoma osredoto\u010dite na Gospodov klic. To je nudilo ve\u010d svobode. Zakonska zveza ustvari globoko \u010dustveno vez in, kot je poudaril Pavel, razdeli va\u0161e naklonjenosti. Va\u0161 cilj ni le ugajati Gospodu, temve\u010d morate upo\u0161tevati tudi svojega zakonca. To vpliva na vsa podro\u010dja \u017eivljenja, vklju\u010dno s tem, kje bosta \u017eivela in kako bosta porabljala denar. Na primer, \u010de vam Bog re\u010de, da morate dati $1.000 lokalni dobrodelni organizaciji, va\u0161 zakonec pa se s tem ne strinja, ste ujeti na sredini. \u010ce pa je va\u0161 zakonec enakopraven in deli va\u0161e duhovno razlo\u010devanje, bo podprl, kar Bog zahteva od vas - tudi \u010de tega ne razume popolnoma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To pa ne zmanj\u0161uje daru poroke. V nasprotju s svetovnim mnenjem zakonska zveza ni zapor ali \"krogla in veriga\". Ni namenjena temu, da bi vas du\u0161ila ali zadr\u017eevala. \u010ce \u017ee, je zakonska zveza namenjena temu, da vam pomaga, da postanete bolj podobni Kristusu. To je \u0161e ena stopnja samo\u017ertvovanja in predanosti. V zakonu vsak dan umirate sebi, da bi z zakoncem lahko postala eno v umu, telesu in duhu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neko\u010d sem sli\u0161al pastorja, ki je rekel: \"Bolj ko bo\u0161 umrl, bolj bo \u017eivel tvoj zakon.\" Ali ni to bistvo evangelija? Vsakodnevno umiranje sebi, da bi postali bolj podobni Jezusu? Ko je Bog v sredi\u0161\u010du vajine zveze, lahko prek nje prinese slavo. On vas u\u010di, kako biti dober mo\u017e ali \u017eena. Va\u0161 zakon uporablja kot pri\u010devanje drugim - s tem, kako molite, se smejite in \u017eivite skupaj. Va\u0161 zakon naj bi bil oder, ki prikazuje Jezusa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-it-s-about-god-s-plan-for-your-life\">Gre za Bo\u017eji na\u010drt za va\u0161e \u017eivljenje<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Ali je bolje biti samski kot poro\u010den? Osebno menim, da je to odvisno od Bo\u017ejega na\u010drta za va\u0161e \u017eivljenje. \u010ce njegova volja vklju\u010duje zakonca, bo poskrbel, da ga boste spoznali. \u010ce tega ne predvideva - in vi nikoli niste \u010dutili \u017eelje po poroki -, potem se vam ni treba obremenjevati s tem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0160tevilni kr\u0161\u010danski samski \u010dutijo pritisk dru\u017ebe in celo dru\u017eine, naj se poro\u010dijo. Recimo, da je nekdo resni\u010dno poklican k samskosti, vendar mu okolica za\u010dne postavljati vpra\u0161anja. Namesto da bi se oglasili, lahko nekateri sprejmejo slabe odlo\u010ditve glede odnosov, kar jim na koncu \u0161kodi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-seek-for-yourself\">Poi\u0161\u010dite zase<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u010ceprav ve\u010dina dru\u017ein misli dobro, je bistveno, da i\u0161\u010dete Bo\u017ejo voljo za svoje \u017eivljenje. Va\u0161i star\u0161i imajo morda vizijo za va\u0161o prihodnost, toda zadnjo besedo ima Bog. Kaj <em>On<\/em> \u017eeli za vas? Ali so va\u0161e \u017eelje skladne z njegovo voljo? Za\u010dnite z odnosom z Bogom in mu dovolite, da vas vodi. Morda vas bo pripeljal do zakonca, morda pa tudi ne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-biblical-wisdom\">Svetopisemska modrost<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ali zaupate, da ima Bog za vas dobre na\u010drte? Da vam ne \u017eeli \u0161kodovati, ampak vam \u017eeli pomagati, da boste uspevali in mu prina\u0161ali slavo? Jeremija 29,11-13 pravi: \"Poznam namre\u010d misli, ki jih mislim na vas, govori Gospod, misli miru in ne zla, da bi vam dal prihodnost in upanje. Tedaj me boste klicali in hodili k meni ter me prosili, pa vas bom poslu\u0161al. <strong><sup>&nbsp;<\/sup><\/strong>In iskali me boste in na\u0161li&nbsp;<em>Jaz,<\/em>&nbsp;ko me bo\u0161 iskal z vsem srcem (NKJV).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pogosto navajamo 11. verz, vendar \u017eelim poudariti 12. in 13. verz. Ko kli\u010demo Boga, nam prisluhne. Ko ga i\u0161\u010demo, ga najdemo. \u017delite spoznati Bo\u017eji na\u010drt za svoje \u017eivljenje - ne glede na to, ali vklju\u010duje samskost ali poroko? Preprosto ga vpra\u0161ajte. Ni napa\u010dnega odgovora. Evangelij po Mateju 7,7-8 nas spodbuja: \"Prosite in vam bo dano; i\u0161\u010dite in boste na\u0161li; trkajte in se vam bo odprlo. Kajti vsakdo, ki prosi, dobi, in kdor i\u0161\u010de, najde, in tistemu, ki trka, se odpre (NKJV).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vpra\u0161ajte nebe\u0161kega O\u010deta: \"Kak\u0161en je tvoj na\u010drt za moje \u017eivljenje?\" Ali ti bo razkril vse naenkrat? Verjetno ne. Toda korak za korakom bo razjasnil svoje na\u010drte. Ne glede na to, ali boste na koncu imeli prstan na prstu ali ne, lahko zaupate, da so Njegovi na\u010drti dobri in popolni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-free-will-plays-a-role\">Svobodna volja igra pomembno vlogo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Mislim, da v\u010dasih pozabimo, da imamo pri tem mo\u017enost izbire. Da, morda \u010dutimo pritisk dru\u017ebe, dru\u017eine in prijateljev, vendar je na koncu odlo\u010ditev na\u0161a. \u010ce resni\u010dno i\u0161\u010demo Bo\u017ejo voljo za svoje \u017eivljenje, se bodo na\u0161e \u017eelje s\u010dasoma uskladile z njegovimi. Zakaj? Ker ga ljubimo in mu \u017eelimo ugajati.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bog pozna in vidi na\u0161e najgloblje \u017eelje. Ko mu te \u017eelje izro\u010dimo, mu lahko zaupamo izid. Nekateri se morda spra\u0161ujejo: \"Kaj pa \u010de je Bo\u017eja volja, da se ne poro\u010dim? Jaz pa si res \u017eelim biti poro\u010den.\" Tudi v tem primeru Bog pozna na\u0161a srca. \u010ce si resni\u010dno \u017eelite poroke, ne verjamem, da vam to \u017eeljo daje samo zato, da bi jo zadr\u017eal. V Pregovorih 13,12 pi\u0161e: \"Odlo\u017eeno upanje dela srce bolno, ko pa pride \u017eelja, je drevo \u017eivljenja\" (NKJV).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-biggest-soul-cry\">Najve\u010dji jok du\u0161e<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Vem, da je mnogo src te\u017ekih, ker so \u017ee dolgo samska. Morda \u0161e nikoli niste bili na zmenku ali pa ste bili blizu poroke, a se je zaroka kon\u010dala. Nekateri tega ne priznajo, vendar so postali zamerljivi do Boga in se spra\u0161ujejo: \"Zakaj me ni blagoslovil z zakoncem?\" Pri tak\u0161nem razmi\u0161ljanju moramo biti previdni, saj lahko zveni upravi\u010deno. Bog nam ne dolguje ni\u010desar, razen ve\u010dne lo\u010ditve od njega zaradi greha. Vse, kar nam daje, je posledica njegove neomajne milosti in usmiljenja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bolj\u0161a molitev bi lahko bila: \"Bog, \u017eelim, da te moj prihodnji zakon poveli\u010duje.\" Veliko ljudi na zakon gleda predvsem kot na romanti\u010dno zvezo. \u010ceprav je zakon lahko romanti\u010den in zabaven, je navsezadnje namenjen temu, da nas izpopolni, da bomo bolj podobni Jezusu. Proces umiranja samemu sebi je resni\u010den. \u010ce se zdaj v samskosti trudimo umreti sebi, bo poroka \u0161e te\u017eja. Zato si zapomnite, da imate pri tem mo\u017enost izbire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fulfilment-comes-from-god-not-relationship-status\">Izpolnitev prihaja od Boga, ne od statusa razmerja\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\" class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>\u010ceprav vemo, da je to res, se moramo ob\u010dasno opomniti. \u017dalostno je, da svet in celo cerkvena kultura pogosto dajeta kr\u0161\u010danskim samskim ob\u010dutek \"manjvrednosti\", \u010de niso poro\u010deni. Nekatere slu\u017ebe nimajo niti ni\u010desar, kar bi bilo namenjeno posebej za samske. To je namenjeno poro\u010denim parom ali mladim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaj pa samska \u017eenska, ki se pribli\u017euje \u0161tiridesetim letom? Kaj pa samski mo\u0161ki, ki dopolnjuje petintrideset let? Sli\u0161al sem celo zgodbo o samski \u017eenski, ki so jo prosili, naj prostovoljno sodeluje v slu\u017ebi za otroke, ker so domnevali, da nima kaj drugega po\u010deti. Kako \u017ealostna domneva! Ali to, da ste samski, pomeni, da nimate smisla ali namena? Ali to pomeni, da se ne morete ukvarjati s svojimi na\u010drti?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaj pa \u010de \u017eelite potovati sami ali s prijatelji? Sli\u0161al sem celo za kr\u0161\u010danske samske, ki so jih odvra\u010dali od nakupa prvega doma, ker \u0161e niso bili poro\u010deni. Kaj? Da ne omenjam tega, da nekatere cerkve ne upo\u0161tevajo niti samskih ljudi za vodstvene vloge. Ali lahko prenehamo s tak\u0161nim popa\u010denim razmi\u0161ljanjem?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-feeling-inferior-as-a-single\">Ob\u010dutek manjvrednosti kot samski<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Zaradi teh predpostavk se lahko samski kristjani po\u010dutijo manjvredne. Namesto da bi na samskost gledali kot na dar, postane problem, ki ga je treba re\u0161iti. \u010ce tega problema ne \"re\u0161ijo\", se po\u010dutijo, kot da je njihovega \u017eivljenja konec - da jim je spodletelo. Toda ali \u017eelite vedeti, kaj je najve\u010dji neuspeh v \u017eivljenju? To ni samskost; to je nepoznavanje Jezusa. Marko 8,36 pravi: \"Kajti kaj bo \u010dloveku koristilo, \u010de pridobi ves svet, svojo du\u0161o pa izgubi?\" (NKJV).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preberi \u0161e enkrat. Lahko ima\u0161 vse na svetu in \u0161e vedno izgubi\u0161, \u010de nima\u0161 Jezusa. Poro\u010den ali ne, Jezus je najpomembnej\u0161i odnos. Vem, da sli\u0161imo: \"Jezus je dovolj,\" in nekateri od nas zavijajo z o\u010dmi. Sli\u0161i se kli\u0161ejsko, ker to sli\u0161imo tako pogosto. A \u010deprav je to res, to ne izni\u010di va\u0161e \u017eelje po poroki. Razumem vas. Dvanajst let sem bil samski, preden sem se poro\u010dil, in spomnim se slabih trenutkov, ko sem si \u017eelel biti z nekom, samo da bi se soo\u010dil z naslednjim letom brez poroke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-best-relationship\">Najbolj\u0161i odnos<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ali vam lahko kot poro\u010dena \u017eenska zdaj nekaj povem? Tudi \u010de ima\u0161 pravo osebo, je tvoj odnos z Jezusom \u0161e vedno najpomembnej\u0161i. Ljubim svojega mo\u017ea, vendar tudi on v svoji \u010dlove\u0161kosti ne more izpolniti najglobljih prostorov v mojem srcu. V\u010dasih moram pri Bogu poiskati mir in jasnost. So tudi trenutki, ko mi re\u010de: \"Moram se posvetiti Besedi in moliti.\" Seveda sva tu drug za drugega, vendar sva drug za drugega bolj\u0161a \u0161ele, ko sva v Bo\u017eji navzo\u010dnosti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pravim tole: Jezus te definira - in ne status tvojega razmerja. Nikomur ne dovolite, da bi se zaradi tega po\u010dutil manjvrednega. \u010ce ne veste, kdo ste v Kristusu, vas izzivam, da za\u010dnete tam, preden si za\u010dnete prizadevati za zakonca. Svojega zakonca lahko ljubite le tako globoko, kot je globoko va\u0161e razmerje z Jezusom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-you-can-impact-the-kingdom-either-way\">Na vsak na\u010din lahko vplivate na kraljestvo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"5\" class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Je bolje biti samski ali poro\u010den kot kristjan? Dobra novica je, da lahko v vsakem primeru vplivate na Bo\u017eje kraljestvo. Kot samski imate ve\u010d svobode, da sledite Bo\u017ejemu vodstvu - vzamete in greste, kamor vas vodi, ne da bi se vam bilo treba posvetovati z drugimi, razen s svojim krogom in bo\u017ejim nasvetom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u010ce se odlo\u010dite za poroko, lahko Bog \u0161e vedno u\u017eiva slavo, ker ga z zakoncem v vajinem odnosu \u010dastita. V tem, da drugim poka\u017eete, kako Bog deluje po vama, je resni\u010dna mo\u010d. S tem odsevate evangelij in dokazujete, kako Jezus ljubi svojo nevesto, Cerkev.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Najbolj\u0161i na\u010din za odgovor na to vpra\u0161anje je, da se vpra\u0161amo: \"K \u010demu ste poklicani? Kako lahko Bog prek tvojega \u017eivljenja dose\u017ee najve\u010djo slavo?\" \u010ce se po\u010dutite poklicani, da ostanete samski, to sprejmite. Z vami ni ni\u010d narobe. Ne pozabite, da Jezus dolo\u010da va\u0161o identiteto. Po drugi strani pa, \u010de si \u017eelite poroke, prosite Boga, naj uskladi va\u0161e srce s svojo voljo za va\u0161o <a href=\"https:\/\/www.be-salt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bodo\u010di zakonec<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u010ce razmi\u0161ljate: \"Tako dolgo sem \u010dakal. Ali se bom kdaj poro\u010dil?\" Ne poznam Bo\u017ejega \u010dasovnega na\u010drta, vendar vas spodbujam, da ohranite upanje za svojega zakonca. 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