Christian ladies, do God WANT you to get married?

[Melethiel]

From where in Scripture do you get the idea that most Christians are given the gift of celibacy? The implication all throughout the NT is that celibacy is the exception, not the rule.

 

[If Not For Grace]

You must first look to be a mate, then you will find one, just like friendship.

 

[Luther073082]

Ok well first of all, the bible says that not everyone will be saved by judgement day, so for this hypothetical, we will suspend our knowledge of bible prophecy and this would be my answer: If everyone got converted, and no one was married, so the human race died off - this would result in the MAXIMUM number of salvations possible and would be the ideal scenario for every person on earth! Children are only a (true) blessing if they grow up to become christians. If they dont follow God, they become more of a curse than a blessing. God is working along a prophetic calendar. The bible talks about their being "seasons and times" for things. God's plan to populate the earth was the "season and time" of adam, and basically the rest of the old covenant". Since the New Covenant has begun (Jesus onwards), God's into a new season of his prophetic calendar - he is no longer concerneced with seeing that the earth is populated (since it IS already OVERLY POPULATED - evidenced by the millions of homeless and starving). The populate the earth box has been "ticked". Now in the new covenant we are to move onto "saving" the earth, not "populating" the earth (that was for generations long before our time).

I have to challenge you on your over population belief.

Its not that the earth is overpopulated. Not by a long shot. Over population isn't producing homelessness and starvation.

A lack of stability and law and order are what is producing homelessness and starvation.

The entire contentent of Africa could easily feed itself and build themselves homes if they had stability and law and order. However this is something they lack. Individual warlords are wandering around everywhere with small armies. They basically use these armies to take anything they want from anyone. That means its effectivly useless to try to grow food because the minute you harvest it, there will be a couple hundred guys with assault rifles pointed at you and your family demanding your food.

Plus they will might take your kids while they are at it. The boys to train as soldiers and the girls for sexual slavery or forced marriage.

At least at this point, overpopulation isn't really the problem. The problem is that there are many places in the world where law and order is non-existant. And where law and order is non-existant, poverty, starvation, and homelessness are sure to follow. Thats because it doesn't pay to produce anything in a world where anyone with a gun can just walk up and take what you've produced with no fear of repercussions.

 

[drummer4jesus]

I think people would be best served by reading Triplett Gillis' website on the "gift" of singleness. It sorted things out for me and gave me great peace!!! Praise God!!!

 

[The Nihilist]

listen, I did a google image search for "thread necromancer," and this was one of the results. So: