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It's no secret that Jesus was not married and he is considered a perfect human being, at a level all Christians are striving to or are supposed to be striving to.
Note what Jesus said:
Matthew 5:28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29. If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
This means that a young man who is looking to get married can not look at his future wife with lust, or sexual desire, lest he be committing adultery!
Sounds like a nearly impossible level to attain, except you resort to radical means of "fixing" yourself.
Matthew 19:12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are also eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to accept this, let him accept it.”
That bolded comment is not really practiced today, but God only knows how many men have permanently damaged their reproductive function based on a literal reading of the Bible.
And, what about Paul? What does he say on the subject?
1 Cor. 7:17 Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 But because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband.
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7 Yet I wish that all men were even as I myself am. However, each man has his own gift from God, one in this manner, and another in that.
8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I. 9 But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
Paul echoes the teaching of Jesus, albeit in a milder form. He is not promoting castration, but permits marriage, albeit he is saying it's really for those who do not self control.
Btw, what is one fruit of the Spirit? Self Control!
FYI, just thought I'd share the teachings you won't hear in today's Bible studies. I'm glad they are not taught or practiced, but why claim to follow God and Jesus while ignoring these bits?
Note what Jesus said:
Matthew 5:28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29. If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
This means that a young man who is looking to get married can not look at his future wife with lust, or sexual desire, lest he be committing adultery!
Sounds like a nearly impossible level to attain, except you resort to radical means of "fixing" yourself.
Matthew 19:12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are also eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to accept this, let him accept it.”
That bolded comment is not really practiced today, but God only knows how many men have permanently damaged their reproductive function based on a literal reading of the Bible.
And, what about Paul? What does he say on the subject?
1 Cor. 7:17 Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 But because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband.
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7 Yet I wish that all men were even as I myself am. However, each man has his own gift from God, one in this manner, and another in that.
8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I. 9 But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
Paul echoes the teaching of Jesus, albeit in a milder form. He is not promoting castration, but permits marriage, albeit he is saying it's really for those who do not self control.
Btw, what is one fruit of the Spirit? Self Control!
FYI, just thought I'd share the teachings you won't hear in today's Bible studies. I'm glad they are not taught or practiced, but why claim to follow God and Jesus while ignoring these bits?