Our paragraph topic is:
(Continence preferred to marriage) Part 6.
Christ spoke to his disciples concerning God's law, God's plan for man and woman. He gave them the truth. He gave them knowledge, even though they did not understand it then. He gave them a foundation upon which to build relationships with each other for the future of mankind. He gave them love. For it was through the love from the Father that they would come to understand the truth of God's law concerning marriage.
They thought it was hard. They thought it was difficult. They thought it was extreme. But they did not understand the depth of meaning in what was being given to them. For their eyes were focused upon the physical. Their minds were concerned with the emotional. Their hearts were built upon the passions of the world and not the spiritual being and the nature of God. For God was about to give them new life. He was about to transform them from the dead into the living. And all this was to take place through his son Jesus. So, they did not completely understand. But soon they would completely know, the truth of what they were given. He told them: "Let him accept it who can."
That was his message to his disciples concerning marriage and divorce, adultery and immorality, male and female, one flesh and many flesh. There were eunuchs who were created so. There were eunuchs who were made so. And there were eunuchs who gave of themselves for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let him accept it who can. Let him who desires to be chosen do so. Let him or her who loves God do so. Let him or her who understands God's plan and God's purpose be so, for the kingdom of heaven. For they are the ones whom the future will be built upon. They are the ones who are planted to yield fruit. They are the ones who were chosen from birth to be the fathers and mothers of men and women for all eternity.
And so the world goes on. The day to day lives of us all are not impacted. We live. We eat. We breathe. We have joy, pain, sorrow, troubles, trials and tribulations and we survive. But amongst all of what we do each day, we are of the world and not in it. For we are spiritual. We are aliens. We are created in his image. And we do not belong here for eternity. This is an awareness that each of us must come to. It is an awareness that we can have now or after now. But the truth still remains as to who we are.
Christ came that we would have the opportunity to be aware. He came that our eyes would be opened if we chose to see. He came that the truth would be there if we sought it. Whether we believe or not, the truth is still present. And our awareness of the truth will happen. The joy in that truth is in the now. The happiness in that truth is today. The peace in that truth is in his presence. Are you ready to see? Are you ready to believe? Are you ready to know? The love of his presence awaits, you and only you, both male and female. Come! Let him, or her, accept it who can!
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
Christ spoke to his disciples concerning God's law, God's plan for man and woman. He gave them the truth. He gave them knowledge, even though they did not understand it then. He gave them a foundation upon which to build relationships with each other for the future of mankind. He gave them love. For it was through the love from the Father that they would come to understand the truth of God's law concerning marriage.
They thought it was hard. They thought it was difficult. They thought it was extreme. But they did not understand the depth of meaning in what was being given to them. For their eyes were focused upon the physical. Their minds were concerned with the emotional. Their hearts were built upon the passions of the world and not the spiritual being and the nature of God. For God was about to give them new life. He was about to transform them from the dead into the living. And all this was to take place through his son Jesus. So, they did not completely understand. But soon they would completely know, the truth of what they were given. He told them: "Let him accept it who can."
That was his message to his disciples concerning marriage and divorce, adultery and immorality, male and female, one flesh and many flesh. There were eunuchs who were created so. There were eunuchs who were made so. And there were eunuchs who gave of themselves for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let him accept it who can. Let him who desires to be chosen do so. Let him or her who loves God do so. Let him or her who understands God's plan and God's purpose be so, for the kingdom of heaven. For they are the ones whom the future will be built upon. They are the ones who are planted to yield fruit. They are the ones who were chosen from birth to be the fathers and mothers of men and women for all eternity.
And so the world goes on. The day to day lives of us all are not impacted. We live. We eat. We breathe. We have joy, pain, sorrow, troubles, trials and tribulations and we survive. But amongst all of what we do each day, we are of the world and not in it. For we are spiritual. We are aliens. We are created in his image. And we do not belong here for eternity. This is an awareness that each of us must come to. It is an awareness that we can have now or after now. But the truth still remains as to who we are.
Christ came that we would have the opportunity to be aware. He came that our eyes would be opened if we chose to see. He came that the truth would be there if we sought it. Whether we believe or not, the truth is still present. And our awareness of the truth will happen. The joy in that truth is in the now. The happiness in that truth is today. The peace in that truth is in his presence. Are you ready to see? Are you ready to believe? Are you ready to know? The love of his presence awaits, you and only you, both male and female. Come! Let him, or her, accept it who can!
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
