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To: Doulos1; All
What did Christ have to say?

Some are incapable of marriage because they were born so; some, because they were made so by others; some, because they have renounced marriage for the sake of the kingdom of God. Whoever can accept this ought to accept it" (Matt. 19:11–12).

44 posted on 03/10/2011 1:04:45 AM PST by newzjunkey
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To: newzjunkey

The third usage of eunuch in this passage refers to “voluntarily abstaining from marriage”. Jesus Christ was explaining to his disciples why he not going to marry, for his mission was to be the Savior and Redeemer of mankind. No where in the church epistles are men told not to marry. Matter of fact several of the disciples he called were already married, Peter for instance.
We are told to marry, for it is better to marry than to burn (with lust) I Corinthians 7:1-9.
Obviously these so called priests need to get some women maybe they would leave the little kids alone.


51 posted on 03/10/2011 10:11:31 AM PST by Doulos1 (Bitter Clinger Forever!)
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