From: Sondra Brasile (sbrasile@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Jul 24 2003 - 12:56:28 EDT
Sheila,
But what a representation of that verse "the two shall become one" in the
forming of offspring, the mingling of two persons (in every sense) to become
a totally new, unique and seperate being. <sigh>
Sondra
>From: sheila-mcginty@geotec.net
>To: RFaussette@aol.com
>CC: asa@calvin.edu
>Subject: Re: Sin?
>Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 09:28:21 -0500 (CDT)
>
>Actually, I never mentioned anything about children. Children are a
>wonderful
>blessing from God that are often a natural consequence of sex but I believe
>sex
>between a husband and wife is much, much more than just procreation. I
>believe
>sex is a significant part of the wonderful mystery that Paul discusses when
>he
>says "the two shall become one."
>
>Sheila
>
>
>
>Quoting RFaussette@aol.com:
>
> > In a message dated 7/23/03 2:41:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > sheila-mcginty@geotec.net writes:
> >
> >
> > > The Word of God clearly states that homosexual acts are an
> > abomination. It
> > > does not say most acts or some acts or these acts or those acts. The
> > Bible
> > > clearly says that all sex is wrong except sex between a husband and
> > wife
> > > within
> > > the sanctity of marriage. Sex between a husband and wife is ordained,
> >
> > > sanctioned, blessed, and holy according to God. Any other sex is a
> > sin
> > > against
> > > one's own body; this includes any couple of any sex in a committed,
> > domestic
> > > relationship.
> > >
> > > Sheila
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I think sheila has made the main point. Sex is only sanctified when its
> >
> > direct aim is procreation, which means sex is never an end in itself.
> > Religiously,
> > that means the important thing to do is to master the sex drive, one of
> > the
> > most powerful of the body's drives in the pursuit of self discipline.
> > One who
> > is partially disciplined cannot do the will of the Father. Only mastery
> > of the
> > body gives one the total freedom to do God's will whatever it is. You
> > cannot
> > be bound to the body and bound to God. It's one or the other.
> >
> >
> >
> > “This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order
> > to take
> > it up again. No one takes it from me but I lay it down on my own. I have
> >
> > power to lay it down and power to take it up again. This command I have
> > received
> > from my Father (John 10:17).”
> >
> >
> >
> > Not everybody wants to be religious, and that's fine. One who cannot
> > master
> > the body cannot presume to match the religiosity of one who does or we'd
> > all be
> > sons of God. Then what of the achievement of the true Son of God?
> >
> >
> >
> > rich
> >
>
>
>
>Sheila McGinty Wilson
>sheila-mcginty@geotec.net
>
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