From: sheila-mcginty@geotec.net
Date: Thu Jul 24 2003 - 13:21:17 EDT
Sondra,
In Genesis, God created man, male and female He created him (Genesis 1:27).
After God has finished creation, He separated Eve from Adam, making them
distinct individuals (Genesis 2:21-24). Chapter One of Genesis says that God
told them to be fruitful and multiply but Chapter Two does not say that. I
interpret "the two shall become one" as Adam and Eve becoming one by reuniting
the separate parts and working together (towards a common goal) as one. Having
children is a natural consequence of becoming one.
Adam and Eve did not become a totally new, unique and separate being; they
simply became what God had already created them to be. Do we become a totally
new, unique and separate being when we marry? I don't know. Maybe we become
the one we were already created to be. That is part of the mystery of becoming
one.
Sheila
Quoting Sondra Brasile <sbrasile@hotmail.com>:
> 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).â€
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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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