-Are many partners
ok? After all,
David
and many other Old
Testament characters like Jacob,
had wives and concubines? And Abraham
had sex with his wife's maid?
A few men and women having been emotionally hurt
in relationships, lack knowledge of how to have a loving relationship,
though they may have sincerely desired that. Some become homosexual,
thinking
it is normal:.Romans
1:26,27.
"If your feelings for the
opposite sex are fundamentally.extrinsic
to who you are and are more like a distracting recurring thought than a
driving need, then you probably are straight and only need to keep this
perspective in mind."....Deepak
Chopra.
Adam
was not created to be lonely. Neither were you or any of us:.Ecclesiastes
7:29. There was Adam
and Eve,
not Adam and Steve, not Eve and Evelyn, not Adam, Eve and Emily:.Mark
10:6;
Proverbs 5:15. Ecclesiastes
7:29.
Having more than one sexual
partner at a time shows immaturity, selfishness and lack of really what
to look for in a partner. If one is willing to enter into consecutive frivolous
relationships without a heart for the commitment
required between a couple for the permanent foundation necessary to progress
in intimacy and
account
for children that may come along, then that's his
or her choice.
Is there such
a thing as soul mates?
Some become homosexual.(one
touching example).because their
normal feelings may have been shut down from a lack of love and attention
in early years, especially from the father..(see
about how
to circumvent these tendencies in children)
"Past feeling" in Ephesians
4:19 in the original Greek means "separated from feeling", such as
some of the
'mankind' ones as compared to those of humanity. Tense
of the original Greek word for 'past feeling' is perfect;
voice
is active;
mood
is participle.
Once one becomes "past feeling", whether gay or
not, he or she becomes excessively
selfish regarding immoral
acts to the point of hurt for
self and others, as Paul explains here in Ephesians 4:19.
I used to wonder when I
was in my twenties how older men could cry when they saw examples of man's
inhumanity to man or children in third world countries so unfortunate that
they were at the point of starvation or severely ill. Like why should I
care too much to the point of action. I had my life as my paramount
concern at the time. I guess I was
callous
and cold, disinterested, but it bothered me that they were able to feel
as they did and I just couldn't. It just 'was not in me'. Now, I comprehend.why.
Now, it's different. I see things in increasing degree
from the eyes of love. I am becoming reprogrammed by learning about love
and thinking about loving things.
I prayed about it, saying
that if these men were sincere with these emotions that I could see were
good, then I
wanted
to be that way too. I like it that I now feel more deeply for people
and want to help them as well as pray about them and their lives so they
can be helped.
I know now how the
multiverse works.
The
key to a blessed relationship.
Never enter into a sexual
relationship unless you are sure that this is may be the one you want to
live with all your life. Have an agreement stage to live together to find
out for the both of you if this is so.
Before having children, a
man and woman need to be solid with each other, ready to have children.
This takes an agreement phase
so each learns what the other is really like and to see if each
of you can work out the idiosyncrasies
before a long term commitment
where you're both ready for children.
This agreement phase is often
called an engagement. How long should it be depends on what both decide,
agreeing to perhaps one year at a time. There are natural ways to keep
from getting pregnant until both are truly ready to have children. Certain
plants do this with no harm or changes being caused to the body. What plants
are they? I missed it when I first listened to it and don't now recall
which one of Gene Decode's so many talks it was in. I'll try to track it
down. I know it was in his Deep Dives ones.
Anyhow, really get to know
one another before deciding to enter the wonderful word of having children.
If this preliminary
relationship doesn't work out, so
what? Is it time for another one or maybe time for reflection
on the self first?
If the relationship becomes
untenable;
if there seems to be just no way for the relationship to progress, then
move
on out and away from it. There are probably a thousand individuals
with whom you could have a good relationship. You'll learn as you go along
what you really want in the another. Never get so hung up on anyone that
it would hurt if a separation occurs. Enjoy each other as you go along.
Always pray for others, want
the best for them in your heart and if necessary walk on from this engagement
period in agreement that 'it's just not working between us'.
There is no way the multiverse
will cheat you. You always get what you are, so look at what you
are and make changes that you feel need to be made in yourself.
Here one decides
to be different in ways improving comfortablity with another. Accepting
each other as both continue to adapt
in the relationship, builds a good foundation along the way. Always have
an eye to the long term potential
of being and growing closer together.
Just like today, many in
Old Testament times just did not have the conscience
in them to have a proper relationship. God laid down some guidelines for
them.(Exodus
21:3-11).and
this was before the time of the Mosaic Law.
More guidance was necessary for them back then as they just got worse as
time went along and so similarly
is society today:.Deuteronomy
5:29; Matthew 19:8.
God abandoned
all regulatory Old Testament restrictions:.Hebrews
8:10;
Ephesians 5:25.
The New Testament is all
about freedom and living from one's heart. One partner is enough, for why
would more than one relationship be wanted? Not only would it take too
much time away from spiritual concerns, but two or more women constantly
together in the same house? Well, welcome to problems. Jacob
found this out. Ancient times were not as today where one could easily
support many women and lots of children, as there were those who assisted
taking care of the logistics
involved.
Paul's
recommendation as to who should be taken into the traveling group was:.1Timothy
5:9. Of course some women and men, always have to have someone
for sex in their lives. Nothing wrong with that. That's just the way it
is. When there was great distress upon the
church
due to persecutions back in Paul's time, Paul had this to say: 1Corinthians
7:7,8.
Paul
was divorced or widowed at this time. He was earlier, before his conversion,
many scholars believe, a member of the high ranking Jewish Sanhedrin.(2Corinthians
11:22) the supreme judicial and
administrative council of those of Judah.and
was taught by the highly respected Gamaliel:.Acts
5:34;
22:3.
For history see.Josephus.
At local libraries, free on the Internet and for sale at Christian Book
stores, but also free with the free
Bible
program you can put on your own computer.
Paul was a member of this
extremely legalistic
sect
called Pharisees
which had strict.adherence
to Old Testament practices, understood well, but incorrectly so, in
the light of the New
Testament. As a member of the Sanhedrin, a requirement was that one
be married.
The Creator took Paul out
of all this.(Acts
9:1-20).as
he was so sure that he was right and that Christians were wrong when it
came to religion, that he would even travel to different cities to haul
Christians away to be put to death. With the same fervor with which he
did such evils, Paul now served God:.2Corinthians
11:23-30;
1Corinthians 10:33.
