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1 | Accept: eunuchs incapable of marriage? | Matt 19:12 | Powerplant070 | 184267 | ||
Did he become one by choice, by man, or by birth and if so how does he knows(thinks to keep in mind. what its ok its to do God's will for your life(whatever it may be) if God place married in your heart then he will provide a suitable man for you who shares your desire and ability to have a Godly family. Just trust God and study the Word and be obedient to what you read and you're be bless. God Bless you | ||||||
2 | Eunuchs incapable of marriage? | Matt 19:12 | imforgiven | 184414 | ||
By man - surgical intervention of health issue - does that make a difference? I know he could adopt to have a family, but the verse addresses mariage, not kids. He is unmarried; must he remain single to obey this verse? Are there supporting verses? | ||||||
3 | Eunuchs incapable of marriage? | Matt 19:12 | jonp | 184417 | ||
Hi, this verse has nothing to say about whether eunuchs can marry. Jesus is illustrating the example of a person who like He did Himself remains single in order better to further the work of Christ, and He does it by comparison with genuine eunuchs who were either born that way or were made that way by men. These 'eunuchs by choice' are not strictly speaking eunuchs at all. They are men who remain single for Christ's sake. There is nothing in the Bible which actually says that eunuchs cannot marry, although clearly there might be problems in consummating the marriage. Under the new covenant God says, 'to the eunuchs which keep my sabbaths, who choose the things that please Me, and hold fast My covenant, I will give in My house and within My walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters, I will give them an everlasting name which shall not be cut off' (Isaiah 56.4-5). In other words they are accepted on the same level as anyone else. I cannot doubt that such a eunuch who marries and adopts children in order that he might bring them up to know the Lord is as pleasing to God as an ordinary husband. The exclusion in Deuteronomy 23.1 probably refers to those who had been made eunuchs for religious reasons by following Canannite ideas. Best wishes Jonp | ||||||