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NASB | Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you [and approved of you as My chosen instrument], And before you were born I consecrated you [to Myself as My own]; I have appointed you as a prophet to the nations." [Ex 33:12; Is 49:1, 5; Rom 8:29] |
Bible Question: I guess the need to be more specific is at hand. I have read up on the science of conception and come to my own belief that since no one can truly say when life begins in an embryo, (everyone has their varying opinions)then life is continous, from the egg in woman and the sperm in man and through all stages. To disrupt the spirit in the sense of controling it with our own will seems ungodly to me. What I would like to know is, is there a place in the words of our lord where he tells us not to do so. Other then thou shall not kill.....because, is the blocking of life continuing concidered bringing on death? |
Bible Answer: drapngflwr, Conjugal love between a husband and wife is meant to be both unitive and procreative. Sexual relations between a husband and wife are ordered by God to the good of the couple confirmed in pleasure and the transmission of life. Each and every act may not necessarily achieve both ends, but neither end should be intentionally impeded by unnatural (artificial) means. For example, a woman is only fertile for perhaps two days in each cycle. A couple is not under any obligation to have sexual relations only on those two days. They are free to enjoy each other with consent on any day. On the other hand, neither are they forbidden, when for good reason, whether health, physical, psycholgical, economic, to avoid sexual relations on those few days when conception may take place. They are free to abstain and thereby regulate conception in a manner that respects the dignity of the body and nature as God created us. This is the essence of Natural Family Planning of NFP. The couple acts within the norms of God's creation respecting how He created us and does not treat fertility like a disease to be cured with medicine or mechanical devices or surgery. Fertility is the natural state of the healthy man and woman of child bearing age. It is infertility that require medical help, not fertiltiy. If I wish to avoid obesity and I do not suffer from some metabolic disease, it is more natural to abtsain form food for a period or eat less frequently rather than have my lips surgically sealed or my stomach stapled, or take amphetamines which kill my natural appetite and prevent me from normal nourishment. The same logic applies in the realm of fertility. We honor our bodies and their natural conditions and cycles and at the same time we can exercise responsible restarint to achieve legitimate goals of regulating the size of our families when necessary for legitimate reasons. You may find this link of interest. http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s2c2a6.htm#III God bless you and your family, Emmaus |