“As I travel across the country, I am amazed at the number of intelligent, Jesus-loving, Bible-toting, ministry-minded young men who absolutely refuse to grow up and take a wife! It is as though there was a new book of the Bible discovered (I call it 2 Hesitations) that reads, “Thou shalt not marry prior to graduate school, or at least until you have a middle-class income and a 401(k).” The only thing worse is looking into the eyes of the scores of young women who ask me what they have to do to get these guys to man up and marry them.”
Voddie Baucham, Family Driven Faith (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2007), 22
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You might want to consider some of St. Paul’s statements in chapter 7 of 1 Corinthians before so easily assuming that every Christian should be married! Celibacy is certainly an option and Paul strongly recommends it for those who are called to it.
Edward,
Thank you for your comment. I think it’s fair to assume that this is directed at those folks who aren’t called to celibacy.
I agree with your assessment of Paul’s statements from 1Cor. chap. 7, re: the man of God, working for God without the benefit of a wife. However, that same God said, “its not good for the man, to be alone, ….so he made a helper, suitable for the man to help the man be, and do what God who made him had purposed. Not many men, even the called ones have the gift of celibacy. I’m sure you know these things but just a thought …
Art,
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I know from my own experience that I would not be nearly half as successful in life, but for the suitable “helper” God has blessed me with. As for the gift of celibacy, I suspect it would be very difficult to cultivate it through your own efforts, especially if it’s not something God has called you to.
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