Quote from: kate durcal on February 24, 2011, 02:52:09 PM
Isa 56; 4-5-6
For this is what the LORD says: "To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose what pleases me and hold fast to my covenant--
to them I will give within my temple and its walls a memorial and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.
Name cut off meant not to be removed from the book of salvation
3) Back to Matthew 19:12, Jesus explains here the three kinds of eunuchs.
a) Some are born without the ability to reproduce.
b) Some are emasculated by men, such as the eunuchs that attend royal women in the courtyards, or in harems.
c) And some have personally chosen to live like a eunuch so that they might focus wholeheartedly on the Kingdom of Heaven.
4) Read 1 Corinthians 7:32-35, whereby Paul teaches the believers in Corinth that a person unhindered by marriage can focus their undivided attention solely on the Lord God and His Kingdom work.
5) And as Jesus finished speaking in Matthew 19: 12, He said the person who can accept this challenge of celibacy should accept it, which is exactly how the Bible portrays Jesus Christ being single and celibate for the Kingdom of God.
