After reading several of my articles, I am sure you understand what is meant by singleness. Being unmarried isn't a curse, and singleness is the first blessing of man. A person in a state of being single is a joy to the Lord. When the Lord God can deal with an individual who is whole and unique, He can get more done.
I truly believe that is why God created Adam first. He wanted an individual, a single-minded person, who would be filled with His presence. I believe individuals, like Paul the ambassador of the Kingdom, who find such fulfillment in being unmarried in the Lord, are a special joy to the Lord God. He has a special feeling for those who are satisfied and fulfilled with Him alone. He can do more through them.
Now, having stated that, this state of being unmarried has to be a choice a total dedication of yourself, to the Lord God. It isn't blessed if it is forced on you by others, even by religious institutions. In other words, I am not saying that everyone should become a monk or a nun. That is about becoming religious. The Kingdom ambassador spoke concerning such things, including "forbidding to marry". Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
Arlene and I don't regret getting married, however there are things we can't do for God now that we could have done as unmarried workers. However, marriage is wonderful, but it isn't necessary for everyone's personal fulfillment. The ambassador Paul wrote again to the Corinthians that if you were to marry, you weren't being disobedient (sin). But I want you to be without care. He who is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord—how he may please the Lord. But he who is married cares about the things of the world—how he may please his wife. There is a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world—how she may please her husband. And this I say for your own profit, not that I may put a leash on you, but for what is proper, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction.
Keep in mind, unmarried Believers should be consumed by the Lord God and His Will. They are to be so preoccupied and committed to finding out who they are in Him that they aren't distracted by the search for other people. You can spend so much time looking for who you want that you have no time to be who you are.
Singleness is a joy and marriage is a joy; but all the time I am married, I don't ever want to stop being a single--a whole person.
I Timothy 4:1-3 I Corinthians 7:32-35
~~W.R. Luchie
I truly believe that is why God created Adam first. He wanted an individual, a single-minded person, who would be filled with His presence. I believe individuals, like Paul the ambassador of the Kingdom, who find such fulfillment in being unmarried in the Lord, are a special joy to the Lord God. He has a special feeling for those who are satisfied and fulfilled with Him alone. He can do more through them.
Now, having stated that, this state of being unmarried has to be a choice a total dedication of yourself, to the Lord God. It isn't blessed if it is forced on you by others, even by religious institutions. In other words, I am not saying that everyone should become a monk or a nun. That is about becoming religious. The Kingdom ambassador spoke concerning such things, including "forbidding to marry". Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
Arlene and I don't regret getting married, however there are things we can't do for God now that we could have done as unmarried workers. However, marriage is wonderful, but it isn't necessary for everyone's personal fulfillment. The ambassador Paul wrote again to the Corinthians that if you were to marry, you weren't being disobedient (sin). But I want you to be without care. He who is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord—how he may please the Lord. But he who is married cares about the things of the world—how he may please his wife. There is a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world—how she may please her husband. And this I say for your own profit, not that I may put a leash on you, but for what is proper, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction.
Keep in mind, unmarried Believers should be consumed by the Lord God and His Will. They are to be so preoccupied and committed to finding out who they are in Him that they aren't distracted by the search for other people. You can spend so much time looking for who you want that you have no time to be who you are.
Singleness is a joy and marriage is a joy; but all the time I am married, I don't ever want to stop being a single--a whole person.
I Timothy 4:1-3 I Corinthians 7:32-35
~~W.R. Luchie
