Celibacy -the last taboo
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Ok to start off, a lot of us now live in a sex saturated world when we get to adulthood. Though even before that, children often see things they arent meant to see.
Its like all the world tells us certain things about sex and marriage etc as an ideal state to be and singleness is often ignored.
But what is celibacy and why is it a gift?
Can we really overcome temptation and have self control over our bodies?
What does celibacy look like and does that mean you cover yourself up in a hair shirt and live like a monk or nun and make a vow?
Can there be celibacy in marriage?!
I dont have ALL the answers, but I can tell you some of the things I know from my own experience or what God has shown me.
Its like all the world tells us certain things about sex and marriage etc as an ideal state to be and singleness is often ignored.
But what is celibacy and why is it a gift?
Can we really overcome temptation and have self control over our bodies?
What does celibacy look like and does that mean you cover yourself up in a hair shirt and live like a monk or nun and make a vow?
Can there be celibacy in marriage?!
I dont have ALL the answers, but I can tell you some of the things I know from my own experience or what God has shown me.
why bother with celbacy. didnt work with the Roman Catholic priests. unlikely to work with Others.
Easiest way for men to be celibate is to become a Eunuch
IF you are called to be eunuch then God will enable you.
Some are born Eunuchs, some are made eunuchs. others choose to be. I hope and pray that those who choose that path aer called by Holy SPirit
Easiest way for men to be celibate is to become a Eunuch
IF you are called to be eunuch then God will enable you.
Some are born Eunuchs, some are made eunuchs. others choose to be. I hope and pray that those who choose that path aer called by Holy SPirit
roman catholics seem to have weird idea of celibacy, involving hair shirts, denial and then becoming paedophiles and homosexuals because they cannot control their own bodies. Celibacy is not something you can impose on yourself or others.
It is a God given gift. Though few people understand it. Lets talk about what it really is.
It is a God given gift. Though few people understand it. Lets talk about what it really is.
Many of us might be familiar with Galatians 5:22
that scripture lists the fruits of the holy spirit but few people really talk about the very last one.
Instead of cultivating the fruit of the holy spirit in self control or temperance, those without the holy spirit take to porn, devices and chemical or invasive birth control methods. Why would we do all that when God can give us the ability to resist temptation and set us free?
but you wonder how? Well lets look to Jesus, was he not a man as well and walked on earth in the flesh? How was he able to resist temptation?
that scripture lists the fruits of the holy spirit but few people really talk about the very last one.
Instead of cultivating the fruit of the holy spirit in self control or temperance, those without the holy spirit take to porn, devices and chemical or invasive birth control methods. Why would we do all that when God can give us the ability to resist temptation and set us free?
but you wonder how? Well lets look to Jesus, was he not a man as well and walked on earth in the flesh? How was he able to resist temptation?
I am Catholic. Celibacy is a valid choice. For a while, I considered if I was called by God to Celibacy and the Priesthood. I thought He was, and was ready to follow Him if that was His Will for my life. I'm still discerning, but more recently it seems to me that my calling may be marriage. I don't know. I'm content to do the Lord's Will whatever it is. I agree Celibacy is a Gift. Also, the vast majority of Catholic Priests carry out their vocation dutifully and faithfully. Only a few disgrace it; the same is true among Protestant Pastors, and non-Christians, for e.g. Jewish Rabbis, Muslim Imams and secular school teachers.
Here is 1 Cor 7:
32 I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs—how he can please the Lord. 33 But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife— 34 and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband. 35 I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.
God Bless.
Here is 1 Cor 7:
32 I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs—how he can please the Lord. 33 But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife— 34 and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband. 35 I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.
God Bless.
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well not being catholic I cant say that priesthood is a separate calling when it seems to me all believers are as priests, whether single or married
its just those who are married need to be subject to their husbands or honour their wives in ADDITION to all the requirements of a holy priesthood of believers who are servants of God...and so their attention is likely to be divided. Especially if their spouse is an unbeliever or perhaps spiritually immature.
its just those who are married need to be subject to their husbands or honour their wives in ADDITION to all the requirements of a holy priesthood of believers who are servants of God...and so their attention is likely to be divided. Especially if their spouse is an unbeliever or perhaps spiritually immature.