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Sunday, March 7, 2010

Jesus says


Q: Jesus says “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” Why do you think that a monogamous sexual relationship is greater than the self-sacrificial friendship that Jesus talks about? Where do you get the idea that sexuality has to enter the picture?

A: Because this is how Paul describes the relationship between human beings and God. In Ephesians 5:31-32 (HCS), Paul says, “31 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. 32 This mystery is profound, but I am talking about Christ and the church.” At the very least at an allegorical level, Paul indicates that the relationship between Christ and the Church is sexual. The Zondervan NIV Bible Commentary says, “‘United’ means closely joined and, taken in conjunction with the reference to ‘one flesh,’ can refer only to sexual intercourse, which is thus hallowed by the approval of God himself.” You are correct that Christ said that the highest form of love was to die for one’s friends. But who is it that Christ was dying for? It was none other than his bride the church, and the point of his death was to restore the love that was lost between Christ and his bride, as a result of sin. So, Christ dies for his bride, a prostitute (Ez 16:1-59), so that he can restore her to her true glory (Ez 16:60-63). Christ dying for his lover affirms undivided sexuality as the highest form of love because it demonstrates the undivided love of Christ for his bride. “Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth . . . . Then, when I make atonement for you for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed . . . .” (Ez 16:60, 63)








love is HEAT,but very SWEET when 4 LIPS meet then LOVE is complete

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