Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) once wisely observed, "A man without a wife is but half a man" (Poor Richard's Almanac, January, 1755). There are many such ancient sayings among the peoples of the world, each of which expresses the belief that there is divine design behind the union of a man and woman.

     An Ethiopian adage is,  "Woman without man is like a field without seed." In West Africa the older ones teach the younger: "One stone does not grind the meal." A noted psychiatrist, Irving Bieber (b. 1908), in an essay on living the single life, stated, "There is increasing recognition that bachelorhood is symptomatic of psychopathology." In other words, our Creator chose to create us male and female, and it was His intent that we find our greatest fulfillment in union with one another. Living apart from that divine design, unless there is some compelling reason to do so, is less than the Ideal.

     Perhaps the great reformer Martin Luther (1483-1546) expressed it best when he declared, "There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage" (Table Talk).

     In the U.S. A. we are being flooded with homosexual propaganda. Some people want to pretend that it's all right to NOT marry, or to marry perversely in what is no marriage at all.  Everyone should be involved in a Bible Study concerning Marriage.   KYOWVA has one which I can recommend as well as a seminar.

   Plainly, don’t get short changed.  Let’s be ready to meet our Maker.  The Bible (in Acts) teaches that to avoid hell and gain heaven - one must:

1) Believe In Jesus As Savior (16:31)  2) Repent Of Sins  (17:30)  

3) Confess Christ Audibly (8:37)  4) Be Baptized In  Water (2:38)  

5) Live A  Christian Life (14:22)   6) Be Active In the Church (2:47)

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