The Gift of god The Gift of God | Page 527

Salvation through Born Again 68 63 O women who speak so – if you find your son’s rib according to the will of the Lord, your son will be blessed manifold? 64 That your son should be blessed abundantly yet we write these things with the authority of God. 65 Do you want your sons to be blessed abundantly or lead a cursed life? Will you who make suffer others escape God’s wra- th? 66 O women who desire for dowry,is marriage not for God’s various blessings to be multip- lied? 67 Do you not want your sons to be multiplied, to be blessed, to be fruitful as you? 68 Will the scripture become worthless when it says – he who finds a wife finds a good thing, and she who finds a husband fi- nds love? 69 II You parents, who are boa- stful of having sons - you are puffed up for nothing. What do you gain (high) with sons? What do you lack with daughters? What hand is the greatest betw- een your two hands? 70 Those who have sons should see to God’s will for their sons The Salvation is the Gift of God to get good thing (wives), and raise their children in the word of God. 71 Likewise those who have daughters should not say in des- pair – alas, we have daughters and not sons? 72 He who has received dau- ghters from God, should consi- der himself to be a preserver of God’s gift, 73 should raise his daughters in the word of God, should hand- over those gift to whom, 74 they are to be entrusted acc- ording to God’s will. 75 If everyone looks for sons, where will they get wives for their sons? 76 If anyone feels bad of his daughters, how does the will of God be fulfilled? 77 So he who has daughters should not get depressed, and whoever gets married to them should love the church of Christ, 78 live with the mind of Christ he should give all things gener- ously. 79 O church, a rise and avoid this social evil practice from you. 80 II One is boasting that since the boy is doing a job and so he is greater than the girl. Another Salvation through Born Again 69 says – no, no, my daughter is gre- ater as she is getting more salary. 81 O foolish men,can you say which of your two eyes is great- er? Can you pluck out the left eye considering right the eye is great- er? 82 If not, can you pluck out the right eye considering the left eye is greater? O foolish men, are not the couple two eyes to the fami- ly? 83 O church, if any one encou- rages social evil practice of dow- ry, get him away from you. 84 II O church, we condemn you on behalf of our God who is a consuming fire on another issue. 85 That is – you are the root cause that is filled with divorcees led to heathens’ scorns instead the families should be multiplied, fruitful but not doing so? 86 Why are you filled with the solitary? Why did failure hit your marital system? 87 You who finds out the will of God about your unmarried child- ren, adjoin the ribs with respec- tive heads, 88 you have seen the worldly so- urces with human eyes, as putting a piece of unshrunk cloth on an The Salvation is the Gift of God old garment, 89 make patching up to mar- riage. So the patch pulls away from the garment and the tear is made worse, isn’t it? 90 Surely the tear will be made worse. Similarly you have graft- ed one rib with another’s head. 91 Because of these many soli- taries are multiplied in you, filled with divorcees as the thatched leaves? 92 So avoid the will of man that is not finding God’s will in mar- riages. CHAPTER 6 Oh church, our God,the consu- ming fire is charging many tran- sgressions upon you. That is – at the marriage you look their houses, exchanging fruits trays, at marriage arranging door han- gings with leaves of banners, daubing boy’s body with powd- er, sprinkling rice and papers on bridegroom and bride, why did you totally mingle with gentile traditions?Avoid them complet- ely. 4 O church, one more thing we are writing to you – at marriage why is the bride covering her head? How is this happening? 5 You are puffed up without kn-