PART 32THE PRIEST AND NUNS MUST MARRY(F) THE CATHOLIC PRIESTHOOD AND THE LAW OF CELIBACY

8] The scripture reveals in Galatians 3 13 that: Christ hath redeemed us from the cause of the law being made a curse for us: For it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree. Galatian3:13KJV. Beloved Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law of Celibacy. Christ took our place and bore the curse on the tree or cross that He might make us free from it. We should free ourselves. What are we doing there? We are free indeed, the gates are opened wide. We have only one option and that option is Christ. We love bible stories to learn God’s wisdom. Right. Let us learn from this story to be fully persuaded that we have only one option to be saved from this law of celibacy since it was taken with an oath. Also to those who have been trapped by the oath and the system, it’s needful to understand our position in the sight of God to enable us take a quick flight from that system. The scripture in Joshua9 reveals the story of the Gibeonites who desired to make peace with Israel when they heard of their great victories over Jericho and Ai. They knew that all the inhabitance of the land of Canaan were to be wiped out and there was no way for them to save their lives from the sword of Israel but to disguise themselves and make Joshua to believe that they came from some very far country. The Gibeonites played it with great wisdom artfully. They came as ambassadors from a foreign country, pretended to have undergone the exhaustion of a very long journey and their provisions which they brought from home fresh had become soared. Their shoes and clothes wear dusty and worn out to attract sympathy while their bread grew moldy. The evidence was very clear that they were from a distant country. The Gibeonites played them until the Israelites hurriedly signed an agreement with them. The men of Israel suspected a fraud. Joshua asked them: who are you? and whence came you. They claimed to profess respect for the God of Israel and quickly accepted to be their servants” we are your servants and humbly sue for a general agreement:”Make a league with us” verse 11. They agreed and lived with them. This agreement was made not by Joshua alone but by the princes of the congregation. The agreement was ratified by an oath; they swore unto them by the God of Israel. They received the men but did not consult God to know who the people were. Secondly, the oath was lawful to both parties and so the children of Israel were bound by it. Though the children of Israel were uneasy at it, and their discontent might have ended in a mutiny yet the princes would not violate their agreement. Though they were drawn into the league by a deception and might have had a reasonable pretence to declare it null and void yet they adhered to it. If a covenant obtained by so many lies and deceit might not be broken because it was done seemingly inviting God, then God shall make a way out for us to evade the obligations of celibacy since we were deceived into it. While we consider that our freedom is a sure one, let us relax our nerves with this scripture in proverb which states: As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. Proverb26:2 KJV. The law of celibacy attracts many curses rather than blessing into our lives like all other laws written by men Christ has redeemed us from the curse of it and so we are no longer under the curse but it is clear that the curse of the law of Celibacy is causeless because Christ died with it on the cross. And so it is of non effect. The scripture in Galatians3:23-25: But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterward be revealed. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, we are no longer under the schoolmaster. Galatians3:23-25KJV

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