One
day, a Son of Adam needed a wife. So he went and tried his luck with a Daughter
of Eve
Son
of Adam: Dad said that I am to marry you.
Daughter
of Eve: But you are my brother!
Son
of Adam: I know. But if I don’t marry you, who will I marry that’s not my
sister?
Daughter
of Eve: God should make someone suitable for you from your rib, the way he made
it for dad.
Son
of Adam: But God no longer does those things. Sister, you must accept to take
me as your husband!
Daughter
of Eve: Don’t you realise that will be incest?
Son
of Adam: What’s that?
Daughter
of Eve: It’s the sin where you have sex with your relative.
Son
of Adam: But everyone around is our relative. Who should we have sex with now?
Daughter
of Eve: Brother, it is against the Law!
Son
of Adam: Which law?
Daughter
of Eve: God’s law.
Son
of Adam: But God’s law is over 1000 years into the future. How does it affect
us now?
Daughter
of Eve: You don’t understand, do you?
Son
of Adam: No. You don’t understand. There is no law right now against you
marrying me. 1000 years from now, there will be one, but we won’t be here! So why
should we be bound by a law we are not under?
Daughter
of Eve: Do you know that you make a lot of sense, brother?
Son
of Adam: Uh-huh...
Daughter
of Eve: Oh brother, you are the most charming boy I’ve ever seen! Have I ever
told you that I dream about you every night?
Son
of Adam: No, you’ve never
Daughter
of Eve: So, whose hut? Mine or yours?
You
are not under law, but under grace. (see Romans 6:14)
Just
thinking.... are you trying to live under a law you are not under?
“Christ
has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand! Never again let anyone
put a harness of slavery on you. For in Christ, neither our most conscientious
religion nor disregard of religion amounts to anything. What matters is
something far more interior: faith expressed in love” (Galatians 5:1, 6, The
Message)
But
don’t forget! There is a disclaimer (or is it?): “It is absolutely clear that
God has called you to a free life. Just make sure that you don't use this
freedom as an excuse to do whatever you want to do and destroy your freedom.
Rather, use your freedom to serve one another in love; that's how freedom
grows.” (verse 13)
Gwe, you're just so amazing!
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