Christian morals
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4. Is it lawful for husband and wife to practice birth control in
order not to have any children or too many children? |
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No, it is
not lawful for husband and wife to practice birth control either for the former
or for the latter reason, because God gave this command to the first man and
the first woman: “Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth ….” (Genesis |
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The Word
of God does not discourage couples from having children or having many
children, rather it speaks well of those who have children as well as of
those who have many children. Here is what we read in the book of Psalms: “Lo,
children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his
reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the
youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be
ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate” (Psalm 127:3-5).
Those who have many children, therefore, are happy; they are not accursed or
unfortunate or stupid or brute beasts, I say this because today there are
many people who say such things about those who have many children. |
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I want you
to know that when a wife becomes pregnant that means that she was visited by
God for the Scripture says that the Lord visited Sarah as He had said and she
became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham (Genesis 21:1-2). Therefore, no
matter whether one’s wife has become pregnant with her first child or with
her tenth child, the conception must be welcomed with joy because it comes
from God. Let us rejoice in the Lord, then, when we see families increase in
number like flocks, and let us not speak empty words as many people do, whose
minds have been blinded by the devil, who deceives the whole world. |