For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant—For Yahweh says, “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, choose the things that please me, and hold fast to my covenant,For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;For thus saith Jehovah of the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast my covenant:
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… for thus says the Lord to the eunuchs who keep my Sabbath who choose the things that please me and hold fast to my covenant I will give in my house and within my walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off to the eunuch who is not able to physically reproduce I will give them an everlasting name a monument and a name better than sons and daughters. And so with that background, now go to one place in the New Testament, Matthew chapter 19. Matthew chapter 19. You see the picture here? And just as a side note, we were obviously talking about singleness here, but hear this. Women, married women in this room who struggle to have children. be encouraged. Sing. That there is a monument and a name that is better than sons and daughters. That there is a picture of reproduction in your life that far supersedes even that which could happen physically, that which is spiritual, that lasts forever and ever and ever. …
… And let not the eunuch say, behold, I'm a dry tree. For thus says the Lord to the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose the things that please me and hold fast my covenant. I will give in my house, within my walls, a monument and a name better than sons and daughters. I'll give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off. Did you hear that? Eunuchs, don't worry. You're single. But you're not a dry tree. your name will not be cut off. Your name will be better than having sons and daughters because God's kingdom comes through spiritual offspring, not ultimately dependent on your physical offspring. Now, all this was promised in the Old Testament, but it wasn't a part of Old Testament culture, which is why people were astonished when Jesus came on the scene and he started talking about marriage. And in Matthew chapter 19, verse 10, listen to this, the disciples said to him, if such is the case of a man with his wife, it's better not to marry. And Jesus stunned them with his response. He said, not everybody can receive that saying, but only those to whom it is given. …
… But beginning with verse 1, it reads this way. This is what the Lord says. Maintain justice and do what is right. For my salvation is close at hand and my righteousness will soon be revealed. Blessed is the man who does this. The man who holds it fast. Who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it. Blessed is the one. Another translation. Who does this? The one who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it, and keeps his hands from doing any evil. Verse 3. I'm going to give a couple translations of verse 3. Let no foreigner who has bound himself to the Lord say, the Lord will surely exclude me from his people. Another translation is let no immigrant who has bound himself to the Lord say, the Lord has surely excluded me from his people. Another translation, let no undocumented immigrant who has bound himself to the Lord say, The Lord will surely exclude me from his people. And let not any eunuch complain, I am only a dry tree. …