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imparts to us the inspiration and incentive. The idea and desire to plant a new church is "born within us" by God's Spirit.
SOME BIBLICAL IMPLICATIONS: MAN WAS DESIGNED AND ORDAINED TO BE FRUITFUL. Gen. 1: 26 28. A: DESIGNED TO REPRODUCE. God designed the anatomy and physiology of mankind, both male and female, to complement each other in the process of reproduction. The very design of our physical being indicates the importance of this particular function. B: DISPOSITION TO REPRODUCE. God designed and installed the "sex drive" within the mental, emotional, and physical system of man to ensure his continuing desire to reproduce himself. C: DESIRE TO REPRODUCE,- " AFTER HIS OWN KIND". Gen. 1: 11,12. God designed every seed, including the seed of man, to reproduce after its own kind and in its own likeness and image. We see in Gen. 5:3. that "Adam begot Seth, ...after his image". D: DECISION TO REPRODUCE. God designed the reproduction process to be subject to the will or decision of man and woman. This principle introduces the idea of family planning. The human will must be involved in the process. A decision must be made and then invoked. E: DETERMINATION TO REPRODUCE. Sometimes determination must also play a part, especially when for some reason conception does not occur normally or within a reasonable time span. In the Bible, barrenness was usually seen to be an abnormality and was even thought to be a curse and a reproach. But it is a reproach which God wants to help us overcome, as per Isaiah. 54: 1-4. "Sing and rejoice O barren, You who have not borne! Break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not labored with child. For more shall be the children of the desolate Than the children of the married woman says the Lord. V.4b. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore. V.5. For the Lord is your husband."
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