Understanding Our Genetic Code

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Understanding Our Genetic Code

• Be Fruitful and Multiply

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We Have Covered So Far

• 1. Jesus Christ is Savior and Lord
• 2. We Need the Word and the Spirit
• 3. We Must Repent and Believe
• 4. Forgiveness and Restitution
• 5. We started Be Fruitful and Multiply

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21st Century Society is Crumbling

• 50 Divorce rate
• Violent crime up 11,000 since 1940s
• Over 30 Million Children murdered through
  abortion
• Homosexuality is rampant and accepted
• Children are being raised by minimum wage teens
  in government day cares
• Only 5 of Americans live in a traditional home
  of Working Father, At home mom and 2 or more
  children.

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Who is To Blame?

• The Television Networks?
• Cable T.V. ?
• Republicans or Democrats?
• The School Systems?
• Elvis, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones?
• Anton LaVey and the Church of Satan?
• The Devil himself?
• Or

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Maybe Its the Christian Church!

• I am writing these things to you now, even though
  I hope to be with you soon, so that if I am
  delayed, you will know how people must conduct
  themselves in the household of God.
• This is the church of the living God, which is
  the pillar and foundation of the truth.
• 1 Timothy 314-15 NLT

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Fruitfulness is Built Into Everything

• Then God said, "Let the land sprout with
  vegetationevery sort of seed-bearing plant, and
  trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds
  will then produce the kinds of plants and trees
  from which they came." And that is what happened.
  
• 12 The land produced vegetationall sorts of
  seed-bearing plants, and trees with seed-bearing
  fruit. Their seeds produced plants and trees of
  the same kind. And God saw that it was good.
• Genesis 111-12

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Genesis 120-22

• Then God said, "Let the waters swarm with fish
  and other life. Let the skies be filled with
  birds of every kind." 21 So God created great sea
  creatures and every living thing that scurries
  and swarms in the water, and every sort of
  birdeach producing offspring of the same kind.
  And God saw that it was good.
• 22 Then God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful
  and multiply. Let the fish fill the seas, and let
  the birds multiply on the earth."

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Genesis 124-25

• Then God said, "Let the earth produce every sort
  of animal, each producing offspring of the same
  kindlivestock, small animals that scurry along
  the ground, and wild animals." And that is what
  happened.
• God made all sorts of wild animals, livestock,
  and small animals, each able to produce offspring
  of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.

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The 1st Command in the Bible

• Gen 126-28
• Then God said, "Let us make human beings in our
  image, to be like ourselves. They will reign over
  the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the
  livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and
  the small animals that scurry along the ground."

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• 27 So God created human beings in his own image.
  In the image of God he created them male and
  female he created them.
• 28 Then God blessed them and said, "Be
  fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern
  it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in
  the sky, and all the animals that scurry along
  the ground.

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Genesis 91 NLT

• Then God blessed Noah and his sons and told them,
  "Be fruitful and multiply.
• Fill the earth.

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The Myth of Overpopulation

• If you believe that the earth is full, then you
  need to travel more
• You can drive for hours and never see anyone
• You can fly across the world and only see trees
  and mountains and lakes
• If you believe the world is running out of
  resources, you should go to Wal-Mart ?

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The Population Boom -1968

• "The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In
  the 1970's the world will undergo famines --
  hundreds of millions of people are going to
  starve to death.
• Nothing can prevent a substantial increase in
  the world death rate"
• America's vast agricultural surpluses are gone.
• Ecologist, Paul R. Ehrlich

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6 Billion People

• Texas is 268,820 Square Miles so the whole world
  could fit into it at 22,319 people/sq. mi.
• The city of New York has a population density of
  27,282/sq. mi.  as of 2006
• All 6 Billion could fit in the city of Chicago
  with 15 Square feet of land each.

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April 22, 2008 Earth Day 2008 Predictions of
Environmental Disaster Were Wrong

• Earth Day is upon us.  "Experts" will no doubt
  bombard us with dire predictions of future
  environmental cataclysm.  But this is nothing
  new.  In a press release today, Washington Policy
  Center points out that over the last 30 years
  many have predicted catastrophes that never
  came.  Here are a few
• ...civilization will end within 15 or 30 years
  unless immediate action is taken against problems
  facing mankind, biologist George Wald, Harvard
  University, April 19, 1970.
• By 1995, ...somewhere between 75 and 85 percent
  of all the species of living animals will be
  extinct. Sen. Gaylord Nelson, quoting Dr. S.
  Dillon Ripley, Look magazine, April 1970.
• Because of increased dust, cloud cover and water
  vapor ...the planet will cool, the water vapor
  will fall and freeze, and a new Ice Age will be
  born, Newsweek magazine, January 26, 1970.

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• The world will be ...eleven degrees colder in
  the year 2000. This is about twice what it would
  take to put us into an ice age, Kenneth Watt,
  speaking at Swarthmore University, April 19,
  1970.
• We are in an environmental crisis which
  threatens the survival of this nation, and of the
  world as a suitable place of human habitation,
  biologist Barry Commoner, University of
  Washington, writing in the journal Environment,
  April 1970.
• Man must stop pollution and conserve his
  resources, not merely to enhance existence but to
  save the race from the intolerable deteriorations
  and possible extinction, The New York Times
  editorial, April 20, 1970.
• By 1985, air pollution will have reduced the
  amount of sunlight reaching earth by one half...
  Life magazine, January 1970.

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• Population will inevitably and completely
  outstrip whatever small increases in food
  supplies we make, Paul Ehrlich, interview in
  Mademoiselle magazine, April 1970.
• ...air pollution...is certainly going to take
  hundreds of thousands of lives in the next few
  years alone, Paul Ehrlich, interview in
  Mademoiselle magazine, April 1970.
• Ehrlich also predicted that in 1973, 200,000
  Americans would die from air pollution, and that
  by 1980 the life expectancy of Americans would be
  42 years.
• It is already too late to avoid mass
  starvation, Earth Day organizer Denis Hayes, The
  Living Wilderness, Spring 1970.
• By the year 2000...the entire world, with the
  exception of Western Europe, North America and
  Australia, will be in famine, Peter Gunter,
  North Texas State University, The Living
  Wilderness, Spring 1970.

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What is the Main Purpose of Marriage?
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Many Authors say it is for

• 1. Companionship
• 2. Romance, Intimacy, fun
• 3. Completion, unity

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Adam Was Physically Alone not Lonely

• Gen 218-25
• 18 Then the Lord God said, "It is not good for
  the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is
  just right for him." 19 So the Lord God formed
  from the ground all the wild animals and all the
  birds of the sky. He brought them to the man to
  see what he would call them, and the man chose a
  name for each one.
• 20 He gave names to all the livestock, all the
  birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. But
  still there was no helper just right for him.

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• 21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a
  deep sleep. While the man slept, the Lord God
  took out one of the man's ribs and closed up the
  opening. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from
  the rib, and he brought her to the man.

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• 23 "At last!" the man exclaimed. "This one is
  bone from my bone, and flesh from my flesh! She
  will be called 'woman, because she was taken
  from 'man.' 24 This explains why a man leaves
  his father and mother and is joined to his wife,
  and the two are united into one.
• 25 Now the man and his wife were both naked, but
  they felt no shame.

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If it is for companionship

• Friends can be companions
• Lovers can be companions
• Dogs can be companions
• Only a man and woman together can bear fruit

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If it is only for intimacy

• Any two people can be intimate. Marriage is not
  a requirement. But it would violate the
  principles of Gods word.
• Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and
  the marriage bed is to be undefiled for
  fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
• Hebrews 134-5 NASU

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If it is for completion

• Then singles are out of luck!
• Jesus and Paul were both single and seemed to be
  very content and complete in their relationships
  with God.

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The Main Purpose for Marriage is Fruitfulness!

• Both Physical and Spiritual

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Understanding Our Genetic Code

• Be Fruitful and Multiply Part 3

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We Must Start With Right Thinking!

• Its time for the Church to turn from Humanistic,
  me-centered, selfish Christianity back to
  Biblical, God-Centered, obedient Christianity.
• We call this radical
• 1. of or going to the root or origin
  fundamental a radical difference.
• Dictionary.com

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We Do Everything For God!

• So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do,
  do it all for the glory of God.
• I Corinthians 1031 NLT

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God Is Who You Need

• God is your main protector, not your husband
• God is your main provider, not your husband
• God is your bff, not your spouse
• God is your main counselor, not your spouse
• God is your main teacher, not your spouse
• God is your source of life
• If You switch these around you will be
  disappointed, but God will never let you down!

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1.Marriage is For God Not Us

• Malachi 213-16 NLT
• Here is another thing you do. You cover the
  Lord's altar with tears, weeping and groaning
  because he pays no attention to your offerings
  and doesn't accept them with pleasure.
• You cry out, "Why doesn't the Lord accept my
  worship?" I'll tell you why! Because the Lord
  witnessed the vows you and your wife made when
  you were young. But you have been unfaithful to
  her, though she remained your faithful partner,
  the wife of your marriage vows.

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• Didn't the Lord make you one with your wife? In
  body and spirit you are his. And what does he
  want? Godly children from your union. So guard
  your heart remain loyal to the wife of your
  youth.
• "For I hate divorce!" says the Lord, the God of
  Israel. "To divorce your wife is to overwhelm her
  with cruelty," says the Lord of Heaven's Armies.
  "So guard your heart do not be unfaithful to
  your wife."

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2. Children Are A Blessing!

• Children are a gift from the Lord they are a
  reward from him. Children born to a young man
  are like arrows in a warrior's hands.
• How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of
  them! He will not be put to shame when he
  confronts his accusers at the city gates.
• Psalms 1273-5 NLT

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Bow and Arrow is Back in the Movies
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Which is Better for War?

• 2 Arrows in Your Quiver?

• A Full Quiver?

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Common Quiver Sizes

• Mongolian Horse Archers 60-80
• Foot Soldiers 12-24
• Modern average 8-12

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• Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in
  his ways.
• You will eat the fruit of your labor blessings
  and prosperity will be yours.
• Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within
  your house your sons will be like olive shoots
  around your table.
• Thus is the man blessed who fears the Lord.
• Psalms 1281-4 NIV

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Which is Better?

• 1 Present?

• Piles of Presents?

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1 Chronicles 251-7 NIV

• David, together with the commanders of the army,
  set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman and
  Jeduthun for the ministry of prophesying,
  accompanied by harps, lyres and cymbals. Here is
  the list of the men who performed this service
• From the sons of Asaph Zaccur, Joseph,
  Nethaniah and Asarelah. The sons of Asaph were
  under the supervision of Asaph, who prophesied
  under the king's supervision.
• As for Jeduthun, from his sons Gedaliah, Zeri,
  Jeshaiah, Shimei, a Hashabiah and Mattithiah, six
  in all, under the supervision of their father
  Jeduthun, who prophesied, using the harp in
  thanking and praising the Lord.

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• As for Heman, from his sons Bukkiah, Mattaniah,
  Uzziel, Shubael and Jerimoth Hananiah, Hanani,
  Eliathah, Giddalti and Romamti-Ezer
  Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir and Mahazioth.
• All these were sons of Heman the king's seer.
  They were given him through the promises of God
  to exalt him. b God gave Heman fourteen sons and
  three daughters.
• All these men were under the supervision of their
  fathers for the music of the temple of the Lord,
  with cymbals, lyres and harps, for the ministry
  at the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman
  were under the supervision of the king. 7 Along
  with their relatives all of them trained and
  skilled in music for the Lord-they numbered 288.

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1 Chronicles 264-5 NASU

• Obed-edom had sons Shemaiah the firstborn,
  Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sacar the
  fourth, Nethanel the fifth, Ammiel the sixth,
  Issachar the seventh and Peullethai the eighth
• God had indeed blessed him.

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Satan Attacks Reproduction

• Pharaoh orders all Hebrew boys killed by midwives
  or thrown into river (Exodus 1)
• Children offered to Molech and other gods
• Herod orders all boys under 2 killed
• Abortion over 50,000,000 killed since 1973 in the
  United States alone-most of them out of
  convenience.
• Propagated the lie that children are a hassle,
  too expensive, world is full, etc.

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Why Dont Christians Reproduce?

• Physically

• Spiritually

• 1. They are not married or
• 2. They are not intimate

• 1. They are not Born-Again
• 2. They are not intimate with God
• "I am the vine, you are the branches he who
  abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit,
  for apart from Me you can do nothing.
• John 155 NASU

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Why Dont Christians Reproduce?

• Physically

• Spiritually

• 3. Disease
• Cancer, tumors, blood diseases, infections etc.
• 4. Damage
• Physical or medical castration, hysterectomy,
  etc.

• 3. Sin
• Bitterness, divisiveness, anger, criticalness
• 4. Discouragement, disappointment,
• Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream
  fulfilled is a tree of life.
• Proverbs 1312 NLT

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Why Dont Christians Reproduce?

• Physically

• Spiritually

• 5. Immaturity or selfishness

• 5. Immaturity or Selfishness
• When I was a child, I spoke and thought and
  reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put
  away childish things.
• 1 Corinthians 1311-12 NLT