Eunuchs :To be or not to be. Daniel had no choice according to Josephus. This allowed him to be as a child... OF GOD

Matthew 19:12 gives 3 classes of EUNUCHS. One class was born as such, another group was "made so by men" and for a third group there was a choice made by individuals who "made themselves" eunuchs.

Imagine this, a single man who had a girl he liked. Would he be able to  get into someone's head telling them what they were dreaming then interpret the dream if he kept the girlfriend? Would he have projected the Spirit of peace instead of fear enough to calm a group of hungry lions with a wife who he was supposed to take care of?

Since we do not have a Biblical record of wives and children for Daniel, but do have a perfect record of him as representative and one who glorified God with his actions, we can see the trade off. God was his wife, mother , father , children, nephew, niece, grandson and grandaughter. Think about it. God as your all in all as he was for Daniel.

Did not Jesus himself chose to be a eunuch for the sake of doing the will of the Father in dying for the sin of humanity two of which ironically are fornication and adultery?

Let us consider the grace given us before we were saved and in some cases after we were saved in being faithful to our spouses no matter how much we outgrew them, and not choosing the route of adultery and or repenting from it prior to exposure. We chose not to adopt a para-religious cult, Mormonism or Islam tenet of being married to more than one wife and or concubines at a time.  We as kings need to adopt the law of not having but one wife, avoiding charges of bigamy. This is obvious, but to take it a step further we can practice a tenet of worship in Spirit and truth (next part of chapter 19) of our time. In fact their is a ministry of celibacy that is seldom mentioned. Paul alludes to it when he mentions marry, burn or contain your vessel. He chose the 3d option. The third option is available to women also.

Be careful young men who you pick for your wife.  Make sure your "picker" is working for the lady to have your children and who you will need to keep through years of possible obesity after child bearing. She must be "picked" with your ministry in mind. Will she be supportive? Will she be a stumblingblock?  Those who are older should  not put a spiritual monkey-wrench into the spiritual engine of your ministry by choosing some eye-candy for a night of fun. It will inevitably lead to an adulteration of your relationship with GOD and everything else that you stand for including drug addiction.

Thus as the chosen in grace , choosing to be as  children, we are allowed to practice our Spiritual gift and have the power to practice it not grieving the Holy Spirit by choosing to be as eunuchs outside of marriage. As children who do not have sex at all hopefully, we are allowed to have spoken of us "for such is the kingdom of heaven" (vs. 14). You may not be able to preach as well as Rev. Manson B. Johnson, but your teaching will be with power without confusion with self and chaos.