Morning Light - Jeremiah 16

Today: [Jeremiah 16] Are You Called to Be Single for Jesus? In this chapter Jeremiah is commanded to remain unmarried. This is not without precedence in Christian culture. There is an unspoken judgment among many that if you are REALLY serious about serving Jesus, that you will choose to be single and celibate. Is this true? Why was Jeremiah commanded to be celibate? In the Catholic church historically we find that husbands were excommunicated for choosing marriage and their wives were sold into slavery and their children abandoned in the streets – all designed by the Bishops to appropriate the wealth and property of married Germanic bishops. When we look deeper into the scriptures concerning this issue we find that Jeremiah’s celibacy was for a very different reason.