Raising Children In God's Will (107) Chapter 2. Children's Love and Parents' Love Section 3. The Foundation of the Universe -The Father-Son Relationship
6) The Distinctive Relationship of Father-Son as One Body - 5
Is there such a phrase as "father-son" in one body? Is there not? Isn't there such a phrase? There is "father-son" in one body.
What comes next? Well, ladies want to come first, so... Wife and husband (laughter...) Husband and wife in one body. Next, brothers in one body. We must know that.
Nowadays people only know husband and wife in one body. In the fallen world that is the only purpose. So they only know husband and wife in one body.
Nowadays, father-son in one body is not known to come before husband and wife in one body. That sort of phrase does not normally come out. Husband and wife in one body, father-son in one body, what comes next?
Brothers in one body? Brothers in one body. So, if my brother is in a position to die, I must die. Does that sort of thing happen or not? It does. If cutting off your arm will save our brother's life, you should cut it off.
Somebody in our church has said that his son's eyes are disabled. His son is blind. So he went to a famous eye doctor and said, "Doctor, will you do me a favor?" "What is it?" "I have two eyes, they are very good, and I want to have one of them taken out. What do you think?"
"Why do you want one taken out?" "I have someone I want to give it to." "To whom are you going to give it?" "I want to trade one of my eyes with one of my son's."
Through this story we can be sure that fathers always want to give something good to their sons. That is father-son in one body.
When you sleep in a cold room, doesn't your belly hurt? Your belly feels the cold first. [Yes] If so, which part f your body do you cover with a quilt? [the belly] Yes, we cover our belly.
And when your feet feel cold, you move your quilt from your belly to your feet. That is one body.
One body acts to correct any small fault in it, and in order to do so, it sacrifices one of its parts. That is, it works to put the part back into its original position. (53-30)
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