Definition of "Quiverfull" parents - In full submission to the Father in matters of the womb and fertility, and trusting the Father with the decision of family size and reject the worldly application andusage of anything to take the decision of conception timingout of God's sovereign and holy hands in order to place it within the fallible control of mankind.
~Obviously this excludes any hormonal or mechanical method of birth control, but what about condoms and diaphragms: are those okay?No
~Okay, so how about natural family planning? Basal Body Temps, CMC, and Ovulation Calenders: are they permitted? No
~Why not?Simple. Anything that in any way renders control away from our sovereign and holy God is disobedience to God's command of full and complete surrender and submission, is a product of a lack of faith and trust in the Creator of the universe and in His promise ofprovision to those who faithfully submit to His will, and is a sin because of the aforementioned attributes.
~*~In response to the following excerpt from the blog of a good Christian woman~*~
"The thought of "opening your womb" to God is a beautiful one. But you read stories of poor traumatized women who have birthed child after child with no regard to their own health, their children's health, space in the home, sanitary conditions, having enough food, etc. because they think that is what they have to do to be a good Christian woman.
I don't think God ever intended us to slowly kill ourselves. I think opening your womb to God is not necessarily just having unprotected sex all the time and assuming that God will ONLY let you get pregnant if it is his will."
This is a very typical response that many Christian couples use to defend their choice to take the control of conception timing into their own hands by the use of birth control; be it chemical, hormonal, mechanical, or topical birth control. In focusing on the last sentence, I have to say that there is no assumption that God will only let a woman get pregnant if it is His will. It is absolute TRUTH that God will not allow conception if it is not His will.
We know that GOD is the creator of life, and is, therefore, in complete control of the timing of conception:
~We also know that GOD Himself not only opens the womb, but also induces bareness, according to His will, and bareness is understood as a curse in the Bible teachings:
~We know from the story of Onan that spermicides, barrier methods (condoms, sponges, and diaphragms), and the practice of withdrawal are condemned.
"And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also." Genesis 38:9-10
*It is interesting to note that, taken into consideration the history of the time of Onan, he could have denied having relations with her and been still in good, honorable standing. Instead he selfishly chose to enjoy the pleasure of the act of sex, but deny the seed of conception. He was killed for his selfish choice. Since the sacrifice of the Lamb of God, I daresay that He would not make such an example of anyone today, but the implications of such an action will still unveil themselves in other spiritual and physical ways.
Also, on Abortion and Abortifacients (surgical abortion, herbal abortion, and chemical abortion, including the popular contraceptives- the intrauterine device or I.U.D., the birth control pill, Norplant, and the Depo-Provera shot), It is plain and blatent:
~*~ The "Quiverfull" lifestyle is exactly as described in the beginning of this exposition, an act of submission.Faith is living without scheming.
YES! This means that it isn't up to us to do anything other than what God intended!
God created Marriage as an institution against sin, a representation of Christ's relationship with His church, and as a means of reproduction.
*To defer sin:
"Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control." 1 Corinthians 7:5YES! This means that the only time we are to avoid having sexual relations with our spouse is in order to devote ourselves to prayer. After we pray, we are to then come together and experience that holy union so that we are not given to temptation! Note that it does not say that it is okay to deny ourselves or our spouse the physical and spiritual benefit of the marriage union so that we do not have children. So, yes, natural family planning is out the window as well.
Thus, I leave you with a decision to make. There are two choices:
#1 - TRUST the Lord our God with your life, your family, and your womb, as He commands.
~or~
#2 - Keep relying on worldly methods of pregnancy prevention to do just that untilyou think you are ready, and, therefore, reject the soverignity of God, which is rejection of God wholly.
God never calls us to lean on our own understanding, but rather HIS!"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6~How do we do this? By letting go of all understanding, and letting God, who's will trancends all earthly understanding, take control of your life, your family, and your womb. He can and will do this with a willing commitment to just stop the worldly scheming and control battle, and let Him work His blessings in your life.
~Didn't God give us freedom of choice and "common sense" to know when we should have children and when we should wait? NO! Good gracious no! God gave us "common sense" so that we could rightly, if used in submission to His will, distinguish between good and evil. God gave us free will so we could CHOOSE to love either Him or the world, and CHOOSE to do things either His way or the world's way.~So, what do I do now? Pray. Open your heart, your mind, your soul, and your will to conform to His. This means leaving all means of manipulation behind and just letting God be God! Seek the encouragement of others walking the same road of trust and faith.
~Obviously this excludes any hormonal or mechanical method of birth control, but what about condoms and diaphragms: are those okay?No
~Okay, so how about natural family planning? Basal Body Temps, CMC, and Ovulation Calenders: are they permitted? No
~Why not?Simple. Anything that in any way renders control away from our sovereign and holy God is disobedience to God's command of full and complete surrender and submission, is a product of a lack of faith and trust in the Creator of the universe and in His promise ofprovision to those who faithfully submit to His will, and is a sin because of the aforementioned attributes.
~*~In response to the following excerpt from the blog of a good Christian woman~*~
"The thought of "opening your womb" to God is a beautiful one. But you read stories of poor traumatized women who have birthed child after child with no regard to their own health, their children's health, space in the home, sanitary conditions, having enough food, etc. because they think that is what they have to do to be a good Christian woman.
I don't think God ever intended us to slowly kill ourselves. I think opening your womb to God is not necessarily just having unprotected sex all the time and assuming that God will ONLY let you get pregnant if it is his will."
This is a very typical response that many Christian couples use to defend their choice to take the control of conception timing into their own hands by the use of birth control; be it chemical, hormonal, mechanical, or topical birth control. In focusing on the last sentence, I have to say that there is no assumption that God will only let a woman get pregnant if it is His will. It is absolute TRUTH that God will not allow conception if it is not His will.
We know that GOD is the creator of life, and is, therefore, in complete control of the timing of conception:
"And the Lord formed from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being." Genesis 2:7
"To the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children: and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee." Genesis 3:16
"Eve said, "I have gotten a man from the Lord." Genesis 4:1
"And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: 'For God,' said [Eve], 'hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.'" Genesis 4:25
"And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir." Genesis 15:3
"And the angel of the LORD said unto [Hagar], I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude." Genesis 16:10
"I will bless her and surely give you a son by her.I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her." Genesis 17:16
"And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee [Abraham]: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation." Genesis 17:20
"And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him." Genesis 21:1-2
"And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived." Genesis 25:21
"And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren." Genesis 29:31
"And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, 'Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.' And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, 'Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also': and she called his name Simeon." Genesis 29:32-33
"And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan." Genesis 30:6
"And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son." Genesis 30:17
"And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, 'God hath taken away my reproach." Genesis 30:22-23
"And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude." Genesis 32:12
"And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the woman and the children, and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given to thy servant." Genesis 33:5
"And the name of the second called [Joseph] Ephraim: 'For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.'" Genesis 41:52
"And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, to me, I and I will bless them." Genesis 48:9
"Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee, and by the Almighty, who shall bless the with blessigns of heaven above, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:" Genesis 49:25
"And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir." Genesis 15:3
"And Sarai said to Abram, Behold, now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing; I pray thee go to my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai" Genesis 16:2
"For the Lord had made barren all the females of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife." Genesis 20:18
"And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived." Genesis 25:21
"And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren." Genesis 29:31
"And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, 'Give me children, or else I die.' And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, 'Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?'" Genesis 30:1-2
"And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, 'God hath taken away my reproach." Genesis 30:22-23
"And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfill." Exodus 23:25-26
"And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also." Genesis 38:9-10
*It is interesting to note that, taken into consideration the history of the time of Onan, he could have denied having relations with her and been still in good, honorable standing. Instead he selfishly chose to enjoy the pleasure of the act of sex, but deny the seed of conception. He was killed for his selfish choice. Since the sacrifice of the Lamb of God, I daresay that He would not make such an example of anyone today, but the implications of such an action will still unveil themselves in other spiritual and physical ways.
Also, on Abortion and Abortifacients (surgical abortion, herbal abortion, and chemical abortion, including the popular contraceptives- the intrauterine device or I.U.D., the birth control pill, Norplant, and the Depo-Provera shot), It is plain and blatent:
"Thou shalt not kill." Exodus 20:13
YES! This means that it isn't up to us to do anything other than what God intended!
God created Marriage as an institution against sin, a representation of Christ's relationship with His church, and as a means of reproduction.
*To defer sin:
"Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control." 1 Corinthians 7:5YES! This means that the only time we are to avoid having sexual relations with our spouse is in order to devote ourselves to prayer. After we pray, we are to then come together and experience that holy union so that we are not given to temptation! Note that it does not say that it is okay to deny ourselves or our spouse the physical and spiritual benefit of the marriage union so that we do not have children. So, yes, natural family planning is out the window as well.
Thus, I leave you with a decision to make. There are two choices:
#1 - TRUST the Lord our God with your life, your family, and your womb, as He commands.
~or~
#2 - Keep relying on worldly methods of pregnancy prevention to do just that untilyou think you are ready, and, therefore, reject the soverignity of God, which is rejection of God wholly.
God never calls us to lean on our own understanding, but rather HIS!"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6~How do we do this? By letting go of all understanding, and letting God, who's will trancends all earthly understanding, take control of your life, your family, and your womb. He can and will do this with a willing commitment to just stop the worldly scheming and control battle, and let Him work His blessings in your life.
~Didn't God give us freedom of choice and "common sense" to know when we should have children and when we should wait? NO! Good gracious no! God gave us "common sense" so that we could rightly, if used in submission to His will, distinguish between good and evil. God gave us free will so we could CHOOSE to love either Him or the world, and CHOOSE to do things either His way or the world's way.~So, what do I do now? Pray. Open your heart, your mind, your soul, and your will to conform to His. This means leaving all means of manipulation behind and just letting God be God! Seek the encouragement of others walking the same road of trust and faith.
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