Your highlighting of the complexity of relational connections and anxieties of this world have struck a cord with me. (I may be repeating myself from another comment thread, if so forgive me.)
In addition to living in intentional community (a household of 4-6), caring for my extended family, investing in my local worship and neighborly communities, and tending to important friendships, life gives me plenty of opportunities to be anxious for the well-being of those I love! And I think I'm refining more and more what Paul is talking about. Let me know if you agree.
I think 1. Worldly anxieties are in part tied to the parental and spousal responsibility that comes with marriage, especially towards the well-being of the weak and vulnerable in this way. But it is this first point that grows weak when (a) you see the way that single and celibate people can also be very critical dependencies in the lives of others, and (b) loving sacrificially should necessarily be thought of as worldly.
So, I'm thinking that (2) worldly anxieties are tied very much to the maintenance of your estate of life and the legacy of your name, which significantly is related to progeny. Because our fame and legacy and vies for establishing our kingdoms are not something that really last into eternity, then these I think must bear a notable weight for what the world anxieties are. Or put another way, marriage and family intrinsically sets one up towards building a personal/familial kingdom that vies for our devotion to the kingdom of God, no matter how godly and faithful one is as a parent.
Your highlighting of the complexity of relational connections and anxieties of this world have struck a cord with me. (I may be repeating myself from another comment thread, if so forgive me.)
In addition to living in intentional community (a household of 4-6), caring for my extended family, investing in my local worship and neighborly communities, and tending to important friendships, life gives me plenty of opportunities to be anxious for the well-being of those I love! And I think I'm refining more and more what Paul is talking about. Let me know if you agree.
I think 1. Worldly anxieties are in part tied to the parental and spousal responsibility that comes with marriage, especially towards the well-being of the weak and vulnerable in this way. But it is this first point that grows weak when (a) you see the way that single and celibate people can also be very critical dependencies in the lives of others, and (b) loving sacrificially should necessarily be thought of as worldly.
So, I'm thinking that (2) worldly anxieties are tied very much to the maintenance of your estate of life and the legacy of your name, which significantly is related to progeny. Because our fame and legacy and vies for establishing our kingdoms are not something that really last into eternity, then these I think must bear a notable weight for what the world anxieties are. Or put another way, marriage and family intrinsically sets one up towards building a personal/familial kingdom that vies for our devotion to the kingdom of God, no matter how godly and faithful one is as a parent.
You will say anything to justify your homophobic beliefs.