EP 15: Is Having Babies a Waste of Time?

In this week's episode of Loving Life at Home, I'm tackling another question sent in by a listener.

This one wants to know, Is having babies a waste of time? Should Christian couples skip having kids to focus on sharing the gospel?

That's not a question I hear every day, but it's one that definitely deserves some deep digging into God's Word.

Tune in to hear what the Bible has to say about this controversial claim or read the full transcript here.

Show Notes VERSES CITED:

- "Behold, children are a gift of the LORD, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them; they will not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.” - Psalm 127:3-5

- “Delight yourself in the LORD; and He will give you the desires of your heart.” - Psalm 37:4

- "Now people were even bringing their babies to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them. And when the disciples saw this, they rebuked those who brought them. But Jesus called the children to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these." - Luke 18:15-16

- "You shall therefore impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. You shall teach them to your sons, talking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road and when you lie down and when you rise up." - Deuteronomy 11:18-19

- "'Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all." - Mark 10:15

- "So God created them. God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.’” Genesis 1:27-28

- “Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.’” - Genesis 9:1

- “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says to all the exiles who were carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon: ‘Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce. Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.'" - Jeremiah 29:4-6

- “Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” - Matthew 28:18-20

- "Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls." - James 1:21

- "I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow." - 1 Corinthians 3:6

- "Then Jesus declared, 'i am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.'" - John 6:35

- “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and Samaria, and as far as the remotest part of the earth.” - Acts 1:8

- “...all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” - Romans 3:23 

- “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” - Romans 6:23

- “If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.” - Romans 10:9-10

- "And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation." - Revelation 5:9

- "But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design. If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, but one body. The eye cannot say to the hand, 'I do not need you.' Nor can the head say to the feet, 'I do not need you.'" - 1 Corinthians 12:18-21

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