"And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it...". (Genesis 1:28)
"And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth." (Genesis 9:1)
"And you, be fruitful and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply on it." (Genesis 9:7)
"Take wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that you may be increased there, and not diminished." (Jeremiah 29:6)
"For thus says the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he has established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else." (Isaiah 45:18)
Man cannot create life; no power on earth can guarantee the birth of a baby. The key to that decision is in the hands of God alone. He is the third Partner in the conception of every child. If you block or prevent that a couple is saying that they do not want God in their marriage.
Spoken like a typical man who attends a church run by celibate men.
And not a single one of your quotes tells me not to ever stop fathering babies. There is no biblical injunction against contraception. There is plenty of interpretation by (supposedly) celibate men telling people how to manage their sex lives.
Man cannot create life; no power on earth can guarantee the birth of a baby. The key to that decision is in the hands of God alone. He is the third Partner in the conception of every child. If you block or prevent that a couple is saying that they do not want God in their marriage.
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Well said...
NFP works if you're disciplined about it. My wife and I have used it for nearly six years without any issues.
But other than Mary's conception by the Holy Spirit, has a baby ever been born without a couple having sex?