《剪下一方暖和--喻道小故事》

辫子 Good or Bad Mix?

A braid appears to contain only two strands of hair. But it is impossible to create a braid with only two strands. If the two could be put together at all, they would quickly unravel.

Here is the mystery: What looks like two strands requires a third. The third strand, though not immediately evident, keeps the strands tightly woven.

In a marriage, God is like the third strand in a braid, holds husband and wife together. God wants us to avoid everything by which our marriage purity is spoiled or adulterated . What does it mean to adulterate a thing? It means to mix it with inferior substances. Pure flour mixed with some inferior stuff becomes adulterated flour. The opposite of sexual purity is sexual adulteration, or adultery.

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字汇
Strand 一股，一束。
Unravel解开，恢复原状。
Adulterate掺杂，品质降低，通奸的。

辫子看起来只有两束头发，但要用两束头发绑辫子是没办法的，就算能编起来，很快就会解开。

奥秘之处就是在此：辫子看起来是两束头发，其实需要第三束，虽然不是很明显，却使发束紧紧编织在一起。

在婚姻中，上帝就像辫子的第三束头发，使丈夫与妻子紧密联合。上帝要我们避免任何让婚姻的纯洁受污染或掺杂的东西。什么是掺杂呢？就是把品质低劣的东西混进去。纯面粉掺杂了劣质物品就成了杂面粉。相反于性的纯洁就是性的掺杂，也就是淫乱。

思考与应用

1. 杂面粉或毒奶事件带给我们什么省思？
2. 在婚姻上，你有好的组合或是坏的掺杂？

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