Intimacy
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· 5 viewsClose relationships are part of God’s will for human life. Scripture speaks of intimate relationships between Jesus Christ and the Father, between God and his people, and between various individuals.
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Jesus Christ’s intimate relationship with his Father
Jesus Christ’s intimate relationship with his Father
All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
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God’s intimate relationship with his people
God’s intimate relationship with his people
“know” speaks of close personal relationship rather than theoretical or academic knowledge.
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Images of God’s desire for intimacy with his people
Images of God’s desire for intimacy with his people
God as a father
God as a father
They shall come with weeping,
And with supplications will I lead them:
I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters
In a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble:
For I am a father to Israel,
And Ephraim is my firstborn.
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God as a husband
God as a husband
For as a young man marrieth a virgin,
So shall thy sons marry thee:
And as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride,
So shall thy God rejoice over thee.
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Intimate relationships between men and women
Intimate relationships between men and women
As God’s good purpose
As God’s good purpose
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
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Examples of such close relationships
Examples of such close relationships
Jacob and Rachel:
Jacob and Rachel:
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Boaz and Ruth
Elkanah and Hannah:
Elkanah and Hannah:
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Xerxes and Esther; Solomon and his beloved
Intimacy in other relationships
Intimacy in other relationships
Close friendships commended
Close friendships commended
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly:
And there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
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Examples of close friendships
Examples of close friendships
David and Jonathan:
David and Jonathan:
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Elijah and Elisha:
Elijah and Elisha:
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Paul and Onesiphorus
Examples of intimate family relationships
Examples of intimate family relationships
Jacob and his son Joseph; Ruth and her mother-in-law Naomi; David and his son Absalom