Oh let the Son of God and found you with his spirit and his life,

let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you

home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible Teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calbury Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire

Bible. And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck continues with

polygamy in the Bible as we pick up in Genesis chapter 28 verse 29 and now with today's

message here's pastor chap. By the time we come to the new test, then the purposes of God are more clearly defined.

When the Church has developed, polygamy is definitely prohibited.

And those who were to be the overseers of the church were to be husbands of one wife

in keeping their homes. and this was still in a time in which

mistresses and curtains and so forth were widely accepted in the Grecian

culture and in the Roman culture.

So problems did develop, jealousies and all.

Rachel, whom he loved more than Leah in even in that you have a difficult situation

that's that's going to create hurt feelings that's going to create hurt feelings, that's going to create difficult living.

But Rachel was barren, but Leah conceived and she bore a son and she called his name Look a son.

For she said the Lord has looked upon my affliction.

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