Leaving Father and Mother (1)
“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.” Gen. 2:24 There comes a time in the life of the young man when he breaks away from the parental home. After spending two decades or more in what to him was the only home he ever knew, he forsakes that home to make a new home for himself. This applies to the young woman also; a fact that is so obvious that the text quoted above does not even mention it. The young man forsakes...