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Having Trouble Understanding the "Law"
Becky:
gee i don't know the other laws like shellfish...gee that is a new one for me! :D
Becky:
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--- Quote from: Andrew ---Rom 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Rom 13:9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Rom 13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
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That seemed to me to be an excellent summary of how I understand that Christ's doctrine of love replaces and exceeds the law of the ten commandments. If we truly follow Christ's doctrine such that we love God and our neighbor, we wouldn't even think of doing anything outlined in the ten commandments.
Nowhere in the ten commandments does it address food or any sex prohibitions other than adultery. Clearly to me adultery is not necessarily the same a homosexuality or fornication.
The subject of shellfish and homosexuality (fornication if you prefer) seems to keep coming up. Perhaps someone can quote from scripture where Christ tells us these are sinful.
I remember the nuns in catholic school telling us that if we masterbated we would go to hell. If it's true then I guess I would have been joining maybe 95% of the male teenage population :lol:
While homosexuality is looked upon as taboo or a perversion in ours and many other societies, I've read somewhere that it is not considered such in some societies , inlcluding certain American Indian tribes, that had not heard of the old testament.
While I don't condone or even understand it all that well. I have friends who are a gay couple. They are just as much in love with each other as I am with my wife. I personally have just never considered it any of my concern whether what they do sexually with each other is sinful or not.
The point of this thread though asks .. are they fulfilling Christ's commandments of love. I don't see how they are breaking any of the ten commandments either.
I am totally confused on this issue, as well, even after all the scripture quoted. I guess you can hit me with the standard eyes and ears too ignorant to understand line. I plead guilty.
feat
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1 Corinthians 6:9-20 (New International Version)
9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Sexual Immorality
12"Everything is permissible for me"—but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me"—but I will not be mastered by anything. 13"Food for the stomach and the stomach for food"—but God will destroy them both. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. 15Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! 16Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."[a] 17But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit.
18Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. 19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.
Well Jesus didn't say it, but here is a new testament passage on the subject... I'm confused too!
Harryfeat:
--- Quote from: Becky ---gee i don't know the other laws like shellfish...gee that is a new one for me! :D
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I think you can find most of it in Leviticus.
Don't be sad if you find it boring and have difficulty finishing it. I couldn't get through it in one sitting myself.
feat
Becky:
yeah...hmm.. i read that in october... i did kindof skim over it :oops:
Becky:
I read the part in Leviticus about what to eat and what not to eat.... do the Jews today really follow all these laws to the letter??? it seems impossible... it say if they do eat such and such ... they'll be cut off... wouldn't you think there would be fewer Jews?
(sorry to get side tracked)
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