06-14-2016, 03:55 PM
(06-14-2016, 09:41 AM)Eric the Green Wrote:(06-14-2016, 06:00 AM)radind Wrote:(06-14-2016, 04:02 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: Exodus 21:16 ESV
Whoever steals a man and sells him, and anyone found in possession of him, shall be put to death.
I can live with that.
Slavery is clearly wrong. However, Christians do live under the New Testament, not the Old Testament.
Christians also live under the US Constitution and its laws.
Quote:My understanding is that Christians live under the New Testament( not OT law). A good summary is in the following.
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37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.” ( MT 22:37-40 ESV)
How does this prohibit gay marriage, then? It would seem that if two people love each other, that is in accord with the commandment.
We all live under the US constitution and its laws. There are some that I don't like , but I have the right to object.
The quoted verses were not intended to address gay marriage at all. They are just a good brief summary of how Christians should function.
This is one article that I read recently.
Quote:http://www.albertmohler.com/2014/04/22/g...hew-vines/
… “ Biblical Christianity cannot endorse same-sex marriage nor accept the claim that a believer can be obedient to Christ and remain or persist in same-sex behaviors. The church is the assembly of the redeemed, saved from our sins and learning obedience in the School of Christ. Every single one of us is a sexual sinner in need of redemption, but we are called to holiness, to obedience, and to honoring marriage as one of God’s most precious gifts and as a picture of the relationship between Christ and the church.”…
… whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Phil 4:8 (ESV)