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1 | homosexuality | Lev 20:13 | Val | 199026 | ||
Nick, do you know much about the religious leaders of Jesus' day? What some of these leaders did was add to the written word. They added some 600 or so rules and placed more importance on these than the word alone. So in a way can you see that adding something to the written word that is not there is something the Lord does not like? He stated that in Revelation. Rev 22:18 I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book; Rev 22:19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book In saying this I believe it is a warning to all of us to be very careful how we handle the word of God. Today, we have the advantage of having resources to study the word of God. We have the written word. We have bible dictionaries and all kinds of aids to help us in our studies so we can study and the word ourselves. There are many good religious leaders today. How we discern which are the good ones is to take what they say and line it up with scripture. We see the example in Acts 17:11; After hearing the gospel from Paul and Silas, these new believers "were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily, to see whether these things were so" |
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2 | homosexuality | Lev 20:13 | nicko715 | 199041 | ||
Hello Val, Good to hear from you again. What you say about the religious leaders is accurate. But that is still not quite why Jesus was always so upset with them. What upset Jesus so much was that they were supposed to understand God the most (as they were the most learned), but they did not understand Him. They honored Him with their lips, but their hearts were far from Him. They knew the Scriptures...but they missed the point. They did not see that God was a God of mercy and compassion. What they saw was a God of rules and regulations. Val, they missed it. You know how I harp on "I desire mercy not sacrifice" and the two greatest commandments. The Pharisees could not see this. It was the other commandments, it was the sacrifices and rituals and theology that was important to them. I agree with you that we should be very careful how we handle the Word of God. But, my friend, what is the Word of God teaching us...mercy and love or rules and doctrines? Micah 7:18-19 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger forever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. And yes you are correct. There are many good religious leaders today. We do discern them by lining it up with Scripture. But don't think for a moment that the Pharisees couldn't back up their theology. Interesting that you point to Acts 17:11. Do a little reasoning with me for a moment...the believers in Berea were more noble because they checked the Scriptures to see if what Paul was saying was true. Paul was there around the mid 50's. The Gospels were just starting to get written if at all, so the only Scriptures the Bereans had was the OT. So, stay with me now, if Paul came teaching ___ (better not say, but you know), where would the noble Bereans have been able to verify that in Scripture? I will also shortly respond to your other note. Thank you Val. As I have said before, I believe the love of God radiates from within you. Nick |
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3 | homosexuality | Lev 20:13 | Val | 199056 | ||
The Micah passage is about forgiveness but the balance of that passage is that it must come from a repentant heart. If there is no repentance there is no forgiveness. | ||||||
4 | homosexuality | Lev 20:13 | nicko715 | 199057 | ||
I'll just put the response together with the other one so we only have one thread. Nick |
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