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1 | Kill your brother and drink strong drink | James 2:10 | petedavis6263 | 211019 | ||
Hello to all, I am new to bible study. I am reading the bible from the beginning and now I have a question as I am going through Deuteronomy, chapters 10-14. Can anybody help? Here is the scenario: Just imagine for a minute, that you are an Israelite living during the time of Deuteronomy. You really love God and his messenger, Moses. Not long after the Ten Commandments (Deut 10) were given, Moses continued to issue God's statutes and laws along with severe warnings against disobedience. You are concerned as anyone would be for fear of making a mistake. However, God promises many blessings (Deut 11), all you need to do is earnestly obey His commandments, judgments and statutes. God warns you (Deut 12:32), "Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it." God is not messing around. He even commands you to kill your brother or any other family member if they try to entice you away from Him (Deut 13:10). God issues a list of clean and unclean foods (Deut 14:2-21), for you are a holy people chosen to be a special treasure above all other people on the face of this earth. God gives specific instructions regarding the payment of tithe and in certain instances when the tithe cannot be carried to the place where God had chosen, you are instructed to sell the tithe and use the money to buy whatever your soul lusteth after (Deut 14:22-26). You may buy oxen, sheep, wine, or strong drink and enjoy it all before the Lord, you and your family. This is what the Lord hath commanded. Now just imagine that you never died and you are still living in the year 2008, some 3,500 years later. Just imagine that you just met up with a Seventh-day Adventist minister who tells you the Ten Commandments are still in force and the list of clean/unclean foods is still valid, however, God's command to kill your brother, His command to use your tithe money to buy meat, wine and strong drink so that you can enjoy them with your family, well that's just out of the question. God was wrong to mislead you. He really didn't realize how bad it would be to kill family members nor did He realize how much trouble fermented drinks were going to be in these modern times. And most of all, the church needs your tithe money. Here's the question, If you are to disregard what God says about killing your brother and what God says about using tithe money to buy whatever your soul lusteth after, how are you going to obey Deut 12:32, which God explicitly commands to change nothing? Thoroughly stumped, Pete |
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2 | Kill your brother and drink strong drink | James 2:10 | skccab | 211022 | ||
Shalom Pete, Welcome to the Forum. I hope you will stick around and study God's word with us. I'm at work right now so I don't know the exact verse, but I'm sure if you will read further, it states that you are to take the matter of your brother (or whoever) to the people in charge (the judges or elders or chieftans) and they are to DILIGENTLY search out the charges to see if they are true or not. And also, it's not talking about someone who just simply goes "psssst check this out..." it's talking about someone who comes in as one of your own and by his/her wiles leads you astray before you even know what has happened. Stay with the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament), they are a wonder and a joy to read. Cheri |
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3 | Kill your brother and drink strong drink | James 2:10 | petedavis6263 | 211028 | ||
Shalom Cheri, As you say ..." it's talking about someone who comes in as one of your own and by his/her wiles leads you astray before you even know what has happened." Then is it true what Deut13:10 says, you must kill that person? Pete |
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4 | Kill your brother and drink strong drink | James 2:10 | CDBJ | 211030 | ||
Hi Pete and welcome to the forum. One of the worst things that I did years ago was to try and understand the Bible by starting in Genesis. One cannot understand God's word apart from being lead by His Spirit and in order to do that one needs a relationship with God's Son Jesus Christ. 1 Cor. 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. The best advice that I could give you would be to start in the New Testament with Matthew and up through John then read John again before reading anything else. Be sure and ask God to reveal the truth to you before you study. Have a great day, CDBJ |
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5 | Kill your brother and drink strong drink | James 2:10 | stjohn | 211031 | ||
Very good advice brother! | ||||||