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1 | Genesis Creation, a practical example? | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 19991 | ||
Response......................................... Greetings Sir! Interesting thought! I haven't heard that one before. However, I still would have to say that it is figurative for the following reason. The hand, nor the eye, is the cause of the sin. A blind man can still lust. Therefore, it seems best to simply take these verses as an example of hyperbole. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Genesis Creation, a practical example? | Bible general Archive 1 | Sir Pent | 19999 | ||
Clarification ................................. Dear Tim, I can see your point. Do you know of any scripture passages that directly state that sin does not originate in a part of the body? The closest thing that I could come up with was the one about things going in the mouth not making one unclean, but that's not quite the same thing. |
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3 | Genesis Creation, a practical example? | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 20003 | ||
Scripture............................ Greetings Sir! I can't really think of anything real specific. The passage you referred to is probably the best. Mk. 7:20 He went on: ‘‘What comes out of a man is what makes him ‘unclean.’ 21 For from within, out of men’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 22 greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. 23 All these evils come from inside and make a man ‘unclean.’” Other than that, there are passages like Rom. 8:1-12, where sin is dealt with more as an act of will than anything else. By this, I simply mean that a believer is able to will something other than sin. But, you original passage is good enough for it speaks of evil coming from the heart. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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4 | Genesis Creation, a practical example? | Bible general Archive 1 | Sir Pent | 20005 | ||
Clarification ................................. Dear Tim, So it seems that our process would work in this case as well. We can see too scripture passages that appear to contradict if both taken literally. One implies that the hand can cause sin, and the other says that sin comes from inside the heart of a person. Based on this we can say that one must be figurative based on an objective process instead of just because the first passage appears (subjectively) to be hyperbolic language. So far, so good. |
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