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NASB | Genesis 3:3 but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.'" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 3:3 except the fruit from the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God said, 'You shall not eat from it nor touch it, otherwise you will die.'" |
Subject: How can incest be forbidden? |
Bible Note: I brought up three distinct points. Mia culpa for doing that in one post. I will respond, therefore, via three posts, one for each issue. I know there is a group that think everything in the scripture is mysterious and beyond human comprehension. It amuses me, and I can show from scripture that it does God also, since He told us that all revealed Truth belongs to all of His people (Deut 29:29). It is even more amusing to me that people who deny the perspicuity of scripture, use scripture to validate its lack of perspicuity. In the end, they refuse to discuss "difficult" passages, depending instead on the "authority" of their inner feelings. Like you, I think there is a problem if anyone thinks they have it all figured out. You see that in many of the cults of our day. Although you will find laity and non-scholars in my own tradition taking this position, I'm glad that I do not see this in any of the scholars in the orthodox protestant tradition. Rather, there is a humility that stems out of an understanding of the low, depraved state of man and the awesome, perfection of an infinite and holy God. This continually sends us back to the "all-sufficient, certain and infallible rule or standard of the knowledge, faith and obedience that constitute salvation;" i.e., the Word of God. As long as we are talking about amusement, don't you find it amusing that people can throw out the research of very learned men without even hearing what they have to say? Imagine if we did that with physics or chemistry. "No, don't tell me! My research is only valid if I figure it out myself! I don't care what other researchers did!" :-) Back to the point: Per your request, I will leave Paul out of this discussion. Paul, Augustine, and others tend to affirm original sin in solid syllogistic fashion. Others, following the tradition of Pelegius, tend to be very uncomfortable with the unequivocal premises and the inescapable hard logic that follows them. |