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NASB | Matthew 18:6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 18:6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble and sin [by leading him away from My teaching], it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone [as large as one turned by a donkey] hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. [Mark 9:42; Luke 17:2] |
Subject: Is my assessment of them wrong? |
Bible Note: As I've had to point out to everyone so far, you are proving your case based on opinion. What you said, while credible in a worldly circumstance, is not scriptural. The sixties example is not something that pertains to two Christian individuals. I didn't say, at any time, that promiscuous behavior was appropriate. I said that those that were already doing the act were married. That means, don't leave, don't cheat, don't break up, live together, share the hardships, raise the children together, etc. What I suggested in no way relieves them of the responsibility of their actions. I said they are married, not living together and having sex and just saying they are married until the convenient time comes to break up because they aren't getting along. You, and everyone else, are grossly underestimating what I said. You think I'm trying to advocate sex outside of marriage, but that's simply not the case. I'm advocating that what God has ALREADY joined together, let no man put it asunder. Further, you should reread the post now that your Sunday fury fire has worn down a bit. You'll see that I also told them to "go get married in the eyes of men" so they would not be a stumbling block. Hence, I told them: 1. Their action was not right, but irrevocable. 2. The act made them married by the union. 3. They need to get married by ceremony for the sake of other people, and to witness it before men. 4. That they shouldn't let anyone condemn them for what they've already done. 5. That they can be baptized, because, according to the people on this forum, we all have sin anyway. Since all sin is the same, they are just as qualified as anyone else for baptism. To this list of sound, reasonable responses, I was called names, slandered, ridiculed, and completely discredited on all accounts. And not one person did it with scripture. I got beat ugly with opinion-sticks. Stultis was the only person on the forum that considered the matter objectively for even a second. HE saw what I was saying, and why. No one else, including you, saw it, because their opinions were shining too bright. This my closing post to you. Try scripture in the future. It works better sometimes than opinions. Theo-Minor |