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NASB | John 8:7 But when they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up, and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 8:7 However, when they persisted in questioning Him, He straightened up and said, "He who is without [any] sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." [Deut 17:7] |
Subject: Is it bibical for a church to require? |
Bible Note: Setonahill, I think you might have missed the main idea of my post, and that very well may be due to a lack of clarity on my part. But essentially it boils down to this. Different types of sin can require different signs of repentance. That was pretty much the sum of my post. Also, trying to suggest that because the church is unable to effectively root out hidden sins that therefore they can not deal with exposed sins is a weak arguement which, should we take it to its logical conclusion, leads only to us failing to obey scripture which tells us to practice church discipline and expect repentence. Now, that being said, in this particular church they could be handling it wrongly, or unfairly, or partially. All of this would be wrong of them. Furthermore, for them to look down their noses at such a woman after she has expressed and shown sincere repentence would be wrong of them. So I'm not defending any of these things. But going the route of saying that since we can not root out every tax cheat in the church and demand such a thing of them, therefore we must tolerate exposed unrepentant sin in the church is not only flawed, it is extremely unbiblical. In Christ, Beja |