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NASB | Acts 20:28 "Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 20:28 "Take care and be on guard for yourselves and for the whole flock over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd (tend, feed, guide) the church of God which He bought with His own blood. |
Bible Question:
Reighnskye, Each point is on "you (further) stated" Point 1 - Is your limitation on work based on what the gov't says or your phyiscal limitations? - Joni Tada works, as well as her husband Ken. She may be able to give you direction how to work. So your point has no merit. Point 2 There is concealment, because you will FAIL to get a marriage licence. A pastor's actions don't make you married. So your point has no merit. Point 3 The gov't will not recognize homosexual marriages because of the law. Homosexual marriages are only recognized by false churches, since it violates Scripture. So your point has no merit. Now my questions ... 1. Do you FAIL to follow what Romans 13:1 says? That is to follow the direction of the gov't, which says you need a marriage certificate to be married? 2. What is the purpose of marriage? 3. Do you not trust the Lord to provide for you if you are married "in the eyes of the gov't"? It appears you want money over the Master ... is that true? |
Bible Answer: Searcher, Hear are responses to your three following points: "Point 1 - Is your limitation on work based on what the gov't says or your phyiscal limitations? - Joni Tada works, as well as her husband Ken. She may be able to give you direction how to work. So your point has no merit." I have been certified as legally handicapped, by express determination of the government. This determination is based upon my physical limitations. Basically, my internal organs have been leaking large amounts of blood for the past twelve years, wherein I operate on one half of a blood supply. This generates physical weakness, which medical professionals have not been able to correct. Further, it is neither medically professional nor religiously biblical to compare medical afflictions of different people, one against the other. Simply because Joni Tada works does not mean that all handicapped people can work. This is because not all medically handicapped people are trained public speakers as she is. Further, your suppositions, that medically impaired people should independently generate an income as she does, are not supported by Joni Tada herself. Your first point is contrary to Joni Tada's whole message, so you seem to have missed the emphasis of her ministry entirely. Thus your first point lacks biblical merit. "Point 2 There is concealment, because you will FAIL to get a marriage licence. A pastor's actions don't make you married. So your point has no merit." Again, you are operating on a supposition here that is neither legally or biblically accurate. The government does not force or necessitate two people to get married, whether the church marries them or not. Nor will the government threaten to incarcerate or fine a couple, if they do not obtain a legal marriage certificate. Furthermore, not all churches view political authority as being greater than God's authority. God is the one who marries a couple, through the authority of the church. Scripture does not particularly necessitate state legal authorization to validate a marriage. Please provide biblical basis for your second point, if indeed you believe that such even exists. "Point 3 The gov't will not recognize homosexual marriages because of the law. Homosexual marriages are only recognized by false churches, since it violates Scripture. So your point has no merit." I have never suggested that the government recognizes homosexual marriages, nor do I believe that it should. And although false churches recognize homosexual marriages, the same cannot also be said of heterosexual marriages, when making references to the church. I have not originally made the point that you had suggested I made. My original point was that church-ordained marriages are not prohibited by the government, and are thus not a violation of Romans 13:2. Church-ordained marriages (whether homosexual or heterosexual) are not illegal. And although homosexual marriages are unscriptural, heterosexaul marriages are not always so. Genesis 2 24 For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. (NAS95) - Blessings, Reighnskye PS. Please see the next post for answers to your questions. |