And by the way ... it is CLEAR to me you take many things out of context, and actually do not understand God's Word. You say you have read it, but you do not understand it. A true Christian humbles himself before humanity ... as Jesus (GOD) humbled himself to us. There is no superiority ... you have your eyes on man's actions ... and then say "If that is how a terrible Christian acts ... God must be bad!" It's just an illogical way to determine who God is. You're thing on slavery ... do you understand that the scripture is actually saying to treat your slaves with respect ... and yes, at the time slavery was a thing ... but let's go back ... do you know why they were slaves?? Mostly they were indebted to the person financially (the master had to pay some MAJOR debt on behalf of the slave), and when that debt was paid, the slave was FREE. That is the reference to money in the scripture. You see, you try and take things out of context and make scripture look bad because of how preposterous it would be to have a slave today, without understand how things worked and why back then (thousands and thousands of years ago).Quote:
Originally Posted by fishermccann
Also, you probably will have missed the hidden meaning in all this ... that we are all SLAVES to sin ... and only once Jesus pays that DEBT through his sacrifice ... and we accept that, and believe in it ... are we set FREE from sin.
... but go on ... keep taking things out of context ... your human eyes will never fully understand God ... but that doesn't mean we should be completely blind to the truth.
