Quote: Originally posted by aCultureWarrior
If you would like to take up our debate...ahem...discussion where we left off, please, let's do.
Here are a few examples of Old Testament laws that Christians generally do not observe:
The death penalty for:
Attacking or cursing a parent (Exodus 21:15,17)
Disobedience to parents (Deuteronomy 21:18-21)
Failure to confine a dangerous animal, resulting in death (Exodus 21:28-29)
Witchcraft and sorcery (Exodus 22:18, Leviticus 20:27, Deuteronomy 13:5, 1*Samuel 28:9)
Sex with an animal (Exodus 22:19, Leviticus 20:16)
Doing work on the Sabbath (Exodus 31:14, 35:2, Numbers 15:32-36)
Incest (Leviticus 18:6-18, 20:11-12,14,17,19-21)
Adultery (Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22)
Homosexual acts (Leviticus 20:13)
Blasphemy (Leviticus 24:14,16, 23)
False prophecy (Deuteronomy 18:20)
False claim of a woman's virginity at time of marriage (Deuteronomy 22:13-21)
Sex between a woman pledged to be married and a man other than her betrothed (Deuteronomy 22:23-24)
So why (and more importantly where in the New Testament) did Jesus rescind the death penalty for cursing/disobedience to parents, working on the Sabbath, Priest's prostituting daughter (sounds to me that would fall under adultery), ill timed intercourse and the others that you pointed out under "Repealed Capital Crimes"?
As I've pointed out throughout this 4 part thread, sexual sins should be taken very seriously by civil government, as they disrupt the nucleus of society (marriage and the family), but a blanketed punishment on those that commit them contradicts Jesus' message on repentance, redemption and grace, .
If you would like to take up our debate...ahem...discussion where we left off, please, let's do.
Here are a few examples of Old Testament laws that Christians generally do not observe:
The death penalty for:
Attacking or cursing a parent (Exodus 21:15,17)
Disobedience to parents (Deuteronomy 21:18-21)
Failure to confine a dangerous animal, resulting in death (Exodus 21:28-29)
Witchcraft and sorcery (Exodus 22:18, Leviticus 20:27, Deuteronomy 13:5, 1*Samuel 28:9)
Sex with an animal (Exodus 22:19, Leviticus 20:16)
Doing work on the Sabbath (Exodus 31:14, 35:2, Numbers 15:32-36)
Incest (Leviticus 18:6-18, 20:11-12,14,17,19-21)
Adultery (Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22)
Homosexual acts (Leviticus 20:13)
Blasphemy (Leviticus 24:14,16, 23)
False prophecy (Deuteronomy 18:20)
False claim of a woman's virginity at time of marriage (Deuteronomy 22:13-21)
Sex between a woman pledged to be married and a man other than her betrothed (Deuteronomy 22:23-24)
Have a look at these.
Source: "God's Criminal Justice System" Copyright Bob Enyart, kgov.com
Source: "God's Criminal Justice System" Copyright Bob Enyart, kgov.com
So why (and more importantly where in the New Testament) did Jesus rescind the death penalty for cursing/disobedience to parents, working on the Sabbath, Priest's prostituting daughter (sounds to me that would fall under adultery), ill timed intercourse and the others that you pointed out under "Repealed Capital Crimes"?
As I've pointed out throughout this 4 part thread, sexual sins should be taken very seriously by civil government, as they disrupt the nucleus of society (marriage and the family), but a blanketed punishment on those that commit them contradicts Jesus' message on repentance, redemption and grace, .