Sketcher
Born Imperishable
Yes.Is this in response to "Why is it okay for Jews 3,000+ years ago to stone adulterers, but a sin if we do?"?
It would still be just according to my understanding of Scripture. But the New Testament doesn't have a criminal code, and we are not obligated to follow the criminal code of the Old Testament. The church in the New Testament didn't even do that, they preached to and exorcised diviners (Acts 8:9-25, Acts 16:16-28, Acts 19:18-20) instead of killing them (Exodus 22:18). This is because the church's job is to make converts and disciples, you can't do that with a dead person.I like your answer here, it explains the scenario well, and I can see how I wasn't completely right. But if Jesus did not abrogate the death penalty, then is it still applicable today?
Jews have more laws to follow, as they are a chosen people for a special purpose. Religious Jews see having more laws as a positive for them rather than a negative. As to how they deal with the question of whether or not to execute a Sabbath-breaker or not, they have their own literature on that which I cannot speak to one way or the other. This I will say: God is good, and he gave Jews extra laws that Gentiles don't have to be concerned with following.Even if you don't have to be concerned for it, others still do. It doesn't answer how it's good of God to let Gentiles off the hook for things Jews had to die for doing.
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