JimB
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How is following the scripture not following God if scripture is the Word of God? How can we say we are following Christ if we are disobeying His Word? Sure, Jesus was the authoritative interpreter of the law, which reflects the mind of God (and that is why He never lied, even to spare feelings), but we are not that free to flagrantly violate plain scripture just because we feel justified in doing so. It is not our place to determine when we should lie and when we should tell the truth. We are to simply tell the unembellished truth to others just as God in Christ has told the unembellished truth to us ... always. If you or anyone else lies to me to spare my feelings, how can I ever trust that you are being truthful with me about other things and not just justifying another lie?I would like to point out that depending on the circumstances both Yes and No might be correct answers:
a) from the Bible we know that God allowed for Jews to fall into enemy hands because of their own ways and that they did not repent; the fact of Nazi Germany shouldn't hardly be exception from this ... it's not the first time ...
Just imagine that God told Abraham that his offspring will be slaves in Egypt because of something ... or that there was a famine because Saul killed Gibeonites that deceitfully made a coventant with Jews ...
so it could be the correct answer would be "YES" if God allowed them to be punished
b) even if (a) would be true we know that God is a merciful God and based on the previous promises He would not destroy the Jews completely so if it were these were chosen to be speared "NO" would be the right answer
c) finally if the circumstances did not happen because of their sin and God allowing them to eat the punishment (eg: simply enemy the devil tried to destroy them without a reason) ... or maybe if they somehow atoned with God (got "a deal") then the right answer would be "NO" since God in that case would want to spare them
c1) or maybe not ... as someone said if God wants to spare he can do so without our help BUT we see in the Bible that many times he uses us to carry his will without the supernatural
So now you have it... I do not believe it's just black and white but we have to be tuned in and flow with Him. I also believe in all those circumstances we probably would do according to His will anyways ... since we know he can influence the heart (as in Pharaoh and Moses)
So the point is to be righteous in Christ and become more like Him and not just following the letter.
~Jim
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