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Her post didn't have anything to do with righteousness. It could be just summed up as "I am right because I say so, and that's why you are wrong!"Actually, her righteousness in Christ is so transparent that it makes YOU irritable and angry.
OllieFranz,
I have done a little research using Wikipedia, Webster dictionary, and the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. What I discovered is that people speculate the an eunuch stands for one who is gay. This is actually not the truth. An eunuch is one who celibate and includes a variety of people.
To use this chapter and verse and throw the gay statement into the ring is to open a box of colors and randomly pick one and call it black. In truth, the color wouldn't be black simply because black is not a color and is a shade, but popular opinion has made black out to be a color. Likewise, I believe it is the same for eunuch, don't you think?
My opinion is that a lot of homosexuals search the scriptures looking for evidence that supports that God made them that way and examples of biblical homosexual figures. David and Jonathan is a relationship homosexuals use to promote homosexuality within the bible, but the truth is, that relationship is misinterpreted by the same people who promote homosexuality.
Do you see my point?
Eunuchs, from what I am reading about them have castrated themselves. "Castration was frequently used in certain cultures of Europe, the Middle East, India, Africa and China, for religious or social reasons."
- Wikipedia.com on Casteration
Emasculate
EM`ASCULATE, v.t. [Low L. emasculo, from e and masculus, a male. See Male.]
Eunuch
EU'NUCH, n. [Gr. a bed, and to keep.] A male of the human species castrated.
1. To castrate; to deprive a male of certain parts which characterize the sex; to geld; to deprive of virility.
- Webster dictionary
The barbarous practice of self-mutilation and the mutilation of others in this way was prevalent throughout the Orient. The religious disabilities under which men thus deformed labored under the Mosaic law had the effect of making the practice abominable to the Jews as a people (Deu_23:1; Lev_22:23-25). The law excluded eunuchs from public worship, partly because self-mutilation was often performed in honor of a heathen god, and partly because a maimed creature of any sort was deemed unfit for the service of Yahweh (Lev_21:16; Lev_22:24). That ban, however, was later removed (Isa_56:4, Isa_56:5). On the other hand, the kings of Israel and Judah followed their royal neighbors in employing eunuchs (1) as guardians of the harem (2Ki_9:32; Jer_41:16), and (2) in military and other official posts (1Sa_8:15 margin; 1Ki_22:9 margin; 2Ki_8:6 margin; 2Ki_23:11 the King James Version margin; 2Ki_24:12, 2Ki_24:13 margin; 2Ki_25:19 margin; 1Ch_28:1 margin; 2Ch_18:8 margin; Jer_29:2; Jer_34:19; Jer_38:7; compare Gen_37:36; Gen_40:2, Gen_40:7; Act_8:27). Josephus informs us that eunuchs were a normal feature of the courts of the Herods (Ant., XV, vii, 4; XVI, viii, 1)
- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
There are many same-sex couples who ARE married, lawfully, and in our churches.
That's just your interpretation. And as I have pointed out in another thread, the Bible never says anything against same-sex marriage.
Not that I hold the Bible to be authoritative anyway.
Her post didn't have anything to do with righteousness. It could be just summed up as "I am right because I say so, and that's why you are wrong!"
Those people were executed before it would get that far.
The Word of God incarnated in Jesus Christ. The Word became flesh, not text.Godless people say that a lot. Why would we expect homosexuals to care what the Word of God says? They clearly don't.
Yet most of our laws are not based upon the Bible and I think that is a very good thing.What godless secularism has deemed legal isn't what God sanctions.
the focus is on the sin, not the punishment. Things have become much more civilized thank goodness.And that's a good thing?
I'm sure she is aware of this. But how would you know that if you didn't read the text that it is written in?The Word of God incarnated in Jesus Christ. The Word became flesh, not text.
I disagree, most have biblical roots. Unless the forgiveness of debts after 7 years thing was a completely secular idea.Yet most of our laws are not based upon the Bible and I think that is a very good thing.
Do you really intend to follow all the laws in the Bible?
I challenge anyone to take up A.J Jacobs' task and live just one year and attempt to follow all the laws in the Bible.
Just start with no shellfish for starters
ETA: On second thought, it might be harder to avoid mixed fabric clothing..
All of God's laws and punishments are good and just! Why?And that's a good thing?
God certainly ensured that we have His message to us in text as well...the written word is logos, and rhema.The Word of God incarnated in Jesus Christ. The Word became flesh, not text.
Yes they are...they are based on the Judeo-Christian ethic.Yet most of our laws are not based upon the Bible and I think that is a very good thing.
Do you really intend to follow all the laws in the Bible?
I challenge anyone to take up A.J Jacobs' task and live just one year and attempt to follow all the laws in the Bible.
Just start with no shellfish for starters
ETA: On second thought, it might be harder to avoid mixed fabric clothing..
the focus is on the sin, not the punishment. Things have become much more civilized thank goodness.
I'm sure she is aware of this. But how would you know that if you didn't read the text that it is written in?
I disagree, most have biblical roots. Unless the forgiveness of debts after 7 years thing was a completely secular idea.
There are 3 different types of law in the OT, and even when broken down we still fail.
That's the focus of this blasted thread! do you want to start a thread on divorce or usury?Well there are a lot of sins. Why should we focus so much on homosexuality and not, say, divorce or usury?
All of God's laws and punishments are good and just! Why?
God certainly ensured that we have His message to us in text as well...the written word is logos, and rhema.
Yes they are...they are based on the Judeo-Christian ethic.
How spiritually juvenile. Yawn.
That's the focus of this blasted thread! do you want to start a thread on divorce or usury?
because no one is in here making threads that divorce and usury are blessed by God and not sinful.Well there are a lot of sins. Why should we focus so much on homosexuality and not, say, divorce or usury?
Right, but the Word was written text, was it not? God's laws were written in text, and Christ upheld them all.Sure I read it in the Bible. And the Bible says the Word became flesh not text.
That is an idea that was later, conveniently, written back into the OT by Christians. Can you show me in the Tanakh where these three different types of laws are explained?
because no one is in here making threads that divorce and usury are blessed by God and not sinful.
No, not really. Texts have been written about the Word of God, sure, but they are human literary products...Right, but the Word was written text, was it not? God's laws were written in text, and Christ upheld them all.
Perhaps.I don't believe anything was 'written in' , but its just a method of understanding concepts. Just like understanding the Trinity, it is never explicitly mentioned as "Trinity" in any of the books, but the concept is there.
Why would we want to discuss divorce or usury in a section that was made to discuss homosexuality?
Well I guess we could discuss those things as they relate to homosexuality, but..............................................
You're not making threads that they are sinful either. Why do so many Christians focus on homosexuality when it doesn't even concern them? Why do so many Christians care whether other people are having love relationships?because no one is in here making threads that divorce and usury are blessed by God and not sinful.
Right, but the Word was written text, was it not? God's laws were written in text, and Christ upheld them all.
I don't believe anything was 'written in' , but its just a method of understanding concepts. Just like understanding the Trinity, it is never explicitly mentioned as "Trinity" in any of the books, but the concept is there.
Again, this is just your opinion. Plenty of gay people are Christians, and plenty of heterosexual Christians accept gay people as we are.It's boring because it's old and tired, and nothing but rationalization.
The bible is clear, and homosexuals who care to wear the label "Christian" don't even live by the Word. It's very obvious that they are merely cultural Christians who have chosen their "religion of preference" like some sort of philosophy and no less like the purchase of a new car for status.
Christianity requires the acceptance of Jesus Christ's atonement for salvation, and the entering into relationship with Him, who is alive forevermore. It is a life-changing and life-giving decision.
There is no life changing in homosexuals, foir they have not fully repented of their sin. They negate all that Christ has done for them on the cross, as they would much rather sin than be holy people. God rejects those He doesn't know...those who are disobedient.
Matthew 7:21
Not everyone who calls out to me, Lord! Lord! will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter.
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