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A thought: we are in time & see time as a ribbon that we move along but God is outside of time & for him everything exists at once so (if I haven't tied myself in knots completely) the fulfilment what we are waiting on has already been accomplished in his eyes.
Oh, I don't know. They did live in a Roman world & by all accounts that was a highly sexualized society.
You asked your wife about that?
Matt 5:38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. 41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. 42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
In many ways the "resist not evil" is a troubling passage...gonna ponder on this a bit.
This is not an "American" passage at all, for it exposes Christians to "abuse" and give the appearance of "being a doormat", all of which on the surface may appear to be so, but as said elsewhere God uses weak & foolish vessels to do His work. We want to be and appear strong and independent when in reality we are weak and needy.
Resist not evil...
on resisting:
James 4: 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
hmm.....let's work this out...
Matt 5:43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
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