I voted no. I would not want to set a precedence for when a person not of the Christian faith came to office. If we further legislate morality based on our faith, it will swing the other way around in time.
First of all the 10 commandments were written for Israel and Israel only. To place the commandments as the law of our land is foolish. Those that fight for the 10 to be placed at the courthouses of America are unlearned. God did not give them to America. The Law of Moses was ended with the death of Jesus including the 10 commandments.
Rom 10:4] For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
Would you say that Moses' Law was abolished or replaced?
I would say they were magnified (spiritualized), but I could be wrong, and am willing to be instructed correctly by this matter by someone who can show me otherwise.
Would you say that Moses' Law was abolished or replaced?
I would say they were magnified (spiritualized), but I could be wrong, and am willing to be instructed correctly by this matter by someone who can show me otherwise.
-Bro. Alex
In the interim... while awaiting the response to your post... I would interject this.
Would you say that Moses' Law was abolished or replaced?
I would say they were magnified (spiritualized), but I could be wrong, and am willing to be instructed correctly by this matter by someone who can show me otherwise.
-Bro. Alex
I know this will start a fire storm but here goes. Look at Matt 24 where Jesus said the Temple would be destroyed, not one stone would be left upon another
Mat 24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
Mat 24:2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
We know today that there are portions of the temple where there are stones one upon the other.
What then was Jesus talking about?
The Temple was the place where God dwelled. When Jesus died the veil was torn exposing the Holy Place to all. God was no longer dwelling there. The purpose of the temple had been replaced. The way of salvation was torn down to be replaced with a new and better way. God would soon be living in our hearts. The Law of Moses was no longer, it was torn down not one stone was upon another.
Protecting society and legislating morality are 2 different things.
As I have said before... to say that the 10 commandments should not be made the law of the land is not to say that some of the precepts touched upon will not be dealt with by the law of the land. But... when the law deals with those precepts it will be for the purpose of dealing with a person who has infringed upon the the life, rights or property of another. That is... by definition... protecting society.
But another good way to protect society is to make sure that our government doesn't get into the business of legislating morality.
This is amusing as the basic principle of "the law" was property rights which flowed from love thy neighbor. To say what you say is a contradiction of the facts andthe substance of the issue. It is the goverments job to legislate morality and many Christians would disagree with you on that. Government has always done so in the aspect of what is safe for the citizen and in many cases beyond that.
Anyone that knows me know one thing. I hate socialism and the current system in place as we have lost freedoms. The problem is government does legislate morality much farther than you think right or wrong. As a people we should be governed by law. That is no difference between Israel and now. to be governed is to be controlled in part thus what is right is acceptable and what is wrong is not. Government creates it's own morality with every law.
This is amusing as the basic principlee of "the law" was property rights which flowed from love thy neighbor. To say what you say is a contradiction of the facts andthe substance of the issue. It is the goverments job to legislate morality and many Christians would disagree with you on that. Government has always done so in the aspect of what is safe for the citizen and in many cases beyond that.
Anyone that knows me know one thing. I hate socialism and the current system in place as we have lost freedoms. The problem is government does legislate morality much farther than you think right or wrong. As a people we should be governed by law. That is no difference between Israel and now. to be governed is to be controlled in part thus what is right is acceptable and what is wrong is not. Government creates it's own morality with every law.
Well we'll just leave it at that.
To me what is going on here is people bantering back and forth about what they probably agree upon when all is said and done.
One of us is calling it shrubs while the other is calling it a hedge... the same thing... different terms.
I know this will start a fire storm but here goes. Look at Matt 24 where Jesus said the Temple would be destroyed, not one stone would be left upon another
Mat 24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
Mat 24:2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
We know today that there are portions of the temple where there are stones one upon the other.
What then was Jesus talking about?
The Temple was the place where God dwelled. When Jesus died the veil was torn exposing the Holy Place to all. God was no longer dwelling there. The purpose of the temple had been replaced. The way of salvation was torn down to be replaced with a new and better way. God would soon be living in our hearts. The Law of Moses was no longer, it was torn down not one stone was upon another.
Where are there temple stones standing one upon the other?
There are stones to the eastern wall standing one upon another....
But where are there temple stones standing one upon another?
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