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Originally Posted by warrior81680
I believe in some areas here we are arguing apples to oranges.
I have no problem with cultural differences as long as they do not violate Scripture. Scripture has to take precedence above everything.
It is nature that teaches that long hair is a shame unto a man, not culture.
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Here is one for you,
Slavery is wrong, immoral, and yet Paul because of the culture of that day, slavery was rampant and to overthrow it or advocate such action would cause major societial/economic upheavel.
Yet Paul in writing to believing slaves told them to be faithful to their masters, he even wrote believing masters and told them to treat their slaves as brothers in the Lord, the whole book of Philemon deals with this subject matter.
Of course he knew that eventually the heart converted would cause slavery to diminish yet he contextualized a sticky issue so that the Gospel could move forward. This I think was a application of becoming all things to all men.
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