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Slavery in the BiblePosted : 18 Apr, 2011 07:11 PMRecently a friend of mine said that the Bible condones slavery. He referenced 2 different texts from the NT. The first was found in the book of Philemon in chapter 1 when Paul sent a runaway slave back to his owner. The second was Romans 1:1 �Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God.� |
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Slavery in the BiblePosted : 18 Apr, 2011 07:20 PMSlavery was permitted in the Bible because of sin in the world. It existed before the Jews were formed as a nation and it existed after Israel was conquered. God allows many things to happen in the world such as storms, famine, murder, etc. Slavery, like divorce, is not preferred by God. Instead, it is allowed. Where many nations treated their slaves very badly, the Bible gave many rights and privileges to slaves. So, even though it isn't the best way to deal with people, because God has allowed man freedom, slavery then exists. God instructed the Israelites to treat them properly. |
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Slavery in the BiblePosted : 18 Apr, 2011 07:35 PM*Random thought passing through* |
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Slavery in the BiblePosted : 18 Apr, 2011 07:43 PM*cow patty being thrown at Sparrows face as we speak. Yeah I said it Sparrows. But still, thanks for the laugh .... I think. |
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Slavery in the BiblePosted : 18 Apr, 2011 07:52 PMOpps..... |
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Slavery in the BiblePosted : 18 Apr, 2011 08:14 PMBut what if she didn't want to marry you? |
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Slavery in the BiblePosted : 18 Apr, 2011 08:53 PMThe fact that slaves were allowed back then is something I haven't given much thought to. ____________________________ Thanks for the interesting post catty, and John, thank you for sharing those scriptures. I've learned a couple of things tonight. One is that slaves were indeed allowed during Biblical times and the other is What not to say in order to avoid being pounded by cow patties, Love Yall ! |
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Slavery in the BiblePosted : 18 Apr, 2011 08:56 PMshalom & yw bro chevy isn't it great that we believers are no longer slaves to sin but are set free from the Greatest Liberator our Hero of all heros -- Christ amein v amein selah |
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Slavery in the BiblePosted : 18 Apr, 2011 09:20 PMWell that just goes to show, not only does a woman Not want a man to feel like a man, she won't even let him entertain the fantasy of it! |
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Slavery in the BiblePosted : 18 Apr, 2011 09:54 PMSparrows, you know you would be a hero in her eyes anyway. |
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Slavery in the BiblePosted : 18 Apr, 2011 11:11 PMPaul returned Philemon to his owner because as Christians were are still obligated to follow the laws of the government that we are under, unless they directly contradict what the Bible says. The second thing to remember from the letter of Philemon is that Paul strongly urged Philemon to receive Onesimus as a brother and not a slave. |
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