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Personal Feelings And Sin

Otto

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Romans 14:2-3
But another believer with a sensitive conscience will eat only vegetables. 3 Those who don’t eat certain foods must not condemn those who do, for God has accepted them.

Verse 21
21 It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything else if it might cause another believer to stumble.

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My Take:

We're supposed to be washed clean by God's Word. Sanctified by his truth. If within his truth - the Creator of the Heavens and Earth says that certain meat is food - and God instituted Holy Days centered on eating meat (Passover lamb) - and the Creator himself ate fish - then is the person that believes that eating meat is sin not judging the Lawgiver, King, and Judge? Is the creation supposed to be the one's repenting (and in submission) - or is the Creator?

James 4:11-12
When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it. 12 There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy.

The word made flesh is the Son. If someone says that eating fish is sin (which is contrary to the truth) - then they are judging the law - and the law made flesh is the Son. They are judging the Son - when the Scriptures are clear - he is the Spotless Lamb.

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The same thing someone can say about polygyny. My feelings are hurt! Therefore, I believe it's wrong and sin. Once again - this feeling is contrary to the truth. They would be judging the law - and the law made flesh is the Son. So they'd be accusing Messiah of sin - when the Scriptures are clear - he is the Spotless Lamb.

Feelings can not create new laws. Feelings can not nullify the commandments of God. For example, "Eat the passover lamb." Or "Be fruitful and multiply."

The Messiah walked in the truth, and he had no problem offending people. For example, he healed on the Sabbath; and this offended the Pharisees that taught contrary to the Truth. Also, his disciples didn't wash their hands before eating - which is not contrary to the truth - so once again they had no problem offending people. He described himself in a polygynous marriage (marrying 5 virgins) - even though he knew our generation would be vehemently against it - so once again he has no problem offending people. There is a blessing for those not offended:

Matthew 11:6
And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.
 
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When you judge the law you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.

Right. And in Isaiah 10:1 it was said;

"Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees"

Isn't this a directive from God through His Prophet for us to weigh and judge laws and to rebuke those who use laws to effect oppression?

You'll pardon me but I adamantly object to blind compliance with laws. It is a rejection of free will and it is also an abdication of the obligations of conscience.

In seeking God's Wisdom in Scripture we each come to an understanding of Scriptural law. But we are obligated to consider even those laws with a Godly conscience.

For instance, Leviticus 13:46 was sage wisdom in its time:

"He shall be unclean. All the days he has the sore he shall be unclean. He is unclean, and he shall dwell alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp."

But now that leprosy is easily treated with modern medicine then in my judgment it would be cruel and abusive to force a leper into solitude instead of just providing him with the medicine necessary to cure him of the affliction.

Now you might disagree with me and you might come across a leper and demand that the leper be driven out of your city because that's the law.

So...do you use the gift of conscience to discern what is a just law and what is a just application of the law or do you abdicate your obligations as a Christian and refuse to comment in the face of injustice?

Matthew 25:45...

“He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me."
 
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