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Originally Posted by Deckard
OK, here is what I consider to be a good proposed constitutional amendment to codify marriage on biblical principles:
No arguing or challenging this please. It's a sacrament.
And should Churches start taking their holy book more seriously/literally, and imposing these rules, and if enough people are actually willing to buy into it all, then we should leave everyone to it and not try to change it - separation of church and state, and all that....  |
all of those, except the one referring to divorce, come from the old testament.
when jesus was born, he fufilled the law and there was no longer purpose for the restrictive laws in the old testement, such as animal sacrifice, kosher laws, laws for beating your children, against homosexuality, etc. they became null and void and the laws were replaced by grace... Romans 4-6 discusses this in length:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/...6;&version=31;
the one verse omitted from your examples, of course, is in Mark, referring to divorce.
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Jesus then left that place and went into the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds of people came to him, and as was his custom, he taught them.
Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
"What did Moses command you?" he replied.
They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away."
"It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law," Jesus replied. "But at the beginning of creation God 'made them male and female.' 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."
When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this. He answered, "Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery."
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here is another instance where jesus states that the old law is no longer valid but the law of grace, or love, takes its place. the church still teaches that divorce is wrong for this reason. the old testament is primarily used for historical purposes and tracing various miracles throughout the years rather than as strict law.
but then again, you're the expert.