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Question

Exodus 21:2
If thou buy an Hebrew servant....

Exodus 21:7
If a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant....

Exodus 21:20-21
And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.

Exodus 22:3
If he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

Leviticus 22:11
If the priest buy any soul with his money....

Leviticus 25:39
And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee....

Leviticus 25:44-46
Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever.

Ephesians 6:5
Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ.

Colossians 3:22
Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God.

1 Timothy 6:1
Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.

Titus 2:9-10
Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

1 Peter 2:18
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

Answer 1

I am please seeing you are following Christ's word. Study to show thyself approved.

Answer 2

Why have been the Patriarchs on no account stated approximately he Sabbath, yet have been stated on the subject of: possibilities: Gen 4:3-4, Altars Gen 8:20, clergymen: Gen 14:18, Tithes: Gen 14:20, Circumcision: Gen 17:10, Marriage: Gen 2:24 & Gen 34:9. Why might God leave out the "all considerable" Sabbath command? If the certainty that God wrote the ten commandments on stone proves they're perpetually, then regardless of befell to the two stone pills that God gave Adam on the commencing up of time? Why is Moses the 1st one to confirm a stone pill written by potential of the finger of God? Why is the weekly Sabbath commandment on no account quoted interior the hot testomony? Why is the Sabbath the only between the ten commandments that are pronounced to be "for the time of your generations", the widely used word that shows it advance right into a short-term ceremonial regulation purely for the Jews? Why is there no occasion of solely Christians coming together on the Sabbath day as a church or prayer assembly after the resurrection of Christ? Why is there no command interior the hot testomony for Christians to maintain the Sabbath holy? on an identical time as Paul taught interior the synagogues as much as eighty 4 situations, why does the Bible on no account say he stored the sabbath?

Answer 3

interesting how half of your references have nothing to do with the other half. A slave, a bondservant, and a servant are 3 different things, which is why they are three different words. A slave in hebrew culture is someone who owes an amount of money that they cannot pay, so they sell themself in service, the longest they can eb a slave is 7 years anyways, because all debts are forgiven in the year of jubilee. A bondservant is someone who sells themself to serve for a certain amount of time, and is bound by the contract they make. And a servant is simply one who works for someone else, often living in the same home, but being given some form of compensation for their service.

Answer 4

Don't you just love the answers to this little problem? Christians have to do mental gymnastics to try and explain why God gave laws condoning slavery. They obviously have not even bothered to READ their Bible, and they have no understanding of the cultures of the times, or they would know that slavery then meant exactly what it means now--buying and selling humans like cattle.

People argue that this was normal for the time, but just because humans approve of it, does that mean GOD has to approve of it? Someone, please show me the command that says, "Thou shalt not own slaves." Show me where God calls slavery evil, an abomination, or unacceptable. Show me where any Israelite--his chosen people--is ever punished for owning slaves. Show me where Jesus or the apostles ever condemned slavery. Jesus calls his own followers his slaves, and Christians brag about being slaves of Christ! God never hesitates to call other things an abomination, such as homosexuality and witchcraft, so why not slavery?

Answer 5

I am going to ruin your fun now. All old testament commandments and laws were nullified when Jesus Christ sacrificed his spotless life for the sins of all humankind and formed a new covenant between the people of earth and the Lord under his new commandment, which was simply "Love one another."

Answer 6

Manures Bovinus 15:1-5

"He who take a quote and does not establish context should be cooked in oil and served with fresh parsley."

Answer 7

Yes! it is. In fact, it is already fulfilled. Did you know that the purpose of the Old and New Testaments is to produce a Son who will be King of the new creation of the Father?

Answer 8

Most of your bible quotes are suppressive.

But I'm sure you knew that.

I agree with you, for example in the HYMN all things bright and beautiful some of the lyrics are "the rich man by his castle, the poor man at his gate."

BUT my perception about Jesus was that he was meant to be liberally minded, so why do people try to make out he's conservative!

Man has ruined religion, by yet again trying to manipulate the mass, it makes me think that Marx was right.............

Answer 9

It is clear to me that The Bible was written by men.

It is because of this that, while I am a Christian, I cannot believe it is The Word of God. It is an attempt by flawed men to understand and connect to God.

The Bible, for me, helps me to connect with God. It is, however, only one (albeit flawed) way among many to open up my heart completely to Him.

Answer 10

Thank goodness! I thought you were serious for a moment! How do they who think the bible is perfect and the dictated word of God explain this stuff--or do they have slaves?

Answer 11

Where is the rest of the passage? I noticed some pertinent parts of the paragraphs were left out.