(Ephesians 6:5 NLT)
"Slaves, obey your earthly masters with deep respect and fear. Serve them sincerely as you would serve Christ.
(1 Timothy 6:1-2 NLT)
"Christians who are slaves should give their masters full respect so that the name of God and his teaching will not be shamed. If your master is a Christian, that is no excuse for being disrespectful. You should work all the harder because you are helping another believer by your efforts. Teach these truths, Timothy, and encourage everyone to obey them."
In the following parable, Jesus clearly approves of beating slaves even if they didn't know they were doing anything wrong.
The servant will be severely punished, for though he knew his duty, he refused to do it. "But people who are not aware that they are doing wrong will be punished only lightly. Much is required from those to whom much is given, and much more is required from those to whom much more is given." (Luke 12:47-48 NLT)
2006-07-06 10:06:51 · 9 answers · asked by Biomimetik 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I would love to see black christians views on this!
2006-07-06 10:11:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The TORAH, more beneficial or a lot less translated potential the regulation. The Jews persist with the regulations indicated through the TORAH. those regulations are also moral regulations that Jesus followed, no matter if there have been revisions that He made. no matter if, Jews do assume a Messiah to go back and keep them. Christians have self belief that the Messiah is Jesus, which the Jews heavily isn't able to settle for. to at contemporary, the Jews are even if waiting for the day at the same time as their Messiah would come. The Torah is part of the completed previous testomony, which Jesus himself, ascribed to. hence, Christianity also ascribes to the OT.
2016-11-06 00:08:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As Christians, we are obliged to obey the laws of the legitimate governments that govern our lands.
One of those laws, these days, is that slavery is illegal. It's been that way for a pretty long time, in fact.
No offense, but might I suggest that you stop dwelling in the 2,000-year-old past, and focus on the Christian message as it speaks to us today?
By the way, in Luke 12, Jesus was speaking metaphorically about the punishment we will receive for being disobedient to God. He was merely speaking of an undeniable reality -- He was not approving of it.
It's the same as if you tell someone, "If you smoke, you'll get lung cancer.." That doesn't mean that you approve of people getting lung cancer -- it just means that you're pointing out the reality of what will happen in a given situation.
2006-07-06 10:16:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slavery was a long-standing tradition in ALL the Abrahamic religions - Judaism, Christianity and Islam. And this is not ancient history. Members of all 3 religions owned slaves within the lifetime of my great-grandfather.
2006-07-06 10:21:25 · answer #4 · answered by JAT 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no verse in all the Bible where either God or Jesus condemns slavery, calls it evil, detestable, or an abomination, or gives the command, "Thou shalt not own slaves." That is one reason why slavery lasted so long in the States--Christian slave owners could use the Bible to justify one human owning another like cattle.
2006-07-06 10:15:07 · answer #5 · answered by Antique Silver Buttons 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This saying deals with the role of the servant and punishment for misdeeds. God is the master, and we are the servants.
As for discrepencies. DUH. The Bible is a BOOK compiled by men - popes and cardinals and bishops. The things that modern rebellious Christians hate (ie. the Martin Luther spinoffs) so why do they take this book as their own. Further, why do they demand its infalliable when the Catholic church, that compiled the book does no such thing?
2006-07-06 10:15:26 · answer #6 · answered by Baby #3 due 10/13/09 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word Servant and Slave are quite interchangeable biblically.
Being a "" A SLAVE FOR CHRIST"" is a good example.
Jesus freed EVERYONE and made them EQUAL!
No more Colour barrier, equality of sexes, even Jews and Greeks!
AND IN THOSE DAYS that was RADICAL thinking!
2006-07-06 10:21:45 · answer #7 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Jesus is not telling people to beat up on their slaves even if they didn't know they were doing anything wrong. What he's saying is that wrong is wrong, whether you know it or not. If you're kid sticks a knife in an electrical socket, is it wrong to tell him no, even tho he didn't know he was doing anything wrong?
2006-07-06 10:12:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the teachings of Jesus do not support the enslavement of your brother
2006-07-06 10:12:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋