12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. 13 And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
Romans 6:12-14 (New King James Version)
2006-07-19 02:57:30 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
no skin flute playing for the righteous, i guess
2006-07-19 03:02:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Paul was never an apostle
The Romans were well known for assimilating anything that they could not beat militarily. They recognized that Christianity had grown so large that they could not possibly stamp it out.
So they did the same thing that they always did when they found themselves in this position. Paul was roman, one of the first roman undercover agents if you will to gain prominence in the Christian hierarchy. His job was to subvert the faith correct the teachings so they were more palatable to roman tastes and take over and control as much of the leadership as possible. His cover story about being blinded and thrown from his horse was designed to play right into the Christian idea of a forceful Jesus that was the defender of the faith.
He was accepted by most of the Christian world and eventually trumped Peters wishes on many issues. Apparently everyone thought that Jesus had made a mistake in selecting Peter to take care of running the faith because Paul was and is still taken quite seriously.
Christianity is barely recognizable today if you compare it to what Jesus actually taught. If you read closely you can still see occasional glimpses of Jesus’ teaching in and among the nonsense that was overlaid on it by Paul and others. The roman conquest of Christianity took quite some time, but was completed in the 4th century around the time of the council of Nicea when the current bible was compiled.
Constantine also had one of these miraculous encounters with Jesus that lead to his conversion, but oddly continued to worship roman gods in private right up to his death. In public of course he was a true Christian.
The new faith that replaced the one Jesus entrusted peter with was called the universal, or Catholic Church. It is better known as the Roman Catholic Church. I guess you could call that a hint.
A truly brilliant plan actually. Made possible by the efforts of a roman double agent named Paul who called himself an apostle, but never actually met Jesus. For his loyalty and meritorious service he was later killed to cover up the truth.
2006-07-19 03:02:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I seriously doubt that he meant those words the same way you do. He probably meant member as a person who belongs to the church, and instrument as as a tool for teaching the word of God to others.
2006-07-19 03:06:17 · answer #3 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is what holiness. These are the people of God, God’s royal people, all infinitely valuable to God.
God’s holiness becomes our holiness, not because we are holy, but because we are connected with God. God is holy and because we belong to God, we are called holy.
God’s greatest pleasure, according to the Bible, is to be with his people, who talk with him, enjoy him, hang out with him. God’s greatest pleasure is to be with his very own family who love him and enjoy him.
You are the living saints of God. You are God’s holy people. God takes enormous pleasure in your company. Your lives are an inspiration to one another.
Psalm 31:23-24
23 Oh, love the LORD, all you His saints!
For the LORD preserves the faithful,
And fully repays the proud person.
24 Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart,
All you who hope in the LORD.
2006-07-19 06:00:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just LOVE how you went right for the sexual connotations of the words instead of any others. *rolling eyes* This is the reason that "bible quarterbacking" is a waste of time.
2006-07-19 03:24:16 · answer #5 · answered by Church Music Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that the below prayer says it best.
ST. FRANCIS PRAYER
"Lord, make me a channel (instrument) of Thy Peace -- that where there is hatred, I may bring Love -- that where there is wrong, I may bring the Spirit of Forgiveness -- that where there is discord, I may bring Harmony -- that where there is error, I may bring Truth -- that where there is doubt, I may bring Faith -- that where there is despair, I may bring Hope -- that where there are shadows, I may bring Light -- that where there is sadness, I may bring Joy.
Lord, grant that I may seek rather to Comfort than to be comforted -- to Understand, than to be understood -- to Love, than to be loved. For it is by self-forgetting that one finds. It is by forgiving that one is forgiven It is by dying that one awakens to Eternal Life."
Peace and Love
2006-07-19 03:23:42 · answer #6 · answered by digilook 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why is pornographic typed as pornogr@phic? Yahoo Answers too sensitive? Nah! Just checked it!
2006-07-19 03:07:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
members are instruments becouse they work together for a huge purpose. not musical instruments
2006-07-19 03:04:11 · answer #8 · answered by Aaron C. L. C. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The letter was to a church,churches have members.
Wide is road to hell.Narrow is the way to heaven.
2006-07-19 03:10:09 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm surprised you didn't quote Song of Solomon instead.
2006-07-19 03:13:24 · answer #10 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, tapping your train of thought my question would be, why would you think of the body as being pornographic? I don't think they teach pornography in med school, or in art school???? hmmmmmmmm???
2006-07-19 04:31:57 · answer #11 · answered by novalee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋