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Originally Posted by TK Burk
Here’s one for all you ‘it’s-not-prohibited-in-the-New-Testament-so-it’s-not-sin’ folk; using the same line of reasoning you’re using for polygamy, please explain how we should view the following Old Testament Laws:
Deuteronomy 21:18-21: The responsibility to stone to death a rebellious child
• Nowhere in the entire Bible is this law ever said to have been obeyed by a child’s parents. I wonder why?
Deuteronomy 13:6-10: The responsibility to stone to death your family or close friend if they say something that might lead you to backslide
• Talk about watching what you say!
Deuteronomy 25:5-9: The responsibility to marry and bare children with a widowed sister-in-law
• This one would definitely make the family reunions more interesting….
Nowhere are these specifically said to be prohibited in the New Testament. Consequently, can (or maybe, should) a person still do them? Are they sinning if they do? What do you say?
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I don't see any problems here. Those laws were for Israel, and plus we are not bound by the old law.
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Matthew 22, Jesus, being questioned as to which was the greatest commandment, the lawyer said: "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"
Jesus answered, "You shall love the Lord you God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."
Does this suddenly 'prohibit' the old laws? Of course not, we Christians still follow many old testament laws today. If God wanted to change the rules and prohibit polygamy in the NT he would have. Since there is no new command, we definitely should not be imagining one up.