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Death For Thinking About It

Death For Thinking About It

Consider the society humans live in now where lust is openly praised or even found noteworthy. Now, consider the following scriptures and the question that follows:

"Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: but I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already is his heart" (Matthew 5:27-28).

"And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death" (Leviticus 20:10).

Based on the above are many humans worthy of death?

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Based on the scriptures you mentioned I know of no man that would live. Every young man or woman that I can even imagine has at one point or another lusted after an actor or actress or even a family friend of which was most likely married. This act even if done only in the heart as is stated is deserving of death. All man and woman shall perish. (in my humble opinion.)

Offtopic but, Thankfully he/she that believes in the Son Jesus Christ shall not perish for their sin. He that had no sin became sin of all man and woman and died for us so that we that believe upon him will not die but have eternal life.

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But you're taking those verses out of context!

In Leviticus it is listing the Jewish Laws.
In Matthew Jesus is saying that we all have sinned (And bwren verifies this) to show that all men sin and that all men fall short of the glory of God.

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It is interesting to me that God's law changes depending on what book it is written in and who is breaking the law. These people thought about it, some lusted, some died, some just paid a few shekels and walked away, but when King David's second son was born to the same woman he lusted after the first time, God loved the child?

God said it was all right to seduce a virgin if your heart was in the right place, ...and you had the shekels.

With all the wives and concubines King David had, it wasn't enough. He walked on the roof one day and saw a woman taking a bath. He found out who she was and slept with her. When she told him she had conceived, he ordered her husband to the front lines so he would be killed in battle. When the pregnant woman heard her husband was dead, she mourned for him, then became King David's wife and bore him a son.

So God dealt with David

But then God forgave David except for one small detail.

No devout religious person would question this, but I will. Was it necessary for God to kill an innocent child for the sin of the father? Was there no other way to teach David a lesson? No, the child had to die!

After the child died, it became obvious that David really was forgiven.

After David had been punished, God condoned his marriage to the wife of a man he had killed, and the next child of the marriage, and loved the child.

Edited: mousetrails on 30th May, 2006 - 1:47pm