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Originally Posted by Leroy Llewelyn
Sage advice, Sister.
And not let us forget, the Bible reminds slaves to rejoice in serving True Christian™ masters:
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.
2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.
1 Timothy 6:1-2
Yours in Christ,
Leroy Llewelyn |
I've highlighted a portion of the Scripture because how easy it is to forget what a true benefit we have in Him. Christian slave owners are to be done service by their Christian slaves, servants under the yoke who love them. Jesus reminds us:
MATTHEW 11:28-29 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
KJV . .context
Jumping off a roof is incompatible with having found rest unto the soul. These wretches have
not come unto Jesus. They are
not labouring under His yoke which, as we saw in Mr Llewelyn's post, fetches love. Love and faithfulness and mutual benefit partaken of which, if it were so, would not necessitate fitting bird wire around rooves to prevent jumping off.
Often heathens come here and spout Bible verses out of context. Jesus had been outlining what happens to people who disregard His promise of deliverance. And not only slaves who are delivered, although obviously they remain as slaves, but even ignorant sodomites come in for a better treatment than blasé witnesses:
Chorazin Jesus said: "If the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago." Read about it in
Ezekiel chapters 26 to 28
Bethsaida Also witnessed miracles, also sneered, also blasted, worse than.. God explains: "I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her. For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side."
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Capernaum Witnessed but disregarded the authority of Jesus who said: "Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee." More tolerable than what?
Genesis chapter 19
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Renowned for obsessing over interspecies erotica and peri-anal geometry those cities certainly copped a full blast but the apparatus was not set at maximum that day; perhaps Capernaum will experience that but I have no way of knowing, just that it will be worse than for Sodom. These are all examples of what happens when people reject God's deliverance from the burdens they're toiling beneath. This is the context Jesus chose to communicate His message on the subject.
And this is how we recognise those who are not partakers of the benefit in Him.
Praise Jesus!