I took the good brother Eliot Maynard's suggestion, and now I'm reading the KJV.
I came across the passage in Deuteronomy 21 that I'm sure all of you true Christians probably have memorized, it's the part about stoning your son if he won't obey the voice of his father.
Let's say, hypothetically, I have a son who is six. I put two toaster waffles in the toaster for breakfast, and tell him he can have one of them when it pops up. But, say, the phone rings and I have to go answer it in the living room because we don't have a phone in the kitchen, and when I get back the little angel has already eaten his toaster waffle, and is now halfway through eating my toaster waffle (and it's the last one). I tell him to give it to me, but he won't, because he is stubborn and rebellious AND a glutton (eating my food). So, if he is six, and stubborn, rebellious, and a glutton, (but not a drunkard) is it ok to take him to the elders of the city and have them stone him? Would this be a situation where they would just stone him until he had permanent disabilities instead of stoning him to death?
What have you good Christians done in similar circumstances?
I came across the passage in Deuteronomy 21 that I'm sure all of you true Christians probably have memorized, it's the part about stoning your son if he won't obey the voice of his father.
18: If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
19: Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
20: And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
21: And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
So, I'm sure that at least some of you have had sons who wouldn't listen to you, and I'm wondering, in your experience, at what age did you start stoning your sons?19: Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
20: And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
21: And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
Let's say, hypothetically, I have a son who is six. I put two toaster waffles in the toaster for breakfast, and tell him he can have one of them when it pops up. But, say, the phone rings and I have to go answer it in the living room because we don't have a phone in the kitchen, and when I get back the little angel has already eaten his toaster waffle, and is now halfway through eating my toaster waffle (and it's the last one). I tell him to give it to me, but he won't, because he is stubborn and rebellious AND a glutton (eating my food). So, if he is six, and stubborn, rebellious, and a glutton, (but not a drunkard) is it ok to take him to the elders of the city and have them stone him? Would this be a situation where they would just stone him until he had permanent disabilities instead of stoning him to death?
What have you good Christians done in similar circumstances?



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