I am Church of England (which you probably know better as 'episcopalian')!
I don't want to use this introductory post to start debating with the good folks here after the warm welcome you gave me! I'll just say one thing...
When reading the Bible, please remember that CONTEXT is KEY!
Aren't Episcopalians catlicks who flunked Latin?
And there is no "context" - that idea is from satan. The WORD is the WORD, as unchangeable and true 6000 years ago as it is now. No mewling "Oh my! We can't stone people any more" or "Hating homersexuals is not OK because Leviticus had CONTEXT."
Leviticus 13:44 He is a leprous man, he is UNCLEAN: the priest shall pronounce him utterly UNCLEAN; his plague is in his head.
2 Kings 6:25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
And there is no "context" - that idea is from satan. The WORD is the WORD, as unchangeable and true 6000 years ago as it is now. No mewling "Oh my! We can't stone people any more" or "Hating homersexuals is not OK because Leviticus had CONTEXT."
Amen to that too. Nowhere in the Bible does Jesus tell us to start ignoring the O.T.
Here is a partial list from just a few scripture verses:
Hypocrites (Matthew 24:51), The Unforgiving (Mark 11:26), Homosexuals (Romans 1:26, 27), Fornicators (Romans 1:29), The Wicked (Romans 1:29), The Covetous (Romans 1:29), The Malicious (Romans 1:29), The Envious (Romans 1:29), Murderers (Romans 1:29), The Deceitful (Romans 1:29), Backbiters (Romans 1:30), Haters of God (Romans 1:30), The Despiteful (Romans 1:30), The Proud (Romans 1:30), Boasters (Romans 1:30), Inventors of evil (Romans 1:30), Disobedient to parents (Romans 1:30), Covenant breakers (Romans 1:31), The Unmerciful (Romans 1:31), The Implacable (Romans 1:31), The Unrighteous (1Corinthians 6:9), Idolaters (1Corinthians 6:9), Adulterers (1Corinthians 6:9), The Effeminate (1Corinthians 6:9), Thieves (1Corinthians 6:10), Drunkards (1Corinthians 6:10), Reviler (1Corinthians 6:10), Extortioners (1Corinthians 6:10), The Fearful (Revelation 21:8), The Unbelieving (Revelation 21:8), The Abominable (Revelation 21:8), Whoremongers (Revelation 21:8), Sorcerers (Revelation 21:8), All Liars (Revelation 21:8)
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