Comment on If you consider yourself a Christian and act in self-defence, you don’t truly believe
Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Ecclesiastes 3:4 - “there is a time to kill and a time to heal”
Don’t only look at one part of the Bible. As important as the gospels are, you need to look at all of scripture to get the full picture. Yes, “turn the other cheek” and “give them your shirt as well”, but do those as part of loving your neighbor as you love yourself.
Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Ecclesiastes is old testament, jesus brought the new covenant, if you claim to be a follower if christ then not only are you no longer bound by the edicts of the old testament but are actively denigrating christ’s sacrifice by failing to adhere to the new instead
Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 2 days ago
A. Then why is it still in the Bible? The old testament didn’t cease to be scripture when Jesus died. If it did, why did Jesus explain it to his disciples after his resurrection (the road to Emmaus, Luke 24), and why do a lot of the letters in the new testament reference bits of the old testament?
B. “Do not think I have come to abolish the law or prophets, I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them” (Matthew 5:17). Jesus makes sure that the law and prophets (aka old testament) are still there, still honored, and still seen as God’s word. What he did on the cross means we have another way to seek salvation in grace.
squaresinger@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Because Jesus didn’t compile the bible. That was done centuries after Christ. The Old Testament is mostly relevant for prophezising of Christ, so of course, Christ used the Old Testament to prove that he was the one that the prophecies refer to. It’s basically the spiritual back story.
Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Because the people who put the bible together were a bunch of fucking politicians long after jesus was dead, fucking duh