theological question – INSPIRATION with an ATTITUDE

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Leviticus 20:10 “If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the man and the woman who have committed adultery must be put to death.”

So why were David and Bathsheba not stoned for their adultery? In fact, this punishment was not even mentioned in the rebuke from God through Nathan the prophet. Of course, the child died and there were other terrible consequences that effected many people. Can we legitimately infer anything about why God didn’t have Nathan follow through with the original consequence? And more importantly, does anyone else see the grace of God working alongside the law (truth) of God?

Giving shout-outs for some specific insightful bloggers, but also invite any others who might have some thoughts to weigh in on this one:

Beyond the Map

Cookie Crumbs to Live By

From the Inside Out

I Sing Because I’m Free

Learning to Be Full of Grace and Truth

The Recovering Legalist

Truth in Palmyra

Virtual Vitamins

(And if you haven’t checked out these sites, I recommend you do!)

“For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay no greater burden on you than these few requirements: You must abstain from eating food offered to idols, from consuming blood or the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”

Right, so I realize that the church was being newly formed and was still pretty well steeped in Jewish thinking at the time this was written. Paul, himself, argued against the “food offered to idols” thing. It seems the only one that we need to continue to follow is “to abstain from …sexual immorality.” Despite what may seem obvious, how can we discount the first three and hold to the last one? Or to put it another way, how would you give an answer to one who would use this passage to say that “since the first three are no longer valid, why should the fourth one still be followed?”

Thoughts from anyone, and specific invites to:

I Love the Psalms

Truth in Palmyra

The Recovering Legalist

Virtual Vitamins

The True Light

Pneumythology

Mustard Seed Budget

Kdmanestreet

Elihu’s Corner

Patrick Hawthorne

And thanks to all who can weigh in. Appreciate your comments! (If you haven’t checked out these sites, I recommend you do!)

Acts 15:28,29 Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.