Then if it is GOD's will that you obey the civil law, adulterers are not to be stoned to death.
Uh, no, God's will is that we also obey HIM rather than man (at least in issues pertaining to morality).
Hence why I quoted the verse from Acts.
That should settle the issue as to what GOD wants you to do.
See above.
GOD's law is that you obey the civil law, so how can it violate GOD's law?
Man says: Adultery should be legal (or not illegal).
God says: Adultery should be illegal and punishable by death.
Things that contradict God are ALWAYS wrong.
Again, if it is GOD's will that you obey civil laws, then that is what you should be advocating and not wanting to CHANGE it.
:think: "We must obey God rather than man" :think:
I mean, come on JR, it can't be CLOSER to GOD's law if HIS law is to obey the civil law.
It's not his
law to obey governmental authorities.
It's His will that one does, EXCEPT when the governmental authorities violate His laws. And in the case of adultery, the governmental authorities violate God's law by legalizing adultery.
Then you are saying that GOD giving our civil laws authority was unjust.
Straw man.
God gave the law, absolute morality. Man made his own, mostly imitating (even if unintentional) God's law.
God's law is just. Man's law has the possibility of being just, as long as it imitates God's law.
Where is grace, mercy, and forgiveness for the sinner in that?
Between the sentence for an evil work and the execution, for grace and forgiveness, and after death for mercy.
It's also merciful to the victims of adultery to punish the criminal.
One would think that after you have studied the Mosaic law that you would realize that living under that law condemns all.
Uh... No, it doesn't.
If a man lives under the law, HE is the one who is condemned, not the ones around him.
Because if man could be a righteous man living under the Mosaic law, then Christ died in vain.
Once again, my goal is not to make society righteous. My goal is to slow the decay of society.
[QUTOE]Again, the law is not of faith, and the just shall live by faith, not law.[/QUOTE]
Which has nothing to do with what we're talking about.
We're talking about whether a wicked person should be punished.
And again, if one chooses to live under law then they must abide by the WHOLE law (every jot and tittle).
I agree, except when that law contradicts God's law.
The instruction is to obey civil authorities, is it not?
It's also to obey God RATHER than man.
Meaning that "obey the governmental authorities" is a general rule of thumb, not an absolute.
Was GOD telling you to obey something HE did not want you to obey?
God hasn't told me anything except through his Word, the Bible.
The punishment should be what GOD has instructed.
Then you should agree that "the adulterer and adulteress should be put to death" is to be the punishment for adultery.
*pounds gavel* Case closed!
And GOD has instructed that you obey civil authority.
As a general rule of thumb, yes.
But for some reason GOD's decision does not set well with you.
Straw man.
It sits perfectly well with me, because there's more to it than just "obey the civil authorities."
Civil authority says adulterers should not be stoned to death at all.
And God says the adulterer and adulteress should be executed.
Let God be true and every man a liar.
And if that is the authority GOD wants you to obey, then it is wrong to suggest the civil authorities are wrong and should change.
False premise and subsequent straw man.
God wants man to obey the government, but He also wants man to obey HIM over the government, especially if what the government says to do is evil.