3 Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!
Seems strange to me, so did some checking. People say that judge in Greek also means to rule over or govern. So its not that we will be judging between right and wrong, God will handle that duty. But it may indicate a higher level relationship to God than the angels. chalk that up to something I don't get.
18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.
Sex is great but also very dangerous. While the sin itself is no worse than any other sin (i think all are equal, right?), the risk I see is that sexually sins are a behavior that can infect and spread causing a downward spiral. It is visible all over our society.
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7-8 These court cases are an ugly blot on your community. Wouldn’t it be far better to just take it, to let yourselves be wronged and forget it? All you’re doing is providing fuel for more wrong, more injustice, bringing more hurt to the people of your own spiritual family.
ReplyDeleteThis reads so well. Sounds like it's meant for today's society.
12 Just because something is technically legal doesn’t mean that it’s spiritually appropriate. If I went around doing whatever I thought I could get by with, I’d be a slave to my whims.
This verse is something completely foreign to our society. I see this in my kids. We talk about it a lot. Staying away from things that tend to trip you up.