11-30-2011, 10:18 PM
A church in Pike County has banned interacial partners in their church. If you all have heard about this what's your thoughts? LWC I really look for you to weigh in on this preacher man
zaga_fan Wrote:There is no way that you can propose this and not be a racist.
It's impossible.
Galatians 3:28 Wrote:There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
James 2:1-10 Wrote:1 My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism. 2 Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in. 3 If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,” 4 have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? 7 Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong? 8 If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right. 9 But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers. 10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
Deuteronomy 7:3-4 Wrote:You shall not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons, for they would turn away your sons from following me, to serve other gods. Then the anger of the Lord would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you ...in that same couple of verses the REASON for that original law was that the race they would marry would keep them from following God.
LWC Wrote:What reasons have the church given? Someone previously mentioned that "churches" like that make Kingdom-building and Gospel-forwarding so difficult today.If I remember correct, Moses wife was an Ethiopian.
My Bible tells me that:
I understand that I am stretching the meaning of the Galatians verse, but I am stretching it with a Kingdom-truth. Paul wrote that referring to those who are in Christ. He is basically saying, in the eyes of the Lord nobody is better than anyone else for any reason. Dr. MLK said it best when he said, "...not judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character!"
The second set of verses that I used talk about showing favoritism. Again, I am stretching these particular verses but stretching them out of their initial context but still keeping them in a kingdom-context. I have to stretch them because, as far as I know the only verses in the Bible SPECIFICALLY referring to interracial marriage are AGAINST it, but that was in the Old Testament AND it was forbidden for a very specific, very at-that-time oriented.
in that same couple of verses the REASON for that original law was that the race they would marry would keep them from following God.
Basically, the ONLY Bible verse opposing interracial marriages, that I can find, has a time-specific reason, that does not apply today.
I hope this answered your question or gave you the insight needed.
RunItUpTheGut Wrote:Im not saying i agree, however, its there right as a church isnt it?If I'm not mistaken, they could lose their tax exempt status if they bypass US racial laws. The same way a business can get in trouble over it.
If someone doesnt like it, why dont they just switch churches?
I know i would if i was a member of that church.
Some places, (and people) are just to far behind in the world to know any better and its a shame that there are still societies like this today.
As i said, it doesnt matter to me either way and i feel it is okay, but your getting into a seperation of church and state matter when dealing with religion, and its a fight that you'll lose every time unless your the church.
zaga_fan Wrote:This is a disgrace and it's a big part of the reason that people who don't go to Church stay out of Church.
LWC Wrote:What reasons have the church given? Someone previously mentioned that "churches" like that make Kingdom-building and Gospel-forwarding so difficult today.
My Bible tells me that:
I understand that I am stretching the meaning of the Galatians verse, but I am stretching it with a Kingdom-truth. Paul wrote that referring to those who are in Christ. He is basically saying, in the eyes of the Lord nobody is better than anyone else for any reason. Dr. MLK said it best when he said, "...not judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character!"
The second set of verses that I used talk about showing favoritism. Again, I am stretching these particular verses but stretching them out of their initial context but still keeping them in a kingdom-context. I have to stretch them because, as far as I know the only verses in the Bible SPECIFICALLY referring to interracial marriage are AGAINST it, but that was in the Old Testament AND it was forbidden for a very specific, very at-that-time oriented.
in that same couple of verses the REASON for that original law was that the race they would marry would keep them from following God.
Basically, the ONLY Bible verse opposing interracial marriages, that I can find, has a time-specific reason, that does not apply today.
I hope this answered your question or gave you the insight needed.