Today,
reply is on whether the Bible promotes slavery. GOD does not extend
redemption and salvation to men on the basis of human
accomplishments, economic and social status, ethnic origin or race.
The Scriptures teach that mankind was created to exist as a companion
to immortal, incorruptible, invisible divinity. Authentic humanity
as put forth by the Creator is to display godliness, obedience, and
the many inseparable aspects of divine fullness that were imparted as
life essence. Included are faith, forbearance, holiness,
longsuffering, lovingkindness, oneness without sameness, personhood,
wisdom, and wrath against sin. The holy writings have been provided
to mankind on the earth even within cultures and nations where the
enslavement of others were practiced as acceptable, commonplace, and
necessary to maintain institutions for government, prosperity,
geopolitical stability, and warfare along with management of ones own
business, family, and household. Scripture provides a detailed
picture of the human condition that has resulted through the
operations of sin. GOD has not yet eliminated sin, and mankind is
presently in a divine process of redemption and salvation wherein the
living become the new creation. Through rebirth, repentance,
and renewal, sinners are endowed to become mature and ripe for
harvest by Jesus Christ at his appearing (i.e., the Advent; the
Rapture; the Second Coming). All are to endure life challenges on
the earth generated by mechanical process, natural law, the Flesh,
the World, and other belief systems. The broad range of living
experience includes affliction, bereavement, chance occurrences,
disappointments, discovery, duty, gradual growth, hardship,
imprisonment, inequality, forms of servitude, poverty, sexuality,
social injustice, suffering, and the unexpected. Sacred knowledge
and divine tools have been given mankind that allow men more
correctly to recognize, reject, resist, and recover from the
operations of sin. It is written: 2nd Timothy 1: 7-10,
King James Version (KJV): 7 For God hath not given us the spirit of
fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 8 Be not thou
therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his
prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel
according to the power of God; 9 Who hath saved us, and called us
with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to
his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before
the world began, 10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our
Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life
and immortality to light through the gospel: One of the fighters in
the “Yahoo! Answers” public forum on Religion & Spirituality
using the ID “Anonymous” (no profile is shared) posted the
following:
Does
the Bible promote slavery?
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: For they that are after the flesh do mind the things
of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the
Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be
spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind
is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of
God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh
cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit,
if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not
the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. (Romans 8: 5-9, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: The Visibility of GOD (01/20/2020); I Am So Satisfied
(12/18/2019); Worshiping A Man-made Object (11/04/2019); Christ
Displayed Authentic Humanity (10/09/2019); Was Creation A Failure?
(05/13/2019); (08/22/2019) Comfort Through New Life; Continuing and
Refreshing Creation (04/01/2019); Salvation Through Jesus Christ
(03/25/2019)
“Anonymous”,
mature Christian believers will agree that the holy writings describe
the perfected human condition, the life process for the offspring of
Adam that is acceptable to GOD, and the elements of mature, authentic
humanity. These have been demonstrated through the appearance of
divinity on the earth using flesh and the physical form of mankind
(i.e., by the Incarnation as Jesus Christ.) The living descendants
of the first pair are to display the image of GOD; and as believers
and followers of Jesus, they are to resemble, reflect, and reveal the
character and likeness of Christ. The errors of ethnic arrogance,
covetousness, dehumanization, exaggerated pride, racism, slavery,
human trafficking, and violence against one another appear through
the operations of sin that oppose the continued existence of sacred
law, the Lawgiver, and the universe that is an expression of divine
dominion, inarguable prerogative, eternal purpose, and the sovereign
will of divine fullness (i.e., the Creator; the Godhead; the Father,
the Son, the Holy Spirit).
While
divinity created the heaven and the earth, and has established
mortality as a condition for human existence, a World system of
belief has been created by mankind that is intended to ensure human
communication, exchange, longevity, movement for populations, and
survival. The World system operates relying on such finite tools as
intellect, logic, philosophy, carnal reason, science, and technology.
The Bible provides a record of divinity appearing on the earth
through thousands of events, within thousands of lives, over the
course of thousands of years. The system of Christian belief
provided by the Scriptures detail guidance, meanings, standards and
values for the continued existence of mankind; promote the
acknowledgment of divinity as an active presence; and
continues the sacred transformation of mankind to become immortal and
incorruptible through spiritual process and endowments of divine
substance imparted from the makeup of GOD.
While
mankind now must face life conditions on the earth that include
aging, chance occurrences, disease, death, and uncertainty, divinity
has provided mechanisms for godly living that alter, suppress, and in
many instances reverse the operations of sin that appear as
affliction, crisis, hardship, suffering, and tragedy. Consider again
the following that uses language from the Bible, and the music
selection from the music ministry of the The Heralds:
(1.)
Romans 8: 13-17, King James Version (KJV): 13 For if ye live after
the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the
deeds of the body, ye shall live. 14 For as many as are led by the
Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received
the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit
of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself
beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with
Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also
glorified together.
(2.)
1st Corinthians 7: 18-24, KJV: 18 Is any man called
being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in
uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. 19 Circumcision is
nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the
commandments of God. 20 Let every man abide in the same calling
wherein he was called. 21 Art thou called being a servant?
care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it
rather. 22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a
servant, is the Lord’s freeman:
likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s
servant. 23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of
men. 24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide
with God.
(3.)
Colossians 3: 8-14, KJV: 8 But now ye also put off all these;
anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your
mouth. 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old
man with his deeds; 10 And have put on the new man, which is
renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: 11
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor
uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is
all, and in all. 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and
beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness,
longsuffering; 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another,
if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so
also do ye. 14 And above all these things put on
charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
(4.)
Colossians 3: 22-25, KJV: 22 Servants, obey in all things your
masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as
men-pleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God; 23 And
whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto
men; 24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the
inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. 25 But he that doeth
wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is
no respect of persons.
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, (5.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_UuIoxuLT8.)
Even
so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according
to your faith.
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