How do we know which rules to follow in the Bible? If you're a Catholic, you follow certain rules and guidelines, Protestants, evangelical, Seventh-day Adventist, church of religious science, Mormons and other Christian organizations seem to interpret the Bible in different ways and make the rules up as they go along.
Seventh-day Adventists, choose to worship on Saturday and follow the Old Testament laws of the Sabbath. The most visible and largest Christian group is the Catholic church, this group of Christians has been known to change the rules as society changes. If you belong to any Christian organization and hold the Holy Bible as God's Word, and written law, wouldn't one of these organizations be right. By reading the rules in the Bible, we could eliminate those who did not follow them word for word. Sounds easy enough.
The Bible is definitely not short of laws and rules to follow. The book of Leviticus is full of them. Let's start with, Leviticus 20:9 " 'If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother, and his blood will be on his own head." I guess you're not allowed to curse your father or mother or you will be put to death.
This rule seems to be easy enough to follow, anyone who swears or curses at their mother and father, for example, if you were to damn your parents to hell or call them harmful names, could this be reason enough to be put to death and if so, who is supposed to kill you, one of the 10 Commandments, says your not allowed to kill anyone. Now it's getting a little confusing, which law do I follow.
Let's take another look at the word curse. A curse is any manner of adversity thought to be inflicted by any supernatural power, such as a spell, a prayer, an imprecation, an execration, magic, witchcraft, a god, a natural force, or a spirit. Maybe what the book of Leviticus was trying to tell us, was something different. If you were to cast a few spells, using magic or witchcraft, then you should be put to death. This makes a little more sense than just calling your parents names and then getting your head chopped off.
We are supposed to honor and respect our parents, Exodus 20:12 "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you. And this makes sense, as long as our parents are decent and loving stewards. What if they're not? If your parents are cruel and abusive, do you still honor them? I couldn't find that one in the holy Bible, maybe I didn't look hard enough and maybe it's not in there.
Here's another rule of the Bible that isn't really clear. Anyone who curses their parents must be put to death but who's going to murder them, or should I say kill them in the name of God. If we don't follow these rules, why are they written down in the Holy Bible? Shouldn't the holy Bible be edited and, who's going to edit it, man or God.
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