The Bible of Bibles; Or, Twenty-Seven "Divine" RevelationsGraves, Kersey
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The Bible of Bibles; Or, Twenty-Seven "Divine" Revelations
Graves, Kersey
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65. Are children punished for the sins of their parents? Yes: "The
iniquities of the father are visited upon the children" (Exod. xx. 6).
No "The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father" (Ezek. xviii.
20).
66. Should marriage be encouraged? Yes: "Marriage is honorable to all"
(Heb. xiii. 4). No: "It is good for a man not to touch a woman" (1 Cor.
vii. 1).
67. Is divorce right or wrong according to the Bible? Right: "If thou
have no delight in her (thy wife), then thou shalt let her go" (Deut.
xxi. 11). Wrong: "Whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the
crime of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery" (Matt. v. 32).
68. Is it right to marry a brother's widow? Yes: "If a man die
childless, his brother shall marry his widow" (Deut. xxv. 5). No: "To
marry a brother's widow is an unclean thing" (Lev. xx. 21).
69. Is it ever right to marry a sister? No: "Cursed shall he be who
does so" (Deut. xxvii. 22). Yes: "Abraham married his sister, and was
blessed" (Gen. xx. 2).
70. Does the Bible allow adultery? No: "Whoremongers and adulterers God
will Judge" (Heb. xiii. 4). Yes: "The Lord commanded Hosea to take a
wife of whoredoms" (Hos. i. 2).
71. Is fornication sinful? Yes: "You should abstain from fornication"
(1. Thess. iv. 8). No: "Every woman who hath not known man by lying with
him, save for yourselves" (Num. xxxi. 18).
72. Should we always obey kings and rulers? Yes: "To resist [them] is to
resist the ordinance of God" (Rom. xiii. 3). No: "Whether it is right to
obey God or man, judge ye." Yes: "Submit yourselves to every ordinance
of man for the Lord's sake" ( 1 Pet. ii. 14). "Whatsoever they bid you
observe, that observe and do" (Matt, xxiii. S). No: "We ought to obey
God rather than man" (Acts v. 29).
73. Is the obedience of servants a duty? Yes: "Servants, obey your
masters" (Col. iii. 22). No: "Be ye not the servants of men" (1 Cor.
vii. 23).
74. Is slavery right? No: "Be not called master;" "Break every yoke"
(Isa. lviii. 6). Yes: "Ye shall buy of the children of the stranger,
&c., and they shall be your possession" (Lev. xxv. 46). No: "Proclaim
liberty throughout all the land" (Lev. xxv. 10).
75. Who can tell if baptism is an obligatory ordinance? Yes: "Go ye and
teach all nations, baptizing them," &c. (Matt, xxviii. 19). No: "Christ
sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel" (1 Cor. i. 17).
76. Is image-making right? No: "Ye shall make no image of any thing"
(Exod. xx. 4). Yes: "Moses made an image of a serpent" (Num. xxi. 9).
77. Is circumcision right? Yes: "Except ye be circumcised after the
manner of men, ye can not be saved" (Acts xv. 1). No: "If ye be
circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing" (Gal. v. 2). Yes: "Ye must
be circumcised" (Acts xv. 24). No: "Circumcision is nothing" (Cor. vii.
19).
78. Is it right to swear? No: "Swear not at all" (Matt. v. 35). Yes: God
swore eleven times, says the Bible.
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