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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31. Does the Lord believe in burnt offerings? No: "I delight not in the
blood of bullocks or of lambs or of he-goats" (Isa. i. 11). Yes: "Thou
shall offer every day a bullock for a sin-offering" (Exod. xxix. 36).
32. Does the Lord believe in animal sacrifices of any kind? No: "Your
burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me"
(Jer. vi. 20). Yes: "Burnt sacrifices are sweet unto the Lord" (Lev i.
9).
33. Does God believe in human sacrifices? No: For he condemned the human
sacrifices of the Gentiles. (See Deut. xii. 30.) Yes: "For his anger was
abated by David's hanging the five sons of Michal in the hill before the
Lord." (See 2 Sam. xxi. 8, and Judg. xi. 30.)
34. Does God ever repent? Yes: "It repenteth the Lord that he had made
man" (Gen. vi. 6). No: "The Lord is not a man that he should repent"
(Num. xxiii. 19).
35. Is all scripture given by inspiration of God? Yes: "All scripture is
given by inspiration of God" (2 Tim. iii. 16). No: "I speak it not after
the Lord" (2 Cor. xi. 17).
36. Is war and fighting right? No: "They that take the sword shall
perish with the sword" (Matt, xxvi. 32). Yes: "He that hath no sword,
let him sell his coat and by one" (Luke xxii. 36). No: "Beat your swords
into plowshares, and your spears into pruning-hooks" (Mic. iv. 3). Yes:
"Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears"
(Joel iii. 10). Yes: "Cursed be he who keepeth back his sword from
blood" (Jer. xlviii. 10).
37. Shall nation war against nation? Yes: "Nation shall rise up against
nation" (Matt. xxiv. 7). No: "Nation shall not rise up against nation"
(Mic. iv. 3).
38. Shall we love our enemies? Yes: "Love your enemies" (Luke vi. 27).
No: "Bring my enemies, and lay them before me" (Luke xix. 27).
39. Is hatred right? No: "Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer"(1
John iii. 15) Yes: "You must hate father and mother, brother and sister,
&c., or ye can not be true followers of Christ" (Luke xiv. 26).
40. Is anger commended? Yes: "Be ye angry, and sin not" (Eph. iv. 26).
No "Anger resteth in the bosom of fools" (Ecclcs. vii 9).
41. Is it right to steal and rob? No: "Thou shalt not steal" (Exod. xx.
15); "Neither rob" (Lev. xix. 13). Yea: The Israelites took from the
Egyptians "Jewels of silver and Jewels of gold, and raiment, and they
spoiled the Egyptians" (Exod. xii. 35).
42. Is it right to kill? No: "Thou shalt not kill" (Exod. xx. 13). Yes:
"Kill every male child amongst them." Yes: "Go ye out and slay every
man his companion and every man his neighbor, and every man his brother"
(Exod. xxxii. 27).
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