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Polygamy

Polygamy!    Is it morally acceptable to have 2 wives? To answer this question, we need to draw a proper distinction between that which is moral & that which is wise.  Matthew 5:27–28 (ESV): You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. As you can see, in the Sermon on the Mount, adultery is not defined merely by the fact that he or she is not your spouse. Adultery is defined by lustful intent. What is lust? Lust is, at its root, the failure to love God over & above everything & everyone else & your neighbor before yourself.  Loving yourself more than God & others is definitional to lust, & lust is what underwrites sexual sin - not the mere sex/gender of your target &/or the lack of marriage certificate.    Using Matt. 5:19 - or any text - to move the moral grounds of moral guil...
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The Lord Is Risen!

  The Fact of Christ’s Resurrection 15  Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand,   2  by which also you are saved, if you hold fast  [ a ] the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. 3  For I delivered to you  [ b ] as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,   4  and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,   5  and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.   6  After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep;   7  then He appeared to  [ c ] James, then to all the apostles; 8  and last of all, as  [ d ] to one untimely born, He a...
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Psalm 18

Psalm 18:1–50 (NASB95): PSALM 18 The Lord Praised for Giving Deliverance. 0 For the choir director. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said,   1 “I love You, O Lord, my strength.”   2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,  My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;  My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.   3 I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,  And I am saved from my enemies.   4 The cords of death encompassed me,  And the torrents of ungodliness terrified me.   5 The cords of Sheol surrounded me;  The snares of death confronted me.   6 In my distress I called upon the Lord,  And cried to my God for help;  He heard my voice out of His temple,  And my cry for help before Him came into His ...
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