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May 16, 2008 · Why did God permit slavery? There are Old Testament laws and principles that don't have validity today, and there is a redemptive-historical flow in the Bible that accounts for why some things were both commanded and permitted earlier that aren't now.
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Why Did God Permit Slavery? May 16, 2008. John Piper...
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- Fuller’s Case For Slavery
- Wayland’s Response
- Fuller’s Bad Hermeneutic
- Fuller’s Fatal Flaw
- Pay Attention to God’s Word
Fuller argued that slavery, in principle, is not sinful. Undergirding his argument was his abiding conviction that the Bible is the inspired and authoritative Word of God. The Bible alone has the right to define sin. Once sin has been identified, it is humanity’s responsibility to repent. If “slavery be a sin,” Fuller wrote, “surely it is the immed...
Wayland had great affection for Fuller, but he had no respect for his interpretation of the Bible on this issue. The holes in Fuller’s interpretation are legion, Wayland insisted, and these arguments against slavery stand the test of time. 1. Slavery is a clear violation of Matthew 19:19: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”It is impossible ...
Like many of his contemporaries, Fuller didn’t interpret the Bible properly. He failed to distinguish regulation of slavery from approval of slavery. Scripture regulated slavery, but it never once approved it. In fact, the Bible always moved God’s people away from it. Even though Old Testament saints were allowed to practice slavery, they couldn’t ...
But Fuller’s fatal flaw was not finally his bad hermeneutic. It was his bad theology. He failed to see his black brothers and sisters as divine image-bearers. He commended himself for educating his slaves, giving them good medical care, and keeping them well fed. But he saw them all as fundamentally inferior to whites like himself. Because of his r...
Richard Fuller, James Thornwell, George Washington, George Whitefield, and so many others would’ve done well to have adopted the views of the African-American pastor Lemuel Haynes. He knew everyone, black and white, is crafted in the image of God. The Vermont pastor understood the bitter roots of America’s division over slavery had been nourished i...
Dec 6, 2022 · Rather, the disciple who desires to be great in God’s kingdom must be their “servant” and “slave of all” (Mark 10:43-44). The reason is that even the King of the kingdom “did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many” (10:45, LSB). Here’s the entire text:
Dec 12, 2022 · As those who have been redeemed from the slavery of sin, followers of Jesus Christ should be the foremost champions of ending human slavery in the world today. The question arises, though, why does the Bible not speak out strongly against slavery?
Mar 25, 2022 · Jesus used the institution of slavery in his teaching, drawing a contrast between those in bondage and those free (John 8:35). Jesus didn’t repudiate slavery. Paul told slaves to obey their masters, and he told masters how to manage slaves (Eph. 6:5–11; Col. 3:22–4:1).
May 7, 2005 · (Matthew 19:8) I would assume God’s attitude toward slavery in the Old Testament would fall under the same category. Slavery was a fact of life in the ancient world. Victory in battle produced slaves. Period. Therefore, for his own reasons, God chose to regulate the cruelty of slavery rather than to ban it outright for the Jews under the Law of
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Why does the Bible allow slavery? At first glance this seems an irredeemable blemish to the goodness of the Bible’s message. Slavery is correctly recognized as one of the great evils of our nation’s history. To many, this provides a significant reason for rejecting what the Bible teaches.
