Monday, September 9, 2013

Can Christians Chop Down Fruit Trees?

Are Christians allowed to have tattoos? Do Christians have to take a Sabbath? Is tithing mandatory for new covenant believers? Can Christians cut down fruit trees during a siege while the Jews under the Mosaic law couldn't? (cf Deut 20:19-20)

These questions come up all over the place (except the fruit tree one).

This blog post has one simple point: These questions, all of these questions, are the wrong questions. As all Will Smith lovers know, "You must ask the right question" (I-Robot).

"For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: 'Love your neighbor as yourself'" (Gal 5:14). Christians have one command. One. Keep that command and fulfill the entire law! Rather than asking, "Is it allowed?" ask "Does it love?" Now that is the right question.

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