How should we judge the actions of Biblical Characters? The obvious answer is to judge them according to God’s law and teaching elsewhere in Scripture. But there is a danger here. What if we say of a man known to be Godly that they sinned for doing action X which was in violation of law Y… because of our own interpretation of action X and law Y? How do we know it is not our interpretation of law Y which is at fault, making their action X blameless or even praiseworthy?
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Judging the Patriarchs II
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How should we judge the actions of Biblical Characters? The obvious answer is to judge them according to God’s law and teaching elsewhere in Scripture. But there is a danger here. What if we say of a man known to be Godly that they sinned for doing action X which was in violation of law Y… because of our own interpretation of action X and law Y? How do we know it is not our interpretation of law Y which is at fault, making their action X blameless or even praiseworthy?