Bible_Belt said:
OK, I give you credit on the 'father of lies' technicality. This is why debate is worthwhile; it makes me go back and read it. But you're still about 98% wrong. In the verse that you quoted, Jesus was talking to the Pharisees who denied him and whose name has become a metaphor for judgemental ass_hole. Looking down on other people for being sinful and unholy was what the Pharisees did. But today we have you and every other Ned Flanders who have turned Christianity into something that resembles the message of Jesus' enemies - judgement, condemnation, and hypocrisy.
The context of that particular chapter refers to the claims of WHO Jesus is. The fact is the law and the prophets both pointed to Jesus as the messiah, but the Pharisees did not recognize that, despite the witness of John the Baptist and the obvious miracles Jesus was doing and fact He did not sin at any point in His life.
Fact is they wanted to kill Jesus for His claim of equality with God and for healing on the Sabbath day and they were called on their murderous and lying spirit.
In fact, not just this passage, but there are other passages that talk about lying in scripture which I'm going to quote as follows to add further context and clarification to what Jesus is saying:
Proverbs 6:16-17 - lying is mentioned as the second thing the Lord hates, the first being pride.
Revelation 21:8 "But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and wh0remongers, and sorcers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death."
In context of the Pharisees - the denial of Christ constitutes a lie - because Jesus is the Christ (1 John 2:22). Since the Pharisees denied Jesus was the Christ, they had lied about who Christ was, and rather than their father being Abraham as they claimed, Jesus is saying their father was the devil since the devil is the father of lies. Those who recognize Jesus as Christ and confess Him and Lord and Saviour have the truth anything apart from Jesus is a lie.
Bible_Belt said:
Show me the part the says premarital sex is immoral. Have you even looked? And adultery is not the same as premarital sex, because adultery is the breaking of marital vows. Two unmarried people can't commit adultery.
1 Corinthians 7:2 "Nevertheless to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband."
vs. 8-9 "I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. But if they cannot containa, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn."
Notice Paul says, marriage is the solution to fornication - he didn't talk about Christians just having sex with each other and not going to pagan temple prostitutes, he's talking about Christians of opposite sex marrying each other
1 Thessolians 4:3-4 "For this is the Will of God, even your Sanctification, that you should abstain from fornication. That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in Sanctification and honour. Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as th eGentiles which know not God".
There you go - pre-maritial sex is an example of fornication, uncleanliness and sexual idolatry - the solution for those who are too horney to contain is is to get married and have one spouce.
There is no part of Paul's letters where it takes any permissive view that fornication is tolerated in the Christian life, but it's listed as a sin unto death if is habitually practised.
Bible_Belt said:
Jesus may have made some serious comments about lust, but for lying - He's reserved His most severe comments - saying the devil is the father of liars - that's severe.
Read 1 Samuel 16 - God actually tells Samuel to lie to people. I agree that lying and deceit are generally frowned upon, but I don't think that white lies to women to get laid are any big deal.
I've just read 1 Samuel 16 - didn't find anything. Any specific verse you are referring to?