tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post4690512420564756174..comments2024-03-28T09:26:25.931+11:00Comments on Thinking Out Aloud: Problems with the normative essentialism of classical natural law theory 2a: Ignorant confidence and selecting premisesLorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305933404442191098noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-33325035942585535822010-01-14T19:57:25.225+11:002010-01-14T19:57:25.225+11:00EZEKIEL
Ezekiel 3:18 adds responsibility,
God st...EZEKIEL <br />Ezekiel 3:18 adds responsibility, <br />God states his laws for life with his expected certainty: <br />"And when I tell the wicked man that "You will surely die," <br />You will be held accountable if you don't warn the guy? <br />But if you speak up and he doesn't change his wicked way, <br />You will have saved yourself and he will be the one to pay." <br />In 18:5: "Suppose a man takes not much interest, <br />He takes no usury. He'll live! His actions I have blessed. <br />Suppose he has a son who takes excessive interest, <br />And lends at usury. He'll die! His actions I detest. <br />But if this son too has a son who doesn't do the same, <br />He does not take the pledge for loans, his greed he overcame. <br />He takes no usury nor interest that is too high, <br />He will not die for his father's sin, the soul that sins will die. <br />But if a wicked man turns from the sins he did commit, <br />He gives back what he took in pledge. His sins I will acquit. <br />Forgotten will be his offences when I come to judge, <br />Because of good things he does now, I will not hold a grudge. <br />But if a righteous man turns from my law to evil way, <br />None of his righteous deeds will count. He'll die! I do inveigh. <br />So cleanse yourselves of all your sins and cease to be such fools, <br />I take no pleasure in the death of men who break my rules." <br />Ezekiel declared that usury and interest, <br />Could have a different effect, there was a simple test. <br />If interest demanded is of something that can breed, <br />Such interest is payable and not sin I concede. <br />So if you lend a hundred head and ask to get two more, <br />That might not be excessive action that he would abhor. <br />But if you gain all of the calves and he still owes you some, <br />That would be judged excessive. That is more than maximum. <br />And if the interest is on some silver or some gold, <br />It's usury because there are no babies to behold! <br />It's interest if principal can breed to multiply, <br />It's usury if principal cannot so classify.King of the Paupershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14374913605730692218noreply@blogger.com