tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post2732971963406336734..comments2024-03-17T08:25:33.806+00:00Comments on Thoughts of Francis Turretin: Matthew 5 and Sexual SinTurretinfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-45530535152978154662011-10-25T19:31:32.213+01:002011-10-25T19:31:32.213+01:00I think it might be possible to separate the two. ...I think it might be possible to separate the two. Jesus can condemn a particular type of sin without intending the rhetorical device to be taken literally, no?Francis Turretinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-68587458834361707922011-10-25T19:27:52.727+01:002011-10-25T19:27:52.727+01:00It seems, to me, to be a presupposition of his int...It seems, to me, to be a presupposition of his interpretation. He wants to read in Jesus' statement, "if your right hand causes you to sin" a condemnation of a particular kind of activity, but that assumes that Jesus, in fact, affirms the protasis of the conditional.Evan Maynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-89941824507358567132011-10-25T18:38:10.670+01:002011-10-25T18:38:10.670+01:00I must have missed where Armstrong made that use o...I must have missed where Armstrong made that use of the text.Francis Turretinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-31566741946456319462011-10-25T16:57:15.704+01:002011-10-25T16:57:15.704+01:00Furthermore, Armstrong's use of this text assu...Furthermore, Armstrong's use of this text assumes that Jesus actually agrees with the idea that body parts can *cause* people to sin. I think that this is an unnecessary conclusion from Christ's conditional. See Wallace's discussion here: http://bible.org/article/myth-about-meaning-first-class-conditions-greek<br /><br />It's possible that Christ is performing somewhat of a Evan Maynoreply@blogger.com