Does Biblical Contentment Lead to Complacency?
Core Christianity
Aaron Simon
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🗓️ 8 August 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Episode 1027 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.
Questions in this Episode
1. Why did God command the destruction of the Canaanites and Amorites after he gave the command, "Thou Shalt Not Kill"?
2. What is the feast referred to in Zechariah 14?
3. We are supposed to be content in all situations according to Paul. But some of the people who made the biggest changes in this world were the ones who were not happy with their situation in this world. Think of Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglas, and others. How do you explain this with being content in our life?
4. Should Christians support the death penalty?
5. How can a shut-in participate in the Lord's Supper?
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| 0:00.0 | Does biblical contentment lead to complacency? |
| 0:09.8 | That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity. |
| 0:14.8 | Well, hi, I'm Bill Meyer along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez, and this is the radio program where we answer your questions about the Bible and the |
| 0:22.1 | Christian life every day. Here's our phone number. It's 8333-the-core. That's 1-833-843-243-2673. Our phone lines will be open for the next 25 |
| 0:33.1 | minutes, so now is the time to jump on the phone. You can also post your question on one of our |
| 0:38.1 | social media sites. You can watch Adriel Live in the studio on our YouTube channel and send |
| 0:43.9 | him a message that way. And of course, you can always email us your question at questions at |
| 0:48.9 | core Christianity.com. First up today, here's a voicemail from one of our listeners named Mark. |
| 0:56.2 | I was discipling a lady who is not Christian. She said she had a problem with the Bible because |
| 1:03.2 | God give the Ten Commandments that said, thou shalt not kill. And then they went over the hill, |
| 1:10.6 | and he told the Israelites to kill |
| 1:12.9 | thousands of people in the promised land. And she had a problem with that. And to be honest about it, |
| 1:19.4 | I didn't have an answer. And I thought I'd ask and see how you would handle that question. |
| 1:25.4 | Thank you. Goodbye. |
| 1:32.9 | Well, thank you for that question, Mark. The simple answer is that we would distinguish between murder, |
| 1:37.5 | which is prohibited in the Ten Commandments, you know, the Sixth Commandment, You Shall Not Murder. |
| 1:44.1 | And then instances in life and society, whether it's through war or you think of capital punishment described |
| 1:44.6 | in places like Romans chapter 13 or even under Israel's civil law, where God did allow for |
| 1:53.0 | and even command instances where in the Old Testament, as I said there with some of those wars |
| 1:58.3 | that were taking place, God commanded the Israelites to cleanse the land of Canaan. It was a picture actually of God's judgment, of this |
| 2:05.2 | intrusion of God's judgment, and God was judging them specifically because of their sin. He had given |
| 2:10.3 | the Canaanites many, many years to repent, but they continued to rebel doing heinous things, |
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