you shall not yield to him or listen to him; and your eye shall not pity him, nor shall you spare or conceal him.I'm so very glad that we are no longer under this command as Christians. I have had several friends turn from God's path, and many others who have strayed away. The idea of having to kill them when they try to get me to join them would be both heartbreaking and sickening.
With that said, I think I at least understand why God commanded them to do this. If purity is to be maintained, no trace of corruption can be allowed to stand. Therefore any suggestion of sin must be removed as forcibly as necessary. This is a time before grace as we now understand it, a time when they were under judgment for their works alone. To save others, the evil must be excised.
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