Documentation of human words/actions in Scripture != Divine sanction.
Example: Polygamy recorded in Old Testament.
"He that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God is charity." - 1 John 4:8
And:
"But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you ..." - Matthew 5:44
Yet:
"If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple." - Luke 14:26
Of course, here "hate" is hyperbole to illustrate devotion required toward Jesus to be disciple.
Our Lord frequently employed such hyperbole. See "camel through eye of needle," "remove plank from own eye," etc.
Edit: Downvotes as thanks for accurate and detailed Scriptural explanation:
"Give not that which is holy to dogs; neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turning upon you, they tear you." - Matthew 7:6
Documentation of human words/actions in Scripture != Divine sanction.
Example: Polygamy recorded in Old Testament.
"He that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God is charity." - 1 John 4:8
And:
"But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you ..." - Matthew 5:44
Yet:
"If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple." - Luke 14:26
Of course, here "hate" is hyperbole to illustrate devotion required toward Jesus to be disciple.
Our Lord frequently employed such hyperbole. See "camel through eye of needle," "remove plank from own eye," etc.
Edit: Downvote as thanks for detailed Scriptural explanation:
"Give not that which is holy to dogs; neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turning upon you, they tear you." - Matthew 7:6
Documentation of human words/actions in Scripture != Divine sanction.
Example: Polygamy recorded in Old Testament.
"He that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God is charity." - 1 John 4:8
And:
"But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you ..." - Matthew 5:44
Yet:
"If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple." - Luke 14:26
Of course, here "hate" is hyperbole to illustrate devotion required toward Jesus to be disciple.
Our Lord frequently employed such hyperbole. See "camel through eye of needle," "remove plank from own eye," etc.
Documentation of human words/actions in Scripture != Divine sanction.
Example: Polygamy recorded in Old Testament.
"He that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God is charity." - 1 John 4:8
And:
"But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you ..." - Matthew 5:44
Yet:
"If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple." - Luke 14:26
Of course, here "hate" is hyperbole to illustrate devotion required toward Jesus to be disciple.
Our Lord frequently employed such hyperbole. See "camel through eye of needle," etc.
Documentation of human words/actions in Scripture != Divine sanction.
Example: Polygamy recorded in Old Testament.
"He that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God is charity." - 1 John 4:8
And:
"But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you ..." - Matthew 5:44
Yet:
"If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple." - Luke 14:26
Of course, here "hate" is hyperbole to illustrate devotion required toward Jesus to be disciple.
Documentation of human words/actions in Scripture != Divine sanction.
"He that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God is charity." - 1 John 4:8
And:
"But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you ..." - Matthew 5:44
Yet:
"If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple." - Luke 14:26
Of course, here "hate" is hyperbole to illustrate devotion required toward Jesus to be disciple.