> On Jun 16, 2008, at 12:58 PM, Stephen Russell wrote: > > > So this was Gods way of telling Peter that a newer set of rules were > > to be > > followed. > > Oh, ok. So why bother with the Old Testament, then? Over the > years > they've edited the Bible so many times, why not just remove the stuff > that no longer applies? If the passages that dictate food cleanliness > no longer apply, then why are they still there?
I'll try to explain, even though I know Ed won't see this... Because one cannot understand and appreciate how "the law" of the OT is at once fulfilled and superseded by the new covenant of love unless every bit of it remains intact. (Matt 5:17) You are making zero effort to grasp what is really going on in the scriptures, but instead are easily distracted by surface arguments and silly logical conundrums of your own devise. > > And what's with this inconsistency? First he says that pork is > bad > and slaves are OK; now he changes his mind and says the opposite? > And > this is all based on some guy's dream? It was not merely Peter's dream. Or did you not read Matt 15:1-14? Peter was a little slow on the uptake, on more than one occasion, and God used this dream to get through his thick skull yet again, this time on the issue of blind adherence to "the law," and traditions of men, in that passage in Acts. > If I have a dream tonight that > says that clothese are evil, will you simply accept that as God's way > of telling us that yet another new set of rules are in effect, and > that he wants us all to run around naked? Not just any dream is from God, or of a spirit of God, which is why we are cautioned to test the spirits against the Word of God to know if they are of God or not. (1 John 4:1-3) Since neither you nor your visions meet the criteria of 1 John 4:2,3, my guess is God does not want us to run around naked. :) - Bob > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
