RE: [TruthTalk] 613 Commands

[Slade Henson]

Keep reading, Judy...Hebrews 10:28 Someone who disregards the Torah of Moses is put to death without mercy on the word of two or three witnesses.   The new was made fuller. For instance....Don't commit adultery. (old) If you even lust (think about it) you have committed it in your heart. (new). Don't murder. (old) If you hate, you've done it. (new) The Old wasn't carnal...it taught man what was carnal about him so he could change it. Man remains carnal today. You are confusing the meaning of legalism with obedience and what God says is how a holy people are to live and be a light to others.   Kay -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Judy Taylor Sent: Tuesday, 16 November, 2004 04.26 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] 613 Commands     On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 13:30:51 -0500 "Slade Henson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: The below would be the essence of what you're saying, Judy. We don't need God's law anymore, it was abolished by Christ on the cross. We certainly aren't fearing God when we aren't obeying, instead making up our own man-made ways of worshipping Him, rather than the way He told us to do it. We've figured out and our plan is so much better than His, wouldn't you agree? Sounds like it to me, otherwise, why not do as He says to do in His commands?? Kay   Why would God, restore the old carnal regulations and practices when something far better, with transcendent promises, has arrived?  God has made everything new!  The new order eclipses the old regulations and practices, which were only shadows of the good things to come  (Heb. 10:1).      To put it another way, why would God return to the Old after having created the New? This would be regression, not progression.  Or, why would God retreat by reinstating the carnal when He has resurrected the spiritual?  Why would any believer want to surrender his spiritual status in this new age and return to the carnal, external, and legalistic arrangement under Moses?  Well, why?