From: Terry Clifton <
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Slade,
Jeff, and anyone else who has spent a significant time in old testament
study, I need some help. I believe that someone on this list pointed
out that forgiveness under the law was only possible for unintentional
sin. I would like to know if that was so, and if so, how did so many
of those listed in the geneology of Jesus who intentionally sinned obtain
forgivness? I know that they were saved by faith, but I cannot
reconcile what seems to me to be two opposing statements. Those being
"no forgivness for intentional sin", and "Saved by faith". This presents a
real puzzle to me.
Terry
jt: Hi Terry, it may help if you share which people
in the genealogy of Jesus intentionally sinned. tc:I would say
probably all of them. Some of the more notable would be Abraham,
Judah, David, and Solomon. (adultery, lying, murder and idol worship.)
Not all of these were under the law.
I'm aware of the part of the law that says "the
soul who sins presumptuously shall be cut off from among his people" (Num
15:30) and the one that says "the man that
will do presumptuously and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to
minister there before the Lord thy God, or unto the judge, even that an
shall die; and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel" (Deut
17:12)
Under the New Covenant I see parallels to
these with the man in Corinthians who Paul said should be turned over
to Satan for the destruction of the flesh with the hope that his soul would
eventually be saved (by repentance) and the person who refuses to hear the
one sinned against as well as a delegation from the Church - who should be
disfellowshipped. judyt
