I will bow to Terry's presentation, here. And a better job that I can do with the same number of words (.........."number of words .......... " nay).
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From: Terry Clifton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tue, 31 May 2005 09:20:29 -0500
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Judy and John on the Law and the Spirit
Judy Taylor wrote:
The Mosaic law had value, but the teachings of Christ are more valuable. Both had moral requirements. Jesus spells out those requirements more completely than did the law of Moses. Old testament saints were in most cases allowed to hate their enemy. We do not have that luxury. They were allowed to take their brother to court to right a wrong. We are to suffer wrong rather than sue a brother. Can you see from just a couple of examples that though the law of Moses and the law of Christ had many similarities, t he law of Christ is superior? Can you see that while it offers more freedom concerning diet and dress and giving, it is more demanding as to how we think and how we walk and how we love?
Go back and read the last verse in Leviticus again. You will either have to agree that you are not under Mosaic law or that God is a liar. I am sure you will not choose the latter option, and if you do not, then you must choose the first option, that being that you were never under the law.
Are you accountable for your moral behavior? The answer is a resounding YES, more so under the teaching of Jesus than any Jew ever was under Moses. I am not saying that not being under the law allows you to be lawless. I am saying that we who are Christians obey out of love for Christ. I am sure that you agree.
Terry
Judy, Judy, Judy! If you have never been under the law, you cannot fall back to it. Study the two laws given us by Jesus. Try to find one moral law that is not more than covered by these two that Jesus gave. Try to find one shred of dress code or dietary requirement or tradition or tithing to priests or animal sacrifice that He requires of His followers. The two commands that I follow are far superior to the law given Moses.Terry have you ever done a study of the teachings of your Savior? If so, I am sure you found that they are all rooted in the Old Testament God's statutes, testimonies, and commandments have not changed because He has not changed (Mal 3:6). Paul wrote "Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! On the contrary we establish the law" (Romans 3:31).I've heard one Bible teacher use the analogy of the "law of lift" which is from aerodynamics to explain the spiritual walk ie: We are not under the law so long as we are walking by the spirit. However, if we fall back and allow the flesh to take over once more the law will judge us because "sin transgresses the law - sin is the transgression of the law (1 John 3:4) jt
The Mosaic law had value, but the teachings of Christ are more valuable. Both had moral requirements. Jesus spells out those requirements more completely than did the law of Moses. Old testament saints were in most cases allowed to hate their enemy. We do not have that luxury. They were allowed to take their brother to court to right a wrong. We are to suffer wrong rather than sue a brother. Can you see from just a couple of examples that though the law of Moses and the law of Christ had many similarities, t he law of Christ is superior? Can you see that while it offers more freedom concerning diet and dress and giving, it is more demanding as to how we think and how we walk and how we love?
Go back and read the last verse in Leviticus again. You will either have to agree that you are not under Mosaic law or that God is a liar. I am sure you will not choose the latter option, and if you do not, then you must choose the first option, that being that you were never under the law.
Are you accountable for your moral behavior? The answer is a resounding YES, more so under the teaching of Jesus than any Jew ever was under Moses. I am not saying that not being under the law allows you to be lawless. I am saying that we who are Christians obey out of love for Christ. I am sure that you agree.
Terry
