man has no such covenant--you made this up;
it's
patenly unilateral and there's nothing in biblical writng to justify such a
comment written law and prophecy have always had one common mission
motive and method which JC taught us smartly, e.g.:
If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give
good gifts to your children, how much
more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! So
in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this
sums
up the Law and the
Prophets.
jt: Jesus has the covenant with God the
Father and we get in on it by faith with his permission. The above does
not change anything. Love has always been the standard. Compare the 10
Commandments with the Sermon on the Mount. The difference now is that he
enables us to do it by his Spirit and to whom much is given much is
required.
consistently,
there is no NT segment where law and grace are considered on equal
footing--grace has always existed--law 'was added' in (a) time, for a
particular historical context (Rom 5:20)
jt: The law was added to contrast man's
filthiness to God's holiness which is the standard for fellowship with Him.
It's the mirror to those who care to look.
grace which
transcends history is exclusive of law in every NT context where they
appear together Rom 6:14, 15 has always been true--there, grace is not
dependant on anyone's explanation/s grace, perennialy
present, cannot be 'set aside' (Gal 2:21), certainly not for
any/one's temporal laws
jt: God's temporal law was given through
his mercy and grace but those who despised it died by the testimony of two
witnesses. Trampling it underfoot is doing despite to the spirit of grace and
will reap the same judgment.
grace, not law
which had to be added later, was God's guide in dealing w/ Abraham
(Gal 3:18)--hundreds of years before Sinai which even Moses' and his
brother Aaron and sister Miriam defied, even while God's grace
overcame them indeed some ppl abandon grace or turn away from grace for
law practices, like you want us to do (illicitly, acc to the NT, Gal 5:4)
forget
it in sum, grace has nothing to do with law except in slick but
confusing semi-dispensational thinking like yours
jt: Not me, I love God's law; it is what
renews the mind and converts the soul. You can despise it if you like
and do your own thing -
Just do it your way Gary - Jesus knows those who are His and he will separate
the sheep from the goats sooner than we think.
..by faith we eagerly await through
the Spirit the righteousness for which we hope. For in Christ
Jesus..The only thing that
counts is faith expressing itself through love.. (Gal 5)
