cd: Peter you were not on my list so I answer Terry reply-sorry if my reply was late-I have now added you to my address book-so you are OK in my book:-)
> [Original Message] > From: Peter Krostag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 11/11/2005 12:46:45 PM > Subject: [TruthTalk] Intent of the Law > > cd: While I am hoping that I am not one of those people afraid to think > outside the box. How can one be spiritual while breaking the law sent to > help us be spiritual. > > Pete responds: It says the Law is Spiritual, not that following the Law > makes one Spiritual. No man is justified by the Law. > > cd: How about righteousness-if breaking the law > (ie.Commandments) has no effect on the spiritual. How can the unrighteous be > spiritual? > > Pete responds: No one is righteous. Our faith has made us righteous. Just > as Abraham was declared righteous BEFORE the Law came. > > cd: Which box are we speaking of here? Thinking outside the bible perhaps? > > Pete: Absolutely not. Let me ask you a question. Do you still make > sacrifices according to the Law? If not, why not? Do you keep all 612 > laws? If not, why not? Didn't Jesus say that you fulfill the law when you > love your God will all your heart, mind and soul and love your neighbor as > yourself. You won't break the Law if you fulfill the two main laws mentioned > above. Loving God means you accept Jesus and becoming righteous by > believing in Him. This fulfills the sacrificial part of the law. The > atonement is through Him. You won't break the civil laws if you love your > neighbor as yourself. As to what is referred to some as the "dietary laws," > Mat 15:11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that > which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. > > Thinking outside the box in the context I was referring to means you > consider ideas you have not thought of before. > > > > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
