Terry wrote: > Listen carefully brothers and sisters, and I will try > one more time. All the words in the Bible do not > apply to every Bible reader! Before you stone me > for that outrageous statement, please look at Leviticus, > the book of the Law. ... The law was for the "Children > of Israel". Only the "Children of Israel". Christians do > not need to keep the sabbath. The law never applied > to Gentiles, not then, not now.
Hi Terry. Nothing outrageous at all in what you are saying here. Covenants are important. There was a covenant with Noah. There was a covenant with Abraham. There was a covenant with Moses. There was a covenant with Jesus. The covenant with Moses applies only to Jews. Very good observation and once which we ought to always keep in mind when we read the Torah, and when we read the New Testament, especially books like Galatians. With regards to the sabbath, this appears to go back prior to Moses, way back to the time of creation itself. However, I'm still waiting for Marlin to show me if he has any knowledge of a commandment to keep the sabbath. It seems to me to have been only sabbath observance, not sabbath keeping by commandment and duty. Terry wrote: > The rich young ruler in Matthew was spoken > to prior to the cross. He was still under the > law at that time because he was a Jew, not > a Gentile, and prior to the cross, the law was > in effect. Got it now? Well, the law did not stop the moment Jesus died on the cross (see Mat. 5:18). Jesus preached the gospel BEFORE he died on the cross, and he indicated that people were pressing into it (Mat. 11:12). The law is not against or contrary to grace. What is contrary to grace is when people put their confidence in their law keeping to make them right in God's eyes. For example, if a man thinks that observing the seventh day makes him in right standing before God, that God looks upon him with greater pleasure because of this act of obedience, then he has fallen from the righteousness that comes through faith in Jesus Christ. On the other hand, the man who thinks he can break God's commandments, that it does not matter whether or not he keeps God's commandments because he is justified by grace through faith, that man's faith is dead, and he too has fallen from grace. Look for the middle road here. Trust in Jesus Christ for righteousness, and expect to keep all the commandments as Christ lives His life through you as you walk in the Spirit of Christ. Peace be with you. David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida USA ---------- "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.
