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Originally Posted by Rev
After after reading several posts on this site I thought that I would say of couple of things.
I noticed that tired and worn out charismatic phase “Legalism”. Well I would say that the LORD is extremely legalistic. He had a very legal document written which we call the New Testament
( Mat 26:28) or the New Covenant (Heb12:24). He had every i dotted and every t crossed. He also laid down each step that had to be followed for a person to be able to inherit the promises of that testament or covenant. As you can read below no one can add to, alter, or take away from this legal contract. He
also shed his blood and died to put this very legal document into force. ( Heb 9:15-17)
When Paul discusses the relation between the promise and the Law in ( Gal. 3:15), he introduces an illustration from ordinary human experience and compares the promise of God to Abraham with the διαθήκη (testament) of a man, i.e., a “will”. The many legal terms used in the passage make it clear that he is here using the word διαθήκη in the sense of Hellenistic law. This illustration from the legal sphere throws light on God’s dealings in salvation history. As a valid will cannot be contested or altered by additions, so the promise of God (→ ἐπαγγελία) which is His original “testament” cannot be invalidated by the Law (→ νόμος) which came later. The point of comparison is simply that of inviolability, unalterability and therefore absolute validity.
Theological dictionary of the New Testament. 1964-c1976. Vols. 5-9 edited by Gerhard Friedrich. Vol. 10 compiled by Ronald Pitkin. (G. Kittel, G. W. Bromiley & G. Friedrich, Ed.) (electronic ed.) (2:129). Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
I also noticed several posts with man–made labels, ie: con – mod – etc. I say man-made because I don't remember reading about them in the bible. You see the Lord only knows two types of people. Those that keep his covenant and those that break it. This would also include those that teach correctly the words of his covenant and those that try to change, alter, distort, or ignore the obvious teachings and words of his testament or will. |
Yes...here is my reply.
Mat 12:1 At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on the sabbath day. And His disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the heads of grain and to eat.
Mat 12:2 But when the Pharisees saw, they said to Him, Behold, your disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath day.
Mat 12:3 But He said to them, Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him,
Mat 12:4 how he entered into the house of God and ate the showbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?
Mat 12:5 Or have you not read in the Law that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath and are blameless?
Mat 12:6 But I say to you that One greater than the temple is in this place.
Mat 12:7 But if you had known what this is, "I desire mercy and not sacrifice," you would not have condemned those who are not guilty.
Mat 12:8 For the Son of Man is Lord even of the sabbath.
Mat 12:9 And when He had departed from there, He went into their synagogue.
Mat 12:10 And behold, a man having a withered hand. And they asked Him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbaths? This so that they might accuse Him.
Mat 12:11 And He said to them, What man among you will be, who will have one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the sabbaths, will he not lay hold on it and lift it out?
Mat 12:12 How much better is a man then than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
Mat 12:13 Then He said to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out, and it was restored whole like the other.
Mat 12:14 Then the Pharisees went out and held council against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.