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Originally Posted by Lost and Found

Brother Strange, surely you jest. Do you really believe that nothing has changed from the Old Testament (OT) to the New Testament (NT)? Well let’s look….

OT: Mostly types and shadows of what was to come
NT: Jesus completes and explains that all is written of Him

Evidently you are not going to stand still long enough to discuss the subject. Now you want to talk about the difference in Law and Grace.

Whew!

Shall I go on? So, Brother Strange, is it just that God is the same God in the OT and NT, or that things changed from the OT to the NT?

God is the same. His attitude is the same. His mind is the same. Nothing has changed about God.

God was just as merciful and full of loving kindness and compassion under the Law as he is under grace. His mercy endureth forever, regardless of the CHANGING dispensations. Yes, dispensations has changed, but don't look now...God has NOT.

Now, my original question you have YET to answer. Let’s try again; using your reasoning that all things are the same, are we still to kill disobedient children by stoning? Remember, this is from the same One God. oloroid

I still await your answer….

Gracious!

You still don't get it. If you would get out of long enough to listen, you will see that the question is not a question at all. It is totally MOOT.

If we were still living under the Law, that commandment would have to be carried out according to the precepts of the Law.

But, hello! Listening?

There was no LAW requirement to defend family and country, neither in the civil, ceremonial or moral LAW. This being said, there were prescribed methods of GOING to war when God called upon them to do so, being led by the Captain of the Lord's (army) host. But this had to be so because the CHURCH in the wilderness was a NATURAL church with NATURAL armies, being a NATURAL people. The church TODAY is neither natural or under those prescribed LAWS.

Therefore, the church does not march off to war anymore than they kill disobedient children. I think that I probably said this in at least a dozen different ways. Capital punishment of the disobedient as is the function of war is left up to another God inspired and instituted entity...that being our government which we are commanded in the N.T. to be obedient and subject to those higher powers.

shaking......

Rise and shine and smell the