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Originally Posted by crakjak
Carl,
I believe Acts chapter fifteen deals with this very question very clearly, this discourse is in response to Jewish believers trying to force the Gentile believers to comply with all the OT:
24 “We understand that some men from here have troubled you and upset you with their teaching, but we did not send them! 25 So we decided, having come to complete agreement, to send you official representatives, along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, 26 who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 We are sending Judas and Silas to confirm what we have decided concerning your question.
28 “For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay no greater burden on you than these few requirements: 29 You must abstain from eating food offered to idols, from consuming blood or the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. If you do this, you will do well. Farewell. (NLT)
Would to God that current day ministry to be so clear and so succinct.  |
Well this deals with the minutia of mosaic law.
NT-only types not only wish to dispense with mosaic law, but with the principles and nature of God from the OT. Are we still to honor our father and mother? That's OT. Is a lazy man still to reap sparingly, and a fool to reap the whirlwind? That's OT.
See, there is also the natural law that is consistent between dispensations. The principles of physics and chemistry remain the same. Fire is still hot and floods still drown people. People that overeat and don't exercise become fat. People still reap what they sow, in every natural and spiritual context.
A dog still returns to his vomit.
A drunkard redeemed is still tempted by his wine.
God is still willing for the enemies of His nation to be slain, although he gives all men space to repent and find grace.
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