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From: kcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Keith "Justified And Ancient" Cochran)
Subject: Re: A KIND and LOVING God!!
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In article <1993Apr21.141714.5576@ra.royalroads.ca> mlee@post.RoyalRoads.ca (Malcolm Lee) writes:

[Jesus' comments about how Christians have to follow the OT deleted...]

>I will clarify my earlier quote.  God's laws were originally written for 
>the Israelites.  Jesus changed that fact by now making the Law applicable to
>all people, not just the Jews.  Gentiles could be part of the kingdom of
>Heaven through the saving grace of God.  I never said that the Law was made
>obsolete by Jesus.

Exodus 31:12-17.  How many people have you put to death for working on
the Sabbath?

>If anything, He clarified the Law such as in that quote you made.  In the
>following verses, Jesus takes several portions of the Law and expounds upon
>the Law giving clearer meaning to what God intended.  If you'll notice, He
>also reams into the Pharisees for mucking up the Law with their own contrived
>interpretations.  They knew every letter of the Law and followed it with their
>heads but not their hearts.  That is why He points out that our righteousness
>must surpass that of the Pharisees in order to be accepted into the kingdom
>of Heaven.  People such as the Pharisees are those who really go out of their
>way to debate about the number of angels that can dance on the head of a pin.
>They had become legalistic, rule-makers - religious lawyers who practiced the
>letter of the Law but never really believed in it.  

Leviticus 17:10.  How as that medium-rare steak last night?

>I think you will agree with me that there are in today's world, a lot of
>modern-day Pharisees who know the bible from end to end but do not believe
>in it.  What good is head knowledge if there is nothing in the heart?

Leviticus 19:19.  What did you wear to work friday?

>Christianity is not just a set of rules; it's a lifestyle that changes one's
>perspectives and personal conduct.  And it demands obedience to God's will.

Deutromony 18:1.  I can you can now justify discrimination.

>Some people can live by it, but many others cannot or will not.  That is their
>choice and I have to respect it because God respects it too.

Right.

>God be with you,

She is.
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