Great post, and the really disproportionate thing about it is this is all done using the «law» demanding the tithe when not one New Testament book endorses this model (The reference in Hebrews was not to establish tithe as it was to establish Jesus in a different order, and his comments in the gospels was to people
living under the law)... how is it that no other «law» is preached with the same force and conviction as tithing?
Again, I am not advocating
living under the law as a means of salvation, which is what Paul was addressing in Galatians.
He said nothing of a book that would combine the old covenant scriptures with the account of His life on earth and letters that were written to people who
lived under the law, that people who have never
lived under the law would have to try to discern and apply to their lives until He returned, or they died.
Richard, We haven't
lived under the law for over two thousand years!
Even when as now its message is poorly understood, still it touches our lives and saves us from the final destructiveness of
both life under law and the rejection of law.
I suppose it is somewhat close to your second option, but even then, when we understand the overall message of Hebrews, the author is not too concerned with sin itself, and is instead concerned with people going back to
living under the law instead of living in fellowship with Jesus.
It seems to me that if this isn't about relationship, then we're still
living under law, under the 10 Commandments.
i do nt know wheather you are still living in Law or Grace, but thats what i encourage you to find out, cause nothing seem to make since, when your still trying to
live under the Law, you must except the free gift of righteousness by grace through faith, if not, you will always come under condemnation, I experience this for years, Oh Thank God I Am Free, Read Romans, Galation, and ephisans, and Hebews
I am not, and should not be, forced to
live under its laws, except those which agree with common sense morality such as crimes against others, theft, etc..
It's that
living under law thing that kills us (the Spirit gives life but the letter kills), trying to live up to standards and rules, principles and guidelines, etc... The church these days has pretty much no idea what grace even is, and if you start talking about God's love, I mean his real love based only on Christ's merit, people call you a heretic.
When we live in love, we do not need to
live under the law, because love is the purpose of the law.
This serious consequence is possibly the curse that Paul pronounces on the Christians in Galatia who were trying to get people to return to
living under the law (Gal 1:8 - 9).
If the Hebrew Christians turn back to their old way of
living under the law, it will be impossible to renew them again to repentance.
If these Christians had experienced the freedom and blessings of living under grace, but then they try to return to
living under the law, God will not allow them to return to the blessings of living by grace again.
Over and over again in Luke's long narrative of Jesus» interactions on the road to Jerusalem, Jesus persists in his effort to make us squarely face the fact that it is the reign of God that he is proclaiming and confronting us with — not the reign of human perfectibility or even
life under the law.
«Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to
live under the laws of justice and mercy.»
your laws are written by satanists, so do not worry about christians writing them since there no christisns in your government, soon you will learn what it is like to
live under those laws.
Rob, it's true we no longer
live under the law but under grace.
As a confederation of tribes
living under the law, it governed through assemblies rather than monarchs.
He was willing to be to the Jews a Jew, that is, to
live under the law for the sake of those living under the law, and to the gentiles, a gentile.
«The law of Moses requires death,» Mark Schultz says, «but we don't
live under that law.
Carissa Robinson (at To Parent As One Who Has Been Richly Forgiven) has posted The Story of John Law and John Grace which is an allegory which explains the difference between
living under the law and living under grace.
Pettit is consistently hostile to Rousseau, but in admitting that
living under law involves forcing people to be free, Rousseau gave himself the conceptual apparatus to acknowledge the losses of liberty involved in law - making and so confront the problem of ensuring that loss of liberty is not dominating.
If you didn't directly sign the Constitution, or give the government your individual consent to abide by their laws, then there exists no evidence that they can force you to
live under their laws.
So even if it isnt optimal, chances are, you wont end up
living under laws you do nt like.»
Also, if you challenge the accuracy of a record, it stays
live under the law longer than if you don't, discouraging challenges, as intended by the big reporting agencies.
They can make a big difference to people's
lives under the law.
This tethering is unreasonable from a perspective of retributive punishment, espe - cially in cases involving or risking physical injury because doing so is inconsistent with the belief in the equal worth of human
life under the law.
Not exact matches
«As a company that is committed to the principle that everyone deserves to
live without fear of discrimination simply for being who they are, becoming an employer in North Carolina, where members of our teams will not have equal rights
under the
law, is simply untenable,» Schulman wrote in an open letter.
Under those
laws, «stepchildren, even if you've been
living with them for a very long time, do not get anything,» he said.
The CHOICE Act would also roll back SIFI criteria for what are termed «
living wills» — essentially these are liquidation resolution plans
under bankruptcy
laws to be implemented if things go to heck in a hand basket.
The justices said in a 6 - 3 ruling that the subsidies that 8.7 million people currently receive to make insurance affordable do not depend on where they
live,
under the 2010 health care
law.
Grimes has five prior theft convictions, making him a «quad» offender
under the state's habitual - offender
law, and facing 20 years to
life.
The UN Human Rights Committee, which regularly reviews whether states are
living up to their obligations
under the binding International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, today made more than a dozen recommendations for fundamental changes in Canadian
law and policy in respect to the treatment of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.
Recovery plans differ from
living wills, also known as «resolution plans,» which are required
under the 2010 Dodd - Frank financial reform
law.
Florida's nursing homes and assisted
living facilities would be required to have generators and the fuel to run them
under a state
law proposed Wednesday — echoing an emergency order from Gov. Rick Scott following the deaths of 14 residents at a Hollywood Hills rehabilitation center after Hurricane...
Second, seek legislation requiring that if a federally insured financial institution is required to pay fines to or settlements with any regulatory agency aggregating more than $ 2.5 billion in any two year period based on conduct that, if established, would constitute a crime
under any
law, then the CEO, President, and all Board members must step down, disgorge all of the bank's stock they own, and they are disqualified from holding any office at any federally - insured institution for the rest of their
lives.
We are
living under the new covenant, not OT
law - Jesus said the
law can be summed up in only 2
laws: love your neighbor as yourself and love God with all your heart.
We
live under the rule of
law here.
We
live in a society dedicated to the ideal that we are all equal
under the
law.
Jesus said that he came to fulfill the
Law.We are supposed to keep the 10 Commandments [which are good] but we now
live under Grace and not the
Law.
Sometimes the moral
life calls us out into a no - man's - land where we can not expect total security and protection
under the
law.
Under New York
law, patients may legally refuse treatment and authorize the withdrawal of
life - support systems, including nutrition, even in those instances where such steps would undoubtedly hasten death.
get real dude, this is a forum for poor me's and irresponsible behaviour, then, when the behaviour gets a light shown on it, the hands strat raising to the sky and calling out some name and think all will be forgiven and well, we all
live under the same roof, same physical
laws, beleif blog?
I refuse to
live under any «biblical» magic book
law.
So that means that it is God is responsible for those women being guilty of murder according to «Sanct.ity of Human
Life Act: H.R. 212» which says that life starts at fertilization and guarantees that life full protection under the
Life Act: H.R. 212» which says that
life starts at fertilization and guarantees that life full protection under the
life starts at fertilization and guarantees that
life full protection under the
life full protection
under the
law.
That enormous house your bishop
lives in gets called «charity» because religions have charitable status
under tax
laws.
Christians have voted to put their God's name on everyones money, add «
Under God» to the flag salute, force schools to teach intelligent design with absolutely no scientific basis along side the sciences, voted to write their moral
laws on the fronts of public courthouses and tax funded buildings, voted to ban certain people from
living together, being intimate or raising children because their orientation didn't fit with their bible beliefs.
ragansteve1 «Moral relativism», like how many Christians like to say that the Old Testament
Law only applied to ancient Jews
living under the «Old Covenant», and not to them?
Well, it's because no religious value, rule,
law, tenet, or bit of dogma EVER trumps this nation's
laws and we all agree on that, otherwise you might as well make the sleazy pope President and let the Ayatollah Khomeni be Vice President and we will
live under religious sharia
law with death for anyone who speaks blasphemy or who «dishonors» any religious figure whether real or not.