Here's my complete answer.
Observations about the law, the Law, God's law, Christ's law - four different things
Only God's law written on our human conscience. See the topic link above.
I read post #s 1 & 2 and considered them at length, believe it or not.
Sorry, but I tend to reject theories that can't be explained to a child. I find it helps me to avoid deception. And, FWIW, I somehow justified wasting enough time to be about average with NT Greek.
Do you obey the tassels command given by God to his people?
If not, why not? It's as binding as Sabbath law.
What does "binding" mean?
I think it's a word that isn't used much in the Bible aside from something that sin does to a person—not law.
The Sabbath commandment is listed with the other 9 moral imperatives on tables of stone written by the finger of God that He says in Deu 5:29 if taken to heart will impart wellness to us and to our children forever.
You honestly don't think that bears any distinction from "handwriting of ordinances that was against us?"
Frankly, I'm just bewildered by all the objection to law and religion that I see on the Internet. 33 years ago, when I started getting serious about my faith, it was teens and twenty-somethings that did that kind of stuff. Now I've got a 70+-year-old men splitting hairs with me over what is actually required by civil law in most countries apart from the first 4 commandments.
Do you really think God expects anyone to believe that He is as interested in a planetful of folks with tassels as He is in the sanctity of life?
Are tassels as "binding" as the prohibition of murder?
I'm repeating myself here, but I feel like I'm in some zany dream and can't wake up.
I'm afraid it's a built-in hazard of social media that we do a lot more comparison with each other than communion. It's a constant source of frustration to me that folks are so ultra-sensitized to ethical and moral concerns and desensitized to gratuitous sex and violence by media and sensory consumerism.
I say this because, although I've had very pleasant interaction with you before (I do remember our brief chat about the broader concepts of universalism, btw), I can't help feeling like "I wonder how offensive this is going to come across" with every line I type.
Oh, well. I guess I've rambled sufficiently.
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