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It's only a good point if you fully equate civil law with morality. :hearteyes: .

Greek surface reading? All things are governed by law. Am I to assume, then, that you're opposed to the law of Christ? Theologically convenient/confirmation bias If the shoe doesn't fit, then by all means, don't wear it but let's hope you're not strengthening the hands of others for whom...

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Do you really think Billy Graham (to whom I have no particular loyalty) didn't understand covenants and law? From the Dallas Times/Herald: Question: Some religious people I know tell me that the ten commandments are a part of the law and do not apply to us today. They say that, as Christians...

The law of God, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, doesn't say anything about executing anyone, Jack. Did you go to church when you were a kid? Where do you get this stuff from? .

Well, if you have to, you have to, I guess. I'm partial to the law of God, myself. Most of the laws written out by Moses are just object lessons on the greater Atonement process now that Christ is crucified and risen. .

Theologically convenient, I'm sure, but it flies in the face of virtually every reputable school/method of hermeneutics in existence until about 20 to 30 years ago. :hearteyes: .

Yeah, it's a hootenanny, a real knee-slapper. .

I don't think a surface reading of James 2:10 works very well. (For what it's worth, we've talked about this kind of thing before, you and I.) But, if you insist that it does work, tell me: How, exactly, does dishonoring one's parents make them guilty of murder, idolatry, theft...

By the way, by the logic you're advancing here, we should probably give the green light to adultery as well, seeing as Christ opposed having that gal in John, ch. 8 stoned to death. .

Endless trumpeting of this doesn't make it true, Jack. But if you're going for the "Goebbels" effect, there's lots of evidence from early to mid-20th-century German history that you could enjoy substantial success. I obey the ones that are eternal, but not the ones that became obsolescent and...

Well, judging from your flippant ("lol") attitude, I'd say: As many times as it takes to keep yourself and other Sabbath objectors convinced that it's relevant to the 4th commandment issue, I guess?

It's being urged very forcefully, once again, that the Sabbath is not part of the New Covenant. It's odd that God left Jeremiah out of the loop on that one: Jer 31:33 KJV But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my...

It's odd that it's so often Christian Sabbatarians are flatly denounced as legalist Judaizers, and often in the same post urged that they must, if they are to be taken seriously, keep the Sabbath in the same stupid, legalistic manner that Christ spent much of His time in the Gospel accounts...

Does being "of the works of the law" include observing the other 9 commandments, as well, Jack? :) :hearteyes: .

Be nice, Jack. :) :hearteyes: .

So, SS, my friend, you stir-stick, you. :P You know I love to talk about God's commandments—any of them. I know that makes me ripe for nomination for "Legalist Of The Year," but I guess I just have too many fond memories of studying Psalm 119 in Sunday School as a child (back when that was...

It was nice to have you aboard. :) .

The Bible doesn't record that the 7th day had no evening and morning—it simply doesn't mention that it did. God's work of creation was at an end at the end of the 6th day as the 7th day began—otherwise He could not be said to have rested on that day (see Exodus 20:11). The narration style...

It is, at once, interesting and frightening that to some this very text has often brought conviction which actually manifests itself in a sudden change of facial expression, but today it increasingly emboldens others in defiant and open rebellion, while proudly taking upon their lips the name of...