Moses the Law, Jesus the gospel

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exodus 21:12-26"Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death. However, if it is not done intentionally, but God lets it happen, they are to flee to a place I will designate. But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately, that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death.
“Anyone who attacks their father or mother is to be put to death.“Anyone who kidnaps someone is to be put to death, whether the victim has been sold or is still in the kidnapper’s possession. “Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.
“If people quarrel and one person hits another with a stone or with their fistd and the victim does not die but is confined to bed, the one who struck the blow will not be held liable if the other can get up and walk around outside with a staff; however, the guilty party must pay the injured person for any loss of time and see that the victim is completely healed.
“Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result, but they are not to be punished if the slave recovers after a day or two, since the slave is their property.
“If people are fighting and hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurelye but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman’s husband demands and the court allows. But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, 24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
“An owner who hits a male or female slave in the eye and destroys it must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye. And an owner who knocks out the tooth of a male or female slave must let the slave go free to compensate for the tooth."


deuteronomy 17:5-7 "take the man or woman who has done this evil deed to your city gate and stone that person to death. 6On the testimony of two or three witnesses a person is to be put to death, but no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness. 7The hands of the witnesses must be the first in putting that person to death, and then the hands of all the people. You must purge the evil from among you."


does anyone honestly believe that Jesus was teaching the Law of Moses? Honestly? the Law of moses isnt Just the 10 commandments there are hundreds of things commanded by Moses the Law is based on this principle


deauteronomy 19:20-21 "The rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid, and never again will such an evil thing be done among you. 21Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot."


if Jesus was teaching the Law....why do His words in the Gospels teach the opposite? Because He was NOT teaching the mosaic Law, the whole Law came through Moses to the isrealites. Jesus Came with the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. the good news of it? The gospel promises eternal Life, the Law of moses promises blessings on earth. thats pretty awesome news to me to receive an offer of ETERNAL LIFE in Gods presence!


luke 4:43 "But he said, "I must proclaim the good news of the KINGDOM OF GOD to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent."


simply....Dont take peoples word for Gods Word, seek it out with all of your heart and He will guard against deception, there are MANY deceivers in the church people who dont have a clue giving you thier own ideas of what salvation should be. the offer of God is written in His word that is meant to Learn and Know ans believe and do. the danger of thinking Jesus taught the mosaic Law, is that He did Not He taught the Only Gospel there is. and if you say its the Law, then the scriptures will lead you to look away from the Only true Gospel, the Words and teachings of the Only Lord and christ. paul teaches clearly that we are no longer under the mosaic Laws authority in Christ, the deception is to accept that Jesus taught that Law. His moinistry is different than the mosaic Law, it is greater, it is eternal, it is Life and it Has all of the authority over the Church because the One who WAS, AND IS AND IS TO COME, spoke the truth of Gods Kingdom.


Philosophy is for mans own thoughts and ideas....the Gospel is the mind of God expressed to Mankind through Jesus Christ. the Law of moses came to sinners


1 timothy 1:9-10 "We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 10for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine"


Jesus Gospel is for those who Believe in Him, the children of God. its promise is eternal Life with the Lord and God the Father. Moses Law was for those hard of Heart, the rebellious, the " stiff necked people". the gospel is based on mercy and truth , the Law is based on Judgement, and sentance BOTH require obedience. the Law is the government for the jewish religion. The gospel begins Christianity. there are 2 religions yes connected, but 2 seperate covenants are the Law, and the gospel. to accept the true Gospel of Jesus Christ, makes the first covenant of moses obsolete. Hebrews 8:13. There is a morality in the Law, and Jesus upheld that with His all authoritative ministry. the 10 commandments. im not saying the Law is useless, it is of great value for learning righteousness, yet we are not ruled by the mosaic Law in any way who belong to Jesus Christ, we are ruled By the spirit that came through His words, that are vastly different from the Law given by God, through Moses.


If we contend that Jesus taught the Mosaic Law, why is what is written in that Law, so vastly different than what Jesus taught? remember the Law is one, to break on law, is to break it all.


james 2:10 "For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it."



God commanded Moses to tell the people everything He told them, That is the Law found in the first 5 books of the bible, learn what is written in it and you will understand that Jesus taught something new and it is in no way EVER to be ommited or made Less than the moment He spoke it. The Law contains hundreds of rules, restraints, observances of speacial days, feasts, mildew control, cleansing rights, around 40 sexual immorality Laws many demanding death for those who commit them. The Gospel has 1 focus.....Jesus, Believe in Him, believe His word they are the Living words of God, and they will never change or Lose thier power and authority because He laid down His Life to PURCHASE us from death for God in order that we will bear good fruit.
 

JaumeJ

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Study the law given to Moses, then hear Jesus Christ teach the same with His clarification stripping away all of the law that does not contain mercy and justice.

Do not imply the Gospel of Jesus Christ does not contain the law, in Christ's understanding. This is of Satan. Jesus does not discount obedience, but He teaches us how to use the law lawfully... with faith, mercy and justice.
 

John146

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exodus 21:12-26"Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death. However, if it is not done intentionally, but God lets it happen, they are to flee to a place I will designate. But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately, that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death.
“Anyone who attacks their father or mother is to be put to death.“Anyone who kidnaps someone is to be put to death, whether the victim has been sold or is still in the kidnapper’s possession. “Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.
“If people quarrel and one person hits another with a stone or with their fistd and the victim does not die but is confined to bed, the one who struck the blow will not be held liable if the other can get up and walk around outside with a staff; however, the guilty party must pay the injured person for any loss of time and see that the victim is completely healed.
“Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result, but they are not to be punished if the slave recovers after a day or two, since the slave is their property.
“If people are fighting and hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurelye but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman’s husband demands and the court allows. But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, 24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
“An owner who hits a male or female slave in the eye and destroys it must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye. And an owner who knocks out the tooth of a male or female slave must let the slave go free to compensate for the tooth."


deuteronomy 17:5-7 "take the man or woman who has done this evil deed to your city gate and stone that person to death. 6On the testimony of two or three witnesses a person is to be put to death, but no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness. 7The hands of the witnesses must be the first in putting that person to death, and then the hands of all the people. You must purge the evil from among you."


does anyone honestly believe that Jesus was teaching the Law of Moses? Honestly? the Law of moses isnt Just the 10 commandments there are hundreds of things commanded by Moses the Law is based on this principle


deauteronomy 19:20-21 "The rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid, and never again will such an evil thing be done among you. 21Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot."


if Jesus was teaching the Law....why do His words in the Gospels teach the opposite? Because He was NOT teaching the mosaic Law, the whole Law came through Moses to the isrealites. Jesus Came with the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. the good news of it? The gospel promises eternal Life, the Law of moses promises blessings on earth. thats pretty awesome news to me to receive an offer of ETERNAL LIFE in Gods presence!


luke 4:43 "But he said, "I must proclaim the good news of the KINGDOM OF GOD to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent."


simply....Dont take peoples word for Gods Word, seek it out with all of your heart and He will guard against deception, there are MANY deceivers in the church people who dont have a clue giving you thier own ideas of what salvation should be. the offer of God is written in His word that is meant to Learn and Know ans believe and do. the danger of thinking Jesus taught the mosaic Law, is that He did Not He taught the Only Gospel there is. and if you say its the Law, then the scriptures will lead you to look away from the Only true Gospel, the Words and teachings of the Only Lord and christ. paul teaches clearly that we are no longer under the mosaic Laws authority in Christ, the deception is to accept that Jesus taught that Law. His moinistry is different than the mosaic Law, it is greater, it is eternal, it is Life and it Has all of the authority over the Church because the One who WAS, AND IS AND IS TO COME, spoke the truth of Gods Kingdom.


Philosophy is for mans own thoughts and ideas....the Gospel is the mind of God expressed to Mankind through Jesus Christ. the Law of moses came to sinners


1 timothy 1:9-10 "We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 10for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine"


Jesus Gospel is for those who Believe in Him, the children of God. its promise is eternal Life with the Lord and God the Father. Moses Law was for those hard of Heart, the rebellious, the " stiff necked people". the gospel is based on mercy and truth , the Law is based on Judgement, and sentance BOTH require obedience. the Law is the government for the jewish religion. The gospel begins Christianity. there are 2 religions yes connected, but 2 seperate covenants are the Law, and the gospel. to accept the true Gospel of Jesus Christ, makes the first covenant of moses obsolete. Hebrews 8:13. There is a morality in the Law, and Jesus upheld that with His all authoritative ministry. the 10 commandments. im not saying the Law is useless, it is of great value for learning righteousness, yet we are not ruled by the mosaic Law in any way who belong to Jesus Christ, we are ruled By the spirit that came through His words, that are vastly different from the Law given by God, through Moses.


If we contend that Jesus taught the Mosaic Law, why is what is written in that Law, so vastly different than what Jesus taught? remember the Law is one, to break on law, is to break it all.


james 2:10 "For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it."



God commanded Moses to tell the people everything He told them, That is the Law found in the first 5 books of the bible, learn what is written in it and you will understand that Jesus taught something new and it is in no way EVER to be ommited or made Less than the moment He spoke it. The Law contains hundreds of rules, restraints, observances of speacial days, feasts, mildew control, cleansing rights, around 40 sexual immorality Laws many demanding death for those who commit them. The Gospel has 1 focus.....Jesus, Believe in Him, believe His word they are the Living words of God, and they will never change or Lose thier power and authority because He laid down His Life to PURCHASE us from death for God in order that we will bear good fruit.
The law, the commandments could not be kept, so what did God do? God provided the sacrificial system of animals. But this could not save a man into heaven. Man needed more than forgiveness. Man needed to have his sins completely taken away. What did God do? God sent His only begotten Son into the world to die for man's sins once and for all to take away man's sins for all eternity, to those who trust in the gospel of Christ.
 

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It is the same. Under Moses it was "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth." You cannot understand that a debt has been paid for you if you don't first understand the debt. So God showed us the physical way in the Old Testament, so that we would understand its spiritual equivalent in the New Testament.

Lets say you play the Monopoly Game as a kid, and then you grow up and work with real money. The first way is not the reality, it is only an example of the real thing. Well in the same way, the law of Moses was only a shadow, the real way is found in Christ. So please understand, doing God's law physically (Moses) and doing it spiritually (Jesus) are not two different laws, they are two different ways of doing the exact same law...

The sacrificed blood of perfect animals NEVER saved even one single person from even one single sin- it just postponed it until the cross. BUT doing the law physically helped us understand that sin must be atoned for. Because if we didn't first understand it in physical terms, we could not appreciate or understand what Christ did for us on the cross.

So, in the Old Testament God put His law in physical terms, but in the New Testament we are no longer under the ways of Moses, of doing God's law physically, so the physical laws and rituals no longer apply- such as a physical rest on a physical day (physical Sabbath), or having a physical high priest physically sacrificing physically perfect animals on our behalf. CHRIST is our spiritually perfect Lamb (of God) AND our spiritual High Priest.

We do the exact same law of God, but spiritually, not physically. The physical way of doing God's law has been nailed to the cross. (Colossians 2:14). So those specific physical laws of Moses you brought up from the Old Testament, under the old covenant, do not apply today. We need to rightly divide the Word- Old Testament and New Testament. You cannot bring laws from the Old Testament into the New Testament. Because you cannot have Moses be your husband so-to-speak, and Christ be your husband so-to-speak at that same time- that's committing spiritual adultery. (Romans 7:1-4).

Christ's law IS God's law, we are no longer under Moses.
 
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I would like to address this statement made in the OP:
does anyone honestly believe that Jesus was teaching the Law of Moses? Honestly? the Law of moses isnt Just the 10 commandments there are hundreds of things commanded by Moses the Law is based on this principle

this "law" was not commanded by Moses but rather was commanded by the Almighty Himself through Moses, many mistakenly make this subtle inference that Moses is the one who brought this "law" but that is simply not so... the biblical text clearly states in many places " and the LORD said to Moses, speak to the children of Israel thus and thus" never did Moses presume to command anything that didn't come from the Father.
 

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If you study the laws that God gave his children in the days of Moses in the light of knowing Jesus and the gospel you can soon work out what was a shadow and what is a unchanging principle of love.
The lack of mercy and grace ment that many Jews lost sight of the beauty of the laws. King David loved the laws of God.
God is JUST today and JUSTICE is a principle of Gods kingdom. we can have forgiveness and freedom from guilt and sin by Jesus ( the city of refuge or the atonement lamb).
The gospel is both mercy and justuce.
The Law is about justice
Forgiveness and grace is about mercy
 

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"For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ." (John 1:17)
 

JaumeJ

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If the Word of God, Yahweh, had not been given to men, prophets of teh most High God, we wuold not have the Holy Scriptufres. So it is with the law given to Moses........ This does not diminish that the law was given by Moses, but he did receive it from the mouth of God first.
 
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It is the same. Under Moses it was "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth." You cannot understand that a debt has been paid for you if you don't first understand the debt. So God showed us the physical way in the Old Testament, so that we would understand its spiritual equivalent in the New Testament.

Lets say you play the Monopoly Game as a kid, and then you grow up and work with real money. The first way is not the reality, it is only an example of the real thing. Well in the same way, the law of Moses was only a shadow, the real way is found in Christ. So please understand, doing God's law physically (Moses) and doing it spiritually (Jesus) are not two different laws, they are two different ways of doing the exact same law...

The sacrificed blood of perfect animals NEVER saved even one single person from even one single sin- it just postponed it until the cross. BUT doing the law physically helped us understand that sin must be atoned for. Because if we didn't first understand it in physical terms, we could not appreciate or understand what Christ did for us on the cross.

So, in the Old Testament God put His law in physical terms, but in the New Testament we are no longer under the ways of Moses, of doing God's law physically, so the physical laws and rituals no longer apply- such as a physical rest on a physical day (physical Sabbath), or having a physical high priest physically sacrificing physically perfect animals on our behalf. CHRIST is our spiritually perfect Lamb (of God) AND our spiritual High Priest.

We do the exact same law of God, but spiritually, not physically. The physical way of doing God's law has been nailed to the cross. (Colossians 2:14). So those specific physical laws of Moses you brought up from the Old Testament, under the old covenant, do not apply today. We need to rightly divide the Word- Old Testament and New Testament. You cannot bring laws from the Old Testament into the New Testament. Because you cannot have Moses be your husband so-to-speak, and Christ be your husband so-to-speak at that same time- that's committing spiritual adultery. (Romans 7:1-4).

Christ's law IS God's law, we are no longer under Moses.
This is very well said, and shows understanding by the Spirit. Many of the carnal ordinances and motions of the law were shadows of greater spiritual truths to be revealed later. But what many do not understand is that many of the carnal aspects of the law of Moses also prophesies of spiritual things, like the feast of unleavened bread and the killing of the Passover lamb prophesied of spiritual things later to be revealed in Christ.

The natural man only sees the carnal ordinances and outward motions of the law, but cannot see the greater spiritual things foreshadowed in the natural law because they are only understood spiritually by way of the Spirit of God. This is also why Jesus said not one jot or one tittle should pass from the law till all be fulfilled, showing the Spirit of the law prophesies.
 
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If the Word of God, Yahweh, had not been given to men, prophets of teh most High God, we wuold not have the Holy Scriptufres. So it is with the law given to Moses........ This does not diminish that the law was given by Moses, but he did receive it from the mouth of God first.
Paul confirms that the law given to Moses was by God in Christ, just as all the prophets of old spoke by the Spirit of Christ.

Galatians 3:17

And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
 

JaumeJ

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This reference is to when Abraham received the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

Paul confirms that the law given to Moses was by God in Christ, just as all the prophets of old spoke by the Spirit of Christ.

Galatians 3:17

And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
 
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This reference is to when Abraham received the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
That verse is showing the law, which came 430 years after the promise given to Abraham, could not make void the promise given to Abraham. Notice that verse says the the law, which came 430 years after the promise given to Abraham.

Galatians 3:17
And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
 
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the simplicity of Yeshua's Love is so unmistakable/remarkable really... we must remember
that He 'blinded' His special, chosen, people in order for the gentiles to be given the honor and gift
of His Holy Love upon His Holy Salvation through His Holy Sacrifice...
only through His Chosen People have the gentiles been given a 'free ride', another words,
the gift of being brought into the Common-Wealth of Israel and given the option and choice
of becoming members of His beloved chosen people...
has there ever been a greater Honor given to those born in sin?
 

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"For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ." (John 1:17)
so do you really believe Moses is the one who thought all of it up? or do you see something else in that text? because that is what it comes down to.... either Moses made it up or the Father spoke to him and he spoke to the children of Israel like they ask him to do....(Exo. 20:19) beginning in Exo. 12 we see the phrase "speak unto the congregation of Israel " or "speak unto the children of Israel" if you think Moses made it up then I challenge you to show me one text that shows he commanded them anything without the Fathers instruction. if not then you must reconcile the verse you posted right? properly understood it simply means Moses was the chosen vessel through which the Almighty would give this law, not that the law came from Moses himself.
 
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Yonah, the problem is if people admit God gave us the law they are telling us He changed. :)
 

JaumeJ

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Wonderful! Thank you. Cannot rep at this point. Your post contains waht Yahweh said to me once in a dream when Iwas up in the Rocky Mountains. "No the children of Israel, while they were in the wilderness, were disobedient, and by their disobedience salvation was gained by the nations." This by no means is saying the children of Israel are damned, not by a long shot; they are blessed and to be blessed always for their good examples of following God in the wilderness....yea they were blinded, but for our sakes. Praise God,a nd bless the Children always, amen.


the simplicity of Yeshua's Love is so unmistakable/remarkable really... we must remember
that He 'blinded' His special, chosen, people in order for the gentiles to be given the honor and gift
of His Holy Love upon His Holy Salvation through His Holy Sacrifice...
only through His Chosen People have the gentiles been given a 'free ride', another words,
the gift of being brought into the Common-Wealth of Israel and given the option and choice
of becoming members of His beloved chosen people...
has there ever been a greater Honor given to those born in sin?
 

OneFaith

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This is very well said, and shows understanding by the Spirit. Many of the carnal ordinances and motions of the law were shadows of greater spiritual truths to be revealed later. But what many do not understand is that many of the carnal aspects of the law of Moses also prophesies of spiritual things, like the feast of unleavened bread and the killing of the Passover lamb prophesied of spiritual things later to be revealed in Christ.

The natural man only sees the carnal ordinances and outward motions of the law, but cannot see the greater spiritual things foreshadowed in the natural law because they are only understood spiritually by way of the Spirit of God. This is also why Jesus said not one jot or one tittle should pass from the law till all be fulfilled, showing the Spirit of the law prophesies.
I agree, one must have ears to hear and eyes to see (spiritually) in order to understand. And yes, the old law (Old Testament) must remain as part of the Bible because one can't understand the spiritual meanings of the New Testament without the physical examples of the Old Testament. That would be like Jesus saying only the spiritual side of His parables without the physical example side.

So until He returns we will have both the Old and New Testaments. But just because we have them does not mean we are under them. We do obey the same laws that they did in the Old Testament, we just obey it spiritually instead of physically. For example, we are not under physical circumcision, but we still obey God's law of circumcision spiritually- when we are baptized into Christ, God performs circumcision of the heart (Colossians 2).
 

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If the law was not from God it would have come to nothing.
Jesus obeyed the Laws and was a perfect sacrifice for our sins = the gospel
When we are forgiven it is because Jesus paid it for us. If we believe we are children of God we should act like children of God. Trust and obey.
If God thought these laws would help His chosen people we should look through them and work out which ones would help us out in our lives today.

Just because they are old doesn't mean they are all obsolete.
 

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Sure many of the old laws are spiritually fulfilled today like circumcision (No need for physical circumcision because we need spiritual circumcision of the heart).
But not all, like rape and killing and homosexuality and eating the blood of the animals. How are these spiritually kept today?
If you believing in the heart that it is wrong to kill and your actions obey, it is both physical and spiritual.
If you don't eat the blood of animals it is a physical act? Lev_7:26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
Or do we need to spiritually not eat the blood of animals?

We can make all the laws a spiritual law in our hearts. But if they are in the heart, some of them will naturally be obeyed physically. Mat_15:19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:


Some things are spiritually fulfilled today but not all the laws are only spiritually fulfilled.
 
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JaumeJ

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Good reason and sense.

Sure many of the old laws are spiritually fulfilled today like circumcision (No need for physical circumcision because we need spiritual circumcision of the heart).
But not all, like rape and killing and homosexuality and eating the blood of the animals. How are these spiritually kept today?
If you believing in the heart that it is wrong to kill and your actions obey, it is both physical and spiritual.
If you don't eat the blood of animals it is a physical act? Lev_7:26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
Or do we need to spiritually not eat the blood of animals?

We can make all the laws a spiritual law in our hearts. But if they are in the heart, some of them will naturally be obeyed physically. Mat_15:19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:


Some things are spiritually fulfilled today but not all the laws are only spiritually fulfilled.