In posting the OP I fully realize the difference between what is alive and what is dead. All one need do is learn from our Savior by His Word and by His deed. We all should know the difference between the bad laws and the good, this takes some discernment, at least enough discernment to know what is being said or read. If we know the difference, it is because we live in grace. Had you understood what is posted you would have understood we all are living in grace, and again this is not license to sin. If you believe sin is dead because of living in grace, I am afraid you do not understand much. I believe people do not understand anything between Genesis and Malachi if they believe we are not to obey Yahweh, God.
Eze 20:25
Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances wherein they should not live;
Hi JaumeJ,
I was just reading a chapter Proverbs 24 this morning, and a verse caught my attention.
Proverbs 24:29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
Then I sign on here and read this post. Talk about edification!
This is one of those examples of a good law vs. a bad law. It's even apparent that it was corrected in the OT, and of course, by Jesus Himself. However, I can see an example of how the world works in the original law, so there is value in the original law as well.
The original law was this:
Exodus 21:24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Exodus 21:25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
Jesus said this: (As you know.)
Matthew 5:38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
Matthew 5:39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Matthew 5:40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
Matthew 5:41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
Matthew 5:42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Matthew 5:43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
Matthew 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Matthew 5:45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
From the OT.
Proverbs 24:29
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
Back to the NT:
1 Thessalonians 5:15 See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
I'm sure that there are many more examples in the OT, that I need to spend time studying. God's Word is just amazing, and He knows how to clarify what any passage means when we seek HIM in it.