If you keep Lev 15:22, how do you go about doing it?
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From the books I read about it, yes it had to have two necessary ways---it had to be within a community and it had to include more than just the legalistic or only physical without any spiritual involvement.
The lady who became a protestant believer incorporated many rituals in her day to day living without the entire community, but she found a group to share these ideas with her. Also, she never used any of these ideas as an end in itself. She worked on the principle that taking on the mind of Christ was the important thing, but it should not be separated from how she lived day to day. For instance, instead of washing hands being only a matter of physically being clean, she allowed it to also have a spiritual meaning of cleaning herself spiritually, the ideas were related and could not be separate.
The lady who became a protestant believer incorporated many rituals in her day to day living without the entire community, but she found a group to share these ideas with her. Also, she never used any of these ideas as an end in itself. She worked on the principle that taking on the mind of Christ was the important thing, but it should not be separated from how she lived day to day. For instance, instead of washing hands being only a matter of physically being clean, she allowed it to also have a spiritual meaning of cleaning herself spiritually, the ideas were related and could not be separate.
Depends what is unclean . Did you keep all the commandments before the Lord 'received you'?
Colossians 2:19-23 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
Which all are to perish with the using) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
But in disobedience to the New Covenant there are those here who demand us to be 'alive' to the Mosaic Covenant...
Romans 7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
...thus making Christ's death of non effect.
Colossians 2:19-23 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
Which all are to perish with the using) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
But in disobedience to the New Covenant there are those here who demand us to be 'alive' to the Mosaic Covenant...
Romans 7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
...thus making Christ's death of non effect.
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Some forget that Paul was a scholar of the law. Even though we like to claim his letters as writings which are against the law, one must conciser that he was rightly defining the viewpoint we as Christians should have toward the law. He was known as a heretic because the Jews claimed he was preaching against the law. Today, the anti law people say that he was doing the same thing in order to justify a doctrine that Paul never really endorsed. The law is not anti Christ!! The law has no threat for true beleivers in Christ. In fact the law is an asset to Christains when understood through the Spirit of God, and Paul understood.
Acts 24:5-21
5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
6 Who also hath gone about to profane the temple : whom we took , and would have judged according to our law.
7 But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,
8 Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.
9 And the Jews also assented , saying that these things were so.
10 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak , answered , Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:
11 Because that thou mayest understand , that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship .
12 And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people , neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:
13 Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.
14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow , that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
17 Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.
18 Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.
19 Who ought to have been here before thee, and object , if they had ought against me.
20 Or else let these same here say , if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,
21 Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.
Acts 24:5-21
5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
6 Who also hath gone about to profane the temple : whom we took , and would have judged according to our law.
7 But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,
8 Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.
9 And the Jews also assented , saying that these things were so.
10 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak , answered , Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:
11 Because that thou mayest understand , that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship .
12 And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people , neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:
13 Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.
14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow , that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
17 Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.
18 Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.
19 Who ought to have been here before thee, and object , if they had ought against me.
20 Or else let these same here say , if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,
21 Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.
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