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I say of my life what Paul said about his
Acts 24:14 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:
Then he describes the difference between a faithful believer and a carnally minded nonbeliever in Romans 8:5-7.
"For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be."
Lawless situations create corruption a chaos. A society that abides by laws that are good will have peace. God's law is perfect, and Pharisaical law is skewed and repressive. That's why Jesus had a problem with them. Capital punishment for murder deteriorates the acts of murder.
We are to contend for the faith by spiritually killing the corruption of false doctrine.
"And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death ; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in . So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee." Deuteronomy 13:5
"Wash you, make you clean ; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;" Isaiah 1:16
Acts 24:14 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:
Then he describes the difference between a faithful believer and a carnally minded nonbeliever in Romans 8:5-7.
"For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be."
Lawless situations create corruption a chaos. A society that abides by laws that are good will have peace. God's law is perfect, and Pharisaical law is skewed and repressive. That's why Jesus had a problem with them. Capital punishment for murder deteriorates the acts of murder.
We are to contend for the faith by spiritually killing the corruption of false doctrine.
"And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death ; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in . So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee." Deuteronomy 13:5
"Wash you, make you clean ; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;" Isaiah 1:16
His commandments given to us are all about love, and forgiveness under grace.
The reason why we needed Jesus as our Lord and Savior is because how caught up in sin we all have become. Some Christians today do just like the Jews did in the past put such a high emphasis on some sins, but let others slide by as if they do not matter or are not costly. Which lead to punishments handed out to only certain sins, and not others, instead of the true meaning of the law to lead away from all sins.
Our Lord tells us the least of sinners ( smallest sin ) will perish just like the worst of sinners if they do not repent of their sins.
Luke 13:3
I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.
The OT through the mosaic law did side with putting people to death for certain sins, the NT does not. Our Lord Jesus did not tell us to only love Him the Lord our God, and love our neighbor as self. He also told us;
Matthew 5:44-45
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
[SUP] [/SUP]that you may be children of your Father in heaven.
Matthew 6:14-15
[SUP] [/SUP]For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
[SUP] [/SUP]But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
( I personally like the KJV for this scripture, because it does not say only if the trespass was done personally to you as newer versions of the bible do making hatred and revenge acceptable: I can hate you for what you did because it was not done to me, or it is ok for me to say you should face the death penalty because you did not do it to me. ) These are both false statements people use to justify hatred or killing, which is not the way of our Lord.