And your still thinking as one under the Law Israel.
Your quote about Abraham makes no sense what so ever.
the only thing that made sense in your statement is : 'Abraham who was the father of all those who believe'
phil
Exodus 20:1-17
And God spake all these words, saying,
2I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image,
or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above,
or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
6And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
7Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God:
in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger
that is within thy gates:
11For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
12Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
13Thou shalt not kill.
14Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15Thou shalt not steal.
16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
I never said that we were under the letter of the law but this is spiritual.
Exodus 31:12-17
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
13Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep:
for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
14Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
15Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
16Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. 17It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
God said forever! I don't think forever was yesterday. And for a God who said "I change not," why do we continually do that? For one to believe that the spiritual meaning of the Sabbath was nailed to the cross, by definition, won't have to obey the commandments on murder, or stealing or any other commandment contained in His moral law.
Exodus 40:20-21
And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:
21And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony;
as the LORD commanded Moses.
The ten commandments were place
INSIDE the Ark. Where were the laws about everything else placed?
Deuteronomy 31:24-26
And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,
25That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,
26Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
This is the part of the law that was added and place on the side of the ark as a WITNESS against us!
Romans 7:14
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
The law Paul talks about here are the ten commandments that were placed inside the ark. When Cain killed Abel and was sent from the presence of God, there was no written law about murder. But Cain by his spirit, new that it was wrong.
Colossians 2:9-14
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
10And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
11In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
12Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
13And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
14Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
This is the part of the law that was place on the side of the ark for a witness against us! The letter was indeed taken away, but whereas the ordinances were place outside of the ark showed of it's temporary (school master) usage, the law placed inside the ark showed that by the spirit, this was the part that is written in our hearts.
Why is it so hard to believe that G-d created the earth through a lengthy process of evolution? If you can believe in G-d, believe He allowed mortal man to kill Him and rose again, believe He was born of a virgin, why can't you believe that He created the world in millions and millions of years?