As followers of Christ what I think we must do is to 'follow Jesus' teaching'.
We know He did not destroy the law - but He did make changes to it !
We no longer need to keep it 'according to OT letter but now to keep it transformed by the Spirit.
The old way caused much enmity, hatred and division...much of which we still see in evidence today.
We have not yet learned to find the 'happy medium, why ? no give and take between people ...each clinging firmly to his/her own understaning !
It is obvious that no decent society can exist without law, so when Jesus abolished the 'letter/works of the law' He most certainly did not destroy the law altogether, only the 'works attached to it' making it now possible to keep the law in heart and Spirit.
for inst. Doing things a certain way or eating certain foods laid down in 'rituals and carnal ordinances' do not make a person right before God Heb 9v9,10. It is not what we physically do but what we 'spiritually intend from the heart'.
Scripture tells God is seeking people who will worship Him in Truth and Spirit . Also the Kgd of God is not meat/food and drink, so don't let us labour for the meat that perishes.
It would seem to me that if a person wants to stay with the carnal law they should be allowed to do so 'in peace, but it is not sin for those who opt out and have a true spiritual understanding of the law. Jesus definitely does not class it as sin...for not what goes into the mouth defiles a person but what comes out of it THAT defiles a person.
So please let us reach out the hand in friendship to all who love God and keep His Commandments !
We know He did not destroy the law - but He did make changes to it !
We no longer need to keep it 'according to OT letter but now to keep it transformed by the Spirit.
The old way caused much enmity, hatred and division...much of which we still see in evidence today.
We have not yet learned to find the 'happy medium, why ? no give and take between people ...each clinging firmly to his/her own understaning !
It is obvious that no decent society can exist without law, so when Jesus abolished the 'letter/works of the law' He most certainly did not destroy the law altogether, only the 'works attached to it' making it now possible to keep the law in heart and Spirit.
for inst. Doing things a certain way or eating certain foods laid down in 'rituals and carnal ordinances' do not make a person right before God Heb 9v9,10. It is not what we physically do but what we 'spiritually intend from the heart'.
Scripture tells God is seeking people who will worship Him in Truth and Spirit . Also the Kgd of God is not meat/food and drink, so don't let us labour for the meat that perishes.
It would seem to me that if a person wants to stay with the carnal law they should be allowed to do so 'in peace, but it is not sin for those who opt out and have a true spiritual understanding of the law. Jesus definitely does not class it as sin...for not what goes into the mouth defiles a person but what comes out of it THAT defiles a person.
So please let us reach out the hand in friendship to all who love God and keep His Commandments !