I hope you'll excuse my interruption.
But for the sake of clarity, and so we're all on the same page here,
would you please tell us which part of the Law (the 'nomos' is the Greek word, and it's singular, one Law)
do you keep?
Are you keeping the dietary part?
Or the ceremonial part?
I'm fairly certain not the sacrificial part. ( )
Also, perhaps it would be helpful if you were to give a list
(not exhaustive, of course)
of the commands of Christ from the Gospels?
(not things like 'keep My commands', but actually the commands themselves, beyond The Beatitudes)
Sometimes terminology gets us bogged down,
and then we discover we're actually speaking of the same things!
Thanks for considering that.
-ellie
But for the sake of clarity, and so we're all on the same page here,
would you please tell us which part of the Law (the 'nomos' is the Greek word, and it's singular, one Law)
do you keep?
Are you keeping the dietary part?
Or the ceremonial part?
I'm fairly certain not the sacrificial part. ( )
Also, perhaps it would be helpful if you were to give a list
(not exhaustive, of course)
of the commands of Christ from the Gospels?
(not things like 'keep My commands', but actually the commands themselves, beyond The Beatitudes)
Sometimes terminology gets us bogged down,
and then we discover we're actually speaking of the same things!
Thanks for considering that.
-ellie
The grievous thing it is not any of the Torah that Mark is struggling with, but with following those things which Christ himself has clearly and specifically said. I have met no Christian who says Christs own commands are too much to bear, it is both interesting and somewhat disturbing.
It is not the law of cloths or diet that is too burdensome for him, it is the very beatitudes
After your post he made that even clearer and said this:
Do Christians look to each and every literal command of Christ in the Gospels and strive to obey each and everyone? Is that what people feel we should do to obey the commands of Christ?
There aren't even that many of such commands...
Semantics do bog people down sometimes, I agree. But at this point we're talking to someone who thinks even the plain as day commands of Christ are too much of a burden for the law in his spirit.