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Baptism by water was simple an outward sign of an inward change. Water doesn't wash sin from you.. It was another parable honoring John who was baptizing at the time. This is also why Paul gave up on water baptism, and told us the real power was the acceptance of the fire of the spirit.

Isn,t it amazing that Christians will not even touch subjects like this. We all want to know what is happening with the two standard system but refuse to acknowledge that it even exists. The atheists will confront these questions since they have no particular allegiance to the subject matter...

If Jesus had wanted stoning for breaking commands, He would not have enforced it. Look at the woman who was caught in adultery. Jesus basically told them that only the sinless could cast stones. Who are they? They don't exist on this planet and never have. Scriptures sure do have a way...

The great difficulty with interpreting scripture is that it is not all teaching the same lessons consistently. How are we to please our Father? The breaking of the OT laws meant a death sentence in most cases. Is that love? It is not the forgiveness that Jesus showed. You shalt not kill was...

Love is meant to fill in the gaps that the old laws never explained. We are so worried that we miss something so we argue without ceasing. Love will always make more sense than the letter. Trying to paint a portrait with many words on distorts the simplicity of the picture. T he laws were...

Fortunately, Jesus has made a way of escape for those in the OT who could not understand the higher ways of Christ. A man is only held by conscience when he understands a principle. It is the intent of our hearts that either saves us or condemns us. Forgiveness is the main remedy that we have...

Hebrews 10-4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sin. Vs 3- But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. Who will ever believe again that this wasn't true in the old testament too. These types of things will never be...

The law, with all of its penalties, was given to people because they had no possible way to understand God at all. Unfortunately, the god of this world came into power at the same time of the fall of man in the garden. That's when the death sentences began with no possible way to remedy the...

The danger of commanding a Sabbath was the reenactment of the penalties for not following it under a Mosaic command. Along with resting came duties to not doing any work on that day. You could be cursed for making a fire or cooking food on this day. That's quite a bit more than just resting...

Paul made a note to his followers that it would additional guilt added to their conscience if they were to knowingly consume meats offered to idols. It would be like saying it was OK to accept sacrificial meat and that the sacrifice meant nothing. This would be a bad example to a follower of...

The old testament law has already been removed out of the way. Romans 10-4, Christ is the end of the law to every believer. The law is what does condemn us but doesn't have to be based upon destructive old testament commands. Romans 8-2 states that one law has been replaced by another. The...

There is a major difference between justice and grace. Justice infers that a crime has been committed and a due punishment is needed to account for the offense. Grace is something altogether different. None of us has earned it or deserve it but get it from God anyway based on love for us. A...

I know that most of you have never attempted a scripture by scripture comparison like this so view these two. Moses commands in Leviticus 20 -10 that an adulterer should be put to death. Jesus says in John 8-7, He who is without sin should cast a stone. Now Jesus is completely aware of what...

When men fail to accept the principles of love in their life, this opens the door for evil retaliation. This have the devil time to corrupt the simple things of God. It's great to reflect on history and see just how our old testament brothers were caught up in sin and misbelief. We actually...

You can certainly gain wisdom in some parts of the old. Yet, we could never have expected the old test lament methods as being consistent with the loving teachings of Jesus. This is where the difficulties li e when trying to determine the true authorship of God in the old. Jesus specifically...

We as Christians have been compromising our understanding of God all along by mixing portions of the old with the new and tremendously watering down the content. Take fighting for example. Everyone knows that Moses commanded 10%. But consider how the widow that have a few pennies have all she...

Most of the time when we think of the law of Moses we think of the ten commandments. These were mentioned by Paul in 2nd Cor.7 as administration of death. He also called them the administration of condemnation in verse 9. How is this for honoring the most sacred rules of the old testament...

Has anyone addressed the contrasts of Jesus confronting the differences between the old and new? Consider the adulterers who were caught in the act and were brought to Jesus. Did he enforce the law of Moses or did He teach an opposite lesson? If Jesus had been the originator of the punishment...

Mathew 5,38 , you have heard it said an eye for an eye. 2nd Corinthians Ch.3 verse 12 and on talk about the blindness of men in the OT. Ch.4 tells us in verse 4 that it is the God of this world, or the devil, which has received men into believing the destructive ways of the OldTestament...

Jesus did not teach the methods of the old testament. Where Moses commanded men to kill each other because of sin, Jesus asked us to love instead. Which among you have the right to kill another when you have just as much sin yourselves? Paul teachings thoroughly emphasize the completeness...