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Originally Posted by Zachariah L
Well, you can either take it all, or discard it all
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You are brainwashed by New Testament "freedom from the law" apologetics. Certainly,
Romans 8:1-3 is pretty clear:
[There is] therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
Each of us is free from the law, meaning our
salvation does not depend on the old covenant law. Of course, if we are truly upright Christians, we naturally follow the law without even realizing it. God's grace makes that happen automatically. So, for example, if any
so-called Christian breaks the Sabbath, that is direct evidence that contradicts his relationship with Jesus... evidence that he is not "of faith" as required in Galations 3:11-12...
But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, [it is] evident: for, The just shall live by faith. And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
Therefore, breaking the Sabbath demonstrates a lack of faith, which puts one squarely in the category of
living in the old law. In such as case, the congregation has
no choice but to follow God's will, under the old law, for breaking the Sabbath. This is what God commands in
Exodus 31:14"Ye 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."
God is serious about this. In Numbers 15, a man is found gathering sticks on the Sabbath. God demands they stone him to death:
"And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses."
Who are you to reinterpret what God so clearly demands of us? Do you really think He didn't mean it?
Even so, we do not flout secular law and sadly find our hands tied at the moment. I pray for a shift in this country towards God! I pray for the day we can enact Godly laws and start putting sinners to death, as God commands!