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1 | CAN YOU REMARRY THE SAME SPOUSE | Deut 24:4 | kalos | 43231 | ||
The Law in the NT "...the law cannot be altogether invalid since the New Testament affirms its abiding applicability." The Law under the New Covenant. (Note: The following is a selection from the article "The Law". It is recommended that you go to the website included here and read the entire article.) The New Testament's statements about Old Testament law are difficult to harmonize. On the one hand, some New Testament statements indicate that under the new covenant the whole law is in some sense abrogated (Rom 6:14, "you are not under law" Rom 10:4, "Christ is the end of the law" ). (...) On the other hand, the law cannot be altogether invalid since the New Testament affirms its abiding applicability. . "All Scripture is … useful" (2 Tim 3:16-17), including Old Testament laws. . Jesus came not to abolish the law, but to fulfill it (Matt 5:17-20). . The law is the embodiment of truth that instructs (Rom 2:18-19). . It is "holy" and "spiritual, " making sin known to us by defining it; therefore, Paul delights in it (Rom 7:7-14,22). . The law is good if used properly (1 Tim 1:8), and is not opposed to the promises of God (Gal 3:21). . Faith does not make the law void, but the Christian establishes the law (Rom 3:31), fulfilling its requirements by walking according to the Spirit (Rom 8:4) through love (Rom 13:10). . When Paul states that women are to be in submission "as the Law says" (1 Cor 14:34) or quotes parts of the Decalogue (Rom 13:9), . and when James quotes the law of love (2:8 from Lev 19:18) or condemns partiality, adultery, murder, and slander as contrary to the law (2:9, 11; 4:11), . and when Peter quotes Leviticus, "Be holy, because I am holy" (1 Peter 1:16; from Lev 19:2), the implication is that the law, or at least part of it, remains authoritative. ------------- Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Edited by Walter A. Elwell, 1996 by Walter A. Elwell. Published by Baker Books. (http://bible.crosswalk.com/Dictionaries/BakersEvangelicalDictionary/) |
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2 | CAN YOU REMARRY THE SAME SPOUSE | Deut 24:4 | kkh924 | 43234 | ||
Kalos, thank you so much for the information. I will definitely do further study on this subject. | ||||||
3 | CAN YOU REMARRY THE SAME SPOUSE | Deut 24:4 | kalos | 43236 | ||
kkh924: You are welcome, sir. It seems to me that the article I quoted from Baker's is factual and presents both sides of the argument, without making any dogmatic conclusions. I know I learned a lot from reading the entire article, which is found under the main article, "The Law." The believer's relationship to the law is not all that cut and dried. It's something I have been looking into for years and am still looking into. Indeed, as the author says, "The NT's statements about OT law are difficult to harmonize." Yet, knowing that Scripture never contradicts itself, we have to keep going until we find the lowest common denominator, that which will finally harmonize apparently conflicting Scripture passages. I'm still working at it. :-) I appreciate and share with you your love of the Scriptures and desire to know more and get at the truth. Enjoy your studies. Grace to you, kalos |
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4 | CAN YOU REMARRY THE SAME SPOUSE | Deut 24:4 | kkh924 | 43270 | ||
Thanks again...and it's ma'am :) | ||||||
5 | CAN YOU REMARRY THE SAME SPOUSE | Deut 24:4 | kalos | 43294 | ||
Yes, ma'am. :-) Regarding my previous error, as Jimmy Durante would say, "I'm mortified." :-( |
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