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361 | what's the difference in these two | Matt 10:5 | Bill Mc | 12615 | ||
An important thing to remember with any biblical teaching is that, from God's perspective, there are 2 basic covenants. There is the Mosaic covenant (Law) given only to the Jews (to show them their sinfulness so they would come to Messiah) and there is the New Covenant that Christ instituted at His death. Both the books of Galatians and Hebrews make it clear that believers are no longer under the Law and that Gentiles never were. Because the New Covenant did not go into effect until Christ's death, our Lord taught under law and, mainly, to the Jews. He did, however, proclaim that the New Covenant was coming when His blood would be shed. Remember the Lord's Supper? "This is the New Covenant in My blood..." So, what we call the Great Commission was given to believer's after the New Covenant (Grace) when into effect. And the rest of the New Testament (Acts, Romans, etc.) were all written under the New Covenant. Another good example of this is that, in the Lord's prayer, Christ says, "If you don't forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive yours." But the rest of the New Testament (Covenant - same word in the Greek) makes it clear that God has forgiven ALL our sins because of Christ's offering of Himself to "take away the sins of the world." Let me also add that we must rely on the Holy Spirit to lead us into all truth. As you have said, not everything in the Bible has direct application for us as New Testament believers. We must consider the context of all the teachings in Scripture and understand who we are in Christ in order the correctly discern the Word. I hope this helps. |
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