Subject: Help! Unclean vs clean meat? |
Bible Note: Jim you have made excellent points. To read further into this matter i would suggest an in depth study on the book of Hebrews (the point of the book being the superiority of the new covenant (the cov. of grace solidified by Jesus Christ) as compared to the Mosaic coventant of the law). The law was simply a shadow of better things to come: the point being love. The covenant could only be changed in the fulfillment of the law (on the part of Jesus)and in our cases: our death to it (as acknowledged by accepting Christ as our saviour). As Jim has said our only possibility of fulfilling any part of the law is by the manifold graces of God, any otherwise and you are chasing the wind. (a further note on the law is if it is attempted to be fulfilled without the knowledge of grace it has a tendency to raise up pride in each of us and make us bitter just as it is shown in the case of the pharisees. It is dangerous because it takes our eyes off of Jesus and places them on ourselves. This is the point of walking on water when Peter sank) |