Subject: New Perspective of Sha'ul |
Bible Note: A person cannot live under both the Law of Sin and Death and the Law of the Spirit of Life at the same time; it must be one or the other. God mercifully allowed a transition from Judaism to Christianity as we can see from the first 15 chapters of Acts. Paul temporarily continued with a few select Jewish rituals, not because they had anything to do with salvation anymore but to cater to the weak Jews in order to win them over to Jesus Christ, probably while the physical temple was still standing. I seriously doubt that any of the true Christians continued in any of the "ordinances" after the physical temple ceased to exist. It took some Jews time to adjust, especially to the fact that God was saving Gentiles exactly as He had saved the first believing Jews -- through repentance and faith that leads to obedience, Ac 11:1-18. Also, read Mt 5-7. Jesus Christ came to fulfill the Law and Prophets, not to abolish. Did Paul contradict Him in Eph 2? No, not at all but why not? Jesus Christ also said we must exceed the righteousness of the Pharisees or we will not enter into His Kingdom. How is that accomplished? Do you know? And, there in Mt 5-7, we read how true Christians must exceed the OT Law and that is only possible for someone who belongs to the Law of the Spirit of Life. To belong to that Law we must seek first as Jesus Christ told us to do in Mt 6:33. What is it, exactly, that we must find? In the service of the Righteous One, anne |