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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:36 pm
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If you take a look at the OT as a whole you'll see a major theme: Man's inability to follow God's established Law.
From Adam and Eve, to the events in Exodus, and throughout all of the Judges this is true.
In the NT, specifically the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew, Jesus is taking that impossible standard of God's, or Absolute Ideal for Righteousness, and making it harder to follow.
Take a look at the two greatest commandments: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind" and "You shall love your enemy as you love yourself". If you really look at those two commandments, how easy are they to follow?
God set up this Absolute Ideal for man knowing we would be unable to follow it.
But then He introduced his Absolute Grace through Jesus.
Yes, the OT and NT are amazing standards to strive to follow to live righteous lives, but when you fail to meet that standard everyday like I do, Grace is there lift you back on your feet again. And it is that Grace that saves you.
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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:52 pm
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Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 1:24 pm
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