(November 15, 2016 at 11:05 am)Drich Wrote:(November 15, 2016 at 10:21 am)Crossless1 Wrote: I know what you mean, but Paul gave them the Get-Out-of-the-Law-Free card so they can disregard whichever parts of Torah they find inconvenient. The 'good' stuff? They're happy to quote it and consider it inspired. The more embarrassing stuff? Well, we're not Orthodox Jews. Doesn't apply!
<Imagines what Christianity might have been if James the Just had publicly bitch-slapped the hell out of Saul/Paul in front of a jeering crowd>
It's not a get out of jail free card. we are still bound by the law to identify sin.
However we no longer follow the law as our only means to righteousness.
Yeah, yeah, I know. I wasn't clear, but it was 'following the Law' that I had in mind.