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Where's the Justice?
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RE: Where's the Justice?
(July 8, 2012 at 4:52 am)cato123 Wrote: Christ never made a difference between moral, ceremonial or judicial laws.
(July 8, 2012 at 5:28 am)cato123 Wrote: We don't have to suppose the distinction, Paul and Barnabas made the distinction for us. Are you now going to argue that Christ was only talking about moral Mosaic law in Matthew 5:18?
If you read on through verse 44, you would find Jesus talking about the spirit of the law, as opposed to the letter of the law. The spirit of the law is summed up in Matthew 22:37-40 (as well as Mark 12:30 and Luke 10:27):
Quote:Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

The spirit of the law has never changed. In Matthew 5:17 Jesus says, "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them." In Acts 15, the Christians were realizing that circumcision was part of the letter of the law used by God as a means of showing allegiance. They found that the real lesson to follow was a "circumcision of the heart". The Mosaic laws weren't just a set of hoops to jump through. They were meant to point humans to a higher good.
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Where's the Justice? - by FallentoReason - July 7, 2012 at 12:50 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Godschild - July 7, 2012 at 2:24 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by znk666 - July 7, 2012 at 8:32 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by FallentoReason - July 7, 2012 at 10:37 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Cato - July 8, 2012 at 12:30 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Undeceived - July 8, 2012 at 3:07 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Cato - July 9, 2012 at 1:11 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 9, 2012 at 2:05 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Cato - July 9, 2012 at 10:45 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 9, 2012 at 10:56 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Cato - July 9, 2012 at 11:47 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 10, 2012 at 1:29 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Cato - July 10, 2012 at 2:03 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 10, 2012 at 2:13 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Cato - July 10, 2012 at 2:34 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Taqiyya Mockingbird - July 13, 2012 at 11:18 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Undeceived - July 11, 2012 at 1:01 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Cato - July 11, 2012 at 2:39 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Mister Agenda - July 11, 2012 at 1:28 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by JohnDG - July 11, 2012 at 4:47 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Godschild - July 11, 2012 at 5:23 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Reforged - July 11, 2012 at 5:37 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Godschild - July 11, 2012 at 10:36 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Reforged - July 11, 2012 at 11:05 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Cato - July 11, 2012 at 11:20 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Godschild - July 12, 2012 at 1:00 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by downbeatplumb - July 12, 2012 at 1:05 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Cato - July 12, 2012 at 4:13 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Mister Agenda - July 12, 2012 at 3:26 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by JohnDG - July 12, 2012 at 2:25 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Godschild - July 12, 2012 at 2:34 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by MysticKnight - July 11, 2012 at 10:55 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Minimalist - July 7, 2012 at 2:40 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by The Grand Nudger - July 7, 2012 at 3:18 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Undeceived - July 7, 2012 at 3:43 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by joe terlizzi - July 7, 2012 at 4:18 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by downbeatplumb - July 7, 2012 at 5:52 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Gambit - July 7, 2012 at 9:25 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 7, 2012 at 2:52 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Norfolk And Chance - July 7, 2012 at 2:54 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 7, 2012 at 5:19 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Tempus - July 7, 2012 at 10:22 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 8, 2012 at 1:05 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Cato - July 8, 2012 at 4:52 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by CliveStaples - July 8, 2012 at 5:02 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Cato - July 8, 2012 at 5:28 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Mister Agenda - July 11, 2012 at 2:50 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 11, 2012 at 3:10 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Mister Agenda - July 11, 2012 at 3:54 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 11, 2012 at 4:38 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Mister Agenda - July 12, 2012 at 2:44 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Reforged - July 12, 2012 at 3:36 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Minimalist - July 7, 2012 at 11:12 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by FallentoReason - July 8, 2012 at 3:30 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 8, 2012 at 12:13 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by CliveStaples - July 8, 2012 at 4:03 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by FallentoReason - July 8, 2012 at 4:13 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by CliveStaples - July 8, 2012 at 4:18 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by FallentoReason - July 8, 2012 at 4:31 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Norfolk And Chance - July 8, 2012 at 1:59 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Gambit - July 8, 2012 at 7:55 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Minimalist - July 8, 2012 at 2:47 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by FallentoReason - July 8, 2012 at 1:06 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 8, 2012 at 4:44 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by FallentoReason - July 8, 2012 at 11:14 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 9, 2012 at 12:28 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by FallentoReason - July 9, 2012 at 1:07 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 9, 2012 at 12:22 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by FallentoReason - July 10, 2012 at 5:48 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 10, 2012 at 6:41 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Thor - July 11, 2012 at 9:28 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 11, 2012 at 2:51 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Thor - July 11, 2012 at 5:33 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 11, 2012 at 9:46 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Cato - July 11, 2012 at 11:05 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Thor - July 12, 2012 at 5:06 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 12, 2012 at 8:25 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Thor - July 13, 2012 at 11:54 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by jonb - July 13, 2012 at 2:53 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Reforged - July 13, 2012 at 3:05 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 13, 2012 at 3:04 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Thor - July 17, 2012 at 12:09 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Annik - July 9, 2012 at 12:37 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Opsnyder - July 9, 2012 at 2:43 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 9, 2012 at 4:11 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Thor - July 9, 2012 at 4:41 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Godschild - July 9, 2012 at 4:29 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Mister Agenda - July 11, 2012 at 2:56 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Nine - July 9, 2012 at 4:39 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by padraic - July 9, 2012 at 9:58 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by The Grand Nudger - July 9, 2012 at 10:40 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by The Grand Nudger - July 11, 2012 at 1:24 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Gambit - July 11, 2012 at 5:37 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Gambit - July 11, 2012 at 9:55 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Gambit - July 11, 2012 at 10:54 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Gambit - July 11, 2012 at 11:06 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Reforged - July 11, 2012 at 11:08 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Gambit - July 11, 2012 at 11:12 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Reforged - July 12, 2012 at 3:21 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Gambit - July 12, 2012 at 3:42 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Gambit - July 13, 2012 at 5:28 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 13, 2012 at 1:22 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Taqiyya Mockingbird - July 13, 2012 at 9:59 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Polaris - July 13, 2012 at 10:04 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Gambit - July 13, 2012 at 1:59 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 13, 2012 at 3:17 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Gambit - July 13, 2012 at 4:55 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Taqiyya Mockingbird - July 13, 2012 at 3:05 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Faith No More - July 13, 2012 at 4:08 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 13, 2012 at 4:08 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Faith No More - July 13, 2012 at 4:18 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 14, 2012 at 1:01 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Gambit - July 14, 2012 at 6:31 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 14, 2012 at 9:57 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Welsh cake - July 13, 2012 at 4:58 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Undeceived - July 13, 2012 at 5:46 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Taqiyya Mockingbird - July 13, 2012 at 6:34 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Welsh cake - July 13, 2012 at 7:21 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Undeceived - July 14, 2012 at 7:15 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Taqiyya Mockingbird - July 14, 2012 at 10:15 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Gambit - July 14, 2012 at 10:19 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 14, 2012 at 11:12 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Polaris - July 14, 2012 at 11:01 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by frankiej - July 14, 2012 at 11:18 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Gambit - July 14, 2012 at 11:38 am
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 14, 2012 at 1:28 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Gambit - July 14, 2012 at 4:31 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 14, 2012 at 6:43 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Gambit - July 14, 2012 at 7:13 pm
RE: Where's the Justice? - by Drich - July 14, 2012 at 8:27 pm

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