(July 3, 2015 at 11:10 pm)Lek Wrote: I had just finished a fantastic reply in which I referenced some verses from Paul's letters which support the fact that Christians are not under the old testament law because Jesus had fulfilled the requirements of the law, which we are unable to fulfill, and we are justified through our faith in him. He stated that no one will be justified by following the law. I then hit the wrong key and deleted it all. I'm not going to go through the work again, but anyone can find the evidence from a google search under "not under old testament law."
Sorry, but I'd much prefer a rewrite of your post to a google search.
But I do have some questions about Jesus fulfilling the OT law we are unable to fulfill. The OT laws are meticulously detailed, but certainly could be followed. Those that Jesus proposes in the Sermon on the Mount could not really be fulfilled by anyone as they involves having no bad thoughts. And as Jesus appears just a touch snappish from time to time, and he questions god on Gethsemane it doesn't appear that Jesus manages it himself.
In any case, it's the easiest laws to fulfill that seem to be the one's Christians have decided not to follow: not eating cheese burgers, pork; or shell fish; or not lighting fires on Saturday; or sacrificing doves to stay ritually clean; or circumcision; or not touching the ark of the covenant. Heck, even I can avoid touching the ark.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
