I stumbled onto that and thought it might be interesting given the circumstances.
Happy New Year!
Thank you for posting this. Couple of points jumped out at me:
1) The reason they even earnestly demand a cited verse is because they themselves have no understanding of god in their hearts nor does such a person even know Jesus Christ. For them the Bible is a crutch or a wheel chair, for you it is supposed to be nothing more then a guide.
I would also add club to bludgeon you with.
2) It is Amazing how you feel you can pick and choose what laws are no longer important and what laws are. Now don’t get me wrong I’m not mad- But as christians we are not bound to any laws of the Bible except for Christs law AKA The Royal Law.
3) We call ourselves Christians Because we are subject to the New Law. It is called “The Royal Law” it was given to us by Jesus Christ. This means very literally all the laws of Moses (including the 10 commandments) are voided because we find Salvation in Jesus!!! Where as before we were required to create our own salvation (which was the point of god sending those laws). This was the whole point of Jesus!!!
Has God REALLY said.....?
I guess that means that Jesus was a Pharisee when He used Scripture verses to counter the temptation of Satan in the wilderness.
Matthew 4:1-11
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” But he answered, “It is written,
“‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,
“‘He will command his angels concerning you,’
and
“‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”
Jesus said to him,
“Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him,
“Be gone, Satan! For it is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.’”
Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him.
Luke 4:1-13 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry.
The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” And Jesus answered him,
“It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’”
And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, and said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.”
And Jesus answered him,
“It is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’”
And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, for it is written,
“‘He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you,’
and
“‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”
And Jesus answered him,
“It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.