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To: Aqua225
I don’t think you can selectively say that homosexuality is banned, and yet choose not to live by the other rules. You can perhaps argue that the New Testament got rid of the food restrictions, but it lifted nothing as it relates to the female menstrual cycle. Are you obedient to the old law in every letter?

To assert that the New Covenant lifted nothing pertaining to the female menstrual cycle is an absurd 'argument' from silence. You would do just as well to assume, were there no statute or case law about some particular subject under the Constitution, that the Articles of Confederation are still in effect. The Old Covenant Law was nailed to the Cross - in its entirety. It is not longer in force. We are dead to it. We live under the New Covenant. Period. No pun intended.

Cordially,

255 posted on 05/10/2012 7:00:03 AM PDT by Diamond (He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people,)
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To: Diamond

Diamond says, “The Old Covenant Law was nailed to the Cross - in its entirety. It is not longer in force.”

I think this statement needs some clarification. The Master Jesus Christ referred to the need to obey the law on many occasions. My whole argument here is really based on the proposition that we are required to obey the Law of Moses on the subject of Sexual Relations, that this law remains in force. And a nation that rebels against the Law is not qualified to receive the blessings of Divine Providence. Perhaps the harshness of the judgment related to the breaking of the law has been mitigated by the advent of Christ, but the need to obey has not been eliminated. The need to encourage obedience has not been eliminated. The principle of repentance was surely carried forward from the old to the new. Jesus said he came to fulfill the law and the prophets, not to destroy them. In relationship to Mary M. Jesus stopped the people from stoning her to death, but he also said to her, “Go and sin no more.” Are we still on the same page?


271 posted on 05/10/2012 10:26:13 AM PDT by GoldenEagles
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To: Diamond

You are not dead to the law. I am not dead to the law. Ever heard of Jesus’ sermon as relates to the Old Law? Essentially those laws are still “en force”, but he gave a different perspective to each law.

Period.


295 posted on 05/10/2012 3:24:40 PM PDT by Aqua225 (Realist)
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