Thanks for not answering my question at all. Again, why do some Christians take up such arms against sins such as murder, theft, adultery and homosexuality, but brush aside sins such as working on the sabbath, back-talking your parents or eating unclean foods?
If Jesus came to fulfill all the laws and we are all sinners anyway in need of salvation through Jesus, what's all the hubbub about?
I also find it interesting that I've been itching to bring up the point about "saved" Christians and the law and you touch upon that very thing here:
But unless you accept that Jesus is that perfect propitiation, you will be expected to uphold the Law in full. Denying it is to take upon yourself the truck of judgment rather than the shadow.
So, if you are "saved" then that is when you get to choose which laws you want to uphold?
It seems that way to me, especially in light of recent (and not-so-recent for that matter) *ahem* scandals. Sinning is quickly forgiven and forgotten when it is one of your own. This ties nicely in with the point that several here at EvC (and elsewhere) have addressed in various ways: if you are already "saved" what is to stop you from sinning?
Oh, I know there is something about not
wanting to sin because of your personal relationship with God, but if you are no longer bound by the law and can pick and choose which laws to follow, then what is the difference between eating shellfish and fornicating? Between trimming your beard and stealing your neighbor's car?
Oh, and could you expound a little on this:
What becomes wrong about it is to hold this over people's heads as a bartering tool-- something God never intended.
What does that mean?
"You are metaphysicians. You can prove anything by metaphysics; and having done so, every metaphysician can prove every other metaphysician wrong--to his own satisfaction. You are anarchists in the realm of thought. And you are mad cosmos-makers. Each of you dwells in a cosmos of his own making, created out of his own fancies and desires. You do not know the real world in which you live, and your thinking has no place in the real world except in so far as it is phenomena of mental aberration." -
The Iron Heel by Jack London
"Hazards exist that are not marked" - some bar in Chelsea
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