tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174647220824134633.post7275145413952967601..comments2024-02-29T10:31:18.505-06:00Comments on What's in a Name?: An Issue of ContentionIan Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11027275808408069964noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174647220824134633.post-47058464333707770092011-11-13T10:53:31.089-06:002011-11-13T10:53:31.089-06:00Alex mentions obedience to the law very often; it ...Alex mentions obedience to the law very often; it may be that I am having a semantic disagreement with him and not understandong what he means by this. I too preach that Christians ought to submit to the word of God and be ruled by Scripture as the Holy Spirit expounds it.<br />Yet the only law I am aware of in the Bible is the OT law, which Christians are not subject to. Ephesians 2:15-16 clearly states that the law was abolished in Christ; Colossians 2:14 states that the handwriting of requirements contrary to us (aka the law) was taken out of the way and wiped out. Hebrews chapter 8 expounds the fact that Jesus is the mediator of a new covenant on better promises; verse 13 states that the law (the old covenant) is fading away and obsolete. Alex quotes Matthew 5:18 as to the fact that heaven and earth will pass away before one jot or tittle of the law passes. Yet he neglects the end of the verse that states "until all is fulfilled." In verse 17 Jesus declares that one purpose for His life was in fact just that: to fulfill the requirements of the Law so H ecould take it out of the way. This agrees with the testimony of Paul in Ephesians and Colossians. Jesus fulfilled the law and took it out of our way so we might come to Him. The law exacerbated sin's nature and rebellion as explained in Romans chapter 2. The law is also not for the righteous, but the unrighteous, 1st Timothy 1:9-11.<br />The law neither justifies or sanctifies anyone; the entire epistle of the Galatians dealt with this issue of being justified by faith and sanctified by law. In fact Paul writes that Christians must die to the law before being able to live to God, Galatians 2:19. The law is binding until death, which is why one must die to it and be born again in newness of life so we might be married to Christ, Luke 16:15-18.<br />This is the general usage of the word "law" in Scripture. Teaching that the law has been set aside with all of its hundreds of commandments (for the law is one unit that cannot be broken into convenient segments) is not antinomianism. Obedience to God was affected hundreds of years before the law was given at Sinai (and uniquely to Israel, Psalm 147:19-20; Romans 9:4), and now after the cross. A Christian ought to walk in the Spirit and learn what is pleasing to their Lord, not to the flesh. But a Christian is not bound to the law; this is a teaching clearly contrary to the grain of the New Testament.Ian Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027275808408069964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174647220824134633.post-39021229816100608592011-11-02T23:09:48.357-05:002011-11-02T23:09:48.357-05:00Ian, I also agree with dfish. You have fulfilled ...Ian, I also agree with dfish. You have fulfilled your duties as a believer. As you might have noticed Yonah did not post my comments either, and he puts me in the company with you.... making the statement, " It would be inconsistant to believe like you and Ian do."<br /><br />If you also will notice in Yonah's Pick List that he does not have anything good to say about any Christian speaker or preacher... So I guess we are in good company. God's blessings my brother in Christ... it is time to dust off our sandals and move on. LloydSolid Rock or Sinking Sandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04815501572621378327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174647220824134633.post-92144183163941287082011-11-01T14:00:51.697-05:002011-11-01T14:00:51.697-05:00In regards to 1st Corinthians 11:1-16 this is my u...In regards to 1st Corinthians 11:1-16 this is my understanding. In the Corinthian church women and men were getting "gender" confused. Women were taking power and men might have been acting effeminately; hence the comment about men with long hair. Women were apparently cutting their hair short like men and Paul said this was disgraceful; if women had such short hair the option then was to be bald (a mark of shame) or cover one's head with a head covering. If a woman already had the long hair given her by God then it was not a problem. Men were not to possess long hair as this seemed to reverse the roles between men and women. I also believe this is why most of Paul's warning about women having authority over men are found in this epistle; this is where the crux of the problem occurred. Paul was correcting error in this particular church. That is my view of this passage, at any rate.Ian Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027275808408069964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174647220824134633.post-11604263378741863102011-11-01T13:56:41.725-05:002011-11-01T13:56:41.725-05:00Dfish, it was troubling to find this type of think...Dfish, it was troubling to find this type of thinking, and equally troubling to reason with him over it. Not that I was sorry to defend the faith; only sorry to find someone named a brother straying so far off the mark.Ian Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027275808408069964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174647220824134633.post-3853578621002878142011-11-01T13:50:24.403-05:002011-11-01T13:50:24.403-05:00Ian, I agree that many carry the idea that woman i...Ian, I agree that many carry the idea that woman is to be in subjection way beyond the truth. Genesis 1;27 says they were both created in the image of God, not just the male. Ephesians 5;24, Titus 2:5 and I Peter 3:5 all stress she is to be in subjection to her own Husband, not to every man around. <br /><br />Titus 3:10-11 commands "A man that is an heretic after the first and second admonition reject; Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself." While it is disturbing to hear these conflicts, and we have a responsibility to warn them of their error, if they refuse to listen after a couple of tries, it is no longer our responsibility, they have deliberately chosen to continue in the error. You've fulfilled your responsibility, the burden is now on him.Donald Fishgrabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11977970195032209188noreply@blogger.com