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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
But that's just old testament days. Jesus came to fulfill that law, not abolish it (or so they used to say). Still not sure what that means.
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wasn't going to comment in this thread, but I discussed this with a few friends awhile ago so I thought I would lend my perspective.
there were 3 types of laws in the OT, cultural (ie not relevant today) and two others ( can't remember the distinction between the two though). anyways the other 2 were put in place to keep us from doing things that would lead down a bad road. in the NT Jesus came to fulfull the law.
my understanding is that this means to point out the purpose of the laws, the spirit behind them. he then said they were summed up in two 'commandments' love the Lord your God with all your heart mind and soul, and love your neighbour as yourself. he wanted to point us beyond just the line in the sand that we aren't supposed to cross, but to connect with God and love him and others. if we kill someone in our mind, it is the same as physically doing it because we aren't loving them thinking that way. I remember the story of Ted Bundy, he started off just looking at porn, but it wasn't enough, it turned into hardcore, then more wild stuff and eventually serial killing. going down that path led to worse things.
You could say he was just following his desires and good for him...but really?
It's in our nature to see how close we can get to the line without crossing it, "how far can I go before it's sin?" etc.
another way of looking at the law:
the OT laws were like a boat we took on a journey. we needed them to get across the ocean, but once we got to land, they no longer served the purpose. we still wanted to get to our destination but had to traverse land. we could still take the boat (law)with us, but it would be burdensome and not very helpful in our journey. going across the land, we could run, ride a horse, do whatever got us there. but if we didn't keep our map/direction, we would go off course.
don't know if that makes sense to you, but it kinda does to me
anyways, just my thoughts, scoreface you aren't doing yourself many favours man, but good on you for defending your faith