I have heard many Christians argue that Jesus did away with the old laws of Deuteronomy and Leviticus; In fact, he does the opposite "For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 5:18-19) should we beat our children with a rod (Prov 13:24, 20:30)? kill them if they talk back (Lev 20:9, Deut 21:18-21)? How about killing a family member if they talk about joining a different faith (Deut 13:6, 8-15)? I'm not sorry I had to take one of your arguing points away, because even though many of you claim he did away with OT law, you continue to cite from the OT.
2007-07-01
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