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This is a new post that is going to address the true nature of the OT Law Covenant, and any kind of list of do not's, and do not do's, and do not ever do's, or do not even ever dare even think about's or ever do's, etc, OK...?
For example if I told you that thinking about "Pink Elephants" was very, very evil and wicked, and don't you dare ever even dare to ever think about "Pink Elephants" ever, etc, what would be the very first thing you would think about or that would come to your mind...?
And then, what If added some "very intense fear" or told about a concept of "very big and bad, very great and very powerful, and oh so very high and very great above you Most High God" also, etc, but that as great and high as He was, was also here, with you, etc, and was always here and present with you wherever you go and follows you around, and knows all of every single one of your thoughts at all times, including if you ever even dare to think about evil "Pink Elephants" ever, etc, and was gonna "get you" and was always "out to get to get you" continually and always, etc, and then told you about Him or how that One was always going to always "punish" you always, and was always out just looking for the opportunity to punish you always, etc, and punish you and come down on you hard and bad if you ever even dare ever thought about evil "Pink Elephants", etc, and then I told you that He would burn you in a kind of great eternal torment and torture of a kind of very, very bad Hell and everlasting fire being burned alive forever, if you even ever thought about oh so very evil "Pink Elephants" even once ever, etc, and "don't you dare ever do it", etc...
Anyway, ad that kind and great level of great fear and superstition to a list of do not ever do's or don't even ever dare think about's, etc, and what do you get...? And what if it makes you panic or panicky...? And what if then, you then think the "solution" is to always "rehearse over and over again in your mind" these ideas and concepts, etc, and always what your not supposed to do or ever even dare think about over and over again in your mind, so you don't ever do it or ever think about it ever, etc...? Like, "I'm not going to think of Pink Elephants", "I'm absolutely not going to think about Pink Elephants", "I'm not even going to ever even dare think about Pink Elephants", or a great big bad God is going to punish me and make me suffer both here and now in this life, and forever in eternity, etc, and knows all my thoughts all of the time, etc, follows me around, watching me and just always waiting to pounce, or is always out to get me, etc, and is going to punish me, and punish me bad in a life after this one, etc, and forever and ever in a/the life after this one, if I only even ever think about "Pink Elephants" only once, etc, etc, etc, and you play this "over and over and over again in your mind" to "keep yourself from doing and/or ever even thinking about it, "Pink Elephants", etc, anyway, what do you think is going to happen with that person...? Would they not just be constantly thinking about and be having lots and lots of problems with "Pink Elephants" all of the time, etc...?
Is it not going to make the temptation to think about Pink Elephants very very bad and very very much more intense and even far very much more worse based on the level or fear involved, and and/or superstition involved as well, etc...?
This is why the OC doesn't work and is monumental failure, if it was ever really even truly intended to ever really truly succeed, etc...
But, Jesus flipped it on it's head, and instead of telling what "not to ever do or think about's", ever, etc, told us instead "what to do and/or think about and/or dwell on", etc, but "think about", etc...
The two commandments of His that are wrapped up in one word, "Love", Love God with all you are, have, etc, and your neighbor or your fellow man as yourself, etc, are so very much more far superior to the OT Law Covenant, or strict list of do not do's by all powerful out to get you God, that there is just "no comparison", etc...
And only very very good things should come from or should be associated with those words and with thinking about and /or dwelling upon them in our minds, instead of a whole list of do not dare ever do's, or don't even ever dare think about's, etc...
And as you think about Love, and all the different kinds of Love, and what it means to truly Love, and have "Real True Love", etc, in "all kind of contexts with all kinds of different people", etc, only good should ever come of it and/or ever be associated with it ever, or come out of it ever, etc, (unless you have a very warped or distorted view of Love, or tie it too closely to lust in all contexts, etc, then you might have some problems with it for a time, etc), but other than that, if we really think about real Love and what true real Love is and means and in all kind of contexts and situations and circumstances, etc, nothing but only ever only good ever should ever always become of it ever, in the end most especially, etc...
Jesus said they fulfilled the "true nature or true intentions of the Spirit behind the OT Law Covenant", and I think He was very much absolutely correct, how about you...?
Can you not see how all the other ways, with a whole list of "do not's", and "do not you even ever dare think about's or do's", or rather "do not ever do's", etc, or your going to suffer greatly for it both here and also in a firey Hell for all eternity, etc, by a very big and extremely powerful big and bad-butt God if you ever do, etc...? Anyway, can't you just "see" how very "opposite" and how very truly "counterproductive" that all truly is, etc...?
Jesus must have known this about the OT Law Covenant, and we know Paul did as well, and maybe some of the other apostles had it maybe, or were still trying to fully grasp it and latch onto it maybe, but maybe just were not fully "there yet" maybe, etc, but were in the process of "getting there", etc, maybe, etc, maybe...? some more or less so than others maybe, etc, about the OT Law Covenant, etc...
But anyway, the old way, all of the old just do not's just do not work, and we need to give them up, cause they just make everything, "sin", etc, just a whole heck of a lot worse, etc...
I think that's why God came to us a a man in the form of Jesus Christ, so we would no longer be so afraid, etc, and thinking He was always out to get us or was so very far high above us that He could never relate, or understand, or have compassion, etc... But Jesus was God in the form of a man, and tried to show us that "Hell" was not for people who could see Him as that man, or that kind of man, etc, but was more reserved for people who were very much more like the Pharisees, etc, than anyone else, etc, or common average everyday people, who had the best of intentions but would just sometimes sin still sometimes, etc, but had good hearts, hearts very much more better and much more loving and caring and kind and compassionate, than say, the "pharisitical" types, etc, who would not give up their list of "do not ever do's ot think about's", etc, nor "all the other old theories and ideas about God that I just described" either, etc, and would use that against the common people and sinners still, even after they were shown the truth and a "much better way", etc, they still would not give it/them up (the old ways) etc, and Jesus seemed to think "Hell" was very much more reserved for people like them and their types, much more so than anybody else, or anybody else's types, etc...
Anyway, post is getting kind of long, but hopefully you get the point...?
Discuss...?
God Bless!
For example if I told you that thinking about "Pink Elephants" was very, very evil and wicked, and don't you dare ever even dare to ever think about "Pink Elephants" ever, etc, what would be the very first thing you would think about or that would come to your mind...?
And then, what If added some "very intense fear" or told about a concept of "very big and bad, very great and very powerful, and oh so very high and very great above you Most High God" also, etc, but that as great and high as He was, was also here, with you, etc, and was always here and present with you wherever you go and follows you around, and knows all of every single one of your thoughts at all times, including if you ever even dare to think about evil "Pink Elephants" ever, etc, and was gonna "get you" and was always "out to get to get you" continually and always, etc, and then told you about Him or how that One was always going to always "punish" you always, and was always out just looking for the opportunity to punish you always, etc, and punish you and come down on you hard and bad if you ever even dare ever thought about evil "Pink Elephants", etc, and then I told you that He would burn you in a kind of great eternal torment and torture of a kind of very, very bad Hell and everlasting fire being burned alive forever, if you even ever thought about oh so very evil "Pink Elephants" even once ever, etc, and "don't you dare ever do it", etc...
Anyway, ad that kind and great level of great fear and superstition to a list of do not ever do's or don't even ever dare think about's, etc, and what do you get...? And what if it makes you panic or panicky...? And what if then, you then think the "solution" is to always "rehearse over and over again in your mind" these ideas and concepts, etc, and always what your not supposed to do or ever even dare think about over and over again in your mind, so you don't ever do it or ever think about it ever, etc...? Like, "I'm not going to think of Pink Elephants", "I'm absolutely not going to think about Pink Elephants", "I'm not even going to ever even dare think about Pink Elephants", or a great big bad God is going to punish me and make me suffer both here and now in this life, and forever in eternity, etc, and knows all my thoughts all of the time, etc, follows me around, watching me and just always waiting to pounce, or is always out to get me, etc, and is going to punish me, and punish me bad in a life after this one, etc, and forever and ever in a/the life after this one, if I only even ever think about "Pink Elephants" only once, etc, etc, etc, and you play this "over and over and over again in your mind" to "keep yourself from doing and/or ever even thinking about it, "Pink Elephants", etc, anyway, what do you think is going to happen with that person...? Would they not just be constantly thinking about and be having lots and lots of problems with "Pink Elephants" all of the time, etc...?
Is it not going to make the temptation to think about Pink Elephants very very bad and very very much more intense and even far very much more worse based on the level or fear involved, and and/or superstition involved as well, etc...?
This is why the OC doesn't work and is monumental failure, if it was ever really even truly intended to ever really truly succeed, etc...
But, Jesus flipped it on it's head, and instead of telling what "not to ever do or think about's", ever, etc, told us instead "what to do and/or think about and/or dwell on", etc, but "think about", etc...
The two commandments of His that are wrapped up in one word, "Love", Love God with all you are, have, etc, and your neighbor or your fellow man as yourself, etc, are so very much more far superior to the OT Law Covenant, or strict list of do not do's by all powerful out to get you God, that there is just "no comparison", etc...
And only very very good things should come from or should be associated with those words and with thinking about and /or dwelling upon them in our minds, instead of a whole list of do not dare ever do's, or don't even ever dare think about's, etc...
And as you think about Love, and all the different kinds of Love, and what it means to truly Love, and have "Real True Love", etc, in "all kind of contexts with all kinds of different people", etc, only good should ever come of it and/or ever be associated with it ever, or come out of it ever, etc, (unless you have a very warped or distorted view of Love, or tie it too closely to lust in all contexts, etc, then you might have some problems with it for a time, etc), but other than that, if we really think about real Love and what true real Love is and means and in all kind of contexts and situations and circumstances, etc, nothing but only ever only good ever should ever always become of it ever, in the end most especially, etc...
Jesus said they fulfilled the "true nature or true intentions of the Spirit behind the OT Law Covenant", and I think He was very much absolutely correct, how about you...?
Can you not see how all the other ways, with a whole list of "do not's", and "do not you even ever dare think about's or do's", or rather "do not ever do's", etc, or your going to suffer greatly for it both here and also in a firey Hell for all eternity, etc, by a very big and extremely powerful big and bad-butt God if you ever do, etc...? Anyway, can't you just "see" how very "opposite" and how very truly "counterproductive" that all truly is, etc...?
Jesus must have known this about the OT Law Covenant, and we know Paul did as well, and maybe some of the other apostles had it maybe, or were still trying to fully grasp it and latch onto it maybe, but maybe just were not fully "there yet" maybe, etc, but were in the process of "getting there", etc, maybe, etc, maybe...? some more or less so than others maybe, etc, about the OT Law Covenant, etc...
But anyway, the old way, all of the old just do not's just do not work, and we need to give them up, cause they just make everything, "sin", etc, just a whole heck of a lot worse, etc...
I think that's why God came to us a a man in the form of Jesus Christ, so we would no longer be so afraid, etc, and thinking He was always out to get us or was so very far high above us that He could never relate, or understand, or have compassion, etc... But Jesus was God in the form of a man, and tried to show us that "Hell" was not for people who could see Him as that man, or that kind of man, etc, but was more reserved for people who were very much more like the Pharisees, etc, than anyone else, etc, or common average everyday people, who had the best of intentions but would just sometimes sin still sometimes, etc, but had good hearts, hearts very much more better and much more loving and caring and kind and compassionate, than say, the "pharisitical" types, etc, who would not give up their list of "do not ever do's ot think about's", etc, nor "all the other old theories and ideas about God that I just described" either, etc, and would use that against the common people and sinners still, even after they were shown the truth and a "much better way", etc, they still would not give it/them up (the old ways) etc, and Jesus seemed to think "Hell" was very much more reserved for people like them and their types, much more so than anybody else, or anybody else's types, etc...
Anyway, post is getting kind of long, but hopefully you get the point...?
Discuss...?
God Bless!
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