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1 Corinthians 6:12. I'd like to hear a bit of opinion/discussion about what Paul says here.
What do you think about the context of his comment? Was Paul talking about all the rules and regs of the OT for Jews Vs faith in the redeeming of the repentant by belief and acceptance of the birth, suffering, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus...especially in light of what Jesus said about all the Law and the Prophets hang on two commands; loving God with our whole being and our neighbor as our self. Matthew 22:35-40 and elsewhere. (Thoughtful contemplation reveals even tho this sounds simple, it certainly is not easy)
There is much in the OT and NT for we Christians to identify obvious behavior that is sinful: The 10 Commandments illuminate them of course. In other words, in addition, since God has written his Law on our Hearts, (exclaimed in the OT and NT) we are pretty aware of obvious behavior that is sinful.
So, is Paul talking more here about general bad habits we have picked up in our lives and many times retain even after we are saved? Things like self indulgence that doesn't necessarily harm other people, yet might not be beneficial to us as believers? Is Paul telling us to search our consciences daily and think about how we can be better saved human beings? I've been thinking lately that selfishness tends to be a failing mainly because we don't recognize how being selfish isn't such an obvious failing. Yet selfishness can cross a lot of boundaries with self and others.
I'm finding it hard to try and explain what exactly I'm asking here...thus why I ask the question.
What do you think about the context of his comment? Was Paul talking about all the rules and regs of the OT for Jews Vs faith in the redeeming of the repentant by belief and acceptance of the birth, suffering, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus...especially in light of what Jesus said about all the Law and the Prophets hang on two commands; loving God with our whole being and our neighbor as our self. Matthew 22:35-40 and elsewhere. (Thoughtful contemplation reveals even tho this sounds simple, it certainly is not easy)
There is much in the OT and NT for we Christians to identify obvious behavior that is sinful: The 10 Commandments illuminate them of course. In other words, in addition, since God has written his Law on our Hearts, (exclaimed in the OT and NT) we are pretty aware of obvious behavior that is sinful.
So, is Paul talking more here about general bad habits we have picked up in our lives and many times retain even after we are saved? Things like self indulgence that doesn't necessarily harm other people, yet might not be beneficial to us as believers? Is Paul telling us to search our consciences daily and think about how we can be better saved human beings? I've been thinking lately that selfishness tends to be a failing mainly because we don't recognize how being selfish isn't such an obvious failing. Yet selfishness can cross a lot of boundaries with self and others.
I'm finding it hard to try and explain what exactly I'm asking here...thus why I ask the question.
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