Today at 02:12 AM Dopeuter said this in Post #16
I sometimes think of Abraham being told to sacrifice Isaac. We know why he did that but thats besides the point, my point is , what if Abraham told his friends that god had told him to sacrifice his son. His friends would have said, no way Abs, god did not tell you that because it is against his ways. the fact is he did tell him too.
Again, Ezekiel was told by god to eat human excrement before all of Israel but Ezekiel wouldnt because it was so much against all of gods written law, so god told him to eat cow dung before Israel but again Ezekiel said, no lord, it is against your laws. god commanded him to do it and so he did, against all of the law and Israel and Mosses .
I love watching god do things that cause the majority of religious people to reject what the spirit is doing because it separates the false from the real and I recon you are fair dinkum real mate. Real Christians are awear of the presence of god and the love of god. False Christians dont even believe god speaks to them and they have no understanding of gods love for us, only fear.
We do have alot in common and it blesses me very deeply to share with you.
I to have pondered some of the things that God commanded of the people of Old and New Testement Alike. Your example of Abraham and Eziekiel are excellent examples of why we should put God above the law and not vice a versa.
In my early days I asked God about this and He began to show me why it is so important to Obey Him above the written word. The written word does not change. God and His character does not change. However, Gods creation is not static, it is dynamic and requires a Ruler to run it efficiently.
Some of Gods Laws changed from the Old Testement to the New Testement. For example we no longer have to sacrafice animals as an atonement for our sins. Jesus came and died for us and put an end to all of that. So why does God say His word never changes when indeed if we take this literally we see that it has changed? In your example why would God say "thou shalt not kill" and also say to Abraham "Go Kill you Kid".
Jesus replied, You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.£ 38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39A second is equally important: Love your neighbor as yourself.£ 40All the other commandments and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments
By perfect obediance to the Supreme ruler of all things seen and unseen the ruler being Jesus we are no longer under the law but under His rule. If we obey Jesus we fulfill all the law according to his desire. We actually become the law by our obediance to him.
The dynamics of mankind require rules to be set so that society as a hole will function smoothly. No rules and everybody would be doing there own thing. That is one reason why God gave the children of Israel His laws so they wouldn't be doing there own thing. It would be utter chaos. The problem is most people do not understand the intent of the law or its purpose.
An evil man can and will corrupt the law even tho it is good. The good law of God can actually be used against the Lord himself by manipulating the intent and meaning. The Pharisees were called to task about this by Jesus
The point of some of the prophets was to reflect like a mirror the spiritual state of the children of Israel. The children of Israel saw the wrong of the prophet and judged him wrong when in essence they were set up by God to judge themselves. Judge ye not lest you be judged. Basically they condemned themselves by pointing out they new the law enough to judge the prophet. God didn't have to convict them they did it to themselves. By there own word of judgement on the prophet they called the Law of God good and agreed with God that his way is right. Get the picture of what's going on here. Smart God we serve.How terrible it will be for you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest part of your income,£ but you ignore the important things of the lawjustice, mercy, and faith. You should tithe, yes, but you should not leave undone the more important things.
There is much more to this but I'm getting tired.
I wish I could write here all that I've learned but I don't think the Forums Servers could contain it all.
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