Soyeong
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Mary was “ with child”. Joseph was certain that Mary had done wrong.He was certainof this until the Angel convinced him otherwise..in the interim hadJoseph been a good law- keeper,he would have seen to it that Mary would be stoned to death....that was THE LAW.!...Fortunatly for all concerned Joseph ignored THE LAW and chose compassion instead.Love and compassion will always trump law..anyone got any other examples to show what God really wants....seems to me an ounce of kindness and compassion is worth more than 50 lbs of law-keeping
The Law does not require us to stone anyone that we suspect of breaking it, but rather it gives instructions for due process with an investigation into the matter and requires there to be two or three witnesses before anyone is killed. Furthermore, in Matthew 23:23, Jesus said that mercy is one of the weightier matters of the Law, so if someone's obedience to the Law is not characterized by the mercy, then they are not obeying it correctly. The Law was intended to teach us how walk in God's ways and to reflect His attributes to the world, so really if any of God's attributes are missing from how we are obeying the Law, then we are not obeying it correctly, which means that kindness and compassion are not just consistent with how we ought to keep the law, but are required.
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