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Wow! . . .Physician heal thyself!
Yes Clare, I pray that He heals me as well as you, don't be afraid to confess your need, the doctor comes for the sick.
First of all, there is no such thing as the "letter of the Scriptures" and the "spirit of the Scriptures" in the Bible (2 Corinthians 3:6).
There is only "the letter" (the written code of the Law) and "the Spirit" (the Holy Spirit of the Law).
It has nothing to do with an outward (by the letter) vs. an inward (by the spirit) obedience, nor a counterfeit vs. a genuine obedience, nor hypocrisy vs. righteousness.
The letter (law) kills because it curses all those who rely on it (Galatians 3:10), because it must be kept perfectly to make one righteous before God, which no one can do, so it condemns every one to death; i.e.,
it kills.
That's life under the Old Covenant:
righteousness by works, which is impossible = judgment/condemnation.
Thanks, but I find your reading of scripture is like navigating some kind robotic video game. Just prefab silly doctrine and pigeon holing, and once you're finished it's been denuded of any meaning.
The spirit of the law is as the expression is used in law and in general. People who are sticklers for the literal rule but fail to appreciate its purpose, and thus the application produces injustice. Jesus was all for the purposive interpretation, always be guided by the objects of the legislation, which for the Bible are the golden principles of the Shema and love thy neighbour. The narrow literalistic approach opens possibility of all kinds of abuses and corruptions, for obvious reasons. So yes, not giving from the heart is fake and hypocritical, gotta strive to forgive in spirit and in truth.
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