Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: gibson@b11.ingr.com (Stanley) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: OT vs NT Message-ID: Date: 8 Aug 90 08:23:55 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, AL Lines: 25 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article gross@dg-rtp.dg.com (Gene Gross) writes: >"In the Old Testament, one was not to commit adultery, but under the >guidance of the Holy Spirit we are not even to lust (Matt 5:27,28). Coveting your neighbors wife was condemded under the Law of Moses (Exodus 19). If that doesn't mean lust what does it mean? Most people have a concept of the OT being a system of works that didn't require faith, a system where the heart didn't matter. This isn't true. Faith and a pure heart have always been necessary to please God. It is true that Jesus has fulfilled the Old Law, having nailed it to the cross. And it is true that there is much for us to learn by studying the OT. There is much there to increase our faith. Think of the prophets and what was written about/by them. Imagine a hugh room, pitch black, with a man blindfolded inside. He is spun around and given a bow and arrow. He shoots it into the air. Many years later the scene is repeated and another arrow is sent out. Again and again, over a span of many years, hundreds of arrows are shot in seemingly happhazard fashion. And then at the appointed time the room is lit up and a target revealed. Each arrow has found it way exactly to the target. The arrows are prophecies and the target, of course, is Jesus Christ! Stanley Gibson