Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!njin!paul.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: James.Quilty@comp.vuw.ac.nz (James William Quilty) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: the Sabbath & Soul... Message-ID: Date: 8 May 91 08:22:12 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Computer Science, Victoria University, Wellington, NewZealand Lines: 30 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu James Quilty writes: >Quite true - but I don't think that the Love that Jesus teaches in >this verse is in any way connected with law-keeping (unlike the OT) so >I would oppose that interpretation of the verse - like I said, It >violates 'FAITH ALONE' and is not supported by the verse itself, just >by phrases like: "now this means..." et hoc genus omne. He jumps over to his on-line KJV and types: drew@pollux% grep faith * |grep alone 59.james:JAM 2:17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. drew@pollux% It seems that 'FAITH ALONE' is not supported by the Bible. Actually, this issue rather bemuses me (and this is not an attack on Jim or anyone else). There have always been Christians down through history who have observed 'the Law', save the sacrifices and those components specifically nationalistic or ritualistic (eg washings). And not as a means of 'earning salvation', but simply because they believed it was the right thing to do. Put another way, they had faith that God's Laws were good for them as a means of regulating human conduct and having a healthy relationship with God. Some Christians continue that tradition today. Ask any one of them whether they feel under a 'burden', and they will ask, 'What do you mean?' Anyone who has truely kept the Laws of God will know that they are an exhilarating joy to observe ... Drew Corrigan (drew@anucsd.anu.edu.au)