Re: new covenant theology

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From: <drsyme@cablespeed.com>
To: "George Murphy" <gmurphy@raex.com>; "jack syme" <drsyme@cablespeed.com>;
""""ASA"""" <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: new covenant theology

> Zaspel and Wells also talk about the "Law of Christ." Which is more open
> to interpretation, but generally is thought to have "raised the bar"
> compared to the OT law. An example being adultery, according to Christ it
> is a sin just to look at a woman with lust.

Christ does preach law & in doing so often deepens what is said in torah but
he does not fundamentally change it & present a new "Christian law." E.g.,
what he says about looking at a woman lustfully in Mt.5 is also expressed in
the Decalogue as "you shall not covet your neighbor's wife" (Ex.20:17). &
even though "love one another" is called a "new commandment" it is not
essentially different from "You shall love your neighbor as yourself"
(Lev.19:18). In his role as preacher of the law Jesus does not say anything
fundamentally different from Amos, Ezekiel, or the other prophets of Israel.

Shalom
George
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
Received on Thu Mar 3 10:47:32 2005