Which law do you prefer?......have a LOVE devotion, not a BOOK devotion.

The CURSE of the law or the BLESSING of the law????...it depends on which law you are observing (the old law of "commandments and ordinances"/rules OR .....the PERFECT law?).

Ephesians 2:15
"by abolishing in his flesh the law of commandments and ordinances".

James 1:25
"But he who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty".

James 2:12
"So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty".

True understanding of spiritual things (GODLY spiritual, not man's "spirituality") requires a paradigm shift in thinking (different reference point).

Permit me to point out the irony of the traditional teachings (I know, this is regarded as 'sarcasm').....

If a person is normally a hateful and destructive person (evil, disgusting human being), then in order for them to be a member in good standing of the "Christian" community, they must decide to stop being hateful and destructive (they must "sacrifice" their old ways) by agreeing to "obey" all of the prohibitions against evil (commands and rules/ordinances) and avoid "spiritual" "sin" (now that word is only a figure of speech for "wrongdoing")......of course, evil and disgusting people really want nothing to do with Christianity and wouldn't be on this forum.

1 John 5:17
"All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin which is not mortal"/soul damaging.

Whenever evil, disgusting human beings become 'SUCCESSSFUL obeyers', they become puffed up and "self righteous", and they will have no true sentiment of "mercy" in their heart and mind.

If you know of an evil, disgusting person who wants to be a member of the Christian community, remind them that they are prohibited from causing evil (they must "OBEY" the commands that prohibit evil). They also must perform PROCEDURES/rituals properly...including....

1) study, study, study (and properly analyze everything).

2) "pray", "pray", "pray" (they don't allow themselves to just "talk with" God).

They have no true desire to be peaceful and just (HOLY RIGHTEOUS), they are....

...THE 'OBEYERS'........they have a TEXTUAL/LITERARY devotion, not a LOVE DEVOTION (REAL "circumcision"/devotion), they are not an INNER TEMPLE....they do not have a "more excellent" devotion (1 Corinthians 12:31).

Romans 2:29
"and real circumcision is a matter of the heart, spiritual and not literal".


Matthew 12:7
"if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless".

The Israelites did not have THE FINAL CLEANSING, if they did.....

Hebrews 10:2
"they would no longer have any consciousness of sin".

Luke 15:7
"one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance".............some Christians do not have to be "FORCED"/commanded to be peaceful and just (holy righteous), some do.

All verses are from the RSV.

(look up verses and different versions by clicking on the link)....

http://www.blueletterbible.org/search/translationResults.cfm?Criteria=anointi...





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