_Coneberry · 6-Year Club · 1 points · *
Also i'm going to read what you just wrote and respond a little later, because i'm going to bed, but i wanted to tell you something before that.
I asked God about all these weird thngs in the Old Testament, and how it differs from the New Testament.
And i don't know if he answered, but if he did then he said:
The Old Testament was you looking at me, and the New Testament is me looking back and answering.
The Old Testament was my covenant with you, and the New Testament is your covenant with me.
God made to this world and now he wants us back up with him, because we opened our eyes.
And to do that he has to reverse the covenant.
I think this is what Jesus was doing.
He told the pharisees not that their Mosaic laws were brought by Baal or Satan, but that they're actually supposed to be following the one that gave the law. They follow the law written in stone, the God outside, and thus are clean on the outside, but they need to follow law written in heart, the God inside, so that they're clean on the inside too.
The first covenant said to do works and get salvation.
The second covenant says to receive salvation and thus produce works, the fruits of your salvation.
Not works -> salvation.
But salvation -> works.
We prayed for God to take away our sin.
And God answered.
Jesus was God's answer for us.
Jesus is God's word.
A sinless man picking up all of our sin and dying for it!
To be an advocate for God's justice and give us God's mercy.
And also, not to have belief, but to have faith.
Because for some, they use belief to have faith.
But belief is your thoughts and emotions.
And those things can only happen after something. After evidence.
But to reverse this order. To have faith, and thus believe.
To have moving faith, an absolute trust in God, and use that as evidence for your belief.
And you can trust God, because he's Good. He loves you. He loves you so much, he sent his only begotten Son to rescue us.
We need to reverse the way we had faith in the Old Testament.
We have to trust in Jesus.
I asked God about all these weird thngs in the Old Testament, and how it differs from the New Testament.
And i don't know if he answered, but if he did then he said:
The Old Testament was you looking at me, and the New Testament is me looking back and answering.
The Old Testament was my covenant with you, and the New Testament is your covenant with me.
God made to this world and now he wants us back up with him, because we opened our eyes.
And to do that he has to reverse the covenant.
I think this is what Jesus was doing.
He told the pharisees not that their Mosaic laws were brought by Baal or Satan, but that they're actually supposed to be following the one that gave the law. They follow the law written in stone, the God outside, and thus are clean on the outside, but they need to follow law written in heart, the God inside, so that they're clean on the inside too.
The first covenant said to do works and get salvation.
The second covenant says to receive salvation and thus produce works, the fruits of your salvation.
Not works -> salvation.
But salvation -> works.
We prayed for God to take away our sin.
And God answered.
Jesus was God's answer for us.
Jesus is God's word.
A sinless man picking up all of our sin and dying for it!
To be an advocate for God's justice and give us God's mercy.
And also, not to have belief, but to have faith.
Because for some, they use belief to have faith.
But belief is your thoughts and emotions.
And those things can only happen after something. After evidence.
But to reverse this order. To have faith, and thus believe.
To have moving faith, an absolute trust in God, and use that as evidence for your belief.
And you can trust God, because he's Good. He loves you. He loves you so much, he sent his only begotten Son to rescue us.
We need to reverse the way we had faith in the Old Testament.
We have to trust in Jesus.

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