*Note* Written from a Grace Church perspective that I no longer
believe in. Please read the 75 Bible Questions 49-50 posts for accurate
beliefs on the topic of Biblical laws.
What standard are we under?
Romans 8:13-14
“For if you live after the flesh, your shall die: but if you through the
Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, you shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of
God, they are the sons of God.”
There are two different standards Christians believe to be
under, one of Old Testament laws that dictate what is sin and one of being led
by the Spirit into righteousness.
Anything in between that attempts to blend the two
disregards some part of the law because there is no way I have thought or read of
that can make Jesus’ two commands of Love partnered with the Holy Spirit
function with the specific laws of the Old Covenant that teach even on the
particulars of muzzling oxen at work [Deuteronomy 25:4].
Paul brings this matter up in 1 Timothy 5:18 but not to
teach Timothy or the church about the treatment of oxen, but as an example of
rewarding those for their work; So is the law still meant to determine how we
live our lives or are we to walk by faith in the Holy Spirit using the law to
learn from?
1 Timothy 5:18 “For the scripture says, you shall not muzzle
the ox that treads out the corn.
And, the laborer is worthy of his reward.”
For further study: Mark 10:3-7, Acts 23:1-5, 1Corinthians
9:9-10, 14:34, 2 Corinthians
6:16-18, 13:1, Galatians 5:14,
Ephesians 6:1-3, James 2:9-11.
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