jzeidler
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Mat 5:29-30
"So if your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your body parts than to have your whole body thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you. It is better for you to lose one of your body parts than to have your whole body go into hell.”"
If this is passage is to be "new law" why does no one take these verses seriously and act them out? In the old law the ordinance was given and if it was broken the sentence was carried out. No one seems to do that here. Maybe they don't really believe it to be real "new law". Or maybe they are unwilling to put their money where their mouth is.
My answer is that it is not "new law". Jesus is not giving new ordinances, therefore he is not giving new sentencing to be carried out. Jesus is showing you that if you want to obtain justification through works of the law you must go above and beyond what the old law states. This is not given so people try harder. It is given so people give up on their performance and fall at the feet of the cross and say, "I can't do it."
"So if your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your body parts than to have your whole body thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you. It is better for you to lose one of your body parts than to have your whole body go into hell.”"
If this is passage is to be "new law" why does no one take these verses seriously and act them out? In the old law the ordinance was given and if it was broken the sentence was carried out. No one seems to do that here. Maybe they don't really believe it to be real "new law". Or maybe they are unwilling to put their money where their mouth is.
My answer is that it is not "new law". Jesus is not giving new ordinances, therefore he is not giving new sentencing to be carried out. Jesus is showing you that if you want to obtain justification through works of the law you must go above and beyond what the old law states. This is not given so people try harder. It is given so people give up on their performance and fall at the feet of the cross and say, "I can't do it."