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Re: Season of the Moses (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on May 28, 2006 - 10:33 PM

Hi,

>>I assume that you don't want us all to go back to living under the law?<<

This assumption though right, I think must be taken with a grain of salt.
I say this because many tutors (pastors/priests) of Christ these days - whatever branch of the faith we belong to - will cite the Old Testament when explaining instructions in the New Testament. e.g. eating the flesh/bread, and drinking the wine/blood. Both of which have Old Testament implications.

It seems to me that even with the Freedom that Christ sacrifice has given us to worship God, tutors and guidelines of our faith have not ruled out the spiritual origin of our worship, which is rooted in the Old Testament laws.

For instance; Paul still speaks about how to attend the Lord's supper, (1Cor 11:20-34)
The Lord's Supper itself was based on the Passover, which was based on the Israelites exile from Egypt.

Catholics stress not to eat meat on Good Fridays. And many born-again churches stress the orderly and continual giving of ten percent of one's earnings. I believe they call this �giving tithes� (Heb 7:5)

I empathise with the sentiment you described about prayer but even that I feel is covered in the Old Testament, you know what I mean?

"And you must love Lord your God with all your heart, and all your soul, and all your vital force." from Deuteronomy 6:4. Or when Paul says to "Pray without ceasing."

Could it then be that the more we read the Bible, and (depending on one's Christian sect) the more we follow our pastors, and priests the more we will find formality in our free Christian worship which can be clear signs of our identity in our faith?

Lk

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Re: Season of the Moses by ~wave~ on Aug 25, 2006 - 08:58 PM

Re: Season of the Moses by Anonymous on Sep 12, 2006 - 11:18 PM