tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post3293924925171245664..comments2024-03-29T04:31:15.219-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: The Beauty of the LawPastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-29146163809485412472010-11-16T05:32:53.932-06:002010-11-16T05:32:53.932-06:00or, Pastor Peters, a haloed typo, as it is called ...or, Pastor Peters, a haloed typo, as it is called in sanctified circles-- a right write. Harvey MozolakAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-63854266455694204882010-11-15T22:42:44.068-06:002010-11-15T22:42:44.068-06:00Harvey, I just decided it was not a typo... I just...Harvey, I just decided it was not a typo... I just realized it was my unknown but intentional correct sentence..Pastor Petershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-41521147524943379822010-11-15T16:21:01.302-06:002010-11-15T16:21:01.302-06:00Indeed the Law is beauty and a vision of true beau...Indeed the Law is beauty and a vision of true beauty. But before we can regard it as such, we need to understand what it really is. The Old Testament uses seven words which we generally translate as “Law.” The most common is “mishpat,” used 421 times - more often than “torah,” the word most of us know, which is used only 219 times. (A Disclaimer: I am not a Hebrew scholar, though I did study Hebrew for a year many years ago. Today, thanks to the Internet, anyone can garner these facts from Strong’s Concordance, http://www.eliyah.com/lexicon.html)<br /><br />“Torah” never means the 10 Commandments. The Ten Commandments, or as they are referred to most often in the Hebrew tradition, “The Ten Words”, were a part of what Moses brought down from the mountain – probably a small part. In Exodus 31:15 we learn that Moses brought down “two tablets of the covenant” on both sides of which God Himself had written His covenant with His people. <br /><br />In Jer. 31:31, where God promises to write the Law in the hearts of His people, the word “Torah” is used. In its widest meaning, this word means the mind and the will of God. Because we believe that this is a prophecy about the Kingdom inaugurated by our Lord, which contains His children in whom the Holy Spirit dwells, together with St. Augustine, we believe that this is what God does for us in Baptism. Therefore, “to delight in the Law (Torah) of the Lord” is to delight in all of His works which include the Gospel of the Kingdom. It is true to say that there is Gospel in the Old Testament. It is also true that “Torah” or what we refer to as “Law” contains the Gospel. <br /><br />If someone could point me to a book authored by a Christian, which explores the many meanings of what we call “Law” in the Old Testament, I will be very grateful. In my youth I dreaded the Law, and could not understand how anyone could “ponder it day and night” and “delight” in it. Now that I understand more fully that there is a difference between the Law which condemns and the Law as the complete will of God, I am eager to get there.<br /><br />Peace and Joy!<br />George A. MarquartAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-16379043224006310142010-11-15T13:04:58.828-06:002010-11-15T13:04:58.828-06:00The Law is in our hearts naturally,and certainly a...The Law is in our hearts naturally,and certainly accuses us.<br /><br />The Law can only come to be loved as the Gospel reaches us.<br /><br />Obedience to the Law comes when the affection for sin is replaced with the greater affection of and for our Lord.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-41397902815940029832010-11-15T12:40:13.278-06:002010-11-15T12:40:13.278-06:00love your typo... which is a trutho... "the J...love your typo... which is a trutho... "the Jews had it (sic.) write." Harvey MozolakAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-72698269893710101222010-11-15T10:40:28.901-06:002010-11-15T10:40:28.901-06:00Only the Decalogue is Eternal!
This, I believe, i...Only the Decalogue is Eternal!<br /><br />This, I believe, is a very deep insight (although obvious) that Luther had during the antinomian dispute. The point is that whereas the gospel is rendered irrelevant in eternity (because there will be no sin in heaven and no salvaion in hell), the law will always be there, albeit only in the 3rd use...Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-62269562640469005492010-11-15T08:32:04.191-06:002010-11-15T08:32:04.191-06:00When we are in union with Christ and obey his comm...When we are in union with Christ and obey his commands, we do the will of God and fulfill the law of God. <b>We transcend the teaching of the law, and become doers of the law of Christ.</b> "This is where the righteousness of the disciple exceeds that of the Pharisees," says Bonhoeffer. "It is grounded solely upon the call to fellowship with him who alone fulfills the law."<br /><br />From Costly Grace by Jon Walker page 102.ErnestOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13077415409728022160noreply@blogger.com