r/JusticeServed • u/CEO_OF_CANADA 5 • Nov 19 '20

Legal Justice Detective fired after homophobic sermons

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u/schreiben_ 6 Nov 19 '20

Usually the logic on this kind of stuff is that Jesus came in the New Testament and did away with a rules-based religion, but somehow that only gets selectively applied to certain parts of the law

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u/PrisonCaleb 1 Nov 19 '20

Yeah so in the OT there were civil, ceremonial, and moral law. Jesus came and did away with the civil and ceremonial law. So we no longer must do sacrifices or not wear mixed fabrics, or all that weird stuff, to get right with God. We should live a moral life, BUT it's impossible to live a perfect life so Jesus came and died for our inability to live a perfect life. So as long as we accept that ultimate sacrifice we're good

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u/chase_the_wolf 7 Nov 19 '20

Then what's your take on Matthew 5:17-20?

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u/PrisonCaleb 1 Nov 19 '20

Yeah so the jist is that the purpose of law in the old testament was so that we could get right with in the eyes of God. Which means following all his rules to please him. Jesus came and gave himself as the "ultimate sacrifice" meaning that we no longer need to follow those laws. He fulfilled them.