themirrorthief
Diamond Member
the jews got royally pissed when jesus kicked some ass and drove the money changers out of the temple...after thaf the big shots decided he had to go...you dont mess with the money peopleI have a few questions, if you don't mind. If someone breaks one of those laws, then what? When you say "be a good, decent person" what does that mean exactly? Obeying those laws all the time? Or getting it right more than 50% of the time?
Because the bible also says that NO ONE is good, not even one. (Psalm 14:1-3)
The only standard that matters is God's standard, and God's standard is perfection. That is precisely why everyone needs God's forgiveness and grace when it comes to salvation. It doesn't work to go by the law. No human can obey the law perfectly, at all times.
Even in the Jewish Bible, what we Christians call the Old Testament, faith is what justifies us, not the law. Abraham was justified by faith. (Genesis 15:6) Job was also redeemed by his faith. (Job 19:25) And David. (Psalm 32:1) Also see Habakkuk 2:4.