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the Song of Moses
Deuteronomy 32: 46,7 Torah is your life
so what is the life for the christian?
Jesus>Torah?
God's Word>God's word?
Do Jesus' words become our Torah,
and, as in the OT, the rest of the NT is comment?
But maybe more, John equates Jesus with the living word,
thus his very life, as the prophets, acts out, displays God's message
So, do what he says, and do as he did
Comments:
Comment from: Adam Hunter [Visitor] 
Right. Post-Jesus seems hard because some of the 'do this'
and 'don't do this' is rather vague or ambiguous compared to the
concrete nature of the Torah. I think that is the point at which
much confusion begins. Post-Jesus behavior and truth seemingly
left to interpretation, not translation.
and 'don't do this' is rather vague or ambiguous compared to the
concrete nature of the Torah. I think that is the point at which
much confusion begins. Post-Jesus behavior and truth seemingly
left to interpretation, not translation.
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09/04/07 @ 11:51
Comment from: Peter Seide [Visitor]
It is interesting that you wrote about this because lately I have been feeling an urge to
read the gospel of Luke but more so I read what Jesus said within the gospel. It sounds
like a pretty easy formula, doing what he did and doing what he said, but the more that I take time to
examine what Jesus said and did the more this seems like an impossible feat. But I understand
that, that's just a lazy approach toward living like him. It would be easy to accept the
fact that living up to Jesus's standard is to hard, and just live up to a sub par standard.
I do not believe that neither I nor anyone else can be perfect but we can live with the
reality and encouragement of Jesus having once exprienced all that we know face in term of
temptation. Jesus can relate, we can't just look at him and think we will automatically
be like him. Rather we need to abide in him, without him we could do nothing. Jesus is much
better than the torah in that he not only instructs us how to live life but also helps us
do what he instructs.
read the gospel of Luke but more so I read what Jesus said within the gospel. It sounds
like a pretty easy formula, doing what he did and doing what he said, but the more that I take time to
examine what Jesus said and did the more this seems like an impossible feat. But I understand
that, that's just a lazy approach toward living like him. It would be easy to accept the
fact that living up to Jesus's standard is to hard, and just live up to a sub par standard.
I do not believe that neither I nor anyone else can be perfect but we can live with the
reality and encouragement of Jesus having once exprienced all that we know face in term of
temptation. Jesus can relate, we can't just look at him and think we will automatically
be like him. Rather we need to abide in him, without him we could do nothing. Jesus is much
better than the torah in that he not only instructs us how to live life but also helps us
do what he instructs.
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