I came across this one the other day, which I found interesting:
1st Timothy 7-11
"They want to become famous as teachers of the laws of Moses. But they haven't any idea of what those laws really show us. Those laws are good when used as God wanted. But they were not made for us, whom God has saved. They are for sinners who hate God. These people aren't holy. They curse and swear, attack their fathers and mothers, and murder. Yes, these laws are made for immoral and impure sinners. They are for honosexuals, kidnappers, and liars. They are against the Good News of our blessed God, whose messenger I am."
It makes me think of prisoners in jail; they have rules governing everything they do with strict punishment, while we have much more freedom, specifically because they have done wrong and need to be controlled.
In Christian history and particularly monasticism, the voluntary acceptance of rules and self-regulations is a virtue. Compare the Recabites. What Paul actually says is to use your liberty to enslave yourselves one to another. IMHO the greatest discovery of sovereign liberty is the freedom to deign to walk as a peasant among others. Compare Tom Canty's friend.
I came across this one the other day, which I found interesting:
1st Timothy 7-11
"They want to become famous as teachers of the laws of Moses. But they haven't any idea of what those laws really show us. Those laws are good when used as God wanted. But they were not made for us, whom God has saved. They are for sinners who hate God. These people aren't holy. They curse and swear, attack their fathers and mothers, and murder. Yes, these laws are made for immoral and impure sinners. They are for honosexuals, kidnappers, and liars. They are against the Good News of our blessed God, whose messenger I am."
It makes me think of prisoners in jail; they have rules governing everything they do with strict punishment, while we have much more freedom, specifically because they have done wrong and need to be controlled.
In Christian history and particularly monasticism, the voluntary acceptance of rules and self-regulations is a virtue. Compare the Recabites. What Paul actually says is to use your liberty to enslave yourselves one to another. IMHO the greatest discovery of sovereign liberty is the freedom to deign to walk as a peasant among others. Compare Tom Canty's friend.