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Mixing Law and Grace: Difference between revisions
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That is correct. Paul called the ten commandments the ministry that produced death. | That is correct. Paul called the ten commandments the ministry that produced death. | ||
Do you know that the ten commandments were received by Israel on the day of Pentecost. It was forty days after the Jewish passover when Moses went up on Mt. Sinai and received the Law. On that day, three thousand people died (Ex 32:28). But what happened on the day that the church was born, the day of Penecost? Three thousand people came to life (Acts 2:41) | Do you know that the ten commandments were received by Israel on the day of Pentecost. It was forty days after the Jewish passover when Moses went up on Mt. Sinai and received the Law. On that day, three thousand people died (Ex 32:28). But what happened on the day that the church was born, the day of Penecost? Three thousand people came to life (Acts 2:41). The law produced death in 3,000 people on its first day, grace produced life in 3,000 people on the day the church was born! | ||
===So we don't have to pay attention to the law anymore?=== | ===So we don't have to pay attention to the law anymore?=== | ||