What is the point of the New Testament?

[eddif]

What happened to the conditions?

What will happen at the last trump?

eddif

 

[Dorothy Mae]

What will happen at the last trump?

eddif

huh? What does that have to do with the discussion?

 

[Jethro Bodine]

Did some preacher tell you this? It’s an insult to God. Let us substitute an actual sin and see if you still like it. The old testament shows the wrath of God against raping children while the new testament shows the grace of God to pedophils. Or the OT shows the wrath of God towards murder but the NT shows the grace of God towards murderers. Do you see what’s wrong?

I think he's referring to this:

16From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace. 17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. John 1:16-17

He probably means what you have said about it:

But we can have grace and mercy towards murderers even now in NT covenant last days IF THEY CEASE TO MURDER.

I suspect he would agree the grace of God in this New Covenant is not given so murderers and rapists and haters, condemned under the covenant of law, can continue unabated to be murderers and rapists and haters in this New Covenant of grace.

 

[Exeter]

I think he's referring to this:

16From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace. 17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. John 1:16-17

He probably means what you have said about it:


I suspect he would agree the grace of God in this New Covenant is not given so murderers and rapists and haters, condemned under the covenant of law, can continue unabated to be murderers and rapists and haters in this New Covenant of grace.

I was on jury duty once in a case that involved family members. The case was quite distressing and when all the evidence had been heard the judge addressed the jury about the subject of forgiveness. He said we had to put aside the thought that this matter could be simply resolved by the family showing forgiveness to each other because as much as forgiveness is a desirable virtue, the law does not recognise forgiveness, only guilt or innocence.

Rom 3:21-26 But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, (22) even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; (23) for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, (24) being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, (25) whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, (26) to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.