Comment on Jesus was Jewish, but Christians aren't
Afflictedlife@lemmy.ml 1 day agoIn his words, seemingly fine with it; Two commandments
Comment on Jesus was Jewish, but Christians aren't
Afflictedlife@lemmy.ml 1 day agoIn his words, seemingly fine with it; Two commandments
YoFrodo@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This doesn’t appear to include anything about allowing religious freedoms in the sense of the question. It’s not “you dont have to be Jewish”
The reference just says “the most important thing is to love god and your neighbor”
Afflictedlife@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
This is one of the parts they use. Knowing what to look for I prompted these: Hebrews 8:13: “By calling this covenant ‘new,’ he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear”. Jeremiah 31:31-33: “The days are coming… when I will make a new covenant… I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be My people”. 2 Corinthians 3:6-11: Contrasts the “ministry of death” (Old Covenant) with the more glorious “ministry of the Spirit” (New Covenant). Romans 8:2: “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death”. Galatians 5:4: “You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace”. Colossians 2:16-17: Advises not to be judged by Old Covenant regulations on food, festivals, or Sabbaths, as these were a “shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ”. Matthew 22:36-40: “On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets”. In this passage, Jesus summarizes the entire law into two commands: love God and love your neighbor. Christian theology understands this not as a replacement of the law, but as Jesus revealing its core purpose. The New Covenant, which emphasizes a transformed heart and life by the Holy Spirit, is seen as the means by which believers are now empowered to fulfill this ultimate intent of the law. Acts 15:10-11, 19-20: Documents the conclusion of the Council of Jerusalem, which decided that Gentile believers were saved by grace and were not required to observe most of the Mosaic Law.
TLDR: New Covenant updated the rules