This passage really speaks to me personally because I am a coleader for Cornerstone. Verses 17 to 24 really questions me, the reader and states questions that accuse me of blaspheming God. Do I steal, when I believe that stealing is against the Law? Do I say don't lust after women like that, but do so myself? Do I praise God, and praise the world outside of church?
Verse 23: "You who brag about the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?"
Guy talk. Guy talk tends to lead down a path which is beyond what I call the Biblical Limit. And being perverted guys, we tend to cross that line a lot. Whether its about girls (usually its about girls) or just plain sick jokes, it is quite difficult to be the one that stands up to everyone and halts the entire conversation. Most of the time, its easier to just get dragged into the whole mess itself.
But I know the Law. "Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised." Regardless of you knowing God or not, breaking the Law means you are sinning against Him and His ways. Even though you follow the Law and disobey it, you are deemed a lawbreaker. A sinner.
The last section talks about being spiritual mentally as well as physically. Praying, reading scripture, and obeying the Law is good only if you are righteous with the spirit when alone and with others around.
Amen.
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