tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009936.post3098688945107106314..comments2023-09-24T04:30:44.330-07:00Comments on Musings of a peripatetic wannabe-sage: CONSEQUENCESLaura Springerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10920102860381840156noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009936.post-84714103800731250872007-05-03T12:33:00.000-07:002007-05-03T12:33:00.000-07:00I agree with your take on the new covenant. I abs...I agree with your take on the new covenant. I absolutely agree that Jesus comes with grace and love.<BR/><BR/>I do believe, though, that the Torah is about faith, not law, and that relationship with God has always been about his steadfast love. In addition, the "unrest" is in regard to our experience of the relationship with God, not the fact of it. <BR/><BR/>Let me ponder a bit and see how I might adjust my wording to clarify (the original is a unclear on this point).Laura Springerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10920102860381840156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009936.post-64457909333025730672007-05-03T12:18:00.000-07:002007-05-03T12:18:00.000-07:00Laura,This analysis gives the impression that Jesu...Laura,<BR/><BR/>This analysis gives the impression that Jesus just brought nothing much more that a revision of the old covenant - God issues the laws and instructions, if we keep them we are in the good books and if we fail it's judgement.<BR/><BR/>Whereas my hope is that Jesus lifted the whole relationship with God onto a higher plane where everything is conditioned by His passionate love for us and our response to that. If and when it gets through to our cold hearts that that is the deal, then, of course it follows we want to live as Jesus indicated. But the passionate two way love has to come first. Otherwise we remain stuck under the burden of the law.<BR/><BR/>Don't you think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com