Commandments as Guidelines and Revealers of Sin:
Paul Wrote Commandments Reveal One’s Sin?!
For years I struggled to understand Paul’s statement, “Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin” (Ro 7:7). The first question that comes to mind has already been asked by Paul, “What then shall we say? That the law is sin?” He answers emphatically, “By no means!” However, Paul goes on to write that it was the giving of the command(s) that unmasked sin to bring death (Ro 7:8-9). But most confusing of all was Christ’s Sermon on the Mount explanation of several commandments appearing to negate the Law (Mt 5:17-30). One is left with the confusing choice that God lied in the Old Testament or is lying in the New Testament; and some agree that the entire Bible is a lie! Certainly, when approached from man’s perspective the Bible is very confusing because it was written from God’s perspective and can only be taught by God (1Co 2:12-14). Let us begin from Captain Barbossa’s perspective, that the commandments {code} is more like guidelines than rules” {Pirates of the Caribbean. (Watch above clip)}. Continue reading “Commandments as Guidelines and Revealers of Sin”
