Can you put that another way? I've appreciated reading your posts so far but this confuses me.
What you seem to be saying is that only Jews under the law can't cross dress and while I agree with most of the post it's like it's missing how Deut 22:5 applies under the law of liberty.
Note: I am not attempting to get into a legal discussion here or its potential sub-application under the freedom from the letter of the law that is in Christ. I just want to clarify what you are saying.
There is "energy" behind this particular activity and I don't find it to be "kosher" if that makes sense. It's enough for me to understand (at present) that even though I am not under the letter of the law, I am still under the law of liberty and there is a fine line between freedom in Christ and licentiousness.
Any time I've crossed a line in the law into something forbidden, the response has been swift and wrathful. I must presume that there is indeed far more to it.
Sorrry for the delay in answering. Got a house full of guests and the thread has kind of run away. The OP addressed Deuteronomy 22:5. It was part of the Law of Moses. When our Lord Jesus came He approached Israel with the possibility of ushering in the Kingdom of God. When Israel refused this, rejected the King and murdered Him, our Lord Jesus, or God if you will, turned to a New People (Matt.21:43). This "New Man" was made (out) OF some Israelites and (out) OF some of the Nations (Eph.2:15). But the Israelite who turns to Jesus is faced with a dilemma. What about the Law of Moses. It makes up a Covenant with God (Ex.24:7; Deut.29:21). And in this Law are commandments that forbid any relations with the Gentiles. So the unity of the New Man would have been broken right at the beginning if a converted Jew was required to keep Covenant.
The solution to this is that our Lord Jesus first fulfills the Law Himself, and then takes the "Old Man" onto the cross with Him (Rom.6:6). He is then at liberty to bring forth this New Man which is totally New and does not have a past (2nd Cor.5.17). And having taken the Old Man onto the cross, the New Man is not subject to the Law because the Law, as part of the old, "is passed away". That is, if a Jew refuses Christ, he is part of the Old, and the Law applies to him. But if he embraces Christ, his ethnicity and the Law which applied to the Old Man, are abolished. But under what rules shall the New Man live if the old is abolished?
The new rules are embodied in Christ. During His life our Lord did the will of His Father (i) in respect of the Law, and (ii) over an above the Law (for example, the Law does not require the death of an innocent man for the guilty). So in His lifetime our Lord Jesus established a full experience of a Man both under Law and above Law. And this experience is added to the Holy Spirit (Jn.7:39). So when you receive the Holy Spirit (Jn.20:22) int your human spirit at rebirth, you receive the "Law of LIFE in Christ Jesus" (Rom.8:2). That is, you have no written Law like Israel. You alluded to this by calling it, "the Law of Liberty". There is still a Law, but it is administered instantly by the indwelling Holy Spirit (Rom.8:13-14).
Therefore, when you wake up in the morning and try to decide what to clothe yourself with, as the New Man IN Christ, you do NOT turn to Deuteronomy 22:5. You turn to Christ, in the Person of the Holy Spirit, IN YOU and ask Him. If you have been practicing this for a while, you will know intrinsically what you may, or may not wear. But the Law of Moses still has some profit for the Christian. It is this; We can know beforehand the mind of God. What God, in the Person of the Holy Spirit, commands to do is the way to go, but maybe you still have some reservations. Then we are pointed in a direction by the Word of the Law. For instance, you go for a walk in the countryside. You come upon a place where a farmer's cattle have broken through the fence and are standing in a road. What shall you do? Well, if you have no witness in your spirit, you are pointed in the direction that you should care for your neighbor's things.
Can you put that another way? I've appreciated reading your posts so far but this confuses me.
What you seem to be saying is that only Jews under the law can't cross dress and while I agree with most of the post it's like it's missing how Deut 22:5 applies under the law of liberty.
Note: I am not attempting to get into a legal discussion here or its potential sub-application under the freedom from the letter of the law that is in Christ. I just want to clarify what you are saying.
There is "energy" behind this particular activity and I don't find it to be "kosher" if that makes sense. It's enough for me to understand (at present) that even though I am not under the letter of the law, I am still under the law of liberty and there is a fine line between freedom in Christ and licentiousness.
Any time I've crossed a line in the law into something forbidden, the response has been swift and wrathful. I must presume that there is indeed far more to it.
Sorry for the delay in answering. Got a house full of guests and the thread has kind of run away. The OP addressed Deuteronomy 22:5. It was part of the Law of Moses. When our Lord Jesus came He approached Israel with the possibility of ushering in the Kingdom of God. When Israel refused this, rejected the King and murdered Him, our Lord Jesus, or God if you will, turned to a New People (Matt.21:43). This "New Man" was made (out) OF some Israelites and (out) OF some of the Nations (Eph.2:15). But the Israelite who turns to Jesus is faced with a dilemma. What about the Law of Moses. It makes up a Covenant with God (Ex.24:7; Deut.29:21). And in this Law are commandments that forbid any relations with the Gentiles. So the unity of the New Man would have been broken right at the beginning if a converted Jew was required to keep Covenant.
The solution to this is that our Lord Jesus first fulfills the Law Himself, and then takes the "Old Man" onto the cross with Him (Rom.6:6). He is then at liberty to bring forth this New Man which is totally New and does not have a past (2nd Cor.5.17). And having taken the Old Man onto the cross, the New Man is not subject to the Law because the Law, as part of the old, "is passed away". That is, if a Jew refuses Christ, he is part of the Old, and the Law applies to him. But if he embraces Christ, his ethnicity and the Law which applied to the Old Man, are abolished. But under what rules shall the New Man live if the old is abolished?
The new rules are embodied in Christ. During His life our Lord did the will of His Father (i) in respect of the Law, and (ii) over an above the Law (for example, the Law does not require the death of an innocent man for the guilty). So in His lifetime our Lord Jesus established a full experience of a Man both under Law and above Law. And this experience is added to the Holy Spirit (Jn.7:39). So when you receive the Holy Spirit (Jn.20:22) int your human spirit at rebirth, you receive the
"Law of LIFE in Christ Jesus" (Rom.8:2). That is, you have no written Law like Israel. You alluded to this by calling it, "the Law of Liberty". There is still a Law, but it is administered instantly by the indwelling Holy Spirit (Rom.8:13-14).
Therefore, when you wake up in the morning and try to decide what to clothe yourself with, as the New Man IN Christ, you do NOT turn to Deuteronomy 22:5. You turn to Christ, in the Person of the Holy Spirit, IN YOU and ask Him. If you have been practicing this for a while, you will know intrinsically what you may, or may not wear. But the Law of Moses still has some profit for the Christian. It is this; We can know beforehand the mind of God. What God, in the Person of the Holy Spirit, commands to do is the way to go, but maybe you still have some reservations. Then we are pointed in a direction by the Word of the Law. For instance, you go for a walk in the countryside. You come upon a place where a farmer's cattle have broken through the fence and are standing in a road. What shall you do? Well, you are "pointed in the direction" that you should care for your neighbor's things. If the Lord does not want you to inform the farmer, he will speak in your spirit. It could be that a child is about to drown 1 mile down the road and the Lord needs you there for that. Who knows? They Holy Spirit does.
This is what happened to Paul on his missionary journey. He wanted to go to Bithynia for the gospel's sake (Act 16:7). It was according to the the Lord's commission in Acts 1:8. But the Holy Spirit wanted him in Macedonia. Paul was sensitive to the Holy Spirit. So must you be when it comes to dress, hair length, what car to buy, who to marry and even when to speak or not. You have no written Law to follow. For you, it is nailed to the cross. But you have Christ living in you and His LIFE will lead you in all matters (Rom.8:2, 14).
