There are some interesting translations of one of my favorite Bible Verses, John 1:17
The NIV: For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
The KJV: For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
The TLB: For Moses gave us only the Law with its rigid demands and merciless justice, while Jesus Christ brought us loving forgiveness as well.
The actual Greek translation is: That the law through Moses was given, the grace and the truth through Jesus Anointed became
Many versions include the word “but”.
Common usage of this conjunction includes “Contrary” and “Exception”. For me this sounds like an inserted opinion, not a translation. The differences in these four translations highlights the difficulty of reading only one Bible version. It takes a lot of work to find truth.
“It takes a lot of work to find truth.”
“God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must
worship him in spirit and in truth.”
John 4:24 KJV
“
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing:
the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.”
John 6:63 KJV
“Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king.
To this end was I born,
and
for this cause came I into the world,
that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.”
John 18:37
“Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him,
If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
John 8:31-32 KJV
You can see Moses law v Christs word when you look at Jesus sermons
moses commanded this
“eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.”
Exodus 21:24-25 KJV
the idea of “ spirit “ is
repay an offense with an equal offense that’s only just
“And
thine eye shall not pity; but
life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
Deuteronomy 19:21 KJV
It’s like it is because the commandment they are receiving from Moses , is ordained of this one
“
Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.”
Exodus 23:20-21 KJV
“Therefore now go, ( speaking to Moses ) lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee:
behold, mine Angel shall go before thee:
nevertheless in the day
when I visit I will visit their sin upon them. And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.”
Exodus 32:34-35 KJV
So the law has that “ merciless “ and I forgiving viewpoint came because as soon as God spoke the commandments , Moses went up to get the tablets
and as he was getting them the people built a calf and worshipped it gave gods glory to it for delivering them from Egypt they had already broken the first and most important covenant commandment at that at point God did this
“This is that
Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
And
they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven;
as
it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel,
have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices By the space of
forty years in the wilderness?
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, And the star of your god Remphan, Figures which ye made to worship them: And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
…..
who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.”
Acts 7:37-38, 41-43, 53 KJV
all I mean to say is it’s contrary the gospel is from God filled with grace and truth in Christ.
When Jesus addresses Moses command which was ordained of angels who wouldn’t forgive transgression it’s contrary to the gospel which is about repentance and remission of sin so Jesus is asked about Moses doctrine a lot by the Pharisees and law teachers
Moses word ordained by the angel who wouldn’t pardon transgression given to the children of Israel who worshipped false gods
And
thine eye shall not pity; but
life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
Deuteronomy 19:21 KJV
Jesus speaks the truth
“Ye have heard that
it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
but I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek,
turn to him the other also.”
Matthew 5:38-39 KJV
retaliate v dont retaliate
you retaliate “eye for an eye “ when
there’s no pardoning of transgression so you repay sin for sin offense for offense of your hearing this dospostion
Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.”
Exodus 23:20-21 KJV
“Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.”
Galatians 3:19 KJV
That system is different from this disposition of Jesus the Lord who is God in the flesh
“
Now a mediator is not a mediator of one,
but
God is one.”
Galatians 3:20 KJV
Gods disposition who ordained the gospel
not based on mans sin but based on Jesus righteousness and remission of sins
“
Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but
to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
And
he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.”
Luke 7:47-48, 50 KJV
He will forgive our sins so now we can freely repent and be saved from our sins the law puts sinners to death even if they repent
“And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife,
the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.”
Leviticus 20:10 KJV
For Pre marital sex
“then
they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and
the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.”
Deuteronomy 22:21 KJV
This could not be further from the gospel and word of Jesus Christ because it’s ordained of that angel who doesn’t forgive sin. my point is because of this the whole law is different it has a different disposition and purpose than does the gospel
Jesus came to save us the law was put in place to condemn sinners and hold them guilty giving them a consciousness of sin because that’s the ones who will grab on to a savior when he’s given the ones who know they are guilty
“The law and the prophets were
until John:
since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and
every man presseth into it.”
Luke 16:16 KJV
“Now we know that
what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law:
that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for
by the law is the knowledge of sin.”
Romans 3:19-20 KJV
So the knowledge of sin which cannot justify v
“For I am not ashamed of
the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the
Jew first, and
also to the Greek.
For
therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.”
Romans 1:16-17 KJV
v the knowledge of righteousness in the gospel that saves souls and delivers us from bondage to sin
The two covenants are seperate we only need Jesus word
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