Weird NT Laws

2 Timothy 3.16

• "All scripture is God-breathed (inspired)..."

Matthew 5.17

• “Do not think that I have come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.”

OT: Exodus 21.24

• “take an eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,”

Then...Matt. 5.38-48

• “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.”

Matthew 22.34-40

• “And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. ‘Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?’ And Jesus said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.’”

Matthew 5.29-30; 18.8-9

• “If your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out, Cut off offending members”
• Cultural exaggeration, typical in teachings, writings, and preaching.
• Jesus is saying to go to the extreme to avoid sinning.

1 Cor. 11.6; 1 Cor. 14.34-35; 1 Tim. 2.11

• Women's head dressings
• Women to keep mouth shut in church

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• Speaking in Tongues

1 Corinthians 5.13

• Put away wicked people from the congregation

Colossians 3.8

• Put off filthy conversations

Matthew 6.17

• Anoint your head and wash your face when fasting

1 Corinthians 16.14

• "Let all things be done in love"

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