I consider myself admonished and corrected. [emoji1013]
Yet, I still can tell you write with a smile on your face. [emoji846]
I accept your rebuke. [emoji36][emoji35][emoji853][emoji22][emoji72]
Now to address your (Stone Law exalting speech) and (indictment reading of my flagrant lawlessness). [emoji48][emoji12][emoji41][emoji846]
I confess the stone law is always in my flesh as my accuser.
That's the Stone upside my nugget [emoji298] ️that makes me dependent on Jesus. [emoji848][emoji854]
However, I indeed leave no place for that awful set of concrete shoes that begs me to sleep with the fishes, in the exposition of grace. [emoji33]
I submit a set of verses I believe you are familiar with, which I will try to follow up with serious, humorous conjecture, in hopes that you laugh, but get what I'm expressing. [emoji2]
Jesus has freed me from religion of stipulations and shown me the error of human government, so I answer to only Him.
But, Jesus also Loved ALL and forgave ALL and Died for ALL as the Magnificent, Loving Servant Leader/King/God that He is.
So I guess that means I have to do all of that, but only in Him as my Loving Servant Leader, teaching me to be a Loving servant leader. Um, and the knowledge that I'm a loved, filthy beggar, that was given the keys to the Kings bread pantry and told to show other filthy beggars the way to the pantry too. [emoji50]
So, here Paul professes that he is no longer under the law, but respects those who are. Um, with the exception of blowing up on Jewish leaders from time to time. [emoji33][emoji848]
Paul now distinguishes that He is without the Law. (You want to call him lawless don't ya? [emoji14]). But then, He immediately explains He is under Law towards Christ.
This is the Royal Law of the King. [emoji471][emoji231]. Love one another and all that space age jazz. [emoji259]. It is an introspective Law that Jesus's Indwelling Spirit teaches without condemnation or judgment. It's awesome, because it is malleable to circumstance and never harms or judges! [emoji872]
It sums up the law and the prophets without turning someone into a judgmental drag! It allows me to love sinners as they are, while I recognize what a sinner I am.
The best part is that it teaches me that God Loves everybody so much, He would rather die, than make people feel like they have to change to get His giant hug, fatted calf killed for an awesome party and the signet ring of the King put on their finger. [emoji120][emoji106]
Man, Paul is dynamic. This weak thing is the one that I have trouble imagining him doing.
But, I can see him shedding tears with someone and telling about his secret weaknesses to help someone turn to the free provision of the slain lamb that took away the sins of the world. [emoji5]
Why? Why are we given so much super duper freedom to stop fretting the Law?
For the Gospel's sake of course. It's all back to that beat those feet and love that fallen meat thing.
It's about that Jesus thing.
That, amazing Grace thing!
Ya dig?
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