(It's so good to have you back).

Lynn



----- Original Message -----
From: "James W. Allen" <jallen@...>
To: <soundofgrace@...>
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 11:31 PM
Subject: [soundofgrace] Second Commandment & NCT


> Perhaps I missed something in the midst of all this posting, but it seems
> odd to me to have a disagreement about the question of whether the Second
> Commandment is controlling, as a matter of law, upon Christians. At least,
> it is an odd argument on an NCT list, unless I have missed something about
> NCT.
>
> My understanding is that one of the most basic tenets of NCT is that the
> Decalogue is not the controlling statement of the moral law, eternally
> binding on all men everywhere. It is Covenant Theology that holds to the
> eternal, binding nature of the Decalogue.
>
> Thus, I can see a CT adherent arguing that a movie (or pictures) are sin
> because they create an image of Christ in violation of the Second
> Commandment(not that all would agree, of course), but I see no construct
of
> NCT that allows us to say: "Ah, hah, picture of Christ = violation of
Second
> Commandment = sin."
>
> Are we not those who hold to the Law of Christ as set forth in his
> Testament? If so, then where (in the "better revelation" promised in
Hebrews
> 1:1-2) do we find the legalism that justifies the condemnatory tone being
> used by some in this regard?
>
> If we, as NCT folks, are to condemn images of Christ, I think we had
better
> find some source other than the Decalogue, or go back to CT school.
>
> Unless I missed something.
>
> James W. Allen
> jallen@...
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