First of all i would just like to say this: Only what is won from the darkness will win.
Secondly, I really like how we related the Jew, Circumcision, the Temple, Sacrifice, the Crucifixion, Death, and Resurrection to us. I especially drew to the crucifixion and Romans 6:6. "For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we could no longer be slaves to sin because anyone who has died has been freed from sin." When we become a christian, we deny our old self. We give God complete control of our lives. This also is shown through Galatians 2:20 " For i have been crucified with Christ and I know longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, i live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." When we sin, its the sin in us that lives, but God redeems us and He lives through us.
p.s I commented on Olivia' s post
I also loved this discussion Amy. Like I said in class, I think it brings up this battle between the spirit and the flesh. We are physical and spiritual beings. But our physical beings often get in the way of our spirituality. We become so caught up in the physicality of these laws that we lose the true meaning of them. I think that the biblical transition from flesh to spirit is a glorious form of liberation. We are set free by the notion that our bodies are the temple, and that we are free to worship at any place. However it does call for a greater sacrifice.
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