I don't know why you think that.TruthSeeker wrote: ↑Fri Nov 23, 2018 10:26 am You make it seem that those in the O.T. were so wicked that they had no possible way of obeying God's commands because they were wicked to the core. Why did God allow them to be punished time and time again if they had no ability to obey Him. That seems unjust to me.
I never mentioned the degree of wickedness of OT people.
Fact is, they are just as wicked in the NT.
The Law was given so we-they could quantify good v. bad behavior.
It was because they walked as men of the flesh that they committed sin: same as today's sinners.
We, however, have been given the opportunity to kill the old man of the flesh and be reborn as men walking in the Spirit.
The OT folks didn't have that opportunity, till after Jesus was raised from the dead.
He didn't do "that" when he had Bathsheba's husband, Uriah, killed, did he?David wrote in Psalms 119:11 "Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee." How could one that is so wicked do that?
David was a man of the flesh, as are all men till they "turn from" sin and get baptized in Jesus' name for the remission of past sins, crucifying the old man, burying him, and being raised with Christ to walk in newness of life. (Rom 6:3-7)
"And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts." (Gal 5:24)
"There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." (Rom 8:1)