Comments on: Book Review Part 2 of Dan Lioy’s “Jesus as Torah in John 1-12″: Chp. 2 “The Moral Law in Christ-Centered Perspective” http://endued.wordpress.com/2007/12/10/book-review-part-2-of-dan-lioys-jesus-as-torah-in-john-1-12-chp-2-the-moral-law-in-christ-centered-perspective/ A Blog About God and Life Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:49:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Dan Lioy http://endued.wordpress.com/2007/12/10/book-review-part-2-of-dan-lioys-jesus-as-torah-in-john-1-12-chp-2-the-moral-law-in-christ-centered-perspective/#comment-73 Dan Lioy Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:58:03 +0000 http://endued.wordpress.com/2007/12/10/book-review-part-2-of-dan-lioys-jesus-as-torah-in-john-1-12-chp-2-the-moral-law-in-christ-centered-perspective/#comment-73 Rick, Thank you for your careful review and comment on my second chapter! I wanted to briefly comment on you two sets of questions. First, regarding the place of the sabbath, I deal with that issue in my monograph titled “The Decalogue in the Sermon on the Mount” (Peter Lang, 2004; ISBN: 0820470821). You might consider borrowing a copy of the book through interlibrary loan, particularly since my discussion of the issue of the sabbath is somewhat extensive and involved. With respect to the various issues raised in the second locus of queries, you might find clarifying my journal article titled “Progressive Covenantalism as an Integrating Motif of Scripture”, which was published a while back in the SATS Conspectus journal. Best regards, Dan >>>Some questions I would have for the author, that may be dealt with in later chapters, is how sabbath observance is understood in relation to the New Covenant. Is the Sabbath part of the moral law? Was it abrogated in Christ? Another question I would have for the author is whether the salvation experienced in the Old Covenant was less glorious. Was the Old Covenant believer’s relation to the life of the Spirit in sanctification qualitatively the same or different? Basically, what distinguishes the New Covenant as being better and of greater sufficiency for the covenant people? Does it lay in the object of our faith, our salvific experience, both?<<< Rick,

Thank you for your careful review and comment on my second chapter!

I wanted to briefly comment on you two sets of questions. First, regarding the place of the sabbath, I deal with that issue in my monograph titled “The Decalogue in the Sermon on the Mount” (Peter Lang, 2004; ISBN: 0820470821). You might consider borrowing a copy of the book through interlibrary loan, particularly since my discussion of the issue of the sabbath is somewhat extensive and involved.

With respect to the various issues raised in the second locus of queries, you might find clarifying my journal article titled “Progressive Covenantalism as an Integrating Motif of Scripture”, which was published a while back in the SATS Conspectus journal.

Best regards,

Dan

>>>Some questions I would have for the author, that may be dealt with in later chapters, is how sabbath observance is understood in relation to the New Covenant. Is the Sabbath part of the moral law? Was it abrogated in Christ?

Another question I would have for the author is whether the salvation experienced in the Old Covenant was less glorious. Was the Old Covenant believer’s relation to the life of the Spirit in sanctification qualitatively the same or different? Basically, what distinguishes the New Covenant as being better and of greater sufficiency for the covenant people? Does it lay in the object of our faith, our salvific experience, both?<<<

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