“I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a...
“The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But the prayer of the upright is His delight.
The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But He loves one who pursues righteousness.
Grievous punishment is for him who forsakes the way;
He who hates reproof will die.”...
Now these were God’s instructions to his people of old at a specific time in their history, but much of what is expressed here is repeated for us in the New Testament under the New Covenant which God now has with his people Israel (both Jew and Gentile by genuine faith in Jesus Christ), although...