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Line 16: − === Compatibility with the Old Testament === − Numerous views exist about the systematic role of Christ's [[New Covenant]], including [[Supersessionism]], [[Covenant Theology]], [[Dispensationalism]] and [[New Covenant Theology]]. − * Christ allowed people to have a personal relationship with God through spiritual, not physical, birth (John 3:1-21). − * The veil separating the [[Holy of Holies]] was torn during Christ's death and allowed God to dwell inside each person rather than the [[Temple in Jerusalem]] (Mark 15:38; Hebrews 9). − * For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. For, "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever." And this is the word that was preached to you. (1 Peter 1:23-25 NIV) − − The spiritual emphasis of the New Testament leads some Biblical scholars to support love of the sinner with nonviolent hate of the sin.
→Compatibility with the Old Testament: theology not tied to pacifism
* Christians should obey ALL state authorities (John 19:10-11; Romans 13:1-7; 1 Timothy 2:1-7; Titus 3:1-2; 1 Peter 2:13-24) because "it is commendable if a man bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God." (1 Peter 2:19 NIV); hence, it would be sinful to help one government overthrow another government.
* Christians should obey ALL state authorities (John 19:10-11; Romans 13:1-7; 1 Timothy 2:1-7; Titus 3:1-2; 1 Peter 2:13-24) because "it is commendable if a man bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God." (1 Peter 2:19 NIV); hence, it would be sinful to help one government overthrow another government.
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