Burnishing Bigotry - 3rd edition

Lucy #396: Then you say, ―The New Testament affirms the inspiration of the Old
Testament, including its function of pointing us towards Jesus Christ (Luke 24:44; John 5:46;
Acts 10:43)‖ … Fair enough, my dear. It does indeed seem as though Jesus was extremely wellversed
in Old Testament Scripture (especially the works of Moses & Isaiah), and it does appear that
he used that knowledge to guide both his actions and inspire the content of his ministry … And
since that is the case, I simply must ask the question again: If the New Testament truly affirms
the inspiration of the Old, then why are you & yours refusing to follow the teachings of
that newer Gospel? Specifically, why are you refusing to follow the teachings of Jesus
Christ – especially in regards to how you are publicly dealing with homosexuals?
Again, please hear the Word of God, specifically the words thereof pertaining to Jesus
Christ – as well as the words of Jesus Christ himself:
―But Jesus has now obtained a more excellent ministry, and to that degree he is the
mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted through better promises. For if that first
covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need to look for a second one. God finds
fault with them when he says: ‗The days are surely coming, when I will establish a new
covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah; not like the covenant that I made
with their ancestors … And this is the covenant that I will make with [them]: I will put my laws
in their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God … And they shall not
teach one another or say to each other, ―Know the Lord‖, for they shall all know me, from the
least of them to the greatest. For I will be merciful towards their iniquities, and I will remember
their sins no more.‘ In so speaking of „a new covenant‟, He has made the first one obsolete.
And what is obsolete and growing old will soon disappear.‖ ~ Hebrews 8:6-13
―Let [she] who is without sin cast the first stone … Do not judge, so that you may not be
judged … Why do you see the speck in your neighbor‘s eye, but do not notice the log in your
own? ... You hypocrite! First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly
enough to remove the speck from your neighbor‘s ... You hypocrites! For you clean the outside
of the cup [of others], but inside are full of greed and self-indulgence ... First clean the inside of
your own cup, so that the outside might also become truly clean … Truly I tell you, unless you
change and become like little children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Whoever
becomes humble like this young child is the greatest in the Kingdom‖
~ Jesus Christ (John 8:7 + Matthew 7:1-2 + Matthew 23:25-26 + Matthew 18:3-4)
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