Patrikin – Kinship through The Father

Ever feel like the Old Testament’s warnings clash with the grace we preach today? You aren’t imagining it. A fundamental shift happened when Jesus changed the game.

Look at how Scripture addresses breaking out of destructive traps. In the Old Testament, the warnings about falling into reckless living sound final and permanent:

Proverbs 2:19 “None who go to her return, nor do they regain the paths of life.”

Sounds like game over. But then you flip to the New Testament, and Paul drops this on believers who used to live completely messy lives:

1 Corinthians 6:11 “And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.”

Is it a flat-out contradiction? No. They are simply speaking to entirely different groups of people.

To make sense of the Bible, you must understand who is being addressed. Scripture divides humanity into three distinct groups (1 Cor 10:32):

1. The Jews (Under the Mosaic Covenant)
2. The Greeks (Non-Jews)
3. The Church (Those born again in Christ)

The Law of Moses is holy, but its purpose was to serve as a mirror showing humanity its need for a Savior. Jesus lived under that Law, fulfilled it perfectly, died, and rose again to establish an entirely new covenant.

When you are “In Christ,” you leave the old jurisdiction behind. You aren’t bound by a dead contract; you are empowered by a living presence.

Walk in that freedom today.