![]() ![]() Jesus Christ has ended the old covenant once and for all, with all the Old Testament practices, promises, and expectations. Jesus gives us a new and better command, one that’s not based on you or me, but on the standard of love Jesus has shown to us. Jesus said this was the great commandment of the OT, to love your neighbor as yourself-the golden rule. Here is a key paragraph from Stanley’s online reply to Foster:Īs I explain in Irresistible, the OT asked us to base our love for others upon our own standard of fairness-how we want to be treated. This lower standard has been superseded-Stanley’s word is “trumped”-by the “platinum rule” or new commandment, which raises the ethical bar to a higher standard based on God’s action in Christ. Lev 19:18//Matt 22:39) amounts to treating others according to one’s personal standard of fairness. He argues that the “golden rule” (Matt 7:12 cf. Stanley discusses the new commandment in chapter 15 of Irresistible (pp. My discussion here focuses on Stanley’s view of the new commandment. Tom Schreiner has also posted on the broader theological issue raised by Stanley. ![]() Michael Kruger has another review of the book at the Gospel Coalition. There is a two-part interview with Stanley about the book at CT online, as well as a critique by Robert Foster and a reply by Stanley. Accordingly, if the church jettisons the Old Testament from its message, people will have fewer reasons to resist Christ’s call to discipleship. He believes that questions and problems related to the Old Testament keep many people from church, and that the church needs to realize Christ totally abolished the old when he brought about a totally new covenant through the cross. Stanley’s altogether commendable goal is to help the church reach more people for Christ. In his recent book, Irresistible: Reclaiming the New that Jesus Unleashed for the World, Andy Stanley discusses the new commandment in the course of his argument that the church should unhitch itself from the old covenant. In this post I’ll explain why I part company with Stanley, and then I’ll present my own view on the new commandment (John 13:34-35 15:12 17:26 cf. The current debate over Andy Stanley’s view of the Old Testament in general and of the new commandment in particular, expressed in his recent book Irresistible, make this a timely topic. My previous post on the new commandment left me with one regret-that I didn’t explore the relationship of this new love command to the love commands of the Old Testament. ![]()
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