One might look to the...
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One might look to the character of Inspector Javert in Les Miserables to see an example of how adherence to the law can bind us to righteousness. Javert is an officer of the court who first met Jean Valjean in prison. Javert believes that criminals will never change, and that the letter of the law must be obeyed. When Valjean escapes from prison, Javert makes it his mission to catch him and bring him to justice. Even though Valjean becomes an upstanding member of society, Javert cannot give up his search. His adherence to the letter of the law blinds him to the fact that Jean Valjean is not the man he used to be.
Paul, in his early life, was very much like Inspector Javert, dedicated to his mission of persecuting the early Christian church, but through Christ, Paul's eyes were opened and he was able to live by the spirit of the law, instead of the letter of the law.
-- Parlette
Paul, in his early life, was very much like Inspector Javert, dedicated to his mission of persecuting the early Christian church, but through Christ, Paul's eyes were opened and he was able to live by the spirit of the law, instead of the letter of the law.
-- Parlette
