JINGLE JANGLE

1Timothy 1:5-10 (KJV)
“5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
6 From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;
7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm. ...
8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine”
The law (Genesis to Deuteronomy) is God’s paradigm for life; it is what people have made it out to be is when it becomes injurious (vs. 13).
Law defines sin; above and beyond this we humans become harsh and jangled. The law is designed to be a teacher, a tool to bring us close to God. The law is about relationship with God, the pitfalls causing the distance and the invitations causing the desired relationship (closeness). The law is good in this if we use it in its God given lawfulness (paradigm).
In other words, the law is not for the righteous it is for the lawless. Something is broken, dysfunctional, and inoperable; life is not working for us but against us (sin). This is where the paradigm for relationship comes in. What did not work for Jacob, Rebekah, Joseph, Nimrod, etc… will not work for us either.
A jangled spirit cannot handle the law appropriately; desiring to teach it without understanding the relevance it has in healing and deliverance (Psalm 107:20) causes anger in the teacher and the one being taught.
Encounters with Jesus and His mind, an encounter with His person can teach us to handle the law as He did. Otherwise, the sound we produce is jingle jangled.