Again, I don't deny that correction is a responsibility. I just think you need to be correct first.
Actually, those concerned with the law can be in various stages, and generally are. Those concerned primarily with it as a means of relating to God are the newborns. Those who have learned to walk in the Spirit are the ones actually keeping it and experiencing increasingly greater extents of eternal life.
I realize it is counterintuitive, but focusing on the law only leads to sin. Maybe we can look through James 1 sometime and see the progression or anatomy of sin. It is in seeking first His kingdom and His RIGHTEOUSNESS that we will walk in the Spirit and not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. So those that pursue God through means of the law are doomed to failure. Those who seek relationship with God through Christ always prosper.
Yes, that's a very peculiar lie that is taught in most churches, and from all high profile pastors, today.
The lie that we are never to ever obey the 10 Commandments because if we do, we are, in some crazy-logic way, offending God and performing "works salvation."
Absolute nonsense.
You say we are to walk in the Spirit, but not 'really' obey the 10 Commandments. Show us where
that is taught in the Bible. The Spirit of the Law cannot exist without the Law itself. We cannot walk in the Spirit of Christ without obeying the very Commandments that He Himself obeyed literally and physically.
I'd like you to address these 3 simple facts from the Bible please.
1. Jesus taught the 10 Commandments.
Matt. 23:1-3
2. Jesus obeyed the 10 Commandments - literally and physically.
John 15:10
3. Jesus' closest followers obeyed the 10 Commandments
after His Crucifixion.
Luke 23:54-56
Acts 21:24
And if Christians are not to really obey the 10 Commandments, I'd also like you to explain why they
all accept and obey
nine of them without question?