Our new relationship to the law.
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The law of liberty is what is spoken of in Galatians 5:16-24; and it includes within it the concept that there is no law that will condemn a man as a sinner if he bears the fruit of the Spirit. So, we are law-abiding citizens of the kingdom of heaven (concerning the ten commandments), who bear the fruit of the Spirit and walk according to the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23; see also Romans 8:4).
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many things, many topics, many levels in Scripture.
not everything is black and white. but if we are always looking out for the ' black' to counter it with our concept of ' white' we might miss the many other colors... the Authors knew about probably -- but we don't always. not being the Authors -- we don't know many things of what is being referred to always.
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I was not born yesterday.
You have not been here long enough to know what your best buddy teaches and start praising his name
I know what. I will just put you in a pray bin and pray for you.
ps. I been studying the word for 4 decades. And your friend has no idea what he is saying about the law or the word.
You have not been here long enough to know what your best buddy teaches and start praising his name
I know what. I will just put you in a pray bin and pray for you.
ps. I been studying the word for 4 decades. And your friend has no idea what he is saying about the law or the word.
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You need an unction from the holy one to be able to understand His word (see 1 John 2:20, Matthew 7:7-8).
I know @Charlie24 from another Christian Message Board. He actually invited me over to a second one to help him out with things and we teamed up there for a while to contend with a "Christian" website where most of the posters were primarily non-Christian (many of them had fallen for the lie of Universalism). We know each other from our postings at those websites. And it is also true that I did not invite him over to this one. He recently left the second website that I told you of and I left that one not long afterwards because the moderator put me on 1 two-week hiatus and I then found this website and never went back to the old one. We did not communicate after he left; except after he showed up here I welcomed him to these boards in a different thread from this one.
I know @Charlie24 from another Christian Message Board. He actually invited me over to a second one to help him out with things and we teamed up there for a while to contend with a "Christian" website where most of the posters were primarily non-Christian (many of them had fallen for the lie of Universalism). We know each other from our postings at those websites. And it is also true that I did not invite him over to this one. He recently left the second website that I told you of and I left that one not long afterwards because the moderator put me on 1 two-week hiatus and I then found this website and never went back to the old one. We did not communicate after he left; except after he showed up here I welcomed him to these boards in a different thread from this one.
Yes, a righteousness apart from the law, that is nevertheless attested to by the law and the prophets that it is righteousness indeed.
Because it is not obtained through attempting to obey a set of do's and don'ts; but by faith in Jesus through whom we receive the Holy Spirit (Galatians 3:14); and then, as we bear His fruit, we become law-abiding citizens of the kingdom of heaven (Galatians 5:22-23, Romans 8:4).
When it says that the law is not of faith, that is concerning justification and not sanctification according to the context.
Because, again, we receive the Spirit by faith; and when we walk according to the Spirit, the righteousness of the law is fulfilled in us.
And therefore, we become obedient to the spirit of the law through faith.
But as concerning justification, the law is not of faith. Which means that if I am justified by faith, I am not justified through law-keeping.
I hold that this is absolute truth; that we are not justified through the keeping of the law.
I believe that Galatians 3:10 is also in reference to justification. Those who seek to be justified through the keeping of the law are required to keep the whole law perfectly from conception into eternity. but for those who know that they are justified solely through faith in the blood of Jesus Christ, if they look into the perfect law of liberty and continue in it, they are not cursed but blessed (James 1:25). The law of liberty may also be spoken of in Romans 8:4a s related to Romans 7:6; that the righteousness of the law is fulfilled in those who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit...not the letter, but the spirit of what is written.
Because it is not obtained through attempting to obey a set of do's and don'ts; but by faith in Jesus through whom we receive the Holy Spirit (Galatians 3:14); and then, as we bear His fruit, we become law-abiding citizens of the kingdom of heaven (Galatians 5:22-23, Romans 8:4).
When it says that the law is not of faith, that is concerning justification and not sanctification according to the context.
Because, again, we receive the Spirit by faith; and when we walk according to the Spirit, the righteousness of the law is fulfilled in us.
And therefore, we become obedient to the spirit of the law through faith.
But as concerning justification, the law is not of faith. Which means that if I am justified by faith, I am not justified through law-keeping.
I hold that this is absolute truth; that we are not justified through the keeping of the law.
I believe that Galatians 3:10 is also in reference to justification. Those who seek to be justified through the keeping of the law are required to keep the whole law perfectly from conception into eternity. but for those who know that they are justified solely through faith in the blood of Jesus Christ, if they look into the perfect law of liberty and continue in it, they are not cursed but blessed (James 1:25). The law of liberty may also be spoken of in Romans 8:4a s related to Romans 7:6; that the righteousness of the law is fulfilled in those who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit...not the letter, but the spirit of what is written.
If we are led of the Spirit, we are not under the law as concerning condemnation.
We are under the law to Christ as concerning obedience (1 Corinthians 9:21)...or at least, Paul was.
We need to take all of scripture into account in our assessment of its message to us.
The law is written on the hearts and minds of New Covenant believers (Hebrews 8:8-10, Hebrews 10:16, Romans 8:7, Romans 8:4, 1 John 5:3, 2 John 1:6, Romans 13:8-10; Romans 5:5; 1 John 2:3-6) as concerning obedience.
Those who are led of the Spirit become law-abiding citizens of the kingdom of heaven (Galatians 5:22-23, Romans 8:4); but if they blow it, they are not under condemnation (Romans 4:5).
I would suggest looking up the scriptures (in the kjv, from which I am communicating them) to see whether they truly substantiate what I am saying.
Be a Berean (Acts 17:10-11).
We are under the law to Christ as concerning obedience (1 Corinthians 9:21)...or at least, Paul was.
We need to take all of scripture into account in our assessment of its message to us.
The law is written on the hearts and minds of New Covenant believers (Hebrews 8:8-10, Hebrews 10:16, Romans 8:7, Romans 8:4, 1 John 5:3, 2 John 1:6, Romans 13:8-10; Romans 5:5; 1 John 2:3-6) as concerning obedience.
Those who are led of the Spirit become law-abiding citizens of the kingdom of heaven (Galatians 5:22-23, Romans 8:4); but if they blow it, they are not under condemnation (Romans 4:5).
I would suggest looking up the scriptures (in the kjv, from which I am communicating them) to see whether they truly substantiate what I am saying.
Be a Berean (Acts 17:10-11).
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