I posted the following just today for discussion or at least an effort at actual contribution. Don't bother me again with nonsense Everlasting, unless you have an actual contribution to make and the following should give you a place to start. I am not going to take you up on your offer of personal confrontation which every person who cannot address actual biblical contributions usually resorts to in order to sound offended. They will also usually say they have been attacked.
Here is a simple and truthful guide to better understand why the law is no longer in effect. This is a portion of the entire post and to read the entire article, just click on 'source' at the end of this post
There is no conflict between grace and the Law, properly understood. Christ fulfilled the Law on our behalf and offers the power of the Holy Spirit, who motivates a regenerated heart to live in obedience to Him (
Matthew 3:8;
Acts 1:8;
1 Thessalonians 1:5;
2 Timothy 1:14).
James 2:26 says, “As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.” A grace that has the power to save also has the power to motivate a sinful heart toward godliness. Where there is no impulse to be godly, there is no saving faith.
We are
saved by grace, through faith (
Ephesians 2:8–9). The keeping of the Law cannot save anyone (
Romans 3:20;
Titus 3:5). In fact, those who claim righteousness on the basis of their keeping of the Law only
think they’re keeping the Law; this was one of Jesus’ main points in the Sermon on the Mount (
Matthew 5:20–48; see also
Luke 18:18–23).
The purpose of the Law was, basically, to bring us to Christ (
Galatians 3:24). Once we are saved, God desires to glorify Himself through our good works (
Matthew 5:16;
Ephesians 2:10). Therefore, good works
follow salvation; they do not precede it.
Conflict between “grace” and the “Law” can arise when someone 1) misunderstands the purpose of the Law; 2) redefines grace as something other than “God’s benevolence on the undeserving” (see Romans 11:6); 3) tries to earn his own salvation or “supplement” Christ’s sacrifice; 4) follows the error of the Pharisees in tacking manmade rituals and traditions onto his doctrine; or 5) fails to focus on the “whole counsel of God” (Acts 20:27).
When the Holy Spirit guides our search of Scripture, we can “study to show ourselves approved unto God” (
2 Timothy 2:15) and discover the beauty of a grace that produces good works.
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