I hear ya...the law was given to INCREASE SIN and CONDEMN all as guilty......how can anyone possibly think that attempting to adhere to that which proves your guilt and condemns you is the way to go to be made righteous in God's eyes....it is like a convicted murderer using a live electric chair instead of lawyers and court appearances to prove his innocence........Serious.......
He doesn't carry my cross or follow Himself for me.
You have to wonder what it will take for them to see, the law was not given to show us HOW to live, but to show us HOW we failed.
1 Peter 1:13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
Eph. 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
Disobedience to what EG? Is this not referring to God's Instructions? And if I am no longer in control of my actions after Jesus forgives me, why all the talk about "Taking Heed" and "Girding up the loins of my mind", and "bringing every thought into the obedience of Christ". How can I even do any of these things according to your religion, and if your preaching is true, why would I need to even bother with all that talk given Jesus does everything for me.
2 Tim. 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
Why do I need instruction in Righteousness if Jesus does everything for me? How can you preach God's Word is not to show us how to live when the Bible says exactly the opposite?
I must admit, I can't see how the Bible supports your preaching.
So the Word(Instructions, Laws) of God isn't written to show us how to live.
1 Cor. 10:6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
Why should I worry about lusting for things they lusted for? According to your preaching I'm free from the instructions they rejected.
11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
Examples of what EG? Isn't God's Word showing us examples of how to live and how not to live?
I truly can't see how the Bible supports much of your preaching EG. I think you mean well, and certainly believe what you preach. But my goodness, there is so much of the Bible that contradict your doctrines.
"God's Laws are not for the Christian"
"the Pharisees (Children of satan) were trying to earn Salvation by following the letter of God's Laws"
"Jesus battled God on the cross and made a show of God openly triumphing over God on the cross"
"God's Instruction are not to show us how to live, but how we failed."
Honestly EG and Decon, these doctrines are hard to swallow for a person who trusts God/Jesus and their sayings, "Which are one". I know we go at it pretty hard sometimes, but my goodness, if the Word of God/Jesus "Sayings" isn't instructions on how to live, then why did Jesus tell us to follow it?